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From left to right, Coach Victor Niscasio, Taron Smith, Michael Urbaez, Coach Tommy Walker, Adrian Cruz, and Lenny Ramirez.
text and photos by Gloria Pazmiño
“Stay loose, stay warm, and keep moving.”
At that moment the words of comfort and encouragement coming from Coach Tommy Walker seemed like the greatest advice.
Barion Blake is wanted for assaulting a man and stealing a BMW, which crashed on Dyckman Street with the victim in the trunk on Wed., Jan. 26.
Police say they are looking for the driver of a stolen BMW where a black male was discovered tied up and unconscious in the trunk after the car rear ended a cab at the intersection of 10th Avenue and Dyckman Street on Wed., Jan 26 around 10 a.m.
The following is a summary of the items that came up at the Community Board 12 General Meeting at Russ Berrie Medical Center on Tue., Jan. 25.
Community Board 12 to have new offices
CB12 and Columbia University are currently working out a deal that will give the board a new office space in the close to completed Triangle Building for nonprofit Alianza Dominicana at W. 166th Street between Audubon and St. Nicholas Avenues. CB12, which has occupied its current offices at 711 W. 168th Street and Haven Avenue since 1978, will have to vacate the space due to the university’s plans to expand the library housed in the same building.
The New Amsterdam condominium, seen here from Highbridge Park when it went on the market in 2008, will have six units auction off on Feb. 13.
If you are looking for a deal on the ultimate local gift for your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day, consider attending a unique real estate auction on Sun., Feb. 13 when six units in the New Amsterdam condominium will go to the highest bidders.
It was anyone’s guess whether a 10-foot-tall snowman crafted by the ball fields in Inwood Hill Park by blogger Art For Strangers would survive the night Thu., Jan. 27 or suffer some unspeakable fate at the hands of ne'er-do-wells. Come Friday morning it was only slightly worse for wear, having made the acquaintance of at least one dog.
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation has combined two of its programs, offering instruction to pass the GED while providing training for employment in the building maintenance and weatherization. Applicants must be at least 18 years old, commit to a three-month training program, and have an interest in employment in the green industry.
For the third year in a row, Friends PS/IS 187, a nonprofit formed by PS/IS 187 parents to raise major and necessary funds for the Cabrini Avenue kindergarten to eighth grade school, will host its Winter Gala, Mon., Feb. 7 from 7-9 p.m.
The Washington Heights Business Improvement District (BID) and the local NYC Small Business Solutions office have moved in together at 560 W. 181st Street, 2nd Floor, which was formerly the site of a military recruitment center.
The YUM program will have a representative at the H&R Block office on Broadway near W. 165th Street in the coming days to talk about how to get low-cost, fresh produce.
The H&R Block office on Broadway at W. 165th Street is partnering with the YUM (Your Upper Manhattan) Food Program to help provide low-cost produce for several days this month.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a summary of a letter CB12 sent to the N.Y. State Department of Environmental Conservation on Jan. 25, 2011 concerning environmental issues at a site that was a former gas station that is being considered for development.
Dear Mr. Sadique Ahmed, Project Manager, N.Y. State Department of Environmental Conservation
From what we know about the condition of 4566 Broadway, it is clear that this is a very serious situation, and it is our hope that the supplemental investigation will produce the information necessary to make a determination on the level of threat that the brownfield site poses to this community.
Student from the youth leadership organization at Sisters and Brothers United of the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition (SBU) holds up sign protesting the closure of Kennedy High School during the joint public hearing held by the DOE and the District 10 Community on Education Council
Well over 75 people attended a Department of Education public hearing this past Fri., January 28th to hear directly about plans on the proposed phase-out of John F. Kennedy High School in the school’s auditorium. The meeting, which began at 6 pm, lasted for well over 3 hours, and was typified by tense exchanges and angry denunciations by many parents, teachers and students in attendance critical of a process some claimed was unnecessarily secretive and top-down.
Washington Heights and Inwood have been generating a good amount of cyber traffic in recent years for a good reason: there’s a lot to say about these neighborhoods.
Northern Manhattanites fill the blogosphere with posts, tweets, and all manner of online musings about art, photography, cooking, mommyhood, and anecdotes about our streets.
The stuffed grape leaves of The Greek Express, redolent with rice and fresh herbs, are a popular meze dish, that serve either as an appetizer or a side dish, but are, in either case, not to be missed.
Story and photos by Debralee Santos
Forget Rosetta Stone.
Cancel the pricey cruise reservation to Mount Olympus.
If you should be looking to pick up a new language via cultural immersion, hike up instead to Riverdale Avenue, find the colorful blue and white trompe d’oeil storefront of Greek Express, and settle in to one of their tiny tables.
Northern Manhattan has something many other neighborhoods don’t. The Cloisters? Yes. A rich history? True. A budding arts community? Certainly.
Actors Ruperto Vanderpool (left) and Manny Perez pose during the Jan. 26 press conference at Altus Cafe for the new play "La Barberia," which takes place in Washington Heights. It opens downtown on Feb. 3.
Straight blades, shaving cream, a couple of combs, and a guaranteed lot of gossip of the male kind are sure to be on stage as a new play about Washington Heights debuts this month at the New World Stages in the city’s theater district. “La Barberia,” written by David Maldonado and Ari Maniel Cruz, is a Latino play with Dominican flavor that to the sound of bachata will be exploring the realities happening in many Latino neighborhoods, as cultural clashes become the norm as gentrification alters the social landscape.
Everyone knows it: space is at a premium in New York City. It is a challenge for anyone to fit their belongings into small living quarters, but this may be especially true for one group in particular: cyclists and bike enthusiasts.
by Tom Fugalli
The Mind-Body Problem
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A dog downstairs is barking. Someone above you is moving furniture. And moving it back. The phone rings from your neighbor's TV. It goes unanswered. Stop. That book is not where you left it. What was that? The faucet? The pipes? Your shadow out of step for a second. Passing cars want to be arias. Listen. The silence is tuning its wind instrument. Keys giggle and locks smirk. You press against the peephole. Who's there? All night the rain grinds its teeth against the window.
January 24 – January 29
We began the week with a beautifully written ode to the timeless treasure that is Inwood Hill Park by Lauren Dockett. Lauren’s exquisite prose paired with Briana E. Heard’s stunning photographs transport the reader to that magnificent oasis. Inwood Hill Park is truly NYC’s best kept secret.
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