Climate Plan Calls For Better UpperTown Biking, Walking

While most of Northern Manhattan escaped the harshest ravages of Hurricane Sandy, there was some flooding along the waterfront, including inside the 148th Street subway station. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field blank.By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: . You can…

Harlem’s Pet Adopt-Athon Grows In Many Ways

A Beaming Sarah Saltzberg, Co-Founder of Harlem-based Bohemia Realty Group, and official New Mom, is at the firm’s fourth Pet Adopt-Athon by her own little “puppies,” including newborn son Itai and a fully-festooned Dashiell Frazier, son of Bohemia broker Kelly Mares. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Constant Contact Use. Please leave this…

Feeling, Hot Hot Hot, Harlem Heat To Stay Until Thursday

With the heat indices expected to remain in the mid to high 90s through Thursday, the National Weather Service has extended the previously issued citywide Heat Advisory until 8:00 PM on Thursday, July 30, 2015. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field blank.By submitting this form, you are…

Learn How to Stay Safe In The Harlem Heat

Heat related illness is serious in Harlem, but it can be prevented. Prolonged exposure to the heat and direct sunlight at a concert at summerstage or relaxing at Mount Morris Park can be very harmful, and in some cases, fatal. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field…

HW Pick: The Free Opening Of The High Bridge

Join NYC Parks for The High Bridge Festival at Highbridge Park, on both the Manhattan and Bronx sides of the Harlem River! Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field blank.By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: . You can revoke your consent to…

The Wiz: A Celebration in Dance and Music Free In Central Park

Harlem’s George Faison, internationally celebrated producer, writer, composer, director, choreographer and dancer, made history in 1975 when he became the first African American to win a Tony Award for Best Choreography for The Wiz. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field blank.By submitting this form, you are…

HW Pick: Three Free Screenings Along The Hudson River

Films and Arts Brookfield will be co-presenting three free screenings on the Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place (formerly World Financial Center). The screenings will take place July 30th, 31st and August 1st, with live musical performances preceding each of the films. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Constant Contact Use. Please leave this…

The Harlem Market, New York, 1891

The Harlem Market, one of the greatest open-air markets of its time, was started by a group of men who wanted to provide a wholesale market for small tradesmen and farmers from Westchester County and Long Island. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field blank.By submitting this…

Harlem Wellness Challenge: Healthy Skin Is In

By CC Minton Living a healthy lifestyle is pretty popular these days.  Eating well and staying active are the most popular choices on the menu. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field blank.By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: . You can…

Get Your Noodles Pulled At The Handpulled Noodle In Harlem

Ding ding noodles do not look like noodles. A better description may be nubs, knots, lumps: on a spectrum with spaetzle and frascatelli, but rougher, more unpredictable in shape and fantastically chewy. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field blank.By submitting this form, you are consenting to…

EmblemHealth And GrowNYC Announce This Season’s Greenmarkets

EmblemHealth, the New York health benefits and wellness company, is once again helping to increase New Yorkers’ access to fresh fruits and vegetables through its sponsorship of GrowNYC Greenmarkets. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field blank.By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails…

HW Pick: New York City’s Slave Market

On a recent NYPL blog post it stated that on June 27, a plaque marking the site of New York City’s main 18th-century slave market was unveiled in Lower Manhattan by Mayor Bill de Blasio. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field blank.By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails…

Chukwudi Iwuji Talks “Ira” Aldridge Story On The Danny Tisdale Show

Today, Danny talks about the new staging of “Ira,” on The Danny Tisdale Show. Danny talks to the award winning actor and writer Chukwudi Iwuji, about his new play “Ira” Aldridge the first African-American Actor to Grace London Stage, finding a great book, people watching in a Harlem cafe and more.  Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Constant…

5 Facts You Need to Know About Sickle Cell Disease

June 19 is World Sickle Cell Awareness Day.  From Harlem to Hollywood this is an important time to learn the facts about sickle cell disease including signs and symptoms, as well as treatment options. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field blank.By submitting this form, you are…

Mount Morris Baths Steam And Turkish, Harlem, 1893

The Mount Morris Baths Steam And Turkish had been around since the late 1800s and gay since the 1930s in Mount Morris Park on the corner of South Madison Avenue, between 124th and 125th Streets, Harlem, New York. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field blank.By submitting this…