East Harlem Archives - Page 64 of 65

Harlem Art Collective Tries to Better Community With Airbnb

Airbnb isn't all bad. Actually, when the site is used as it was intended, it can be pretty cool. Case in point, an artist collective in East Harlem is utilizing the site to rent out two rooms in its five-bedroom apartment and uses a portion of the proceeds to fund free art workshops for area residents, DNAinfo reports. Continue reading

Harlem RBI Announces 97% Graduation Of Its Seniors

Harlem RBI celebrates the graduation of its seniors with a commencement ceremony to congratulate them on their inspiring determination and drive to succeed.Continue reading

Harlem Man Charged With Rape of Woman

A 20-year-old man was charged Tuesday with trying to rape a woman inside her Gramercy area apartment building in East Harlem over the weekend.Continue reading

104th Street S Curve, Elevated Railway, Harlem, 1899 (video)

From (Thomas) Edison Films catalog taken from the front platform of a special train that ran backward over the celebrated S ("Suicide Curve,") Curve, Elevated Railway in East Harlem, New York, 1899.Continue reading

Bicyclist killed in hit-run crash in East Harlem

Fox News reports that a man riding a bike in East Harlem was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver, according to the NYPD.Continue reading

Pop Up Art Installation And Watchtower Update In Harlem

The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation would like to update the residents of East Harlem, Central Harlem and members of the Marcus Garvey Park Alliance and the Mount Morris Park Community Improvement Association about the restoration of the fire watchtower. Continue reading

Harlem Council Member Levine Call To Improve Gas Line Safety

On Friday, May 15, City Council Member Mark Levine along with tenants and tenant advocates called for preemptive safety measures to the city’s gas infrastructure. Continue reading

RATifcation Program To Widen From Harlem To Hollis

A New York pilot program to root out rats by attacking them in the colonies they set up in parks, subways and sewers has proven so successful that the city is expanding it to all five boroughs, a city official said on Thursday.Continue reading

DREAM Charter School To Launch In The Fall Of 2015

DREAM Charter School received the full approval from the Panel for Educational Policy by a 12-0 vote last week to site a new Pre-K program in the P.S. 50 school building.Continue reading

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East Harlem Building Boom Continues

Although permits were filed for this eight-story apartment building in East Harlem way back in 2007, the project has just started to rise out of the recession gutter. Continue reading

Harlem RBI To Host Girls Day Recruitment Events

Harlem RBI will host two Girls Day celebrations for program recruitment at the South Bronx and East Harlem locations on Sunday, April 26 and Sunday, May 3 respectively from 12 PM to 3 PM.Continue reading

Synthetic “Marijuana” Sending Harlemites To The Emergency Room

A spate of hospitalizations linked to synthetic "marijuana" led city officials to issue a warning Friday about the risk of consuming the herbal products that are often labeled as “incense” or “potpourri.” Continue reading

Crack Is Wack Mural By Keith Haring In Harlem

Potentially NYC's most famous mural, Keith Haring's 1986 piece frames a handball court at 128th Street and 2nd Avenue, serving as a permanent reminder of a crack epidemic that crippled some of the city's poorest neighborhoods.Continue reading

7-Eleven Replaces Local Businesses In East Harlem

A 7-Eleven will be the first store to open in a building that stood vacant for more than a year after the landlord pushed out eight small businesses to make room for renovations. Continue reading

Harlem Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito And NYC Council Members Kick off Participatory Budgeting

Today, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and New York City Council Members kicked off the voting period for New York City’s 2014-2015 participatory budgeting cycle — now the largest such process in the nation.Continue reading