From Country Life To The Renaissance, The Story Of 116th Street In Harlem NY 1897
116th Street runs from Riverside Drive, overlooking the Hudson River, to the East River, through Harlem, New York.Continue reading
Cows Drink In Harlem Creek Pasture At Lenox Avenue And 116th Street In Harlem 1893
A Cow Pasture (once the farmland of John and Adolph Bussing in inherited from Arent Harmense Bussing), on Lenox Avenue and 116th Street in Harlem, NY in 1893.Continue reading
The “Crossroad To Harlem,” The Historic Apthorp Farm On The Upper West Side 1728
The Apthorp Farm and Apartment that lay on Manhattan's Upper West Side straddled the old Bloomingdale Road, laid out in 1728, which was re-surveyed as The "Boulevard" – now Upper Broadway just south of Harlem.Continue reading
Lyft And Back On My Feet Partner Providing Credits To Staff As They Start Running Again
Lyft has partnered with Back on My Feet, an organization that combats homelessness through the power of running, to provide staff members with ride credits so they can get to their morning runs with their members.Continue reading
Riverside Drive, The Home Of Ellison, Gershwin, Hearst And Others In West Harlem
Riverside Drive is a scenic north-south thoroughfare from Harlem to Houston. Continue reading
Report Says, Scenic Harlem Community Garden Claims Crops Were Poisoned
A beloved Harlem community garden is claiming that Amtrak has poisoned its crops, according to a report from Patch.Continue reading
The Andrew Carrigan House, 1911, A Harlem Masterpiece (Photographs)
The incredible Andrew Carrigan House was a symmetrical masterpiece of simplicity (also known as the Rudd Mansion), at 114th Street and Riverside Drive, in the Morningside Heights in Harlem, New York, 1911.
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Harlemites Stroll With Grant’s Tomb In The Background, Harlem, NY, 1900
Pedestrians entertain themselves as they stroll on West 122nd Street and Riverside Drive in this image looking north with Grant’s Tomb in the background in Morningside Heights in Harlem, NY, 1897.Continue reading
Decomposed Body Found In Harlem
PIX11 reports that police discovered a decomposing body of a man in a wooded area off a street in Harlem, police said Thursday.Continue reading
“The Man With The Sawed-Off Leg And Other Tales Of A New York City Block” In Harlem
These Harlem homes stand proudly gazing across the Hudson River at the cliffs of New Jersey. Their brows are marked by ornamental pediments. Continue reading
Bodycam Shows Cops Shoot Knife-Wielding Man In Harlem (Warning Video)
Bodycam video released Monday shows a suicide response call in Harlem, which escalated into a chaotic 10-second faceoff that ended in cops shooting a man in the leg.Continue reading
Harlem Hit-And-Run Driver Hits 30-Year-Old Man
A 30-year-old pedestrian was badly hurt when he was hit in Harlem by a BMW whose driver kept going, police sources said Tuesday.Continue reading
Best Places To Watch The July 4th Fireworks For Free In Harlem
Harlem's Independence Day salute on Sunday, July 4th Fireworks will be set off from multiple locations, meaning there will be Instagram-worthy vistas of the display from multiple spots in Harlem.
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Surveyors At 112th Street And Riverside Drive, Harlem, NY 1879
This is looking north from what is now 112th Street and Riverside Drive. The gate in the background on the right of the man seated, on what appears to be a pipe, New York Tours By Gary suggest the gate to what was then probably a private home but eventually the Saint Christopher Home and later the Hudson Terrace Inn.Continue reading
Harlem Luxury At The Claremont Inn, NY 1804-1950’s (Photographs)
The outdoor photographs of the historic Claremont Inn on Riverside Drive at 121st Street in West Harlem, New York, 1804 until the early 1950's, are well documented with images of the exterior decks and dinning areas.Continue reading
