2 news articles

• Hamilton Heights 2 Dead, 8 Injured In Upper Manhattan Blaze

  There's no word on what started the fire Tuesday night in a six-story building in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood. The fire began on the fifth floor.

  Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 9, 2008.

• Hamilton Heights Uptown fire leaves two dead, several injured

  The fire was reported Tuesday night in a six-story building in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood. It started on the fifth floor.

  Published by New York Daily News on July 9, 2008.

1 business review

• 5 stars out of 5: Harlem Apple Store reviewed on Yelp.com.

1 news article

• Harlem Korean War vet missing

  Enrique Picart, 77, disappeared from his East Harlem apartment on June 14 and is so kind and easy-going that he may not ask for help, even when he desperately needs it, his family said.

  Published by New York Daily News on July 8, 2008.

1 news article

• Harlem Post Uncovers Shantytowns in Local Parks

  The department’s biggest recent success stories include reviving parks in Harlem and the once vastly polluted Bronx waterfront, where significant improvements were made to Barretto Point Park, parkland along the Bronx River, Hunts Point Riverside Park and other green space.

  Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 7, 2008.

2 news articles

• Grace Tabernacle Christian Center Mourning Brooklyn Church Prays For Injured Pastor

  Church members at Grace Tabernacle Christian Center raised their voices in praise and remembrance Sunday following the crash, which killed Wright's co-pastor and wife, Betty Wright, who was also her husband's travel companion on trips, including this final one.

  Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 6, 2008.

• Polo Grounds Street fight leaves Willie Mays benched

  It skirts a housing project built on the former site of the Polo Grounds, where Mays starred as a spectacular center fielder for the New York Giants from 1951 to 1957, en route to Hall of Fame immortality.

  Published by New York Daily News on July 6, 2008.

1 real estate listing

• 2322 7th Ave 2322 7th Ave listed on Trulia for $650,000

  Listed on July 5, 2008.

1 business review

• 4 stars out of 5: Harlem Apple Store reviewed on Yelp.com.

5 news articles

• Harlem WET, WHITE AND BLUE

  "It makes me think about the soldiers in Iraq," said Terrance Brown of Harlem.

  Published by New York Post on July 5, 2008.

• Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and 135th Street The City Visible: Yesterday’s News

  A Harlem newsstand on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and 135th Street sports a well-worn office chair where its owner sits and chats with passers-by.

  Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

• Big Apple Jazz Coda Is Heard for a Daytime Jazz Club in Harlem

  Gordon Polatnick’s no cover-charge, daytime jazz club in Harlem is closing due to lack of funds.

  Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

• Harlem An Old Sound in Harlem Draws New Neighbors’ Ire

  And so in this corner of Harlem, which is known as Mount Morris Park, two sides have formed, each with complaints that many agree are legitimate. The stalemate has bubbled over into a dispute about class, race and culture and has become a flash point in the debate over gentrification.

  Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

• 136th street Queens drowning victim, 8, son of cop

  Pool at 136th St. home in Queensboro Hill is where Justine Almonte drowned during backyard Fourth of July barbecue. The 8-year-old is stepson of an NYPD officer.

  Published by New York Daily News on July 5, 2008.

1 business review

• 5 stars out of 5: Sylvia's Restaurant reviewed on Yelp.com.

3 news articles

• Harlem Smiles honor slain teen's spirit

  More than 2,000 people packed the Greater Refuge Temple on W. 124th St. for the funeral of the straight-A student. The 15-year-old was killed by what cops think was a stray bullet while walking with friends in Harlem Sunday morning.

  Published by New York Daily News on July 4, 2008.

• Harlem Hastings was two spots short of Olympic team

  Her Web site calls her a 400-meter Diva, and others have called her one of the next great 400-meter runners in the world. Natasha Hastings - born in Brooklyn, raised in Uniondale, schooled in Harlem - has no shortage of credentials, or promise, but she wasn't much in the mood to revel in any of that at Hayward Field Thursday night.

  Published by New York Daily News on July 4, 2008.

• Seventh Avenue and West 127th Street Funeral held for teen hit by stray bullet

  The shooting happened early Sunday morning near Seventh Avenue and West 127th Street in Harlem.

  Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 4, 2008.

1 real estate listing

• 28-02 141st St 28-02 141st St #2F listed on Trulia for $165,000

  Listed on July 3, 2008.

2 restaurant inspections

• 2922 FREDERICK DOUGLASS BOULEVARD, MANHATTAN PEKE CREPES & CREAMERY inspected: 14 violation points

  Violation points: 14 Inspected on June 23, 2008.

• 486 LENOX AVENUE, MANHATTAN MANNA RESTAURANT inspected: 15 violation points

  Violation points: 15 Inspected on June 25, 2008.

3 news articles

• Harlem Stringer Criticizes Harlem Development Project

  The president of Manhattan, Scott Stringer, is accusing the Bloomberg administration of circumventing the land use review process to push through a mixed-use development project in East Harlem.

  Published by New York Sun on July 3, 2008.

• St. Nicholas Park St. Nick’s Monthly Coffee Bark

  Come celebrate Independence Day weekend at the Dog Run with coffee, donuts and fun while socializing with fellow dog owners and discussing issues concerning St. Nicholas Park and St. Nick’s Dog Run.

  Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 3, 2008.

• Harlem Higher Gas Prices and Tolls Cut Congestion

  “It’s hurting us pretty badly,” said John Greaney, the president of Local 608 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, which represents workers on the Upper West Side, in Harlem and in the Bronx. “A lot of our carpenters have been laid off until the strike is settled. I would say it’s in the range of 2,000 members. Without concrete deliveries, we can’t proceed.”

  Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.

2 lost and found postings

• Morningside Heights Lost my cell phone 7/2: Nokia 6820 (Harlem / Morningside)

  Near 135th. $30 reward for return. No questions asked....

  Posted to Craigslist on July 3, 2008.

• Harlem Lost my cell phone 7/2: Nokia 6820 (Harlem / Morningside)

  Near 135th. $30 reward for return. No questions asked....

  Posted to Craigslist on July 3, 2008.

1 business review

• 5 stars out of 5: Harlem Apple Store reviewed on Yelp.com.

6 news articles

• W. 127th St. and Seventh Ave. Mom of slain teen wants justice, not blood

  Allsbrooks, who had just finished his sophomore year at Rice High School, was walking with friends when he was cut down at the corner of W. 127th St. and Seventh Ave., three blocks from home.

  Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.

• Harlem Child Lead Poisonings Reach Record Low

  Of the remaining New York City children with lead poisoning, 22 percent lived in Queens, mostly in West Queens and Southwest Queens; 19 percent lived in the Bronx, mostly in Crotona, Tremont, Pelham, Throgs Neck, Fordham, Bronx Park, High Bridge and Morrisania; 13 percent lived in Manhattan, mostly in Washington Heights, Inwood, Central Harlem, Morningside Heights and the Upper West Side; and 4 percent lived on Staten Island, mostly in Stapleton, St. George and Port Richmond.

  Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

• Harlem Manhattan housing market slows

  For example, Corcoran, which compiles its data with PropertyShark.com, reported that the average price of a Harlem apartment fell 2% during the second quarter from the year-ago period to $652,000 while the number of units sold plunged 49% to 158.

  Published by Crain's New York Business on July 2, 2008.

• Harlem Toxics and Treasures Tour

  WE ACT for Environmental Justice, a leading advocate for environmental justice for two decades, will be conducting a bus tour of Northern Manhattan on Wednesday, July 9 to observe toxic sites in the area from a public health perspective and to consider ideas to restore some of them as community resources, just like several historic Harlem sites to also featured be on the tour.

  Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 2, 2008.

• Oberia Dempsey Center Toxics and Treasures Tour

  Bus tour starts at the Oberia Dempsey Center, 127 West 127th Street, Harlem

  Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 2, 2008.

• Morningside Heights Child Lead Poisonings Reach Record Low

  Of the remaining New York City children with lead poisoning, 22 percent lived in Queens, mostly in West Queens and Southwest Queens; 19 percent lived in the Bronx, mostly in Crotona, Tremont, Pelham, Throgs Neck, Fordham, Bronx Park, High Bridge and Morrisania; 13 percent lived in Manhattan, mostly in Washington Heights, Inwood, Central Harlem, Morningside Heights and the Upper West Side; and 4 percent lived on Staten Island, mostly in Stapleton, St. George and Port Richmond.

  Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

1 real estate listing

• 111-66 145th St 111-66 145th St listed on Trulia for $260,000

  Listed on May 5, 2008.

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