For our new readers, we used to do a feature called Harlem’s Hidden Treasures. Jumel Terrace Books definitely qualifies as one. Antiquarian bookshop specializes in local history, African and American: Colonialist and Revolutionary books, art, and ephemera relating to the Morris/Jumel Mansion and its community: Harlem, Washington Heights, African America, Africa, and the Black Atlantic.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 7, 2008.

Clusters of homeless living in tents and small shantytowns in 10 parks, including Riverside Park near 148th Street in Manhattan. Hookers brazenly plying their 24-hour trade, including at Printers Park on Hoe Street in The Bronx. Areas where junkies shoot up and crack dealers set up shop, including at Fort George Playground in Washington Heights.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 7, 2008.

It was supposed to be pretty good, the greatest closer of all time against one of the great righthanded hitters of all time. Except it was "no mas" from Manny of Washington Heights all the way.

Published by New York Daily News on July 7, 2008.

Clusters of homeless living in tents and small shantytowns in 10 parks, including Riverside Park near 148th Street in Manhattan.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 7, 2008.

Dreier-Offerman in blue-collar Coney Island is one of the 10 neglected parks in which The Post found makeshift homeless camps. Shantytowns have invaded even Riverside Park, a favorite of nannies and their wards in the moneyed Upper West Side.

Published by New York Post on July 6, 2008.

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.

The name Willie Mays Drive would be added to street-sign poles along a service road for the Harlem River Drive, starting at Edgecomb Ave. and W. 155th St.

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

Ą Clusters of homeless living in tents and small shantytowns in 10 parks, including Riverside Park near 148th Street in Manhattan.

Published by New York Post on July 6, 2008.

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.

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.

In my neighborhood, Inwood, which is overrun with dogs, pit bulls run around unleashed and unmuzzled. Where does this fall into the heirarchy of priorities for the police? Are any police officers specifically assigned to animal control and patrol looking for these violations?

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

The CARE Collaborative, coordinated by WE ACT for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and representing more than 30 organizations active in Harlem and Washington Heights, will meet over the next year and conduct community surveys to identify critical health risks from toxic sites in the area, along with possible solutions.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 2, 2008.

Try your hand at racing the mountain bike trails on Fort George Hill, or come watch the pros at the 2nd Annual NYCMTB Highbridge All-City Cross Country Mountain Bike Race.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 2, 2008.

The start/finish is on the corner of Harlem River Drive and Dyckman Street, and the course runs south to the High Bridge and west to the corner of Fort George Hill and Dyckman, providing plenty of viewing opportunities for people in the park.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 2, 2008.

You can find out how to cup tomorrow at the Indian Road Cafe where they will be offering a demonstration at 10:00 AM. Future demonstrations will be offered every Friday in July at 10AM.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 2, 2008.

The case focuses on a three-day, $860 course offered in Brooklyn, Washington Heights and Passaic, N.J. Participants were not required to undergo background checks.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 1, 2008.

Police say Neves is charged with running the "U.S. Recovery Bureau" school, which offered three-day courses in Passaic, Brooklyn and Washington Heights.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 1, 2008.

The case focuses on a three-day, $860 course offered in Brooklyn, Washington Heights and Passaic, N.J. Participants were not required to undergo background checks.

Published by WNBC on July 1, 2008.

The full seven-mile route takes 58 minutes at midday on a weekday, when the traffic is often the heaviest. It travels from Co-op City in the Bronx to 207th Street and Broadway in northern Manhattan.

Published by amNY.com on June 30, 2008.

The full seven-mile route takes 58 minutes at midday on a weekday, when the traffic is often the heaviest. It travels from Co-op City in the Bronx to 207th Street and Broadway in northern Manhattan.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 30, 2008.

The full seven-mile route takes 58 minutes at midday on a weekday, when the traffic is often the heaviest. It travels from Co-op City in the Bronx to 207th Street and Broadway in northern Manhattan.

Published by SI Live on June 30, 2008.

The full seven-mile route takes 58 minutes at midday on a weekday, when the traffic is often the heaviest. It travels from Co-op City in the Bronx to 207th Street and Broadway in northern Manhattan.The Select Bus Service began operating on Sunday.

Published by WNBC on June 30, 2008.

n oasis in upper Manhattan, the Cloisters is the palace-like setting of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s medieval architecture branch. Perched on a hill, this monastic castle will make you feel all Romeo and Juliet in the semisecret gardens - perfect for a stroll with a special someone more interested in you than in 12th-century stonework.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

The bus paused in Washington Heights, before starting a return trip to the Bronx at 12:33. The driver, Raul Rivera, 34, said that while some people resisted change, they would probably grow to like the new way of traveling.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

The New York Highlanders, as they were known before the team changed its name to the Yankees in 1913, played at Hilltop Park on 168th and Broadway, a field overlooking the Hudson River.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

Hamilton Heights wins again.

Published by New York Daily News on June 29, 2008.

An oasis in upper Manhattan, the Cloisters is the palace-like setting of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's medieval architecture branch. Perched on a hill, this monastic castle will make you feel all Romeo and Juliet in the semisecret gardens - perfect for a stroll with a special someone more interested in you than in 12th-century stonework. Fort Tryon Park, (212) 923-3700, Metmuseum.org/cloisters. Tues.-Sun.: 9:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Closed Mon. (March-October)

Published by New York Daily News on June 29, 2008.

Police are on the hunt for a rapist who attacked a Lehman College student in her Washington Heights apartment, the Daily News reports

Published by West Bronx Blog on June 27, 2008.

At Riverstone Senior Center in Washington Heights, the seniors say they fell like they're being forgotten.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 27, 2008.

Hunts Point Riverside Park. Close by, Barretto Point Park is located at Tiffany Street and Viele Avenue in the Hunts Point neighborhoodFree, 3-week swim classes for children and teens are offered on weekday mornings from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. starting July 8.

Published by WNBC on June 27, 2008.

Despite being a proud Washington Heights resident, Dr. Ruth Westheimer agreed to be inducted into the "Bronx Walk of Fame" in part, she said, to draw attention to a collection of rare artifacts from the Holocaust in the care of the Bronx High School of Science.

Published by Riverdale Press on June 26, 2008.

The Senate was expected Tuesday to print up and vote on bills memorializing last-minute deals on brownfields, gun control, overtime for nurses, more publicly available information for doctors and greater consumer protections against identity theft, Mr. Schneiderman said - but for the state senator, who represents Riverdale, Inwood and Washington Heights, Mr. Bruno's surprise decision almost overshadows the work he and the other two state leaders completed on deadline.

Published by Riverdale Press on June 26, 2008.

Prosecutors said Washington raped the women at various Washington Heights locations and threatened to cut their throats or throw them from building rooftops.

Published by WNBC on June 26, 2008.

He is sought in connection with the rape and sodomy of a 19-year-old woman in the elevator of a residential building on 177th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Washington Heights.

Published by WNBC on June 26, 2008.

Life in the past was much different than life today, and we have the objects to prove it. Explore our handling object collection and think about how the people who lived in the Dyckman Farmhouse in the past would have used them.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 26, 2008.

Join Mike Feller,  Chief Naturalist for the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation Natural Resources Group, for his monthly nature walk in Fort Tryon Park.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 26, 2008.

Police say the suspect followed a 19-year-old woman into the elevator of a residential building in the vicinity of West 177th Street and Amsterdam Avenue on June 18. He then raped and sodomized her, saying he had a knife.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 26, 2008.

The Senate was expected Tuesday to print up and vote on bills memorializing last-minute deals on brownfields, gun control, overtime for nurses, more publicly available information for doctors and greater consumer protections against identity theft, Mr. Schneiderman said - but for the state senator, who represents Riverdale, Inwood and Washington Heights, Mr. Bruno's surprise decision almost overshadows the work he and the other two state leaders completed on deadline.

Published by Riverdale Press on June 26, 2008.

The Real Estate Group's report tracks neighborhoods south of Washington Heights.

Published by The New York Observer on June 25, 2008.

Before fleeing the victim's Hamilton Heights studio, Williams tried to cover up the crime by setting it ablaze while she lay bound to a futon frame.

Published by New York Daily News on June 25, 2008.

A teenager was fatally shot on the lower East Side during a bloody 12-hour stretch that left four other people in the city murdered, cops said Tuesday. Vincent Cruz, 17, of Washington Heights, was shot once in the head at about 2:10 a.m. Tuesday on Eldridge St. during a fight with a group of men, police said.

Published by New York Daily News on June 25, 2008.

An ex-convict accused of raping and torturing a graduate student for 19 hours should be convicted of attempted murder because he tried to burn her alive to stop her from identifying him, a prosecutor told jurors yesterday. The blaze in the Columbia University student's upper Manhattan apartment was set as the finishing touch on what an assistant district attorney, Ann Prunty, called Robert Williams's "one-man, 19-hour crime rampage."

Published by New York Sun on June 24, 2008.

A Manhattan jury is deliberating the fate of an ex-convict accused of raping and torturing a Columbia University graduate student for nearly 19 hours. The prosecution says Robert Williams should be convicted of attempted murder because he tried to burn the victim alive to stop her from identifying him.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 24, 2008.

The trial of an ex-convict accused of raping and torturing a Columbia graduate student is expected to go to the jury Tuesday.Defendant Robert Williams was tried on 71 counts, including attempted murder.Prosecutors said Williams carried out a 19-hour reign of terror on the woman after getting inside her Hamilton Heights apartment.

Published by WNBC on June 24, 2008.

Police said a gunmen somehow got into the man's Hamilton Heights apartment on West 150th Street.

Published by WNBC on June 24, 2008.

Williams, 31, was tried on 71 counts that included attempted murder, kidnapping, arson, rape and sodomy, committed, Prunty said, after he forced his way into the woman's Hamilton Heights apartment on April 13, 2007.

Published by WNBC on June 24, 2008.

The Tony Award-winning musical “In the Heights” will likely up the charisma quotient of Washington Heights. Should we get Sarah Jessica Parker to move in next? [Gotham Gazette]

Published by New York Times on June 24, 2008.

On a beautiful weekend afternoon both are packed with customers - several stand outside Salvadorena on Broadway and 187th Street eating pupusas, golden-brown corn cakes filled with pork and cheese, costing $2.

Published by Gotham Gazette on June 23, 2008.

"We need a new mayor that is more sensitive to my community," said Albania Lopez, a tenant from Washington Heights.

Published by New York Daily News on June 23, 2008.

Espaillat has a long record in the area's politics. In 1996, he became the first Dominican American elected to any state legislature, representing District 72, which includes Washington Heights, Inwood and Marble Hill.

Published by Gotham Gazette on June 23, 2008.