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.

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.

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.

Three times the barefoot woman hung by her arms from the precipice of 1878 Lexington Ave. as stunned onlookers gathered below.

Published by New York Post on July 6, 2008.

The other eight are Highbridge Park and Randalls Island Park in Manhattan; Pelham Bay Park and Soundview Park in the Bronx; Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens; and Spring Creek Park, Fresh Creek Nature Preserve and under the Brighton Beach boardwalk in Brooklyn.

Published by New York Post on July 6, 2008.

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.

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

Published by New York Post on July 5, 2008.

A ring of drummers — and tambourine, gourd and cowbell players — forms in Marcus Garvey Park on Saturdays. Some residents of a nearby co-op find them disruptive.

Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

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.

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.

“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.

Swanke Hayden Connell has designed an office building at Park Avenue and 125th Street, to be known as Harlem Park. Its staggered form of boxes, some slightly cantilevered, is reminiscent of the recently opened New Museum of Contemporary Art on the Bowery, designed by a Japanese architectural firm, SANAA.

Published by New York Sun on July 3, 2008.

Not to be outdone by Marshall’s, Target finally hits the bullseye in Manhattan. We first noted that Target aimed it’s sights on Harlem last year but now that the East River Plaza is moving forward, talk is really starting to heat up about the new crimson coated neighbors.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 3, 2008.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Columbia’s Office of Government and Community Affairs has managed the local baseball league since it was created in 1968 for Harlem children and teens seeking to participate in team sports during the summer.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 1, 2008.

The city Department of Education is receiving its largest corporate grant ever, an $18 million gift from General Electric that will go toward improving Harlem middle schools, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday.

Published by New York Sun on July 1, 2008.

Built on the grounds of the abandoned Washburn Wire factory, East River Plaza is expected to create over 2,000 new jobs for East Harlem, generate $35 to $40 million in new sales tax revenue, and introduce national brands to the community, stated David Blumenfeld.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 1, 2008.

An emerging young black political class is seeking to assert the neighborhood’s power against what it sees as an older establishment, based in Harlem, that has long exercised disproportionate influence in New York.

Published by New York Times on July 1, 2008.

Thursday, July 3, 2008, the December 12th Movement and Friends of Zimbabwe are holding an emergency meeting at theNational Black Theater, 125th Street & Fifth Avenue, to discuss the recent elections in Zimbabwe.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 1, 2008.

Part two of the controversial video series by Inside USA, “The Battle for Harlem.”

Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 1, 2008.

She’s generously passed down her gift of flow to her little cousin Charles Hamilton, a Harlem resident. Listen to their duet rapped over Goapele’s “Closer.”

Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 1, 2008.

Marshall’s has committed to lease 33,000 square feet in the East River Plaza, the 485,000-square-foot suburban-style mall being developed in East Harlem along the FDR Drive, between 116th and 119th streets. According to a press release issued today, when completed in the fall the retailer will occupy space on the fourth level of the center.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 1, 2008.

Master mall builder Forest City Ratner and Blumenfeld Development Group have snagged another discount retailer for East River Plaza, the 485,000-square-foot suburban-style mall being developed in East Harlem along the FDR Drive, between 116th and 119th streets.

Published by The New York Observer on June 30, 2008.

Amber Medina is one of a group of girls who are empowered enough bring the sport “to the concrete jungle of East Harlem.”

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

But as the bus crossed over the Harlem River and she watched others boarding and listened to Mr. Rivera give lengthy explanations of the plan in English and Spanish, Ms. Donnelly began to propose moderations and improvements.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

Next weekend you have the opportunity to catch a game of good old fashioned East Harlem Stickball.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

Born in Manhattan, Donny Goines spent his youth going back and forth between Philly, the Bronx, and Harlem.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

Half a century ago, when America was having problems with its image during the cold war, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., the United States representative from Harlem, had an idea. Stop sending symphony orchestras and ballet companies on international tours, he told the State Department.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

Most of the funding went to established programs like the Jazz Museum and Harlem Stage but a $510,352 grant and a $1.5 million loan go to the Business Resource Investment Service Center to fund BRSIC operations and a loan pool for the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Small business lending program.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

The new firefighters recently completed an expanded, more rigorous 23-week training program at the department's Randalls Island academy.

Published by SI Live on June 30, 2008.

The GE Foundation will also award a total of $11 million in grants to Columbia University Teachers College, the Council for Opportunity in Education, College for Every Student, and the Harlem Children’s Zone.

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

Richard Hunt’s sculpture, “Harlem Hybrid,” which stands on a traffic island at West 125th Street, was restored after years of neglect.

Published by New York Times on June 28, 2008.

A well-known rehab center in Harlem is under investigation after allegations a patient was coerced into having sex with a staff member.

Published by WNBC on June 28, 2008.

Films that use Harlem as a location are celebrated in the fifth annual Harlemwood Film Festival.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 27, 2008.

Florestal, 24, has been serving a sentence of 25 years to life for the "depraved indifference" murder of 3-month-old Colesvintong Florestal Jr., who died at a Harlem shelter on May 20, 2004.

Published by WNBC on June 26, 2008.

We first caught wind of DMX’s troubles back in 2006, when we thought a Harlem Brownstone belonging to the very troubled rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, had been sold.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 26, 2008.

Average June rents for non-doorman studios were below $2,000 on the Upper East Side ($1,831), the Upper West Side ($1,968), Harlem ($1,287), and Midtown West ($1,984).

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 26, 2008.

That was my challenge at the FDNY Training Academy on Randalls Island, where I was invited to check out the department's new course for would-be Bravest.

Published by New York Daily News on June 26, 2008.

Naturally, she decided to start her search in El Barrio where she compared four different tacos at the following businesses: ... 3. Cart run by two ladies off the corner of 116th and Second Avenue

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 25, 2008.

Naturally, she decided to start her search in El Barrio where she compared four different tacos at the following businesses: ... 1. La Lomita Del Barrio, 209 East 116th Street, 212/289.8138

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 25, 2008.

Naturally, she decided to start her search in El Barrio where she compared four different tacos at the following businesses: ... 2. Michelle Deli & Grocery, 215 East 116th Street, 212/828.9097

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 25, 2008.

Over the weekend the Harlem Tenants Council, lead by Nellie Bailey, was out marching in protest of the gentrification of Harlem.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 25, 2008.

Florestal, 24, has been serving a sentence of 25 years to life for the "depraved indifference" murder of 3-month-old Colesvintong Florestal Jr., who died at a Harlem shelter on May 20, 2004.

Published by amNY.com on June 25, 2008.

'5' train service is running on the '2' line in both directions between the Nevins Street Station and the 149th St. Grand Concourse Station. '6' express train service is running on the local track between the Parkchester Station and the 125th St. Station.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 25, 2008.

6 express train service is running on the local track between the Parkchester Station and the 125th Street Station.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 25, 2008.

Overall, Harlem remained the cheapest place to rent in June, with average prices ranging from $1,287 for non-doorman studios to $2,636 for full-service, two-bedroom apartments. (That’s around $300 less than the average studio rents in Tribeca and Soho on the opposite end of the price spectrum.) But after declining steadily since February, Harlem doorman rents started to go up this month.

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

Average June rents for non-doorman studios were below $2,000 on the Upper East Side ($1,831), the Upper West Side ($1,968), Harlem ($1,287), and Midtown West ($1,984).

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