Instead, he did his apartment-hunting in Inwood, the hilly nabe at Manhattan's northern tip.

Published by New York Daily News on July 20, 2008.

The neighborhood's greenbelt includes Fort Tryon Park, home to the Cloisters, and Inwood Hill Park, the site of Peter Minuit's legendary $24 purchase of Manhattan.

Published by New York Daily News on July 20, 2008.

A police department mechanic is among eight people indicted for allegedly selling drugs in Manhattan. Prosecutors said Benny Garay and seven others carried out their sales -- mostly of crack cocaine -- at the Dyckman houses. Prosecutors said they eavesdropped on cell phone calls -- part of "Operation Snoop."Drugs and a gun were recovered in a Bronx apartment raid, prosecutors said. Garay has pleaded not guilty.

Published by WNBC on July 17, 2008.

Prosecutors say crack sales occurred in lobbies and stairwells of the Dyckman Houses apartment complex in upper Manhattan.

Published by New York Daily News on July 16, 2008.

Of course if you want to stay a bit closer to home, take the subway up to Inwood Hill Park – the last natural forest in the city - and check out the monument at the southwest corner of the ball field at 214th Street that marks the spot where Peter Minuit bought Manhattan for $24 worth of trinkets.

Published by New York Daily News on July 15, 2008.

Rucker’s Park isn’t the only uptown court of champions. Farther north at 204th and Nagle at the Monsignor Kett playground, NBA champions and hopefuls alike perform to the beat of hip hop provided by a DJ.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 11, 2008.

For the second year in a row, U.S. News Media Group ranked New York-Presbyterian Hospital sixth among the nation’s hospitals and first in the New York City metropolitan region. It is the eighth consecutive year that the hospital was named to

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 11, 2008.

New York-Presbyterian Hospital ranks first in the New York City metropolitan area and sixth in the nation, according to U.S. News Media Group's 2008 edition of America's Best Hospitals.

Published by WNBC on July 11, 2008.

Often you’ll hear booming beats on sound systems, sometimes there is even a disc jockey. At the Dyckman Basketball Tournament in Upper Manhattan, there is a man named Jude Fremond, who goes by the nom de turntable of Deejay J. U. Every summer weeknight, he can be found behind his turntables at courtside, providing the pulse for what are usually some pretty spectacular games of hoops in the Monsignor Kett playground at Nagle Avenue and 204th Street.

Published by New York Times on July 10, 2008.

Twenty-five years ago, Kingsbridge, Riverdale and Marble Hill came together to help save an endangered Sycamore on Corlear Avenue in Kingsbridge, identified then as 125 years old by Bronx historian, Rev. William Tieck. Now, at age 150, the Corlear Sycamore enjoys the privilege of being the “oldest resident” in Kingsbridge.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

A Fire Department spokesman said the dead man was 45 years old, and the dead boy was 5 or 6. The man, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was the child’s godfather, fire officials said. The child was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia hospital in Washington Heights, where he was pronounced dead.

Published by New York Times on July 9, 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.

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.

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 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.

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.The Select Bus Service began operating on Sunday.

Published by WNBC 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 amNY.com on June 30, 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.

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.

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.

A note from the owners of Indian Road Cafe: We will be opening our coffee bar tomorrow with limited hours of 7AM to 6PM. The wine bar portion of Indian Road will follow within 10 days or so.

Published by UPTOWNflavor 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.

Police said Ferguson, 18, ambushed Patricia McGowan outside the Good Shepherd School in Marine Park, Brooklyn, Tuesday morning, grabbing her bag and shoving her through a metal gate topped off with a cross.

Published by New York Daily News on June 15, 2008.

Police arrested a teenager in a vicious robbery of a Brooklyn parochial school teacher that was caught on surveillance tape.

Published by WNBC on June 14, 2008.

The shocking video of a young man violently mugging a 62-year-old teacher has outraged many. On Friday night a suspect was in custody. And police say this isn't the first time he's struck. Police at the 61st Precinct in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn say 18-year-old Eric Ferguson is the young man seen in the surveillance video brutally beating and robbing 62-year-old teacher Patricia McGowan as she arrived for work at Good Shepherd School in Marine Park on Tuesday.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 14, 2008.

Eric Ferguson, 18, was picked up at around 6 a.m. at a friend's house in The Bronx wearing several articles of clothing from previous robberies and he admitted attacking 62-year-old Patricia McGowan as she arrived at Good Shepherd School in Marine Park on Tuesday, cops said.

Published by New York Post on June 14, 2008.

Eric Ferguson, 18, ambushed Patricia McGowan outside the Good Shepherd School in Marine Park, Brooklyn, early Tuesday, cops said. Surveillance video captured the mugger attacking her from behind and pushing her through a metal gate topped with a cross before running off with her bag.

Published by New York Daily News on June 14, 2008.

A 62-year-old woman who had her purse snatched this week returned home to find that her assailant had taken her keys and stolen her car, officials said yesterday. Police officials said that as the woman stood outside the gate of the Good Shepherd School in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn on Monday, a man approached her and punched her in the face. A surveillance video showed her falling to the ground as her attacker grabbed her pocketbook and fled.

Published by New York Sun on June 13, 2008.

New York City police have made an arrest in an attack on a Brooklyn parochial school teacher that was caught on surveillance tape. The grainy tape shows the attacker coming up behind the 62-year-old teacher as she opens a crucifix-adorned gate to the Good Shepherd School in Brooklyn at 6:40 a.m. Monday.

Published by amNY.com on June 13, 2008.

GOOD SHEPHERD Church, located at 608 Isham St., between Broadway and Seaman Avenue, will hold a summer flea market on Saturday, June 14, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Some of the items that will be available for purchase include clothes, jewelry, toys, books and CDs. For more information, call 212-567-1300.

Published by Riverdale Press on June 12, 2008.

After winning the approval of the City Council and Board 8, a portion of Terrace View Avenue, between Adrian Avenue and Teunissen Place, will be officially renamed Michael Pichardo Way on June 20. It was once the location of the now-defunct Marble Hill Neighborhood Improvement Corporation, where Mr. Pichardo served as executive director. After his death on June 8, 2001, neighbors launched a drive to get the street renamed in his honor.

Published by Riverdale Press on June 12, 2008.

The gunman who shot an unarmed 24-year-old in a recent Marble Hill Playground shooting was out on bail following an arrest for a gang assault in January, court records show.

Published by Riverdale Press on June 12, 2008.

Hawk Walk 9:00 a.m. Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 11, 2008.

M'Mah was cooling off in the spray with dozens of other kids near her home on Sherman Ave., Concourse, when she started crossing the street to see a friend about 6p.m.

Published by New York Daily News on June 10, 2008.

M'Mah was cooling off in the spray with dozens of other kids near her home on Sherman Ave., Concourse, when she started crossing the street to see a friend about 6p.m.

Published by New York Daily News on June 10, 2008.

1 p.m. Washington Heights and Inwood residents protest dirty streets and litter; in front of West 181st St.

Published by The New York Observer on June 6, 2008.

Paulette Shomo, who lives in Marble Hill and chairs the 50th Precinct Community Council meetings, was perturbed by the shooting, but commented that she hadn't heard a lot of people talking about it.

Published by Riverdale Press on June 5, 2008.

Junior Ranger Day Camp: Campers are immersed in the outdoors and learn how to fish, canoe, camp and use maps and compasses. At the end, they are challenged with a Junior Ranger Olympics. Ages 8-11, June 30-Aug. 15; $35-$65 a week. Inwood Hill Park (northern Manhattan), Marine Park (Brooklyn), Crotona Park (Bronx) and Blue Heron Park (Staten Island).

Published by New York Daily News on June 3, 2008.

We’ve been so consumed with our affairs down in Harlem that we’ve been neglecting our friends in upper uptown. There have been quite a few things happening in Inwood and Washington Heights.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on May 31, 2008.

We’ve been so consumed with our affairs down in Harlem that we’ve been neglecting our friends in upper uptown. There have been quite a few things happening in Inwood and Washington Heights. The main event is happening this weekend. The Sixth Annual Uptown Arts Stroll will be jumping off on Sunday and continuing through June 30.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on May 31, 2008.

Two off-duty rookie cops heading to a Washington Heights club were attacked by a mob of men during a botched robbery attempt yesterday. Joseph Rivera, 22, Roman Moses, 25, and another man were walking to a nightclub shortly after midnight on West 164th Street when six to eight men approached them from behind.

Published by New York Post on May 31, 2008.

An off-duty cop shot and wounded a suspect after the officer and his buddies were beaten outside a Washington Heights nightclub, police said. Two NYPD rookies and a pal had parked their car on W. 164th St. early Friday when a mugger sucker-punched one cop as the trio walked to a nearby nightclub.

Published by New York Daily News on May 31, 2008.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Children's Hospital at Montefiore, and Schneider Children's Hospital on Long Island were among the nation's top children's hospitals, according to the ranking, which appears in the magazine's June 9 issue.

Published by New York Sun on May 30, 2008.

116th Street and Broadway

Published by The New York Observer on May 27, 2008.

A 60-foot Mercedes bus has been serving straphangers on the M101 route, which runs from Astor Place to Inwood, and the M102, which runs from Astor Place to 147th Street and Lenox Avenue, since April.

Published by New York Post on May 23, 2008.

During a six-month NYPD probe at the Woodside Houses in Woodside, undercover cops were able to buy heroin, cocaine and marijuana 150 separate times, police said.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

Police Commissioner Ray Kellysaid the small drug crews, which respected each others' turf within the Woodside Houses, sold more than $250,000 a year of cocaine, crack and marijuana.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

During a six-month investigation, undercover officers made 150 purchases of crack, powder cocaine, heroin and marijuana at the Woodside Houses, the authorities said. The complex has 20 buildings with more than 3,400 residents.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

With the success of cases like this one, DNA profiling is used more and more by the city, even extending into property crimes, Ms. Singer said. DNA testing was used to support the case against the 14- year-old boy accused of committing 30 burglaries earlier this year in Kingsbridge and Marble Hill.

Published by Riverdale Press on May 15, 2008.