At Saggio, a Day of School Revelry, Capped by Wine | NY Times
By ALAN FEUER The neighborhood restaurant plays a limited, but critical, role in New York’s culinary life: It is the place one goes not to be surprised, but satisfied. It’s always a little surprising, then, to find one that’s more than satisfactory. Saggio, a homey, full-flavored trattoria at 829 West 181st Street, is one of [...]
The Big Uptown Monthly Classic Movie Night @ Le Chéile on Monday Night
The Big Uptown Monthly Classic Movie Night Blazing Saddles Le Chéile (839 W. 181st St.) Monday, May 7th 8 pm Join Washington Heights filmmaker Jon Ullman as he presents some of his favorite classic movies at Le Chéile, 839 W. 181st St. at Cabrini. Whether you’re discovering a classic film for the first time or [...]
Flor de Toloache @ Le Chéile
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Video & photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) What is Flor de Toloache? Toloache is an herb used to make people fall in love. It is also the name of, get this, are you ready? A truly awesome All-Female Mariachi Band that will totally change your mind about Mariachi music. [...]
Racked NY Shouts Out Our Very Own Probus NYC
The Shopping Confidential section of Racked NY shouted out our very own Probus NYC (714 West 181st Street). As it turns out, beauty expert, Edward Cruz came upon the shop while working on the set of a Ludacris video a few years back. Well, taken by the extensive selection and the excellent customer service, Mr. [...]
Future Uncertain For Historic Coliseum Theater | NY1
By: Rebecca Spitz When the Coliseum Theater opened in Washington Heights in the 1920s, it was the third largest theater in the country, hosting stars like the Marx Brothers and Bob Hope before it was later converted into a movie house, but now it’s closed, leaving community members wondering about what’s next for the space. NY1’s [...]
Pinball Wizards Flip for WaHi Tournament | DNAinfo
By Paul Lomax WAHI — Tommy would be proud. Pinball powerhouses from all over North America rolled into Washington Heights this past weekend to try to bump off the competition in the inaugural Pinball Open. New neighborhood restaurant Le Chéile opened its doors to over 200 people for the first of what organizers hope to [...]
Rider takes on the MTA: Starts petition on ‘neglected’ subway station | NY Daily News
BY Michael J. Feeney A WASHINGTON Heights teenager is fed up with the “neglected” W. 181st St. subway station – and she’s decided to do something about it. Grace Valdes, 19, has been collecting petition signatures from other frustrated straphangers at the W. 181st A-train station, which she charged has been all but abandoned [...]
On the Fringe, With Benefits | NY Times
By Christian L. Wright Photo Credit: Guy Calaf | The New York Times “HEY, look out!” cried a man on the street as he grabbed an elderly woman from the path of a bicyclist whizzing down the steep slope of West 181st Street, toward Riverside Drive. The cyclist was gone in a flash, trailed by [...]
New York Red Bulls Star Juan Agudelo Will Be @ The AT&T Store In The Heights Tonight
NEW YORK RED BULLS STAR JUAN AGUDELO CELEBRATES NEW HIGH-TECH BILINGUAL AT&T STORE IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS Thursday, August 25 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 614 West 181st Street (Btwn St. Nicholas and Wadsworth Avenues)
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony For The New AT&T Store On 181st St Tonight With Special Guest Robinson Cano
New York Yankees Second Baseman Robinson Cano joins AT&T to Open New High Tech Wireless Store in Washington Heights Thursday, August 11 6:15 p.m. 614 West 181st Street (Btwn St. Nicholas and Wadsworth Avenues) New York Yankees Second Baseman Robinson Cano joins Tom DeVito, vice president and general manager for AT&T in New York and [...]
The 40 Oz Bounce that Didn’t Happen or Did It
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Ruben Henriquez I have never seen so many cops in one place in my life. It literally looked like every cop in the city was in Washington Heights this past Saturday, all on the strength of one man. As a matter of fact, as I was making my ascent [...]
Space, Light and Bragging Rights – Habitats/Washington Heights | NYTimes.com
By CONSTANCE ROSENBLUM THE real estate ad promised a space renovated by a “well-known architect,” or words to that effect. But Mindy Fox, a food writer who was apartment hunting with her husband, Steve Hoffman, was dubious. “If he’s so well known,” Ms. Fox muttered to Mr. Hoffman as they headed up to Washington Heights [...]
Just Another Day at the 181st Street Train Station
Check out this now viral video of a way too common occurrence at the 1 Train station at 181st Street, the elevators getting stuck in between floors. Thank goodness everyone was rescued without any major issues but this could have been much worse.
Hudson Heights Pumps More-for-Less Theme | WSJ.com
By Kavita Mokha Hudson Heights in upper Manhattan is nestled in an area that has long been considered a Dominican stronghold, but for a couple of blocks along West 181st Street between Fort Washington Avenue and Cabrini Boulevard, a more diverse crowd has been setting up shop in the past few years. Dominican sancocho and [...]
The Dominican Film Festival Kicks Off Tonight
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The first ever Dominican Film Festival in New York (DFFNY) held at the Coliseum Cinemas (181st Street & Broadway) looks to be a doozy. The DFFNY boasts a stunning and varied list of feature films as well as a smattering of short films. Q&A sessions with audience and the press will [...]
Uptown in Brief: Dancing at the Altar – DNAinfo.com
By Eden E. Woldearegay and Sam Guzik Specials to DNAinfo WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — On a recent Sunday, Rev. Melvin Miller looked more like a dancer prepared to leap onto the stage at the New York City Ballet than a pastor ministering to his congregation. As he stepped onto the pulpit dressed in a white shirt [...]
AT&T Announces the Opening up of a new “Experience Store” on 181st Street & St. Nicholas this Summer
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) This past Wednesday, AT&T formally announced the opening of its new “Experience” store on 181st Street and St. Nicholas this summer while also pledging its support to important community and civic causes to a gathering of local press, community and business leaders. The new retail store will be one of the [...]
Op-Led: I Love 181st Street
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) When I was a kid growing up on 192nd Street and Wadsworth Avenue in the 80′s, 181st Street was the center of my universe. A trip to 181st could mean that we were going for the rare meal at McDonalds or better yet, to the now defunct Astral Theatre to see [...]
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL PROFILES WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The Wall Street Journal recently ran an interesting and fact filled real estate profile on Washington Heights. I did have an issue with the following sentence in the first paragraph: “Today, the northern boundary of Washington Heights is largely considered to be at 181st Street.” This is absolutely not true but [...]
2ND ANNUAL KIDS FILM FESTIVAL KICKS OFF TODAY
October 20 – 24, 2010 Second Annual KidCinemaFest presents top-notch children’s films to Washington Heights Families and children join the festivities to enjoy the latest in all-ages appropriate films of all genres Now in its second edition, KidCinemaFest – The Washington Heights Children and Young People’s Film Festival aims to enrich children’s appreciation for filmmaking [...]
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