Major expansion of business improvement districts is planned for northern Manhattan | NY Daily News
By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS A major expansion of business improvement districts — the self-taxing, public-private partnerships that provide services for retail districts across the city — is about to take place in northern Manhattan, the Daily News has learned. One new BID is being developed along a booming, 12-block stretch of [...]
Uptown Social Gives Inwood Sports Fans a New Place to Catch The Game | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer INWOOD — Just in time for the NBA playoffs, uptowners have a new place to catch the big game. Uptown Social, a new Inwood sports bar and gastropub with 15 high-definition TVs, opened its doors at 186 Dyckman St. last week. The sports bar aims to be the place for [...]
Out on a Manhattan Pier, Putting On a Concert for the Birds | NYTimes
By JIM DWYER On Tuesday morning, Jose Modesto Castillo, retired from a job in a plastics factory, walked just about as far west in northern Manhattan as it is possible to go, to the end of a long pier fingering into the Hudson River at Dyckman Street. A harmonica rigged to his head was just [...]
J.R. Smith: Running the Courts in NYC | Buckets Over Broadway
By Phil DeMeo Now this is what I’m talking about. Hey Fansided.com I don’t want any media credentials for any games at the Garden. Screw that. Get me courtside seats at Dyckman Park smack in the middle of Washington Heights right next to James Harden and my boys Lloyd Banks, Jim Jones, and Juelz Santana. [...]
Streetball Lives @ Dyckman Park
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) For those that don’t know, some of the best Streetball in the world is being played right in our own backyard. The Dyckman Tournament not only attracts top-notch basketball talent such as Kevin Durant, Ron Artest, J.R. Smith and Michael Beasley among many others [...]
Dyckman Basketball Tournament Jumps Off to a Big Start | DNAinfo
By Maya Shwayder, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — The Dyckman Basketball Tournament kicked off its 22nd year on Monday in Dyckman Park near 204th street. Opening night drew an estimated 1,100 spectators to the park, and another 1,200 watched on livestream as the Body Snatchers went head to head with Team 8732, and won, 73-70. [...]
Another Groupon Uptown Steal – Albert’s Mofongo House
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) What better way to end the year than with a Groupon deal for the one and only Albert’s Mofongo House (4762 Broadway)? I snatched up the last deal that Groupon had for this place and man was it worth it. My good friend and colleague DJ Boy and I had a [...]
Inwood’s Favorite Bakery
By Nat Rudarakanchana Meet Polo Minaya, chief baker at Kenny’s Bakery, a small but beloved Inwood institution on Dyckman Street. Inwood’s Favorite Bakery from Nat Rudarakanchana on Vimeo. We invite you to like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, or e-mail us at UptownCollective@gmail.com. Your email:
Another Groupon Uptown Steal – Albert’s Mofongo House
Nothing hits the spot after a long night of drinking then a heaping plate of Mofongo. Except for a maybe one of the delicious and diabolical concoctions at Cachapa’s Y Mas. Anyway, the good folks at Groupon have another amazing Uptown deal. This time around it is Albert’s Mofongo House (4762 Broadway), which, by the [...]
Uptown Fashion Night Out @ Nostlygia Tonight
NYC’s Fashion Night Out invades UPTOWN tonight at Nostlygia (251 Dyckman). The festivities begin at 7 pm with a live performance by Mobius Collective. Click their name to view their site and take a listen to their incredible sounds. The night will also feature a pop-up shop from our good friend and booming uptown artist, Tony M. Peralta. [...]
Nostylgia's Uptown Give Back BBQ This Saturday
Back to school season is right around the corner and what a better way to send off the summer than with this charitable BBQ and overall Uptown celebration. Guaranteed to be a blowout event with timeless fun, all for a good cause. Nostylgia has hooked up with the non-for-profit, Give Be Grow in order to help raise enough resources to supply at least [...]
07.1.2010 MARKS THE ARRIVAL OF THE MEXICAN ON DYCKMAN
By DeJesus: Somewhere between Hype, Hate and Hoopla, is Papasito. Papasito is the latest addition to Dyckman’s street Restaurant Row. It has also been the source of division between some residents of Inwood and some businessmen of Inwood. It is also a magnet that will (and by the opening has already done so) draw people [...]
BRAZEN LINGERIE'S NAUGHTY DRAWER
BY Carolina Pichardo It’s placed quietly in the left-hand corner of Brazen Lingerie. Surrounded by mannequins, laced underwear, silk panties, and massage oils. Although it looks like your average grandmother’s antique dresser, don’t be fooled by the delicate hand carvings and amaretto finish on this masterpiece. This beautiful piece of furniture holds much more and [...]
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