InwoodHoops.com will be one of the vendors at OFF THE MAP MARKET.
Handmade Hula Hoops on sale for $20, $15 and $10. See you there.
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Yes We Can Inwood + Hike In The Heights + Giraffe Path
UPDATE: Hike In The Heights is looking for community businesses, artists, etc. read on!
There are many ways you can get involved. If you have a community business that you would like to promote, by way of offering an activity table or dance/movement, martial arts, yoga, zumba, a craft, face-painting or have access to games or equipment that would engage children/families, your contributions and ideas are welcome. Also, if you are affiliated with a school, daycare center, or art organization that would like to make paper-mache giraffe sculptures to decorcate the trails you may do that as well. You would be responsible for the materials needed construct them, but you can tag your public art sculptures with the name of your organization, and/or the children/adults that made them.
For more information, please contact event coordinator Amy Figueroa anf2107@columbia.edu
212.305.4734.
212.305.4734.
Partnership sign up http://sites.google.com/site/hiketheheights/partner-sign-upand/or sign up to take the hike http://sites.google.com/site/hiketheheights/Individual-family-sign-up
Learn more about it here:
http://sites.google.com/site/hiketheheights/Potluck
The Giraffe Path
ok, this is super cool. make giraffes tomorrow and Friday (May 20 & 21st) in preparation for the Hike In The Heights. please read all the info below from Margaret Peeler of Yes We Can Inwood, then pass it on…
Dear Yes We Can Inwood Friends and Families,
The 6th Annual Hike the Heights event is approaching. Please mark your calendars for Saturday, June 5 and join us on a beautiful and inspiring hike through beautiful Highbridge Park overlooking the Harlem River. When I did this event last year, one of the highlights was seeing all the paper mache giraffes made by local school children along the path on our way to the Highbridge water tower. This Thursday and Friday, there will be an opportunity for children and their grownups to help make giraffes that will be used for this year’s event. Please attend one of the workshops so that you and your children’s artwork can become a part of the event. Details are below.
-Margaret Peeler
Giraffe Making Event
Date: Thursday, May 20th and Friday May 21st 2010
Time: 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: 390 Fort Washington Avenue, (177th and 178th Street).The workshop is free but please bring recycled material to make the giraffes such as:
• Shoeboxes, cereal boxes, plastic containers and empty gallon plastic jugs for the body.
• Paper towel or wrapping paper rolls or sticks for the legs & neck.
• Duct tape & Masking tape.
• Newspaper.
• A bucket of papier-mache: Paper Mache mixture: 2 cups Elmer’s glue; 1/2 cup flour; 1 cup water.
• Some plastic trash bags to cover the floor.
• Paints, glitter or tissue paper to decorate the giraffe and yarn for the tail.For more information, please visit: http://chalkcenter.org/2010/05/hagamos-jirafas-con-vive-tu-vidalive-your-life-y-chalk-giraffe-making-with-vive-tu-vidalive-your-lif.html
And don’t forget the hike of the season…Saturday, June 5, 10 AM-3PM, Hike the Heights from RING Garden to Highbridge Park
This activity is more about community and (re)discovering our neighborhood. Yes We Can Inwood will once again participate in the 6th annual Hike the Heights event whose goal is to invigorate public spaces by bringing more visitors to northern Manhattan parks and to inspire young and old people to be more physically active.We will gather at the RING Garden (Dyckman Street b/w Broadway & Seaman Avenue) at 10:00 a.m. The hike will start promptly at 10:30am when we will walk east on Dyckman towards 10th Avenue where we will enter Highbridge Park and then hike up through the park to the water tower. Hikers will be coming from 5 different starting points in northern Manhattan. All hikes will converge at the Highbridge Recreation Center on 173rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue. A huge community celebration at Highbridge Park will follow with food, games, activities and performances. To watch a clip of last year’s event and learn more about the event, visit: www.thegiraffenyc.org . There are also some great photos of last year’s event on our website.
The event is organized by The CLIMB project (City Life Is Moving Bodies), part of the Center for Youth Violence Prevention at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.Hope to see you in the park!
Warm Regards,
Margaret & Tricia************************************************************************
Yes We Can Inwood Service Days (http://www.yeswecaninwood.com) is a homegrown project started in December 2008 by two Inwood families. We try to organize monthly, friendly-family community service projects in beautiful Inwood Hill Park and its environs as a way to improve our park and introduce the idea and practice of public service to our children.
Please contact us if you would like to recommend or lead a service project in the neighborhood.
Inwood Hoops was invited to participate but Ryan will not be available to help me lead. If you are free to help carry our hoop supplies, teach kids how to hoop, and just have a fun day all around, please email InwoodHoops@ gmail
PLEASE FORWARD: Isham Park Robberies Safety Advisory
from the inbox:
Safety Advisory: Isham Park Robberies
This morning two people were robbed as they walked through Isham Park on their way to work. Last Monday morning, a similar incident occurred. The 34th Precinct’s Commanding Officer, Deputy Inspector Andrew Capul has increased patrols in the area and asked that you please post and forward the attached safety advisory. In addition, the Parks Department will activate the Isham Park camera and post signs.
Martin Collins
Deputy Chief of Staff
Assemblymember Adriano Espaillat
210 Sherman Avenue
New York, NY 10034
tel 212-544-2278
fax 212-544-2252
34TH PRECINCT SAFETY ADVISORY
Due to recent robbery incidents in the area, the following SAFETY TIPS are provided to reduce the possibility of becoming victimized.
Several incidents have occurred in Isham Park on the pathways leading down to Broadway between the hours of 6am-7am. Perpetrators are 2 Male Hispanics 18-22 years of age, who were sitting on the railings of the paths. As the victim walked past the perpetrators, the perpetrators grabbed the victims from behind knocking them to the ground and removing the victim’s property. Residents are reminded to use caution while using the paths. If suspicious persons are seen, please call 911.
BE ALERT
1) Always BE AWARE of your surroundings especially in places you are most comfortable.
2) Be aware of who is behind you at all times. Trust your instincts. If someone makes you feel uncomfortable, go to a safe location.
3) Be on guard if you are approached by a stranger for any reason.
4) Avoid walking alone late at night. Walk in well-lit and well-populated streets.
5) If you are a victim of a crime, call 911. Try to remember as much detail such as any weapons involved, gender, ethnicity, height, weight, and direction of travel, etc.
6) Report suspicious activity or suspicious persons to the Police.
7) Reduce or eliminate opportunities that may make you a target. Prepare your daily schedule with safety in mind.
8 ) For more information on crime prevention programs, please contact the 34th Precinct Crime Prevention Officer at (212) 927-9301.
34th Precinct ● 4295 Broadway ● New York, NY ● 10033 ● 212-927-9711
Angel Figueroa introduces @InwoodSafety
On Feb 1st, Angel and his daughter saw the cops tend to a guy who was bloodied during a robbery in Isham Park. He immediately went on Twitter to tell us all what he saw, and quickly gathered a group of locals who were as furious as he is about the lack of policing in our neighborhood.
There is going to be a full story in the Manhattan Times, but you don’t need to wait that long to follow how this is developing. Angel created a twitter account called InwoodSafety (a spanish translated twitter acct will come soon as well), and if you ive up here and want to follow what people in our neighborhood are doing to make a difference, or get involved directly, you should follow/show support of this group. Read what the group is saying RIGHT NOW on the #InwoodSafety hashtag and watch your neighbors kick some ass.
if you are looking for a local community service project, this is it.
update: waiting to get more information for neighbors not on twitter but would like to participate and/or would like regular updates. stay tuned…
Inwood Dog Attack
so sad to say that an Inwood pup was attacked and killed by another dog here in the neighborhood. below is the neighbor’s account of the incident, and steps to take if you or someone you know is in this situation:
Two days ago a large mastiff mix belonging to one of my neighbors killed another neighbor’s small poodle outside of our building. The Mastiff owner has a history of owning vicious dogs, and there is a long paper trail asking the manager of our (rental ) building to intervene. I live across the hall with my husband three year old, and I have been worried about the man and his dogs for a long time. I’ve made many requests to the city and the building manager for help.
After the attack, the police banged on the dog owner’s door with night sticks, but he would not answer. They would not take a report, because they said “it’s a civil matter.”
The next 24 hours were a flurry of phone calls to various city agencies by the owner of the dead dog and me. All of them directed us to someone else. The ASPCA said they only handled abuse cases. The Health Dept said to call the ASPCA. The police reiterated, many times, that they could not help us. The dog owner, already traumatized and grieving, was starting to feel even worse. On top of that, the owner of the Mastiff let a dog walker take him out the following morning *without telling the dog walker that the previous night he had killed a dog.*
All of us lay awake that night wondering if someone’s child or even an adult might be next. My husband and I, about 4 years ago, saved a man’s life who was being mauled in a park in Los Angeles by another large mastiff/ pit bull mix. We saw what kind of damage a dog that size can do, so we tried to alert everyone.
Yesterday, I decided not to give up on the NYPD, and I called the 34th looking for a detective. Again, I got the run-around. “This is a civil issue. The dog is considered property in New York, and his owners have rights too.” I blew up at the detective, telling him that my child lives across the hall from this dog, and that if his family lived here, he would never settle for the kind of answers he was giving me. I told him to transfer me to Dep. Inspector Capul, CO of the 34th Precinct. CO Capul knows who I am, but only because I have attended precinct meetings and complained about noise in my area. I got into another argument with an officer who answered, demanding that someone take this seriously, and he said he would relay the message.
An hour later, two sergeants and another officer came to my apartment and met with me and the owner of the dog who was killed. We learned some things from them about how to navigate the system when public safety is at stake, and I wanted to share. They were Sergeants Debold and McGuire of the 34th Precinct – they were helpful, smart, and understanding.
- Any time a dog is a threat out in public, call 911 and report it as “an unleashed vicious dog.” Those are the exact words to use.
- If your dog is attacked by another dog, the city takes no official action. They consider dogs property, not an actual life, (this law obviously needs to change). However, if YOU are in any way injured, you must say that you were “bitten,” not scratched, or bruised, but “bitten” and an entirely new process starts, putting the ASPCA and a division of the Health Dept on the case.
- Most importantly, I was reminded that when you know you’re doing the right thing, and you’re getting the run-around from the city, do not give up. Raise hell until you find a thinking person who responds.
The police filed a report stating that the owner was injured and that the dog was vicious and unleashed (both true, but things that we thought were peripheral), which starts an important process and paper trail within the city. Then the building owner, faced with threats from us tenants, demanded that the owner get rid of the dog in 24 hours. The last I heard, the Humane Society was coming to remove the dog.
Also, here is a link which spells out some of the legal issues: http://www.urbanhound.com/houndLaw/ShowAnswer.asp?QID=126
Thanks,
Jennifer
our condolences to the owner who lost their beloved pooch, and kudos to Jennifer for NOT GIVING UP, and for putting a stick up the 34th’s ass until she got results.
YOGA at Inwood Boxing Academy
thanks to Renata for posting this on the UME:
I know people are constantly looking for yoga classes in the neighborhood… I tried this one last Sunday, I liked it, so I’m posting it for your information…
YOGA at Inwood Boxing Academy
Wednesdays
8:00 am Open VinyasaThursdays
8:00 am Basic VinyasaSundays
10:00 Intermediate Vinyasa
12:00 Basic VinyasaClass Descriptions:
Basic Vinyasa Yoga (90 min)
A flow yoga class designed for those with limited yoga experience. Includes sun salutations, standing poses, seated poses, backbends, twists and beginning inversions.Intermediate Vinyasa Yoga (90 min)
A flow yoga class for those with intermediate or advanced practices. Includes sun salutations, standing poses, seated poses, with more advanced backbends, twists and inversions.Open Vinyasa Yoga (90 min)
An open-level flow yoga class. Includes sun salutations, standing poses, seated poses, backbends, twists and inversions. Some yoga experience is recommended.Instructor: Rebecca Brown has practiced yoga since 1987, working in Vinyasa, Iyengar and Bikram styles. In 2006 she trained as a hatha/vinyasa teacher at OM Yoga in NYC. She has taught yoga at Canadian and U.S. Universities, at major American theatres and at Inwood Peace Yoga Center.
Class Prices
Single class $12
Introductory rate (first class) $ 5651 Academy Street, New York, NY 10034
(just off Broadway between Cumming and 204th St.)
Tel:212-304-1043 InwoodBoxing.com
anyone else try these classes yet?
Sup and Sack in the Sunset, 6/12 @ 5:30pm
My husband is desperate for a date night, and I keep turning him down. I know, I know, “dating” your partner is healthy, but you can’t pry me away from these new babies even if your life depended on it. Well, with one exception…
The only event in our neighborhood I would even consider leaving my brood, or buying a new sling for is this one:
The 10th Anniversary Celebration Fundraiser
For Inwood Shakespeare Festival
In Inwood Hill Park Peninsula
How many summer nights have we escaped to the peninsula, blankets & picnic baskets in tow, to watch another fabulous performance by the Inwood Shakespeare Festival? Or how about those warm nights, when we are taking our evening stroll around the park with our pooches only to be drawn to the beautiful music floating over the salt marsh?
Inwoodites, we have to come out for this one in droves.
SUPPORT OUR BELOVED INWOOD SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL!!
Let’s mix and mingle, sip on a cocktail, and eat a snack donated from some of our favorite local restaurants! It’s time to enjoy yet another romantic evening on Lover’s Lane, perhaps dance to some live music… and it’s all right here in our own little ‘hood.
Tickets are available for $30 online via PayPal and will also be sold for $35 at the door.
Please visit the Moosehall Theater Company website or join the Sup and Sack Facebook group for more info.
Buy your tix, pick up something summery, and spread the word! See you there!!
inwood hill park skunks are back
another sure sign of spring in Inwood are sightings of our friendly neighborhood skunks, which seem to already be out in full force and scavenging. there have been a slew of posts re: skunks on the inwoof group, and since the dog-walking set are pretty up on what’s going on in the park at any given time, dont be surprised if you come across the stinky ones on your daily walks through IHP.
dog owners & walkers alike should keep the deskunkifying ingredients and recipe on hand at all times, so that way you arent scrambling around for tomato juice when it’s really not necessary. we have yet to been hit, surprisingly, but we keep the recipe posted in our kitchen anyway. no point in ruining rugs and furniture when you can take your pups straight to the tub and scrub the shit out of them immediately.
fyi – skunks can usually be seen near trash in the morning or at dusk and throughout the night. they are notorious for eating up scraps inside our playgrounds as well, so be careful after dark.
The Hunt, in Inwood
check out
The Hunt
Apartment Hunters Drawn to the Forest in InwoodBy JOYCE COHEN
Published: January 30, 2009INWOOD, at the northernmost tip of Manhattan Island, wasn’t a neighborhood that Jessica O’Hara-Baker and Thomas Lewin knew anything about, but they were drawn there by the relatively low rents.
From the moment they visited, however, they resolved not to look anywhere else. “I didn’t know there was a forest right there!” said Ms. O’Hara-Baker, who was captivated by the 196-acre Inwood Hill Park. “It is completely untamed. As much as I love New York, I miss sky.”
read the rest here.
AMNewYork blogger visits Inwood
you might have seen this in the paper on your way to work this morning… im posting the link for those who may have missed it.
City Living: Inwood
blurb:
THE BUZZ
Many Inwood residents don’t mind being a bit further than most from the bustle of downtown Manhattan.
So it comes as no surprise that when nightlife began to appear in the neighborhood, some began to complain.
Noise by far has been “the most compelling issue” among residents who appear at community board meetings, according to Ebenezer Smith, the district manager of Community Board 12.
“People come from outside the neighborhood, they come to Dyckman and cruise,” Smith said. “The residents think this noise is from restaurants on Dyckman, but really the restaurants have nothing to do with it.”
she obviously doesnt live on dyckman. when you hear people singing “happy birthday” all the way up seaman ave from the restaurant, im fairly sure the residents arent just delusional.
regardless, nice article.
thanks to katie for the tip.
