Articles about “highbridgepark”

Jaime Morban (Facebook) Police recovered the body of a man identified in reports as a missing Manhattan college student from the Harlem River on Monday evening. An NYPD spokesman said that officers found a missing 22-year-old's...

Google Maps A man who was shot in the shoulder managed to chase after the man who allegedly shot him and fatally shot another person in a park yesterday afternoon. Police were then able to arrest...

New York is a city of bridges—there are 20 connected to Manhattan island alone. This is the story of the city’s oldest bridge, a story older than the Civil War. It's the story of a bridge most...

via yojimbot's flickr Despite the absence of any sweet sweet cheeba, parks officials destroyed a vegetable garden cultivated in Highbridge Park by Washington Heights senior citizens to prove a point: parks are meant for tweaking out...

Photo via yojimbot's flickr Speaking of parks, locals are speaking out about the poor condition of Harlem's Highbridge Park. According to the Daily News, the space has more hypodermic needles than flowers. One area resident told...

Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg and other city officials unveiled the newly renovated access path between Highbridge Park and the High Bridge in Manhattan. The $4.2 million project (which included a new pathway and restored iron stairway between the...

There's a fascinating obituary in the NY Times today for Harvey J. Weinstein (no relation to the movie producer). Weinstein died on May 13 at age 82 in Manhattan, and while he was once the head of...

This Saturday, the City Parks & Recreation Department will open the first official mountain biking trail at Highbridge Park in Inwood. According to the Parks Department, the "new trail system includes black diamond features, a BMX...