West Harlem Community Website
Check out restaurants recommended by members of the community.
Add your own restaurant suggestions, discuss community events, and otherwise just get involved in our Community Forums.
Geographical Information
- A map of the Harlem area from pbs.org
- A collection of disturbing maps showing a correlation between facilities producing diesel emmissions in Harlem and asthma in infants (0-4 years old) from West Harlem Environmental Action (We Act).
- Interactive maps from Cornell University's Department of City and Regional Planning.
- Manhattan Community Board 9
includes people living in the following boundaries.
- North: 155th St
- South: 110th St
- West: Hudson River
- East: St. Nicholas/Edgecombe
Getting Involved and Places to Volunteer
- West Harlem Environmental Action (We Act) website - an environmental group dedicated to West Harlem issues
- Manhattan Community Board 9 Calendar
- VolunteerNYC.org - Get connected to volunteer opportunities in New York City.
- Transportation Alternatives - Nonprofit organization that advocates bikes and other healthy transportation issues.
- DonorsChoose.org - Donate directly to students by funding classroom activities. Here are three proposals from Harlem classrooms that need funding...
Gems in our Community
- Soul Food CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). Located at 252 W 116th St (at 8th Ave). For each member, they provide a "share" (about 10-20lbs) of fresh vegetables and fruits each Thursday from June to December. They get their organically grown fruit, vegetables, and herbs from Roxbury Farm. Membership costs $400. For more information contact Vanessa at (212) 665-8747. To learn more about New York City's CSA's.
Noise Pollution
- Mayor Bloomberg announced on June 7, 2004. in a press release (pdf), a proposed law to deal with New Yorker's number one quality of life complaint: Noise.
- Read this analysis (doc) of noise in a New York City apartment at 125th St and Broadway.
- Perhaps New York City could employ solutions like these for subway noise.
- Read an article (pdf) by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine on environment induced hearing loss.
- Call 311 to report instances of excess noise.