Video: Flammable Liquid Used in Robbery
The police are looking for help identifying the man they say tossed the liquid at a cashier at a check-cashing store last month and made off with a bag of money.
View ArticleEasing the Passage From Prison
A Harlem "re-entry court" graduated 53 parolees, who received help with everything from getting a MetroCard to rebuilding battered family relationships and rewiring criminal thinking.
View ArticleGuns and the Pulpit
Metropolitan Diary: A Harlem pastor's simple request on a recent Sunday brought home the effect of gun violence on his congregation.
View ArticleRevisiting the Story of ‘A Harlem Family’
For the 100th anniversary of Gordon Parks’s birth, the Studio Museum in Harlem is exhibiting the photos that made up “A Harlem Family.” The Lens blog has the story.
View ArticleIcon of Harlem’s Gay Night Life Gives Way to Wreckers
A block of Harlem that is undergoing a makeover was once the home of a century-old entertainment complex where in the 1920s and 1930s a popular lesbian singer performed with a back-up chorus line of...
View ArticleOnce the King of Harlem Hairdressers, Now Nearly Forgotten
Rogers Simon was once known as the king of Harlem hairdressers and his main client was the boxing legend, "Sugar'' Ray Robinson.
View ArticleBroken Romance With New York
Metropolitan Diary: This item was written, unhappily, on hearing that Bleecker Bob's record shop in the Village was being replaced by a yogurt store.
View ArticleA Jay-Z Sighting … in 1939 Harlem
A man in an old photo found in the New York Public Library's vast collection bears a striking resemblance to the hi-hop mogul, and the discovery isn't the first of the library's pictures to cause a...
View ArticleA Parade of Vintage Trains, Unnoticed in the Harlem Night
A collection of privately owned train cars made their way to Grand Central late Thursday night, though Harlem appeared unmoved.
View ArticleFriends in a Harlem Bar
Metropolitan Diary: An evening with a Texas transplant who shows plenty of sass.
View ArticleAn Old Staple of Black Culture Now Adds to a New Restaurant’s Décor
Coming across vintage copies of Jet magazine inspired a design and branding consultant who was working on a concept for an old-style burger joint in Harlem.
View ArticleHow Many Cans Does a Recycling Bag Hold?
Metropolitan Diary: A man assisted a small caravan of people pushing carts loaded with recyclable cans and bottles.
View ArticleA Gatsby Moment on the Train
Metropolitan Diary: A crowd of revelers leaving Yankee Stadium reminded a subway rider of a line written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
View ArticleA Couple, Getting Better
Metropolitan Diary: Two riders on the F train were each trying to improve themselves, through vastly different books.
View ArticleI Wear My Sunglasses in the Subway
Metropolitan Diary: A student reflected on the different worlds -- in fashion, shrubbery and other things -- when crossing onto the campus.
View ArticleAn Art Teacher Preserves the History of Harlem, While Creating Her Own Legacy
Alice Mizrachi, 36, an artist and teacher, is helping her students find a passion for art while also making sure that the Harlem art culture "lives in a rich and authentic way."
View ArticleHarlem Pier, 10:35 A.M.
Temperatures dipped but were still warm on Monday, winter’s second full day, as fog cloaked the view of New Jersey from Harlem. Tuesday’s high may not hit 40.
View ArticleHigh and About to Be Unemployed
Metropolitan Diary: A young man's journey uptown to smoke marijuana ended with a bad trip that only got worse.
View ArticleVideo: Flammable Liquid Used in Robbery
The police are looking for help identifying the man they say tossed the liquid at a cashier at a check-cashing store last month and made off with a bag of money.
View ArticleEasing the Passage From Prison
A Harlem "re-entry court" graduated 53 parolees, who received help with everything from getting a MetroCard to rebuilding battered family relationships and rewiring criminal thinking.
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