Inwood (Manhattan)
Inwood is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan and the island of the same name.
- 5.1 Museums
- 5.2 schools
Location
Inwood is bounded by the Harlem River to the north and east and by the Hudson River to the west. Depending on the source, the boundary runs south at Fort Tryon Park, the Dyckman Street or further south along Fairview Avenue.
It should be emphasized that, while Inwood is the northernmost district of the island of Manhattan, but not the northernmost district of the Borough of Manhattan. This is Marble Hill, a neighborhood in Manhattan that directly bordered to the north Inwood, but was connected to the mainland some time ago: Marble Hill was separated by the construction of the Harlem River Ship Canal from the island of Manhattan end of the 19th century and was thus temporarily a small island. Only through the replenishment of the former Harlem River Arms, which was replaced by the Harlem River Ship Canal for shipping, could 1914 Marble Hill are connected to the mainland.
Because the district is bounded on three sides by water, it is hilly and is connected only through the streets Broadway and Fort George Hill with the rest of the street grid of Manhattan, this neighborhood seems detached from the rest of the district of Manhattan.
The main thoroughfare is the Inwoods Broadway, here called U.S. 9. The main shopping streets are also of Broadway and Dyckman Street and West 207th Street. The Henry Hudson Parkway highways in the west, the Harlem River Drive / FDR Drive to the southeast and the Major Deegan Expressway over the Harlem River eastwards tap Inwood.
History
On May 24, 1626 Peter Minuit purchased, the Director-General of the Dutch colony of Nieuw Nederland ( New Netherlands) by the Lenape Indians, the island for 60 Dutch guilders and - according to legend - some cheap trinkets. At the south end of the island Minuit founded New Amsterdam ( New Amsterdam ). A plaque is now located at the place where the purchase of the island may have taken place in Inwood Hill Park, the last remaining original forest area in Manhattan.
Inwood was until the early 20th century, a very little country part of Manhattan. But when the IRT subway line 1906 Inwood opened up, many residential buildings were constructed on the east side of Broadway in the following 30 years. Finally, when the IND subway line (A Eighth Avenue Express) the Dyckman Street and 207th opened up in the 1930s on Broadway, even large areas west of Broadway were developed and built. Many of the impressive Art Deco building in Inwood were built at that time.
Demographic and social structure
During the 20th century, the residents of Inwood predominantly Irish or Jewish origin. The district had a strong Irish identity with many Irish shops, pubs, and even a sports field for Gaelic Football in Inwood Hill Park. Jewish life focused on the area east of Broadway. Between 1960 and 1980, attracted many Irish and Jewish -born families of Inwood in other New York boroughs or suburbs - as did many other residents of Manhattan at that time. During this phase, the number of immigrants attracted by the Dominican Republic to Inwood.
Today, most people who have emigrated from the Dominican Republic as well as their children and grandchildren live in Inwood - especially east of Broadway. Some older Irish -born population are still living in some blocks at the Church of the Good Shepherd at Isham Street, where today the church is almost as often held in Spanish as in English.
The Jewish community is almost no longer exists, so that their synagogues and hospital were either uses or demolished, with the YMHA ( Jewish Community Center ) is still active in the quarter, as they now turn to a much larger group of people.
Otherwise, the origin of the remaining residents of Inwood is as different as you know it from the rest of New York.
Development and land use
If you compare it to other neighborhoods of Manhattan, Inwood covers a very large area. The development bifurcates between East and West. According to the United States Census Bureau, speaks in the majority in the area east of Broadway Spanish and has low income.
Inwood is attractive to people who seek lower housing prices and a relaxed environment without leaving Manhattan or have to give up his underground connections. A sign of the increasing market value of Inwood shown by the fact that in the meantime property that is actually located in Fort George or Marble Hill, are advertised as if they are located in Inwood.
Real estate prices in West Inwood soared in recent years, since dragged artists, students, musicians and young families, the other quarter of Manhattan could not afford - especially the most affluent areas with good metro connection as Washington Heights, Morningside Heights or the Upper West Side. Whether that ultimately leads to the gentrification of Inwood remains to be seen, as the prices in Inwood are still relatively reasonable and the real estate prices of the small area in the west only a relatively minor impact on the rest of Inwood.
Industrial areas, as well as subway and bus depots and landfills are located predominantly in Sherman Creek, a quarter of which is bounded by the Harlem River to the east, the Dyckman Street to the south, Tenth Avenue to the west and 207th Street to the north. In recent years, various politicians advocated a transformation of the area into a residential area with public access to the shore. Currently, there is a part of this area is owned by Con Ed and the city of New York.
In addition to Sherman Creek, Inwoods most important settlement with social housing, " Dyckman Houses" (not to be confused with the Dyckman House museum ). This housing estate was built in 1951 and consists of 14 -storey buildings, which stand on an area of approximately 5.67 hectares ( 14 acres ). There is also a basketball court which is very popular in streetball followers. Here, the basketball star Kareem Abdul- Jabbar grew up. Before the construction of the settlement, here was a stadium ( " Dyckman Oval" ), which could hold 4,500 visitors. Here found American football games, boxing matches and baseball games of the so-called Negro league baseball.
The rest of Inwood consists mostly of residential areas - mostly with 5 - to 8 - storey houses that were built before 1945 and some of the last remaining stand-alone houses in Manhattan. Most of the houses west of Broadway are divided into condominiums, while east of Broadway are mostly apartment buildings.
Bridge structures and bow
Spuyten Duyvil Creek to span the Henry Hudson Bridge, the longest arch bridge in the world was at its completion in 1936 and the Spuyten Duyvil Bridge, a railway swing bridge, which was since its original opening in 1849, rebuilt several times. Important bridges to traffic, the Broadway Bridge and the University Heights Bridge.
The Seaman - Drake Arch is located on Broadway near 216th Street. He is one of only two freestanding arches in New York City. It was built in 1855 from Inwood Marble.
Inwood Marble
Inwood Marble ( Inwood marble), a soft, white metamorphic rock, which is found in the northern part of Manhattan, was named after this quarter. From the mid-17th century to the end of the 18th century quarries were in this area, since the rock was used for building houses. However, since it is prone to erosion, builders eventually dodged to other building materials. Inwood Marble was also used for government buildings in lower Manhattan and Washington DC mined. Smaller rocks this rock are also in the stone walls of Isham Park.
Parks
In Inwood there are numerous green spaces. Here, the Inwood Hill Park, Fort Tryon Park and Isham Park in particular are very popular as these grown very old and parks.
The Inwood Hill Park on the Hudson River is the largest park in the northwest of the neighborhood with lots of trees, sports fields and playgrounds, dog run areas, a promenade along the Hudson, tennis courts, walking trails and a barbecue area. Here are the caves that were used by the Lenape Indians before the Europeans arrived. Bird lovers come to the park to observe sea, prey and migratory birds. Part of the park was built on the former summer residences built. At the same time here the last original forest located on the island of Manhattan. From Inwood Hill Park can be a 30 -meter " C" on the surface of a solitary rock beyond the Harlem River on the banks of the Bronx. The logo of the Columbia University is there for about 50 years.
Glance, one from Inwood Hill Park to the west across the Hudson River to the New Jersey Palisades can. Towards the east, you can at the east end of the University Heights Bridge see the towers of the former campus of New York University in University Heights, where the Bronx Community College is housed.
The other green spaces are Inwoods of Isham Park and the 9.3 hectare (23 acre) Bakersfield Athletics Complex Columbia University along the west 218th Street. The football stadium within this sports complex, the Lawrence A. Wien Stadium, offers 17,000 visitors space and, according to Sports Illustrated because of the scenic views of the Henry Hudson Bridge and the New Jersey Palisades one of the most beautiful places in the country to watch a football game.
Parts of the Fort Tryon Park and Highbridge Park lie along the southern border of Inwood: Such as the Lt. William Tighe Triangle, also referred to as a ring Garden (RING = Riverside Inwood Neighborhood Garden). The RING Garden is located at the northernmost tip of the Fort Tryon Park, where Riverside Drive, Dyckman Street and Seaman Avenue meet. It was founded in 1984 and is thus Inwoods oldest community garden. Here you will find numerous events to art, music and the environment instead. The garden features a solar plant and composting plant as well as a botanical garden.
Institutions
The Allen Hospital (formerly Allen Pavilion ) is the hospital of Inwood, which is a facility of the NewYork- Presbyterian Hospital.
Every Saturday there is a farmers market on Isham Street.
Museums
- The oldest building in Inwood is the Dyckman House, the oldest farm house (built around 1784) in Manhattan on Broadway at the height of 204th Street. It is also the last farm house in this district and was created when the area was still a Dutch colony. Today, this building serves as a museum ( Dyckman House museum ).
- Park is on the border of Inwood in The Cloisters in Fort Tryon a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the medieval art and culture dedicated to. It is housed in a building that was built in the medieval style. Parts of it were purchased in Europe, shipped to the U.S. and rebuilt here. The tower of the museum dominates the skyline Inwoods. You can reach the museum from the Dyckman Street via a steep path.
Train
In Inwood are the Muscota New School. She is a " school of choice" Primary School for Washington Heights, Inwood and Harlem district. Muscota rather pursues a progressive educational approach as to comply with public curriculum of the City of New York City. The recording is made on the draw procedure.
In addition, there are other public schools in Inwwod how the Shorac Kappock Elementary School, which, Inwood Junior High Intermediate Middle School, the Ellen Lurie Elementary School, the Dyckman Valley Elementary School, the Amistad Dual Language School (K -8) Salome Urena Junior high Intermediate Middle School and George Washington High School.
The private schools in Inwood include the Good Shepherd School, which is connected to the Isham Street to the adjacent Catholic Good Shepherd Church ( Church ), the Our Queen of Martyrs, a Catholic school at the Arden Street, Manhattan Christian Academey at the 205th Street, Northeastern Academy at 215th Street and St. Judes School at 204th Street.