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Special Events

The Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon Park (September)

Opening of the Malcolm X Memorial Museum at the Audubon BallroomComplex (Spring 2001)

Resources

WashingtonHeights-NYC.com

Washington Heights and Inwood Development Corporation

The Riverside-Inwood Neighborhood Garden

Hudson Heights Owners Coalition

Inwood and Washington Heights

Inwood and Washington Heights are located on the northern tip of Manhattan; Washington Heights extends from 145th Street to 200th Street (Dyckman St), Inwood extends from 200th St (Dyckman St) to 220th Street.

Major Sights

in geographical order

Dyckman House 204th Street and Broadway
St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Chapel Fort Washington Avenue
The Cloisters Fort Tryon Park
Yeshiva University 185th Street and Amsterdam Avenue
George Washington Bridge Bus Station Broadway between 178th and 179th Streets
The Audubon Ballroom Complex 168th Street and Broadway houses the Harlem-Heights Historical Society and the Audubon Tourist and information Center.
Morris-Jumel Mansion 160th Street and Edgecombe Avenue
Audubon Terrace 155th Street and Broadway: the former estate of the American artist John James Audubon houses the The American Numismatic Society, The Hispanic Society of America, The American Academy of Arts and Letters and Boricua College.
Church of Intercession 155 Street and Broadway
Trinity Cemetery 155th Street and Riverside Drive
Dance Theatre of Harlem 152nd Street

Historical Highlights

(source: The Encyclopedia of New York City)

1626: The Indians may have sold Manhattan Island to Peter Minuit in Inwood Hill Park.
1748: Dyckman Farmhouse was built by William Dyckman; burned down by the British, the house was rebuilt in 1783. Today, it is the last Dutch farmhouse in Manhattan.
1965: Malcolm X was assassinated while addressing a rally at the Audubon Ballroom.
1990: The Dominican Community in this area was the largest in the US.
1992: Guillermo Linares was the first Dominican elected to public office in the US as Inwood's City Council Member.
Today: Inwood Hill Park (196 acres) contains the last remnant of primeval forest in Manhattan.