Apollo To Reopen, Grandma Dawn Bookmobile | Harlem Week In Review

Harlem NY

20 August, 2021

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HARLEM, NY — Miss any headlines in Harlem this week? Patch's week in review has you covered for the neighborhood's top news. Harlem's Iconic Apollo Theater 'Is Back', Mayor Says, Opens Soon HARLEM, NY — In another sign of New York City's rebirth, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Thursday that the Apollo Theater will soon open to the public and that the city plans to celebrate the... Read more Harlem's 'Grandma Dawn' Nears Dream Of Building A Bookmobile HARLEM, NY — Months after a successful fundraiser saved Dawn Harris-Martine's shop, generous New Yorkers have stepped up again to help the 82-year-old bookstore... Read more Harlem Gang Busted After 21 Shootings, Authorities Say HARLEM, NY — More than a dozen alleged members of an East Harlem gang have been arrested, accused of being complicit in 21 shootings committed over the past several years, authorities said Wednesday.... Read more Cluster of Legionnaires' Disease Found In Harlem, 9 Hospitalized HARLEM, NY — A community cluster of Legionnaires Disease has broken out in Central Harlem as nine people in the area have been diagnosed with the disease over the past 10 days, which has launched... Read more East Harlem Man Dies After Being Punched, Thrown Down Stairs EAST HARLEM, NY — A man is facing murder charges after allegedly punching another man and throwing him down the stairs in front of an East Harlem building. Around 9:16 p.m. on Aug. 3, police... Read more Harlem Lost 10K Black Residents, Gained 18K Whites This Decade HARLEM, NY — Harlem gained more than 18,000 white residents since 2010 while losing thousands of Black and Hispanic people, confirming what many in the neighborhood have known for years: gentrification... Read more 600 Affordable Homes, Music & Arts Center Coming To East Harlem EAST HARLEM, NY — Hundreds of units of affordable housing and a new music and arts center are coming to East Harlem through two new developments made possible by the neighborhood's recent rezoning.... Read more