Harlem’s Sculpture Partnerships: Where Artistry Meets Collective Brilliance
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Harlem will host its first large-scale sculpture exhibition in Spring, 2024. The historic parks Morningside, St. Nicholas, and Jackie Robinson have been selected to be the featured sites for these works. Harlem Sculpture Gardens will be led by the West Harlem Art Fund and New York Artist Equity Association. They will work collaboratively with the NYC…
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Tips For Getting Accepted To An MBA Program From Harlem To Hollywood
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By Bretton Love Getting into business school isn’t easy – especially if you want to attend a good business school. The admissions process for most MBA programs is extremely competitive. You will need to work hard to make sure you have a well-rounded application and professional college paper writing style to know how to write…
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AG James Applauds Passage Of Legislation To Protect New Yorkers From Deed Theft
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New York Attorney General Letitia James today applauded the State Legislature for passing legislation, sponsored by State Senator Brian Kavanagh. In addition Assemblymember Helene Weinstein, that will reform the state’s civil laws to provide more tools to prevent deed theft and help New Yorkers stay in their homes. The bill, drafted jointly with Attorney General James,…
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Best 6 Web Series To Watch On Hotstar In UK Similar To The Night Manager
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We all enjoyed The Night Manager and loved it to the last bit. The worst thing about a series is that it ends, and then you have to wait for what feels like forever for the next season. The same is happening to all of us as we eagerly await the second season of The…
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The Oldest Building In NYC Dates Back To 1652
As one of the original 13 American colonies, New York is pretty much ancient. The Little Italy staple Alleva Dairy, established in 1892, is the oldest cheese shop in the nation (though it’s sadly relocating to New Jersey) and Fraunces Taverns, the city’s oldest bar, has been serving customers since 1762 and continues to do so to this day!
But NYC’s oldest building dates back even further than that–like, 100+ years further!
Standing strong for over three centuries, The Wyckoff House is the oldest surviving building in NYC.
Built in 1652, The Wyckoff House was one of the very first structures Europeans built on Long Island–originally built by Dutch immigrant Pieter Claesen and his wife Grietje.
The Wyckoff House & Association, Inc., formed in 1937 when descendants of Pieter Claesen and Grietje gathered together to purchase and preserve their home in the face of potential demolition. The Wyckoff House Foundation gained ownership of the property in the 1960s and donated it to the NYC Parks Department.
In 1965 the house became the first structure in New York to be designated a historic landmark, and, after surviving a fire in the late 1970s, was finally restored in the early 1980s–though, regardless of the renovations, it’s the oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.
However, considering the house has been around for nearly 400 years, there really isn’t much to its history.
For most of its existence the house merely served as a farm and family home. It’s been operating as a museum since 2001, where it hosts a slew of events including:
- School programs
- Public events
- Celebrations
- Community farmers markets
Those who visit are treated to a glimpse at how agriculture worked in the old days, along with its continued importance today.
Today, The Wyckoff House Museum’s primary mission is to preserve, interpret, and operate NYC’s oldest building along with the surrounding one-and-a-half acres of park.
Though their website states that the museum is currently closed for public tours due to ongoing repairs, you can stay up to date on when they reopen on their website.
The Wyckoff House is located at 5816 Claredon Road, Canarsie, Brooklyn in what is now Milton Fidler Park.
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Second missing Harlem boy who drowned in river being laid to rest
Alfa Ousmane Barrie, one of the boys who went missing in Harlem who later drowned in the Hudson River, is being laid to rest at a janaazah (funeral) on Friday, June 23. Barrie, 11, went missing last month along with 13-year-old Garrett Warren, who’s body was recovered from the Harlem River.
Services are being held at the Futa Islamic Center (3400 Third Avenue, Bronx) at 1:15 p.m. followed by the maqbarah at Marlboro Muslim Memorial Cemetery (340 Spring Valley Road, Morganville, NJ) at 3:45 p.m.
On May 12, Barrie and Warren, both students at Democracy Prep Middle School, went missing. After a week-long search, Barrie’s body was recovered under the Madison Avenue Bridge over the Hudson River on May 20. Warren’s body was recovered from the Harlem River on May 18.
Reports indicate that the boys climbed through a broken bridge close to the 145th Street Bridge.
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