Residents’ Information
Wild web You’re not the only one visiting our website! Page views are up 33 percent in the last year compared to the previous year. With four apartments on the market, it may be telling that after the home page the next three most-visited pages were our Uptown calendar, the page About Hudson Heights, and our page listing apartments On the Market. —7:20 a.m., May 30
Squeegee mop Would you like one? Riva received an extra with a recent order and it’s yours for the asking. —7:18 a.m., May 29
Grilling spots Happy Memorial Day! Looking for a place to light up a grill? This resource lists the safe spots in Fort Washington Park and Inwood Hill Park. Grilling on the Pinehurst’s balconies and fire escapes is prohibited by law — not to mention common sense. —7:23 a.m., May 28
Weekend picks After yesterday’s sold out opening night, the Inwood Film Festival is underway. It features films made in Uptown or made by Uptowners and runs all weekend. Explore the forest for mushrooms in Fort Tryon Park, right, to find out which are safe, which aren’t, and which are the most unusual. Kayaking on the Hudson returns Sunday morning with free excursions courtesy of the Inwood Canoe Club. —7:54 a.m., May 26
Façade Repairs
Repairs to the building’s exterior are under way. The result will be a façade that is in compliance with Local Law 11.
The work is being performed by Castcapa and Sullivan Engineering, whose crews will wear clothing identifying them so you know who is around the building and inside. The crew will be on site from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will strive to avoid noisy work before 9. We had hoped to have the entire project completed before January (the end of the construction season), but supply-chain delays held us up. Once the work is done, we will have to keep the sidewalk sheds up until the city inspects the repairs.
Before starting work, on August 11 Castcapa photographed the interiors of the external walls in about half of all apartments to document the their condition and to allow us to identify any damage caused by the work. The photographer returned on August 26 to document the walls in the twenty-four apartments that were not availabe on her first visit.
Windows are covered by blue translucent film to prevent dirt and damage. If you damage the film, Castcapa will replace it once.
Air conditioners are covered by a breathable filter (as in the photo). The filter won’t interfere with the normal use of your A/C. You can expect your units will be covered in active work areas for as long as scaffolds are in place. Once work is complete in an area, Castcapa will remove the filter fabric and plastic protection so that your A/C units and windows can be cleaned.
Do you have know your way around revenue streams and investing? To repeat the call made at the
shareholders’ meeting in June: Residents with financial expertise are still invited to get involved and join a Local Law 11 financing subcommittee.
Please keep in mind that Castcapa’s workers will not answer residents’ questions about the project, which is Castcapa’s policy. All questions
should be addressed to John at Argo, Fehim, or to the board.
Covid-19 Information
We put an end to our mask policy last autumn. You are no longer required to wear one in the building’s common areas, nor are your guests or tradesmen. Remain vigilant, however, and if you are more comfortable wearing one please do.
If it turns out you have the symptoms of Covid-19, inform John at Argo and also notify Fehim before you leave the building or return, so he can isolate you in the elevator.
Let’s all keep the building safe.
It’s not too late to get an updated Covid-19 booster: vaccinefinder.nyc.gov/.
There’s good news with the infection rate in Fort George and Hudson Heights. After a bump up to 2.78 percent in March, the rate at the end of April was moving back down, hitting 1.52 percent. In Inwood the rate is 3.41 percent, and in Lower WaHi it’s 1.22. Battery Park is moving in the opposite direction: More than one in ten residents tested positive.
Application Forms
Download the forms you need, posted here as pdf files. If you don’t see what you’re looking for here, please call our property manager, who can also send you any of these forms through the mail.
Never be late again with your maintenance fee. Sign up for automatic payment from your checking account. It’s ideal for travelers. There’s no cost, and with it you’ll never pay another late fee.
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Store your bicycle in the basement storage room. Please keep it locked to the rack. To get your rack, fill out this form. (It’s the same as the Storage Cage form, just check the Bike Rack box at the bottom.)
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If the improvement you’re planning is less extensive than a renovation but you’re still planning to use outside help to complete the job, you may be eligible to use the decoration agreement. It’s less extensive than the alteration agreement (below, under Renovations and Alterations). Before submitting a decoration agreement, please visit with the property manager.
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Renovations fall into this category. Use this form to submit with your plans. If you believe your work is not extensive, please contact the property manager to see if you qualify to work under a decoration agreement (see above). Mail the completed form to Hedda at Argo, 50 West 17 Street, NYC 10011-5702.
Pinehurst 447 Alteration Agreement.pdf
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The purchaser should fill out this document to apply to transfer shares from the seller.
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If your apartment is too cluttered, store your overflowing belongings in a storage cage in the basement. To get your cage, fill out this document.
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If you plan to sublet your apartment, your proposed subtenant needs to complete this document.
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The documents you will need for some other puposes are available from different web sites. Here are the most popular:
Gym
The gym is closed during the pandemic.
Pets
Contacting Us
Have a question about the House Rules, or how to get a storage cage? Ask one of your directors. This year they are:
Riva Hocherman, president
Contact them at board@thepinehurst.org or just say hi in the elevator or at the mailboxes. They will be happy to help you.
Fehim Redzpagic is our superintendent. You can reach him by calling (646) 372-0092 (that’s Pedro’s old line) or sending an email to Super@ThePinehurst.org.
While you’re thinking of the building, help us keep your contact information current so you will receive official mail from the corporation and Argo without delay. If you have children moving out or roommates moving in, please tell us. Your information will not appear on this web site. If you do not want it to appear on our internal contact sheet, simply say so.
The secretary is responsible for keeping our records current, so when you have updates please keep us in the loop by sending them to secretary@thepinehurst.org or one of these addresses:
board@thepinehurst.org For general questions
super@thepinehurst.org To reach the super
secretary@thepinehurst.org To update
your contact details
web@thepinehurst.org Reaches the
webmaster
You may also call the property manager, John Duff, at (212) 896-8600, and mail correspondence to us at
447 Ft. Washington Avenue, No. 68, New York NY 10033.
Delivery Security and Package Pirates
Have you lost a box after it was delivered and before you picked it up? You’re not alone: 90,000 of them go missing in New York every day, and residents in some buildings are protecting themselves.
It’s terribly frustrating to have a delivery go missing despite our best efforts. If it happens to you, please follow these steps:
1. Ensure delivery confirmation with the delivery service (USPS, UPS, Amazon, etc.).
2. File a police report with the 32nd Precinct at (212) 690-6311.
3. Notify management of your missing package.
4. The police will contact management to obtain surveillance video. As per the House Rules, security camera footage is not provided to residents.
To keep your delivery from being stolen, follow suggestions from the Wirecutter, or try some of the tips we’ve collected to protect your goods. There’s no guarantee they will work, but any of them will help keep your package yours.
• Once your package is delivered, pick it up! The longer you wait, the more likely it is to go missing. And when lots of residents leave their packages uncollected, the space fills up and someone’s package has to be left outside the door, where thieves can prey on it.
• Have your package held at the post office, or sign up for informed delivery from the USPS.
• If you’re going to be out of town for more than a few days, the Post Office will hold your mail if you
sign up for the free service.
• Take advantage of “Ship to Store” option when it’s available. Amazon offers a locker feature that allows you to pick up your package from a secure location, whether near home or work.
• Request signature confirmation for delivery.
• Never buzz in someone whose identity you can’t establish.
• When you see strangers in the building, a friendly “hello” or “can I help you find someone?” will let them know the residents are paying attention to visitors.
• And if you see a package at a neighbor’s door, you could collect it and let them know you have it.
A magazine for co-op apartments suggests being aware of restaurant delivery personnel. The Denver Police Department says one effective deterrent is simply asking a neighbor to accept a package for you.
If you’re clever, you could try what a NASA engineer has up his sleeve for porch pirates, but it involves a lot of glitter and amassing a certain … scent.
Exterminator
To help you keep crawly interlopers out of your apartment and the building, we hope you’ll schedule an appointment with our exterminator. Please let Fehim know you’d like to take advantage of the service.
Gas Meter Reading and Inspections
The state mandates inspections of gas meters and piping to keep you and your neighbors safe. If your meter (it’s probably in your kitchen) has not been inspected, call (800) 643-1289 weekdays between 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. or send an e-mail to gasinspections@coned.com.
Alternatively, if yours has in fact been inspected and you’re still being asked to set up a time, take a picture of the inspection sticker and email it to the same address.
ConEd bills you for the natural gas you use, typically for your range. Your gas meter is probably in your kitchen and looks like the one on the right. ConEd determines your gas bill by looking at those little dials to find out how much gas you used, and for accurate billing prefers to read your meter monthly.
If you’re home when the gas meter reader knocks on your door, just let him in and he’ll be done in less than a minute. If you miss him more than once, you may receive a letter from ConEd asking for access to your apartment to read your meter. For $19, you can schedule a visit at www.coned.com/en/accounts-billing/how-to-read-your-meter, or you can just follow the instructions and record the meter reading yourself.
Oh, those meters in the basement across from the elevator? They’re for electricity.
General Data Protection Regulation Info
Visitors to this website from the European Union have the protection of GDPR 2016/679 which on May 26, 2016, went into effect.
Data collected from on thepinehurst.org are stored on the servers of Ionos, the web hosting service used by 447 Ft. Washington Owners’ Corporation doing business as The Pinehurst. The Controller is the webmaster, who may be reached at web@thepinehurst.org, and the Controller’s Representative is the property manager, John Duff, who may be reached at (212) 896-8600 or at Argo Real Estate, 50 W 17 St, New York NY 10011. The Data Protection Officer is the president of the corporation, Riva Hocherman, who may be reached at 447fwa@thepinehurst.org.
The data we collect are those submitted voluntarily by shareholders to promote notices of sale of their apartments. There is no requirement to submit any information at any time. We store personal data for the duration that an apartment is for sale; once it is sold we delete it within four weeks of being notified of the sale. If a shareholder revokes permission for us to store personal information we shall delete it within two weeks of the shareholder’s notification.
We use Google Analytics to review users’ visits to our site. Information from Google is available to us only in the aggragate; we have no access to any information about any individual visitor.
An individual subject to GDPR 2016/679 has the right to request from the Controller access to and rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing concerning the data subject or to object to processing as well as the right to data portability. Such an individual also has the right to make a complaint the supervising authority, which is The Board of Directors. It may be reached at secretary@thepinehurst.org or at 447 Fort Washington Ave, Apt 68, New York NY 10033.
Grilling in the Parks
Looking for a place to light up a grill? This resource shows the safe spots in Fort Washington Park and Inwood Hill Park.
Grilling on the Pinehurst’s balconies and fire escapes is prohibited by law — not to mention common sense.
Hazardous Waste: Paint, Pesticides, CFC’s
After sprucing up your walls you probably have more paint than you can use for touch-ups. To dispose of them in the trash, let the paint dray out—just be sure you keep a window open. Once the paint is dry you can put it in the trash.
If it’s latex paint (and it’s still wet), you can take up to five gallons to one of the city’s hazardous waste collection points. You can also drop off pesticides, electronics, motor oil and the like. The city also runs occasional Solvents, Automotive, Flammable, Electronics disposal events that are closer to home, but last only a day.
House Rules
Our building is a community, as well as our home. Residents share the responsibility to ensure a safe and pleasant quality of life at reasonable cost. We count on each other to treat all areas of the building as our home, and to protect and respect the rights of all of the Residents to a safe and comfortable home. A set of guidelines helps us achieve these goals.
The House Rules are available here. Return the cover sheet to Argo.
Please keep yourself familiar with the information in this document, which is part of your Proprietary Lease. The House Rules will be updated to include the Smoking Policy, which goes into effect on August 28. Until they are revised, shareholders who intend to sell or sublet must include the smoking policy in their sale or lease agreement. A copy of it is below, under “Smoking Policy.”
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Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and Severe Weather
Severe weather is an uncommon but dangerous phenomenon. In the summer and early fall, hurricanes may threaten the northeast. If a hurricane is threatening the city, keep on top of the evacuation map found on this page.
Hurricanes are rare but their effects are not. Have a plan in case the weather turns severe.
The late spring and summer can produce tornadoes. Before you hear of a tornado watch (which means that weather conditions could produce a tornado) or a tornado warning (which
means a funnel cloud has been spotted, though it may not have touched the ground yet), please review these safety precautions for you and your family.
In short, go to the lowest level of the building, stay away from windows and remain there until the all-clear sign has been given (by the National Weather Service, typically), and have a first aid kit handy.
Laundry Room
Pay for your laundry with your smart phone. Hercules has an app that connects to the washers and dryers so you don’t have to keep track of a card anymore.
Download the Hercules CyclePay App from the Apple Store or Google Play for your IOS or Andriod phone. Full instructions on its use are in the chart on the right, which you can doawnload in the pdf below. It’s also posted in the laundry room.
The laundry room is open daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
To help keep us safe during the pandemic, we ask you to limit its use to two people or families at a time and to take your clean laundry back to your apartment to fold so the next person can get in sooner.
Para mantenernos a todos sanos, implementamos algunos procedimientos nuevos ayer para usar la lavandería. La lavandería está abierta todos los días de 7 a.m. a 11 p.m. Le pedimos que limite su uso a dos personas o familias a la vez y que lleve su ropa limpia a su apartamento para doblarla para que la próxima persona pueda entrar antes.
When you load the machines, it’s easy to feel you need to use more detergent than is necessary. That’s beacause modern cleaning products, including cleaning boosters and fabric softeners, are formulated to require less than in years past. When you put in too much, the washers cannot rinse it all out, leaving chemicals in your clothes—and leaving scents in the washers that your neighbors may not care for. Check the instructions on your detergent, boosters, and fabric softeners, and use only what’s recommended.
Hercules maintains the laundry machines, both the washers and dryers. With our dryers, to add five minutes
you must do so when at least five minutes remain in the cycle. If there is less time, you will be given 30 minutes and charged for a full cycle.
If a machine is malfunctioning, please call Hercules at (800) 526-5760 to inform them so they may repair it. Alternatively, you may send an e-mail to service@hercnet.com, explaining the problem and asking for a refund if you lost money. Hercules will need to know:
BUILDING NAME Pinehurst
BUILDING ADDRESS 447 Fort Washington
Avenue
BUILDING LOCATION Manhattan
LAUNDRY ROOM LOCATION Basement; super required for
access
MACHINE MALFUNCTIONING Take note of
the number on the machine, and if you’re asking for a refund, include your apartment number
Maintenance Fee Statements
We welcome you to switch to paperless billing for your monthly maintenance fee.
If you’ve signed up and chose not to receive paper statement but they’re still arriving, we have a solution. Just send an email to Aileena and she’ll get it straightened out.
Manhattan Maintenance Fees
Our fourth look at maintenance fees across Manhattan neighborhoods is available on the On The Market page. The previous survey, the third, compares fees to those in 2006 and 2008. Want to compare? Download a copy of the 2012 report by clicking on the link below.
If you’re specifically interested in Hudson Heights maintenance fees, we have that data too:
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Noise
Washington Heights is known for its noise. Luckily, Hudson Heights is a bit quieter. However, if you are bothered by loud music, a
party, fireworks or other terrestrial sound, please call 311.
Other noise comes from the skies. Aircraft fly over our neighborhood en route to LaGuardia Airport or on their way to points west.
Helicopters also fly nearby, and sometimes seems to hover. If these sounds are bothersome, please call the Economic Development Corporation at (212) 619-5000 with your concerns about helicopters, or for airplanes call (718) 533-5615 and press 3 for LaGuardia.
In late 2020 a group of Uptowners formed a task force on noise. In the spring of 2021, Council Member Mark Levine came out with a ten-point proposal to address it. One Uptown group, Respectful Decibels, seeks your comments.
NYC Notify
New York has a way to keep you informed of emergency information as well as less-critical topics like parking changes. Sign up to receive notifications by e-mail, text, or phone messages. To stay informed, click here: https://a858-nycnotify.nyc.gov/notifynyc/
The city is expanding the types of notifications you can receive from its email and message service. If you’d like to add updates from the 34th Precinct, or about weather that’s dangerous to residents of basement apartments, go to NYC.gov/notifynyc, log in to your account, and update your preferences under the “My Account” tab. From here, the instructions get specific:
• On the right-hand side menu, select “Notification Addresses” to see your enrolled addresses.
• Select the pencil icon next to the address you would like to add notification to.
• At the bottom of the page, select the notifications you would like to receive for that address.
• Select Submit
These groups are also available on the mobile app.
Recycling: Electronics
Discarded electronics make up the largest growth in household hazardous waste in NYC, but you can recycle them instead.
We have a collection unit in the basement, where you can drop off your unusable items. They will be collected by the city and either repurposed or safely dismantled.
Your efforts make a real difference. In 2021 we recycled 880 pounds of digital detritus, and since we’ve been enrolled in the city’s e-cycling program, we’ve kept 6,447 pounds of it from landfills.
The city will collect these electronics:
- Televisions (including cathode ray tubes)
- Computer peripherals, including any permanently attached cable or wiring
- Monitors, laptops
- Electronic keyboards
- Electronic mice and other pointing devices
- Fax machines, document scanners, and printers that are meant for use with a computer and weigh less than 100 lbs.
- TV peripherals, including any permanently attached cable or wiring
- VCRs
- Digital video recorders
- DVD players
- Digital converter boxes
- Cable or satellite receivers
- Electronic or video game consoles
- Small-scale servers
- Portable devices, including any permanently attached cable or wiring
- Portable digital music players
Can’t find what you have to get rid of? Look here.
Recycling: Glass, Metal, Paper, Plastic
The Pinehurst is committed to recycling in accordance with New York City's goals. Most paper and plastic (but not all), glass and
metal are recyclable in our bins in the garbage area.
Compact fluorescent light bulbs require special recycling because their contents are hazardous. Also known as CFL’s, these bulbs are typically curly in shape. During the pandemic, the
ctiy’s drop-off sites, including the one closest to us in Fort George, are closed and will remain so until July 10, but when they do the only one in Manhattan will be at 74 Pike Slip,
between Cherry and South Streets, under the Manhattan Bridge. As an alternative, take your CFL bulbs to a retailer that accepts them, such as Home Depot.
For more information on CFL recycling, click here. And for nearly anything else, look here.
As we live through the pandemic and are dealing with a substantially larger volume of garbage, we are already spending more to manage our refuse. Your assistance will help us keep a lid on costs.
- Flatten your boxes when you put them in the recycling area. The recent picture at right shows what we want to avoid.
- Do not put your recycling in plastic bags. That includes plastic recycling. You can throw it all directly in the bin, which contains special bags that the city accepts.
1. Aplana tus cajas cuando las pongas en el área de reciclaje. La imagen arriba muestra lo que queremos evitar.
2. No ponga su reciclaje en bolsas de plástico. Eso incluye el reciclaje de plástico. Puedes tirarlo todo directamente a la papelera, que contiene bolsas especiales que acepta la ciudad.
Las reglas son impuestas por el Departamento de Saneamiento. Entonces, si no lo hacemos, Fehim habrá dedicado más tiempo a tu reciclaje. Si no lo hace, pagamos multas.
Recycle: Reusable Items
When you clean some clutter you may find yourself with perfectly good things that you don’t have any use for anymore. If you’d like to donate old clothes, electronic, or housewares to a place where they can do some good, take a look at Donate NYC, a site run by the city. It will help you find a place to drop off reusable items for upcycling.
Smoke Detectors
When you replace your smoke detectors, you need to upgrade to a 10-year sealed model. A 2019 state law says that all new or replacement smoke detectors must be powered by the long-lasting battery or be hardwired to your electrical system. If you want to sell your apartment, you will need to upgrade your smoke detectors before the sale goes through.
Smoking Policy
In August 2017 Mayor DeBlasio signed legislation that requires all NYC cooperatives and condominiums to adopt formal smoking policies. The Board will be amending the House Rules to include this policy and any shareholders intending to sell or lease their apartment must also include it in their sale or lease agreement.
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Subways and Transportation
Interactive Subway Map
The famous map has been revised and moved online. It shows live updates of train locations, such as the one leaving 181st Street, right.
“A” Train
Scheduled maintenance is posted here by the MTA.
181 Street: Busway
Increasing commuters’ travel along 181st Street has been a goal of everyone for years, and with the busway plan speeds have increase by 30 percent and more. In summer 2022,
the Department of Transportation made permanent its pilot plan to restrict on 181st Street traffic that isn’t a bus, truck, or emergency vehicle—unless you’re turning at the next
intersection.
Traffic is restricted from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Download the department’s presentation to Community Board 12 in July 2022:
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A previous review from Department of Transportation’s of 181st Street is here.
Announcement Archive
Glass trash Throwing away a pane of glass? A broken glass bottle? Please put it in a container that will hold it, and if the container hides what’s inside, label it as glass (or broken glass). You’ll keep everyone safer, and reduce the chance someone will unknowingly smash it and create a mess—and a dangerous one at that. —7:18 a.m., May 23
Writing desk Are you interested in a cute piece of furniture for an empty nook? Even if you’re considering rejeuvenating the ancient art of letter-writing, this desk from Diane is waiting for you. She’s giving it away whether you’re interested in décor or correspondence. (Click on the photo to see a larger version.) —7:34 a.m., May 22
Rat map Now that we have a rat czar, we even have a rat map. Here’s where you’ll find which properties have had a rat sighting in the last six months. The map shows that the Pinehurst hasn’t been inspected since November, and neither have most of our neighbors. If, however, you see a beady-eyed interloper, tell Fehim when and where. And remember our pro tip: Keep the back door closed even when you’re just popping out with the trash. —8:03 a.m., May 21
Weekend picks A violin and piano duo perform a tribute to the music and legacy of Clara Schumann tonight in Hudson Heights. Learn how to grow your own food with or without a garden on Saturday at a farm in Inwood. Before Saturday night, move your car from Riverside Drive near the on-ramp to the GWB because in the morning that stretch of the road will be part of the Gran Fondo cycling race, an international competition that starts on the bridge, heads up the Hudon Valley, and loops back through Uptown, across the GWB, and finishes in Fort Lee. —7:25 a.m., May 19
Riverside Drive The northbound ramp to the GWB, I-95, and the Bronx will be closed from Saturday night at 10 until Sunday noon. Any cars parked on the right-hand (east) side will not be permitted to travel northbound so the Gran Fondo NY bike race can use the street. —7:51 a.m., May 17
Tonys back on The awards show is back on after striking writers agreed last night not to picket at the United Palace on June 11. Get your gown and tux back from the cleaners! —6:58 a.m., May 16
Escutcheon or nothin’ Need some hardware? Mel is looking to give away a few items to a neighbor before they go to Buy Nothing. She’s offering a flat panel TV wall mount, a bathroom hardware and accessory set, a set of drawer slides, and a 6" faucet escutcheon. —9:44 a.m., May 15
Uptown poster The immigrant affairs office shared a poster of special sites Uptown. featuring Holyrood Church in Hudson Heights and Yeshiva University in Fort George. How they missed the shrine of the patron saint of immigrants and St. Spyridon Church is a mystery. —9:52 a.m., May 14
Tonys canceled The theater awards’ producers and CBS canceled the live show on June 11, after the Writers Guild of America denied a request for a waiver that would have allowed the show to to on without striking writers protesting outside the United Palace. —7:12 a.m., May 13
Weekend picks An exhibit of work by Uptown women artists continues today in Lower WaHi. Kids can meet Manhattan’s wildlife at an animals’ meet and greet, right, tomorrow afternoon in the Lower WaHi portion of Highbridge Park. Take a stroll on Mother’s Day through the Heather Garden and enjoy its rainbows of blossoms. And for the civically minded Manhattanite with a funny bone, on Saturday you can defend Marble Hill from Bronx meddlers who want to claim it for their borough. —7:55 a.m., May 12
Clothes rack Looking for a portable way to store your clothes? Reg is giving away a portable rack from Ikea. Let him know if you’d like to take it off his hands. —6:31 a.m., May 11
Inwood towers Two next-door apartment buildings on 206th Street will include 698 units, stand 16 and 14 stories tall, and cost around $416 million to build. Gov. Hochul made the announcement yesterday. There’s no word on when construction will start. —7:26 a.m., May 10
Board seats Would you like to help run the building that’s your home? Seats on the board of directors are up for grabs at next month’s annual meeting, when shareholders (the owners) come together to get updates on our business activities and elect directors to year-long positions. No experience is necessary, and, in fact, a strong board is populated by directors from a variety of fields. If you have experience with finance, however, we would be very interested in encouraging you to join us. Ask any director for more information. —6:43 a.m., May 8
Storefront art Just in time for the Arts Stroll, several vacant storefronts will host exhibits of art in their windows over the coming weeks. It’s part of Art on the Avenue and it’s coming to 181st Street and Broadway around 175th Street. —11:06 a.m., May 7
Weekend picks The Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra performs in Hudson Heights tonight, featuring the music of Montgomery, Coleridge Taylor, and Stravinsky. Tomorrow morning you can learn how the Lenape cultivated Upper Manhattan, right, on a hike in Inwood Hill Park. Take in the highlights of The Addams Family in excerpts performed by Uptown kids on Sunday afternoon in Fort Tryon Park. —7:15 a.m., May 5
Covid decline There’s good news with the infection rate in Fort George and Hudson Heights. After a bump up to 2.78 percent in March, the rate at the end of April was moving back down, hitting 1.52 percent. In Inwood the rate is 3.41 percent, and in Lower WaHi it’s 1.22. Battery Park is in the opposite direction: More than one in ten residents tested positive. —7:25 a.m., May 2
A Train delays Rains flooded stations between 168th and Dyckman Streets around midnight, closing them until after 2 this morning. A few delays are still possible for the morning rush, so give yourself a little extra time today. —6:16 a.m., May 1
Notify NYC updates The city is expanding the types of notifications you can receive from its email and message service. If you’d like to add updates from the 34th Precinct, or about weather that’s dangerous to residents of basement apartments, go to NYC.gov/notifynyc, log in to your account, and update your preferences under the “My Account” tab. From here, the instructions get specific:
• On the right-hand side menu, select “Notification Addresses” to see your enrolled addresses.
• Select the pencil icon next to the address you would like to add notification to.
• At the bottom of the page, select the notification types you would like to receive for that address.
• Select Submit
These groups are also available on the mobile app. —9:41 a.m., April 30
Weekend picks Young artists have until today to submit their two-dimensional creations to the Congressional Art Competition, sponsored by Rep. Adriano Espaillat. The Harlem Culture Crawl visits WaHi tomorrow for two concerts: Marjorie Eliot in Roger Morris Park and the Harlem Chamber Players, right, on Audubon Terrace. The Bloom Readings series returns to Hudson Heights on Sunday evening to hear from three poets. —7:32 a.m., April 28
Dog run Uptowners have spoken! The city’s participatory budget process asked residents where they want $1 million in municipal funds to go, and they chose a half million to improve the much-maligned J’s Dog Run in J. Hood Wright Park, and the other half million to go to three elementary schools. —7:22 a.m., April 26
Bye-bye, bugs As warm weather arrives, tiny creaters come out of their winter slumbers. Help keep interlopers out of your apartment and the building by scheduling an appointment with our exterminator. Please let us know if you’d like to take advantage of the service. —7:34 a.m., April 24
Happy birthday On this day in 1985, the 447 Fort Washington Owners’ Corporation was founded, marking the beginning of our co-op. Happy 38th birthday to the Pinehurst! —7:06 a.m., April 22
Weekend picks A writers’ workshop for kids who like poetry and who like their poetry inspired by the outdoors begines today, with excursions to Fort Tryon Park. Celebrate Earth Day, right, tomorrow with special events in Inwood Hill Park and Fort Tryon Park. Take a tour of the architectural gem — or oddity, depending on your point of vew — that’s the United Palace. That’s on Sunday afternoon in Lower WaHi. —7:53 a.m., April 21
Package pick-ups Before the cage gets full again, please retrieve your delivery to make room for the next box or carton. It’s a practical way to keep them from going missing. A few other tips:
1. Ensure delivery confirmation with the delivery service (USPS, UPS, Amazon, etc.).
2. File a police report with the 32nd Precinct at (212) 690-6311.
3. Notify the super of your missing package.
We’ve assembled more suggestion under “Delivery Security,” below. —7:56 a.m., April 18
Dog doo Lucky for us, complaints to 311 about dog waste in Fort George and Hudson Heights are about the same as last year: three so far, with 13 in all of 2022. That’s lower than in Inwood (four so far, but 4 in 2022) and in Lower WaHi (nine and 12). Watch your step! —9:10 a.m., April 16
Weekend picks An Uptown scavenger hunt starts this afternoon — pick up your clues in Hudson Heights (can you identity the war memorial to the right?); prizes will be handed out tomorrow to the winners. Kids will enjoy the stories that come with a spring walk through Fort Tryon Park tomorrow afternoon. On Sunday evening, musicians from Macedonia, Turkey, and Armenia perform in Hudson Heights. —7:44 a.m., April 14
Park café As the Pandering Pig closes, the owners are moving to Fort Tryon Park to open in the historic building formerly known as New Leaf. The new restaurant, The Bonnefont, is set to open in the summer. —7:34 a.m., April 12
GWB delays Due to police activity, you can expect extensive westbound traffic delays on the GWB. Consider alternaivete routes and allow for additional travel time.—7:09 a.m., April 11
Duke’s place The long-time home of Duke Ellington is under consideration for landmark status. At 935 St. Nicholas Avenue, at 157th Street, the building “is architecturally and culturally significant as a reflection of Upper Manhattan’s history in the 20th century,” the Landmarks Preservation Commission writes. Ellington lived there from 1939 to 1961. —7:27 a.m., April 10
Happy Easter Wishing you the blessaings of the season. —7:42 a.m., April 9
Weekend picks The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance’s annual show, Women in the Heights, right, continues this weekend at its gallery in Lower WaHi. Take in Squirrel Ways, the Japanese performance piece making its U.S. debut on Audubon Terrace, at sunset on Saturday. Conclude your holiday weekend with a live jazz performance in Marjorie Eliot’s parlor in Lower WaHi. And if you need some chocolate for your family celebrations, Reg is selling some as part of a fund-raiser. —6:57 a.m., April 7
Happy Passover Wishing you a sweet pesach and a blessed spring. —7:42 a.m., April 5
Covid rate After a remarkably low infection rate at the end of February, the number of positive casses in Hudson Heights and Fort George is creeping up again. At the end of last week, 2.78 percent of residents were diagnosed with Covid-19, compared to 147. a month earlier. In Inwood, the rate was 1.68 percent, while on the Upper West Side it was 7.48 percent. —7:27 a.m., April 4
Station agent More changes at the 168th Street subway station are coming. Next, the token booth will close as the clerk becomes a station agent, walking through the councourses and halls. As travel passes become digital, the need for a clerk in a booth diminishes. —7:18 a.m., April 3
Radio Flyer You (and your kids) are welcome to use the litte red tricyle in the bike area. It’s been handed down from one family to the next and has plenty of joy left to share. —8:14 a.m., April 2
Weather postponements There’s enough rain to push the shearing of the heather and the Easter egg hunt, both in Fort Tryon Park, back to Sunday. They will start at the same time. For alternative damp day entertainment, watch the Columbia women’s basketball team play for the championship in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament this afternoon at 5:30. They’re playing the Kansas Jawhawks on the campus where basketball was invented. On CBS Sports. —8:42 a.m., April 1
Weekend picks The annual Women in the Heights art show continues this weekend in Lower WaHi. Children can hunt for Easter Eggs tomorrow morning on the Billings Lawn in Fort Tryon Park, right. A kids’ production of The Addams Family performs its final weekend on Saturday and Sunday. And finally, the A Train won’t run above 168th Street from tonight to Monday morning … and for the next two weekends, too. —7:24 a.m., March 31
Egg hunt help The Fort Tryon Park Trust needs your help at Saturday morning. You can stuff eggs, hide them, or contribute baked snacks. Send an email to info@FortTryonParkTrust.org to volunteer and find out more. —7:22 a.m., March 30
Budget planning How would you like to see the city spend its funds here in Uptown? Share your ideas with Councilmember Carmen de la Rosa this morning and this afternoon at the Mt. Sinai Jewish Center on Bennett Avenue. Details here, under Wednesday. —8:01 a.m., March 29
Missing keys? When you picked up a package a few days ago, did you leave your keys in the bin? If that was you, Ted has them. —7:41 a.m., March 27
Package bin Remember to check under the stairs to see if a package is waiting for you. Picking yours up makes space for more and reduces the chance it will go missing. —8:33 a.m., March 26
Weekend picks This year’s Women in the Heights art exhibit opens today in Lower WaHi. Melt away the stress during a Saturday morning hike in Inwood Hill Park, right, that focuses on meditation. Take in The Addams Family on Sunday afternoon, as staged by Uptown kids in Hudson Heights. —7:02 a.m., March 24
Subway restrooms You’re getting used to the spiffy new A Train cars, and soon there will be another service for Uptown riders. The 168th Street station on the A and C lines will re-open its public restrooms in May. They will be available from 7 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., so if that ride from 50th Street takes longer than you expected, you will have relief. —7:36 a.m., March 22
191st station Remember the wild and vibrant painting in the 191st Street subway station tunnel? Now that it’s been painted over, you have a chance to create your own mural. If you’re inspired, download an application here and return it to 191TunnelArt@dot.nyc.gov by 10:59 p.m. on Friday, April 14. —7:34 a.m., March 21
Spring arrives Winter ends, finally, this evening, but the steam heat isn’t going away any time soon. Use the change of seasons as a reminder to change the battery in your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. Need help?Ask Fehim. —7:16 a.m., March 20
Apartment hunters They were looking to buy Uptown. Did they choose a home in Lower WaHi, Hudson Heights, or Inwood? If you know your river views, the photo gives away the answer for the couple and their bulldog. —9:23 a.m., March 19
Weekend picks Kids interested in poetry and the outdoors will appreciate an excursion to Fort Tryon Park on Friday afternoon to find inspiration for their verse. The pianist Rachel Kudo makes a special appearance in Inwood on Saturday night. On Sunday afternoon, the Jazz Power Initiative honors Women’s History Month with a special concert, right, in Lower WaHi. And if you’re looking for a little luck today, consider drinking to your health at Le Chéile, the Irish bar in Hudson Heights that’s getting known outside Uptown. —6:12 a.m., March 17
Slippery floors With a nor’easter bringing the dreaded wintry mix, tread lightly on our tile floors. Fehim will do his best to keep them dry, but rain and snow will make them slick. —7:29 a.m., March 14
Dog’s dinner The excercise yard known as J’s Dog Run is getting poor reviews from the pet owners who use it. The space in J. Hood Wright Park was last renovated in 2012 and has received no capital improvements since then, Patch reports, leaving it filled with standing water, exposed cinder blocks, and an absence of ground cover. Sir William’s Dog Run in Fort Tryon is an alternative, though a bit of a hike from Lwer WaHi. —10:23 a.m., March 12
Spring ahead Daylight saving time returns overnight. If you still have a clock or watch that isn’t connected to the cloud, set it ahead an hour before bed. —8:45 a.m., March 11
Weekend picks The Nike Indoor Nationals, right, begin today at the Armory in Lower WaHi, drawing club competitors from high schools across the country. Get some exercise yourself on Saturday morning on a hike through Inwood Hill Park searching for the animals that emerage as winter fades. Take your kids to the Purim Festival on Sunday afternoon in Fort George. —7:15 a.m., March 10
WaHi homes StreetEasy puts WaHi on its list of top ten neighborhoods for buying a home. Only three others are in Manhattan. The report says that the median asking price here is $585,000, and the median number of days on the market is 118 (up 23 from the last quarter of 2021). It says that 28 percent of listings saw lowered their prices as they stayed on the market. —7:54 a.m., March 8
Covid decline The winter surge of Caronavirus-19 appears to be on its way out. At the end of last week, the infection rate in Hudson Heights and Fort George was only 1.47 percent, a remarkable drop from the rate at the end of January, when it was 8.33 percent. However, cases of the norovirus, or stomach flu, are on the rise. It’s not related to the influenza or Covid. —7:38 a.m., March 6
Bronx fire You may have seen—or smelled—smoke today from a five-alarm fire on the Grand Concourse and 181st Street. At least five firefighters were injured in the blaze, which started at a grocer this morning after a lithium-ion battery the powered a scooter ignited. —4:03 p.m., March 5
Investment opportunity At $175,000 for 833 square feet on Pinehurst Avenue, it’s a bargain. On the other hand, the maintence fee is $6,200. The Pandering Pig is leaving its space to move to Fort Tryon Park’s café, so if you’re looking for a new career, here’s your chance. —10:42 a.m., March 5
Avenue closure Do you drive? Fort Washington will be closed tomorrow morning for the Salsa, Blues, and Shamrocks road race. If you plan to drive during that time, park east of Fort Washington. If you aren’t leaving, head out to the street to cheer the runners. —10:52 a.m., March 4
Weekend picks Today an exhibition of figurative sketches for portraits and large-scale murals made during the Mexican Mural Movement by José Clemente Orozco go on display at the Hispanic Society on Audubon Terrace. Columbia’s lacrosse team hosts Penn tomorrow afternoon in Inwood. And on Sunday morning, get ready for our street to be taken over by the Salsa, Blues, and Shamrocks 5k road race. Get out and cheer the runners! —7:35 a.m., March 3
Subway station upgrades The 181st Street A Train station will get an accessibility upgrade, adding new elevators. Bidding on the construction will take place later this year. The station is already partly ADA accessible. —7:42 a.m., March 1
Service requests When you notice something in the building that’s amiss—the elevator on the fritz, perhaps—call our superintendent, Fehim Redzpagic. You’ll get the problem solved faster than by posting on Facebook if you reach him at (646) 372-0092 (that’s Pedro’s old line) or send him an email at Super@ThePinehurst.org. Introduce yourself to him too! —8:54 a.m., February 26
A/C brackets To keep our building safe, we need safety brackets securing your window air conditioners. Please check your email to see if you have a message from John at Argo asking you about your brackets; he sent them over the weekend. —7:48 a.m., February 21
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