Editing Inwood, Manhattan

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'''Inwood''' is a neighborhood in the [[New York City]] [[borough (New York City)|borough]] of [[Manhattan]], at the northern tip of Manhattan Island, in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York (state)|New York]]. It is bounded by the [[Hudson River]] to the west, [[Spuyten Duyvil Creek]] and [[Marble Hill, Manhattan|Marble Hill]] to the north, the [[Harlem River]] to the east, and [[Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]] to the south.

Inwood is part of [[Manhattan Community Board 12|Manhattan Community District 12]], and its primary [[ZIP Code]] is 10034. It is served by the 34th Precinct of the [[New York City Police Department]] and Engine Company 95/Ladder Company 36 of the [[New York City Fire Department]]. Politically, it is part of the [[New York City Council]]'s [[New York City's 10th City Council district|10th]] district.

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==History==

=== Lenape history ===
The north end of Manhattan, with its clam beds, cornfields, and annual [[Fish migration|fish runs]], was described by the [[National Museum of the American Indian]] as the "best place to live" on the island before the Dutch and British colonists arrived in the 17th century.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Native New York: Exploring What Makes This State an Indigenous Place |url=https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/native-new-york |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=NMAI Magazine |language=en |quote=Clam beds, clearings for cornfields and yearly fish runs made the north end of Manhattan the island’s best place to live. A large Lenape (Delaware) town straddled the Bronx and Manhattan sides of the Harlem River. But when the Dutch and British colonists arrived in the 1600s, they brought war, disease, tax demands and farm animals that destroyed the Lenape’s corn. The Lenape were eventually forced into Canada, Pennsylvania and New Jersey and further west, into Kansas, Ohio and Oklahoma.}}</ref> There was a large [[Lenape]] town straddling the Manhattan and Bronx sides of what is now called the [[Harlem River]].<ref name=":7" /> ''Shorakapkok'' means 'sitting-down place' in the [[Munsee language]].<ref name=":7" />

=== Colonial history ===
[[File:IRT 207th Street station under construction (1906).jpg|thumb|[[207th Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)|207th Street]] station (now serving the {{NYCS trains|Broadway-Seventh north}}) under construction in 1906 in undeveloped fields]]
On May 24, 1626, according to legend,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/download_file/view/745/736/ |title="Where Did the Manhattan 'Purchase' Take Place?," New Netherland Institute |access-date=July 22, 2014 |archive-date=December 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224200531/https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/files/4913/5680/2107/Where_did_the_Manhattan_Purchase_Take_Place_.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Peter Minuit]], the director general of the Dutch colony of [[New Netherland]], bought the island from the indigenous [[Lenape]] people for 60 [[Dutch guilders]] and, the story goes, some trinkets.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9052900/Peter-Minuit|title="Peter Minuit," Britannica Online|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=October 28, 2014}}</ref> On the southern tip of the island Minuit founded [[New Amsterdam]]. A plaque (on a rock) marking what is believed to be the spot of the sale is in [[Inwood Hill Park]], the only natural forest left in Manhattan.<ref>[https://dec.ny.gov/things-to-do/watchable-wildlife/sites/inwood-hill-park Inwood Hill Park], [[New York State Department of Environmental Conservation]]. Accessed December 29, 2023. "Inwood Hill Park contains the last natural forest and salt marsh in Manhattan, attracting over 150 species of birds. Glaciers left behind dramatic caves, valleys, and ridges that still remain today, as do traces of Native American encampments and pre-Revolutionary European colonies."</ref>

During the British occupation of Manhattan in the [[American Revolutionary War]], there was an encampment containing more than sixty huts occupied by [[Hessian troops]] between 201st and 204th Streets along Payson Avenue. The camp was discovered in 1914 by local archeologist and historian Reginald Bolton after a series of digs around the neighborhood.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://myinwood.net/who-were-the-hessians/ |title=Who were the Hessians? |access-date=March 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723215710/http://myinwood.net/who-were-the-hessians/ |archive-date=July 23, 2011 }}</ref>

=== 19th century to present ===
The area between 190th and 192nd Streets was occupied by the [[Fort George Amusement Park]], a [[trolley park]]/[[amusement park]], from 1895 to 1914. Its site is now a seating area in [[Highbridge Park]], which itself was laid out in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.<ref>{{cite web | last=Martens | first=Victoria | title=Fort George Amusement Park | website=Museum of the City of New York | date=August 1, 2019 | url=https://www.mcny.org/story/fort-george-amusement-park | access-date=September 2, 2019}}</ref>

Inwood was a very rural section of Manhattan well into the early 20th century. Once the [[New York City Subway]]'s [[IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line]], the modern {{NYCS trains|Broadway-Seventh north}}, reached Inwood in 1906, speculative developers constructed numerous apartment buildings on the east side of Broadway. Construction continued into the 1930s, when the [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]], the modern {{NYCS trains|Eighth far north}}, reached Dyckman and 207th Streets along Broadway and the large estates west of Broadway (Seaman, Dyckman, Isham, etc.) were sold off and developed. Many of Inwood's impressive [[Art Deco]] apartment buildings were constructed during this period.  The area around Dyckman Street and 10th Avenue formerly contained a stadium called the [[Dyckman Oval]], with a capacity of 4,500 spectators, which hosted football games, [[boxing match]]es, and [[Negro league baseball]] games until it was demolished in 1938 and replaced by the Dyckman Houses [[public housing]] development in 1951.<ref>Goldman, Jonathan. [https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dyckman-oval-new-york "Revisiting Dyckman Oval, A Lost Landmark From the Heyday of Black Baseball"], ''[[Atlas Obscura]]'', October 1, 2021. Accessed December 29, 2023. "Dyckman Oval was just 50 blocks north of the Polo Grounds, where, 100 years ago, the World Series was held entirely in New York City for the first time. But while the Giants and Yankees faced off, Black teams were at Dyckman and all over the city....  Starting in the mid-1920s, Dyckman served as home of numerous Negro League teams, including the Black Yankees, the Cuban All-Stars, and the New York Cubans.... The city demolished the park in 1938.... The Dyckman Houses, a massive housing project, has occupied the southwestern portion of the expanse, adjacent to the park, since 1951."</ref>

The last family-owned farm in Manhattan is believed to have been in Inwood, close to the intersection of Broadway and 214th Street. It was operated by the Benedetto family and occupied an entire city block.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/27/nyregion/hull-o-farm-catskills.html|title=After 240 Years and 7 Generations, Forced to Sell the Family Farm|last=Kilgannon|first=Corey|date=November 27, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 29, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The farm site was developed after being sold in 1954.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QzMsDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT379|title=Broadway: A History of New York City in Thirteen Miles|last=Leadon|first=F.|publisher=W. W. Norton|year=2018|isbn=978-0-393-28545-1|page=379|access-date=November 29, 2019}}</ref>

==Demographics==
For census purposes, the New York City government classifies Inwood as part of a larger neighborhood tabulation area called Inwood and  [[Marble Hill, Manhattan|Marble Hill]].<ref>[https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/ntas.pdf New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129141839/https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/ntas.pdf |date=November 29, 2018 }}, Population Division – [[New York City]] Department of City Planning, February 2012. Accessed June 16, 2016.</ref> Based on data from the [[2010 United States Census]], the population of Inwood and Marble Hill was 46,746, a change of −2,341 (−5%) from the 49,087 counted in [[2000 United States Census|2000]]. Covering an area of {{convert|405.79|acres}}, the neighborhood had a population density of {{convert|115.2|PD/acre|PD/sqmi PD/sqkm}}.<ref name="PLP5">[http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p5_nta.pdf Table PL-P5 NTA: Total Population and Persons Per Acre – New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610175331/http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p5_nta.pdf |date=June 10, 2016 }}, Population Division – [[New York City]] Department of City Planning, February 2012. Accessed June 16, 2016.</ref> The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 15.1% (7,060) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 9.1% (4,239) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% (64) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.9% (884) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0% (5) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.4% (179) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1% (458) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 72.4% (33,857) of the population.<ref name="PLP3A">[http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p3a_nta.pdf Table PL-P3A NTA: Total Population by Mutually Exclusive Race and Hispanic Origin – New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610170733/http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p3a_nta.pdf |date=June 10, 2016 }}, Population Division – [[New York City]] Department of City Planning, March 29, 2011. Accessed June 14, 2016.</ref>

The racial composition of Inwood and Marble Hill changed moderately from 2000 to 2010, with the most significant changes being the Black population's decrease by 13% (661) and the Hispanic / Latino population's decrease by 5% (1,880). Meanwhile, the White population grew by 5% (335) and remained a minority, as with the Asian population which grew by 11% (86); the small population of all other races decreased by 24% (221).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.urbanresearchmaps.org/plurality/files/RaceEthnic%20Change%20by%20Neighborhood%205-23-11.xls | title = Race / Ethnic Change by Neighborhood | publisher = Center for Urban Research, The Graduate Center, CUNY | date = May 23, 2011 | access-date = March 20, 2020 |format=Excel file}}</ref>

The entirety of Community District 12, which comprises Inwood and Washington Heights, had 195,830 inhabitants as of [[New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene|NYC Health]]'s 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 81.4 years.<ref name="CHP2018">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/data/2018chp-mn12.pdf|title=Washington Heights and Inwood|date=2018|website=nyc.gov|publisher=NYC Health|access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref>{{Rp|2, 20}} This is about the same as the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods.<ref name=":21"/>{{Rp|53 (PDF p. 84)}} Most inhabitants are children and middle-aged adults: 33% are between the ages of 25 and 44, while 25% are between 45 and 64, and 19% are between 0 and 17. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 10% and 13% respectively.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|2}}

As of 2019, the median [[household income]] in Community District 12 was $42,000, compared to $73,000 in Manhattan and $53,000 in the entire city. In 2019, an estimated 25% of Community District 12 residents lived in [[poverty]], compared to 18% in all of Manhattan and 21% in all of New York City. One in eight residents (12%) were unemployed, compared to 7% in Manhattan and 9% in New York City.<ref name=mays/> Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 53% in Community District 12, compared to the boroughwide and citywide rates of 45% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, {{as of|2018|lc=y}}, Community District 12 is considered to be [[gentrification|gentrifying]]: according to the Community Health Profile, the district was low-income in 1990 and has seen above-median rent growth up to 2010.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|7}}

===Trends===
The residents of Inwood were substantially of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent for much of the 20th century. The neighborhood exhibited a strong Irish identity with many Irish shops, pubs, and even a [[Gaelic football]] field in Inwood Hill Park.  The second-largest group during this time was Jewish, an extension of the large Jewish population of [[Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]]. However, in the 1960s through the 1980s, many Irish and Jewish residents moved out to adjoining areas in other [[boroughs of New York City]] (such as the [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] and [[Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx|Spuyten Duyvil]] sections of [[the Bronx]]) and the suburbs (including communities in nearby [[Bergen County, New Jersey]]; [[Westchester County, New York]]; and [[Rockland County, New York]]) in a pattern consistent with overall trends in the city at that time. During the same period, there was a rise in the number of [[Dominican Republic|Dominican]] immigrants to the area.

Today, Inwood has a predominantly Dominican population, especially in the areas east of Broadway; it has the highest concentration of residents of Dominican descent in New York City.<ref name=mays/> Hispanic residents make up 74 percent of Inwood's population as a whole, according to census data.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/realestate/01Living.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | work=The New York Times | first=Gregory | last=Beyer | title=Northern Zone, South-of-the-Border Flavor | date=March 1, 2009}}</ref> Nearly half of the residents were born outside the US.<ref name=mays>Mays, Jeffrey C., "Before Rezoning Vote, Residents Ask: 'Where Will We Go?'," The New York Times, August 8, 2018, A17.</ref>

==Land use and terrain==
===Geography===
[[File:Inwood, Manhattan, NYC.JPG|thumb|A residential street in Inwood]]
Inwood is physically bounded by the [[Harlem River]] to the north and east, and the [[Hudson River]] to the west.  It extends southward to [[Fort Tryon Park]] and alternatively [[Dyckman Street]] or Fairview Avenue farther south, depending on the source.<ref>Jackson, Nancy Beth. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E2DD133AF936A25751C1A9649C8B63 "If You're Thinking of Living In/Inwood; Away From Manhattan Without Leaving"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224200525/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/15/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-inwood-away-from-manhattan-without-leaving.html |date=December 24, 2022 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 15, 2002. Accessed October 23, 2008. "The neighborhood's southern boundary with Washington Heights depends on who's defining. Residents line up in two camps: Fairview Avenue as described in the Encyclopedia of New York City and Dyckman Street( Most Common), about a half-dozen blocks to the north, on Department of City Planning maps. Real estate agents seem to agree with the encyclopedia."</ref><ref>Russo, Francine. [http://www.villagevoice.com/2002-10-15/nyc-life/close-up-on-inwood "Close Up On: Inwood"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112074349/http://www.villagevoice.com/2002-10-15/nyc-life/close-up-on-inwood/ |date=November 12, 2012 }}, ''[[The Village Voice]]'', October 15, 2002. Accessed October 23, 2008. "Boundaries: Fairview Avenue to the south, Dyckman Street to the west, and the Harlem River to the north and east (Inwood is bisected by Broadway)."</ref>

While Inwood is the northernmost neighborhood on the ''island'' of Manhattan, it is not the northernmost neighborhood of the entire ''borough'' of Manhattan.  That distinction is held by [[Marble Hill, Manhattan|Marble Hill]], a  neighborhood situated just north of Inwood, on what is properly the North American mainland bordering [[the Bronx]].  Marble Hill was isolated from Inwood and the rest of Manhattan in 1895 when the route of the [[Harlem River]] was altered by the construction of the [[Harlem River Ship Canal]].<ref name="marblehillthinking">{{cite news|last1=Jackson|first1=Nancy Beth|title=If You're Thinking of Living In/Marble Hill; Tiny Slice of Manhattan on the Mainland|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/26/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-marble-hill-tiny-slice-manhattan-mainland.html|access-date=January 2, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 26, 2003}}</ref>

===Geology===
[[Inwood marble]], a soft, white, [[metamorphic rock]] found in northern Manhattan, takes its name after the neighborhood. From the mid-17th to the late 18th century, commercial quarries dotted the area as the material was used for building construction. However, due to its susceptibility to erosion, builders eventually used alternate construction materials.<ref>[http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podshows/1390884] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225120427/http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podshows/1390884|date=December 25, 2011}} "Secrets of New York" Podcast, "Facelift: Inwood Hill, Harlem River Ship Canal, Secret of Marble Hill Episode"</ref> Inwood marble was quarried for government buildings in lower Manhattan and [[Washington, D.C.]] Small pieces of marble can still be seen in the stone retaining walls around Isham Park.

The development of Inwood in the early 20th century resulted in the demolition of many [[Outcrop|rock outcroppings]]. However, several outcroppings still exist, including on Cooper Street between 204th and 207th Streets; at Broadway and West 216th Street; and in the garden of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church at Seaman Avenue and Cumming Street.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/nyregion/cooper-street-rock-inwood-rezoning.html|title=How a Paleozoic Rock Became a $3 Million Real Estate Prospect|last=Sohn|first=Amy|date=September 20, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 27, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The rock on Cooper Street contains a garden maintained by a nearby [[housing cooperative]] at 60 Cooper Street, which owns half of the rock.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://untappedcities.com/2019/09/24/a-giant-rock-outcropping-in-northern-manhattan-is-for-sale-for-3-million/|title=A Giant Rock Outcropping in Northern Manhattan is For Sale for $3 Million|date=September 24, 2019|website=Untapped Cities|language=en-US|access-date=September 27, 2019}}</ref>

The seismologically active [[Dyckman Street Fault]] runs east-west beneath the Dyckman Valley. As recently as 1989, activity of this fault caused a [[Seismic magnitude scales|magnitude 2]] earthquake.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tworivertimes.com/issues/110318/news5.php|title=Could It Happen Here? Earthquakes In The Tri-State Area|newspaper=Two River Times|date=November 30, 1989|author=Fennell, Ryan|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719063143/http://www.tworivertimes.com/issues/110318/news5.php|archive-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Sykes, Lynn R.|display-authors=etal|url=http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sitefiles/file/pressreleases/1696.pdf|title=Observations and Tectonic Setting of Historic and Instrumentally Located Earthquakes in the Greater New York City–Philadelphia Area|work=Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 98, No. 4, pp. 1696–1719|date=August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Could an earthquake hit New York City? History says yes, but not like 9.0 magnitude Japan earthquake|author=Shahid, Alihay |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/earthquake-hit-new-york-city-history-yes-not-9-0-magnitude-japan-earthquake-article-1.124761 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=March 17, 2011}}</ref>

===Land use===
Commercial retail uses are mainly located along Broadway, Dyckman Street and West 207th Street.  In recent years Dyckman Street west of Broadway has become a popular entertainment district with many restaurants and lounges.  Offices are typically located on second floors over retail, or in the neighborhood's sole office building (a converted telephone building) at Broadway and West 215th Street.  Inwood also contains one of Manhattan's few remaining C-8 zoning districts, which concentrates automotive uses on the northern stretches of Broadway.

Industrial uses, including depots for subway ([[207th Street Yard]]), bus ([[Kingsbridge Bus Depot]]), and sanitation (Manhattan North), exist primarily along [[Sherman Creek (New York)|Sherman Creek]], an inlet of the [[Harlem River]]. The creek and surrounding industrial area is bounded by Dyckman Street to the south, [[Tenth Avenue (Manhattan)|Tenth Avenue]] to the west, and 207th Street to the north. There has been an initiative among politicians over the last few years to re-zone this area for residential and commercial use, and to create public access to the waterfront.<ref name="Sherman Creek">{{cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/sherman_creek/index.shtml|title=Sherman Creek initiative at nyc.gov|access-date=October 28, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018193251/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/sherman_creek/index.shtml|archive-date=October 18, 2014}}</ref> Utility company [[Consolidated Edison]] and the City of New York own some of the property in this area.

[[File:2018 Fort Tryon Park - view of NYCHA Dyckman Houses.jpg|thumb|350px|View looking east over southern Inwood towards Fort George Hill]]

The major residential land use in Inwood is multifamily five- to eight-story prewar apartment buildings. Most of the remaining detached and semi-detached houses on Manhattan Island are located in Inwood, nestled between apartment buildings. Adjacent to Sherman Creek is Inwood's [[public housing]] development, known as the [[Dyckman Houses]] and constructed in 1951.

===Real estate===
Inwood's real estate rents and values are sharply bifurcated between east and west. According to [[Manhattan Community Board 12]], the districts east of Broadway are predominantly lower-income. This area is also more industrial and commercial and has fewer parks and street trees. Real estate values and rents are correspondingly lower than the area west of Broadway. Almost all of Inwood's co-ops and all of the private houses are located on the west side of Broadway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/lucds/mn12profile.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=April 7, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103022233/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/lucds/mn12profile.pdf |archive-date=November 3, 2012 }}</ref> According to one study in 2019, Inwood had the lowest average rents in Manhattan.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/nyregion/inwood-manhattan-affordable-housing.html|title=It's Manhattan's Last Affordable Neighborhood. But for How Long?|last=Haag|first=Matthew|date=September 27, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 28, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 2015, New York City began soliciting community comments on a major rezoning proposal for Inwood. The [[New York City Economic Development Corporation]] proposed to alter the area's 50-year-old current zoning plan by dividing Inwood into five sub-districts called "the tip of Manhattan", "Upland Wedge", "Upland Core", "Commercial U" and "Sherman Creek".  Some of these sub-districts would be rezoned to encourage the construction of new commercial space and housing. A resident recalls being told by a city planner, "Don't think you can keep this nice neighborhood all to yourselves."<ref name=mays/> The rezoning proposal has triggered much feedback from the community,<ref>{{cite web | last=Pichardo | first=Carolina | title=5 Takeaways From the Inwood Rezoning Proposal | work=[[DNAinfo]] | date=July 20, 2017 | url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170720/inwood/inwood-rezoning-inwoodnyc-washington-heights-and-inwood | access-date=October 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008031112/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170720/inwood/inwood-rezoning-inwoodnyc-washington-heights-and-inwood |archive-date=October 8, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> including a sleep-in at Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez's office.<ref name=mays/> In August 2018, the [[New York City Council]] approved a measure to rezone the neighborhood.<ref>{{cite web | last=Walker | first=Ameena | title=Inwood rezoning will move forward with City Council approval | website=Curbed NY | date=August 8, 2018 | url=https://ny.curbed.com/2018/8/8/17665412/inwood-rezoning-city-council-ydanis-rodriguez-approved | access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> The rezoning of Inwood allows for the construction of buildings of up to 30 stories in some areas targeted for redevelopment while introducing an 8 story height limit to many existing residential areas. Following the rezoning, over $610 million in real estate was purchased.<ref name=":1" />

The rezoning includes 2,600 units of [[affordable housing]]. It was met with pushback from locals, who formed a group called "Northern Manhattan is Not for Sale".<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Spivack|first=Caroline|date=December 19, 2019|title=Inwood rezoning struck down following community challenge|url=https://ny.curbed.com/2019/12/19/21030664/inwood-rezoning-annulled-lawsuit-legal-challenge|access-date=October 27, 2021|website=Curbed NY|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=April 15, 2020|title=Stage Set for Next Round in Inwood's Rezoning Saga|url=https://citylimits.org/2020/04/15/stage-set-for-next-round-in-inwoods-rezoning-saga/|access-date=October 27, 2021|website=City Limits|language=en-US}}</ref> Expressing concerns about gentrification and rezoning,<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|last=Hughes|first=C. J.|date=September 10, 2021|title=Inwood Watches Closely as New Zoning Kicks In|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/realestate/inwood-manhattan-new-zoning.html|access-date=October 27, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> the group sued to halt the rezoning in December 2018.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> The plaintiffs cited concerns over the city's environmental review process,<ref name=":3" /> saying the review should have included a racial impact study.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Kully|first=Sadef Ali|date=November 24, 2020|title=Inwood Rezoning Can Move Forward, State's Highest Court Rules|url=https://citylimits.org/2020/11/24/inwood-rezoning-can-move-forward-states-highest-court-rules/|access-date=October 27, 2021|website=City Limits|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|date=December 20, 2019|title=Judge Annuls Inwood Rezoning, Citing Flaws in City's Review|url=https://citylimits.org/2019/12/20/judge-annuls-inwood-rezoning-citing-flaws-in-citys-review/|access-date=October 27, 2021|website=City Limits|language=en-US}}</ref> The city stated that the review complied with the city's legal standards and that a racial impact study was unnecessary.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":6" /> The New York Supreme Court initially ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in December 2019, but it was overturned on appeal in July 2020. In part as a result of the lawsuit, the City Council passed a bill in June 2021, requiring developers to conduct a study of up to two years of potential displacement and gentrification trends and effects before starting a new project.<ref name=":4" />

==Institutions and landmarks==
===Museums and cultural centers===
[[File:Cloisters-garden.jpg|thumb|right|The Cuxa Cloister, at [[The Cloisters]]]]
The area's largest cultural attraction is [[The Cloisters]] in [[Fort Tryon Park]].  This branch of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] is devoted to [[Medieval art]] and culture, and is located in a medieval-style building, portions of which were purchased in Europe, brought to the United States, and reassembled.<ref name="Met Cloisters History">"[http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/history-of-the-museum/the-cloisters-museum-and-gardens The Cloisters Museum and Gardens] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415030814/http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/history-of-the-museum/the-cloisters-museum-and-gardens |date=April 15, 2012 }}". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved May 15, 2016</ref> Its tower dominates the skyline of the area and the museum can be easily accessed via steep pathways leading up from Dyckman Street.

The oldest building in Inwood is the [[Dyckman House]], the oldest farmhouse in Manhattan, on Broadway at 204th Street. It is a [[New York City designated landmark]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0309.pdf|title=Dyckman House|date=July 12, 1967|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref> and operates as a [[historic house museum]].<ref>{{cite aia5|page=575}}</ref>

In 2024, the state allocated $10 million for the Dominican Center for the Arts and Culture. The cultural center and museum is planned to be located on 207th Street.<ref>{{cite web | last=Kumamoto | first=Ian | title=A new Dominican cultural center will soon open in NYC | website=Time Out New York | date=2024-08-13 | url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/a-new-dominican-cultural-center-will-soon-open-in-nyc-081324 | access-date=2024-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Hassard | first=Atlan | title=New Dominican cultural center planned in Manhattan | website=Spectrum News NY1  | date=August 11, 2024 | url=https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2024/08/11/new-dominican-cultural-center-planned-in-manhattan | access-date=August 13, 2024}}</ref>

===Other points of interest===
[[File:Spuyten Duyvil Creek Apr 2006.jpg|thumb|The Columbia "C" from the [[Spuyten Duyvil Creek]]]]
[[File:Henry Hudson Bridge from Inwood Park.JPG|right|thumb|[[Henry Hudson Bridge]] seen from Inwood Hill Park]]
[[File:Seaman arch 216 St crop.jpg|thumb|The [[Seaman-Drake Arch]] was the entrance to a 19th-century country estate; now it is almost hidden by later commercial buildings.<ref name="seaman">{{cite web|url=http://myinwood.net/the-inwood-arch-and-mansion-circa-1896/|title=The Inwood Arch and Mansion: Circa 1896|work=myinwood.net|date=October 2, 2012 |access-date=June 1, 2015}}</ref>]]

From [[Inwood Hill Park]], one can view a {{convert|100|ft|m|adj=on}}-tall Columbia "C" painted on the face of a rock [[Cut (earthmoving)|cut]] across the Harlem River on the [[Bronx]] shore.  This collegiate logo has been in place for approximately a half-century, though it is not clear who exactly maintains the painted letter in the present day. Looking west from Inwood Hill Park across the Hudson River, one can view the [[New Jersey Palisades]].  Looking east from Inwood, the former [[NYU]] campus in [[University Heights, Bronx]], now [[Bronx Community College]], towers above the east end of the [[University Heights Bridge]].

Bridges spanning [[Spuyten Duyvil Creek]] include the [[Henry Hudson Bridge]], the longest fixed arch bridge in the world when built in 1936, and the [[Spuyten Duyvil Bridge]], a railroad swing bridge reconstructed numerous times since originally opening in 1849.  Road bridges are the [[Broadway Bridge (Manhattan)|Broadway Bridge]] and the [[University Heights Bridge]], both important local structures.

Inwood has one small historic district, the [[Park Terrace West-West 217th Street Historic District|Park Terrace West-West 217th Street]] district,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2621.pdf|title=Park Terrace West – West 217th Street Historic District|date=December 11, 2018|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref> designated in 2018.<ref>{{cite web | last=Walker | first=Ameena | title=Inwood enclave of early 20th-century homes is NYC's newest historic district | website=Curbed NY | date=December 11, 2018 | url=https://ny.curbed.com/2018/12/11/18136133/inwood-park-terrace-west-west-217-street-historic-district-lpc-designation | access-date=January 16, 2020}}</ref>

A farmers' market takes place on Isham Street on Saturdays, year-round.

The [[Seaman-Drake Arch]], located on Broadway at 216th Street, is one of only two [[Memorial Arch|free-standing arches]] in Manhattan, the other being the [[Washington Square Arch]]. The Seaman-Drake Arch was built in 1855 of local Inwood marble. It is the last remaining structure of the mansion that formerly stood there.<ref name="seaman"/>

At the North Cove at 207th Street and the [[Harlem River]], both the shoreline and the water just off it have been rehabilitated from their former derelict polluted state by [[James Cataldi]] (also known as the "Birdman of Inwood") into a flourishing [[wetland]] teeming with geese, ducks, and other varieties of fowl.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/bird-week-birdman-of-inwood/|title=Bird Week &#124; 'Birdman' of Inwood|date=May 4, 2011}}</ref>

==Parks==

=== NYC Parks facilities ===
[[File:Inwood Park lagoon 2007.JPG|right|thumb|[[Inwood Hill Park]]]]

[[Inwood Hill Park]], on the Hudson River, is a very large and [[old-growth forest]]ed city park. It is known for its [[cave]]s that were used by the [[Lenape]] before Europeans arrived, and the last [[salt marsh]] in Manhattan.<ref>{{cite concrete}}</ref>{{Rp|34–35}} [[Birdwatching|Birdwatchers]] come to the park to see waterbirds, raptors, and a wide variety of migratory birds. The wooded section, consisting mostly of abandoned former summer estates, features the last natural forest standing on Manhattan Island. Tennis courts, three playgrounds, a waterfront promenade and ten miles of hiking trails are also prominent components of the park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/inwoodhillpark|title=Inwood Hill Park|publisher=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|access-date=July 26, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/01/arts/exploring-inwood-hill-s-urban-wilderness.html|title=Exploring Inwood Hill's Urban Wilderness|last=Yarrow|first=Andrew L.|date=May 1, 1987|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 28, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The ballfields at 214th Street, surrounded by the land that comprises Inwood Hill Park, are considered to be part of neighboring Isham Park<ref name="gis">[http://maps.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/?z=9&p=1007050,256193&c=GISBasic&s=p:ISHAM+PARK,MANHATTAN "Isham Park"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629230908/http://maps.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/?z=9&p=1007050,256193&c=GISBasic&s=p:ISHAM+PARK,MANHATTAN |date=June 29, 2020 }} New York City Geographic Information System map</ref>

[[Isham Park]] sits roughly between Broadway, Isham Street, Seaman Avenue, and West 214th and 215th Streets. The park once extended to the Harlem River, but after the creation of Inwood Hill Park and the reconfiguration of area streets, the northwest boundary became, for the most part, Seaman Avenue.<ref name="gis" /> The extent of the current park now equals that of the original Isham estate. The Isham mansion, which originally came with the park gift, was torn down in the 1940s due to its deteriorating condition.<ref name="nyc parks">{{cite web|url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=6462|title=Isham Park – Historical Sign|publisher=[[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]|access-date=July 19, 2010}}</ref>

Other parks in or adjoining Inwood include [[Sherman Creek Park]] (Swindler Cove), [[Fort Washington Park (New York City)|Fort Washington Park]], [[Fort Tryon Park]], and [[Highbridge Park]].

=== Columbia facilities ===
[[Columbia University]]'s {{convert|23|acre|m2|adj=on}} athletic fields have been located in Inwood since the 1920s.  They are known today as the Baker Athletics Complex, though locals still use the historical name of "Baker Field".  The football stadium within the complex, officially Robert K. Kraft Field at [[Lawrence A. Wien Stadium]], can accommodate 17,000 fans and was noted by ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' as "one of the most beautiful places in the country to watch a football game" due to the scenic views of the [[Henry Hudson Bridge]] and the [[New Jersey Palisades]] from the home stands.<ref>[http://www.gocolumbialions.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9600&ATCLID=319180 "Columbia Athletics"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524004641/http://www.gocolumbialions.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9600&ATCLID=319180 |date=May 24, 2011 }}.</ref>

In January 2014, a {{convert|1|acre|adj=on}} park called [[Muscota Marsh]] opened to the public between Inwood Hill Park and Baker Field as part of an agreement with the city for the development of the Campbell Athletic Center at West 218th Street and Broadway. This waterfront park was built by Columbia and is jointly administered by the city parks department and the university.<ref name="NYTMuscota">{{cite news|last=Foderaro|first=Lisa W.|title=With University's Help, New Park on Harlem River Is a Marshland Sanctuary|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/20/nyregion/with-universitys-help-new-park-on-harlem-river-is-a-marshland-sanctuary.html?_r=0|access-date=February 10, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 20, 2014}}</ref>

The Inwood waterfront is also home to Columbia University's [[Boathouse]], the "1929 Boathouse". It stands next to the "Gould-Remmer Boathouse" which was originally constructed in 1895 as the Gould Boathouse at 116th Street on the Hudson River and was relocated here in 1989. This new structure now houses the Ivy League school's Crew team and hosts inter-collegiate rowing competitions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gocolumbialions.com/sports/2018/6/5/204983627.aspx|title=Columbia Rowing Boathouses|website=Columbia University Athletics}}</ref>  In July 2018, a [[harbor seal]] nicknamed "Sealy" started showing up by the structure, garnering media attention.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Seal-lonely-sealy-upper-manhattan-muscota-marsh-new-york-489903741.html|title=Lonely Seal Becomes Local Celebrity in Upper Manhattan|website=NBC New York}}</ref>

=== Community gardens ===
The Lt. William Tighe Triangle, aka the Riverside-Inwood Neighborhood Garden (RING), is the northernmost piece of Ft. Tryon Park and lies at the confluence of [[Riverside Drive (Manhattan)|Riverside Drive]], Dyckman Street, Broadway, and Seaman Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ringgarden.org|title=RING Garden|access-date=October 28, 2014}}</ref> It is Inwood's oldest community garden, having been founded in 1984.  Bruce's Garden is another notable community garden, located in the northeast corner of Isham Park.

==Local newspaper==
{{Main|Manhattan Times}}
''Manhattan Times'' is a free English/Spanish bilingual community newspaper serving Spanish-speaking areas of [[Upper Manhattan]], including Washington Heights.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hicks|first=Jonathan P.|date=August 25, 2005|title=Don't Look Back. A Phantom May Be Gaining.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/25/nyregion/dont-look-back-a-phantom-may-be-gaining.html|access-date=July 19, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> It was founded in 1999<ref>{{cite web | last=Barrett| first=Wayne| title=Ferrer's Campaign Scandal | website=The Village Voice | date=August 12, 2003 | url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2003/08/12/ferrers-campaign-scandal/ | access-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref><ref name=Manhattan-Times-About>{{cite web|url=https://www.manhattantimesnews.com/about-us/|title=About Us – Manhattan Times News|access-date=March 25, 2020|publisher=[[Manhattan Times]]}}</ref> or 2000<ref name=CB/>{{Rp|205}} by Luís A. Miranda Jr., Roberto Ramírez Sr., and David Keisman.<ref name=CB>{{cite book|first=Robert W.|last=Snyder|title=Crossing Broadway: Washington Heights and the Promise of New York City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=quqMBQAAQBAJ|isbn=9780801449611|publisher=[[Cornell University Press]]|year=2015}}</ref>{{Rp|205}}<ref name=Manhattan-Times-About/> The newspaper features stories about news and events of interest to residents on the city and neighborhood level, and is funded in part by private advertisements in addition to public service announcements.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.manhattantimesnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/MT-02-24-21-PAGES-...pdf|title=Half a Million Deaths in the USA / Medio Millón de Muertes en Estados Unidos|volume=22|issue=9|date=April 29, 2020|access-date=February 24, 2021|first1=Luís A.|last1=Miranda|first2=Roberto|last2=Ramírez|work=[[Manhattan Times]]}}</ref>

==Police and crime==

[[File:34 Pct NYPD Bwy jeh.jpg|thumb|The 34th Precinct on 183rd Street and Broadway]]

Inwood is served by the 34th Precinct of the [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]], located at 4295 [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]], along with Washington Heights north of 179th Street.<ref name="NYPD 34th Precinct">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/34th-precinct.page|title=34th Precinct|publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Find Your Precinct and Sector – NYPD|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/find-your-precinct.page|access-date=April 15, 2020|publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]}}</ref> The 34th Precinct ranked 23rd safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/manhattan/inwood/|title=Inwood – DNAinfo.com Crime and Safety Report|website=www.dnainfo.com|access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230001249/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/manhattan/inwood|archive-date=December 30, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{As of|2018}}, the neighborhood has a non-fatal assault hospitalization rate of 43 per 100,000 people, lower than the citywide rate of 59 per 100,000; however, its incarceration rate of 482 per 100,000 adults is slightly higher than the citywide rate of 425 per 100,000.<ref name="CHP2018"/>{{Rp|8}}

In 2020, the 34th Precinct reported 7 murders, 16 rapes, 205 robberies, 213 felony assaults, 226 burglaries, 444 [[grand larceny|grand larcenies]], and 166 [[motor vehicle theft|grand larcenies auto]].<ref name="crime map">{{cite web|url=https://maps.nyc.gov/crime/|access-date=February 5, 2021|title=NYC Crime Map|publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]}}</ref> Crime in these categories fell by 42.1% between 1998 and 2020.<ref name="NYPD 34th Precinct CS">{{cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-034pct.pdf|title=34th Precinct CompStat Report|publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]|access-date=February 5, 2020}}</ref>

==Fire safety==
Inwood is served by the [[New York City Fire Department]] (FDNY)'s Engine Company 95/Ladder Company 36/Foam Unit 95, located at 29 Vermilyea Avenue.<ref>{{cite web | title=Engine Company 95/Ladder Company 36/Foam 95 | website=FDNYtrucks.com | url=http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/manhattan/e95.htm | access-date=March 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite FDNY locations}}</ref>

==Health==
{{As of|2018}}, [[preterm birth]]s in [[Manhattan Community District 12]] are lower than the city average, though births to teenage mothers are higher. In Community District 12, there are 73 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 23.3 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide).<ref name="CHP2018"/>{{Rp|11}} Community District 12 has a low population of residents who are [[Health insurance coverage in the United States|uninsured]]. In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 14%, compared to the 12% of residents citywide.<ref name="CHP2018"/>{{Rp|14}}

The concentration of [[particulates|fine particulate matter]], the deadliest type of [[air pollution|air pollutant]], in Community District 12 is {{convert|0.0078|mg/m3|oz/ft3}}, slightly greater than the city average of 0.0075.<ref name="CHP2018"/>{{Rp|9}} Thirteen percent of Community District 12 residents are [[Smoking|smokers]], similar to the city average of 14%.<ref name="CHP2018"/>{{Rp|13}} In Community District 12, 26% of residents are [[Obesity|obese]], 13% are [[Diabetes mellitus|diabetic]], and 28% have [[hypertension|high blood pressure]]—compared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively.<ref name="CHP2018"/>{{Rp|16}} Additionally, 24% of children are obese, more than the citywide average of 20%.<ref name="CHP2018"/>{{Rp|12}}

Eighty-one percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, less than the citywide average of 87%. In 2018, 68% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", also less than the citywide average of 78%.<ref name="CHP2018"/>{{Rp|13}} For every supermarket in Community District 12, there are 13 [[convenience store|bodegas]].<ref name="CHP2018"/>{{Rp|10}}

The overall life expectancy of Community District 12 is 84, 2.8 years greater than the citywide average.<ref name="CHP2018"/>{{Rp|20}} Its rates of premature death from cancer (39.1 per 100,000) and heart disease (26.1 per 100,000) are significantly lower than the citywide rates, although its drug-related death rate (9.6 per 100,000) is similar and its suicide death rate (7.2 per 100,000) is higher.<ref name="CHP2018"/>{{Rp|18}}

[[NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital#Allen Hospital|NewYork-Presbyterian's Allen Hospital]] is located on Broadway and 220th Street, directly across from [[Marble Hill, Manhattan|Marble Hill]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Manhattan Hospital Listings|website=New York Hospitals|url=http://www.allny.com/health/hosp-manhattan.html|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Best Hospitals in New York, N.Y.|website=U.S. News & World Report|date=July 26, 2011|url=https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/new-york-ny|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref> The [[Jewish Memorial Hospital]], built on Broadway and 196th Street in 1937 with help from [[Public Works Administration]] loans, was named in commemoration of Jewish [[World War I]] veterans.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/07/14/archives/work-is-rushed-on-new-hospital-jewish-memorial-building-may-be.html|date=July 14, 1934|access-date=April 2, 2021|title=Work is Rushed on New Hospital; Jewish Memorial Building May Be Ready for Operation by March 1, 1935. Steel Men Are Finished. PWA Funds Allotted as Loan to Assure Completion of Plant on Time.|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/06/20/archives/the-new-jewish-memorial-hospital.html|date=June 20, 1937|access-date=April 2, 2021|title=The New Jewish Memorial Hospital|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> However, the hospital closed in 1983 after federal inspections found its medical service inadequate, cutting its [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] and [[Medicaid]] funds and leaving Inwood "medically underserved".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/05/nyregion/2-agencies-seek-to-shut-jewish-memorial-hospital.html|date=June 5, 1983|access-date=April 2, 2021|title=2 Agencies Seek to Shut Jewish Memorial Hospital|first=Ronald|last=Sullivan|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/09/nyregion/cutoff-ordered-of-us-funds-for-a-hospital.html|date=August 9, 1983|access-date=April 2, 2021|title=Cutoff Ordered of U.S. Funds for a Hospital|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Ronald|last=Sullivan}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/18/nyregion/jewish-memorial-hospital-shuts-after-6-shaky-years.html|date=August 18, 1983|access-date=April 2, 2021|title=The New Jewish Memorial Hospital|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Ronald|last=Sullivan}}</ref>

==Politics==
Politically, Inwood is in [[New York's 13th congressional district]], represented by [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Adriano Espaillat]] {{as of|2017|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-house-elections.html|title=U.S. House Election Results 2018|date=January 28, 2019|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref> It is also part of the [[New York's 31st State Senate district|31st]] [[New York State Senate|State Senate]] District,<ref>[http://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/2012s/SD_map_rep_31.pdf Senate District 31] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303020001/https://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/2012s/SD_map_rep_31.pdf |date=March 3, 2020 }}, New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment. Retrieved May 5, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/2012s/SD_nyc.pdf 2012 Senate District Maps: New York City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224202014/https://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/2012s/SD_nyc.pdf |date=February 24, 2021 }}, New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment. Retrieved November 17, 2018.</ref> represented by Democrat [[Robert Jackson (New York politician)|Robert Jackson]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nysenate.gov/district/31|title=NY Senate District 31|publisher=New York State Senate|access-date=March 26, 2019}}</ref> and the 71st and 72nd [[New York State Assembly|State Assembly]] districts,<ref>[https://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/2022assembly/asm071.pdf Assembly District 71] New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment. Retrieved March 17, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/2022assembly/asm072.pdf Assembly District 72] New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment. Retrieved March 17, 2023.</ref> represented respectively by Democrats [[Al Taylor (politician)|Al Taylor]] and [[Manny De Los Santos]].<ref>{{cite web |title=New York State Assembly Member Directory |url=https://nyassembly.gov/mem/ |access-date=March 17, 2023 |publisher=Assembly Member Directory}}</ref> In the City Council, the neighborhood is part of the 10th district,<ref>[https://www.nyc.gov/assets/districting/downloads/pdf/20221006-Final-Plan-Manhattan-Districts-c.pdf NYC Districting Commission: NYC Council Districts, Final Plan: Manhattan (as of October 6, 2022).] Retrieved March 17, 2023.</ref> represented by Democrat [[Carmen De La Rosa]].<ref>{{cite web |title=District 10 – New York City Council |url=https://council.nyc.gov/district-10/ |access-date=March 17, 2023 |publisher=New York City Council}}</ref>

==Post offices and ZIP Codes==
Depending on how its southern boundary is defined, Inwood occupies one or two [[ZIP Code]]s. The area south of Dyckman Street is in 10040 while the area north of Dyckman Street is in 10034.<ref>{{cite web|title=Inwood, New York City-Manhattan, New York Zip Code Boundary Map (NY)|website=United States Zip Code Boundary Map (USA)|url=https://www.zipmap.net/New_York/New_York_County/Z_Inwood.htm|access-date=March 26, 2019}}</ref> The [[United States Postal Service]] operates two post offices near Inwood: the Fort George Station at 4558 Broadway<ref>{{cite web|title=Location Details: Fort George|publisher=[[United States Postal Service]]|url=https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=po&address=10040&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1363775&locationName=FORT+GEORGE&address2=&address1=4558+BROADWAY|access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref> and the [[United States Post Office (Inwood Station)|Inwood Station]] at 90 Vermilyea Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|title=Location Details: Inwood|publisher=[[United States Postal Service]]|url=https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=po&address=10040&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1367991&locationName=INWOOD&address2=&address1=90+VERMILYEA+AVE|access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref> The Inwood Station, built in 1937 in [[Colonial Revival]] style, was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1989.<ref name=NRHPny>{{cite web|url=https://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ny/new+york/state.html|title=National Register of Historic Places – NEW YORK (NY), New York County|publisher=[[National Register of Historic Places]]|access-date=April 28, 2016}}</ref>{{Rp|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/415ce173-0172-48a3-b19b-758bd81cd3ba|title=Nomination Form – United States Post Offices in New York State (1858 to 1943)|access-date=April 2, 2021|publisher=[[National Register of Historic Places]]}}</ref>

== Education ==

Community District 12 has fewer college graduates and more high school dropouts compared to the borough and city as a whole. Only 38% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, compared to 64% boroughwide and 43% citywide; meanwhile, 29% of adults in Community District 12 did not finish high school, compared to 13% boroughwide and 19% citywide.<ref name="CHP2018"/>{{Rp|6}} Elementary school absenteeism is similar to the rest of the city: {{as of|2018|lc=yes}}, 19% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year, compared to 18% boroughwide and 20% citywide.<ref name=":21">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/tcny/community-health-assessment-plan.pdf|title=2016–2018 Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan: Take Care New York 2020|date=2016|website=[[government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene]]|access-date=September 8, 2017}}</ref>{{Rp|24 (PDF p. 55)}}

Inwood is part of District 6, along with [[Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]] and [[Hamilton Heights]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.cityofnewyork.us/widgets/r8nu-ymqj|website=NYC Open Data; [[Socrata]]|access-date=May 1, 2020|publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]]|title=School Districts}}</ref> Of the district's 19,939 students {{as of|2019|lc=yes}}, 85% are Hispanic/Latino, 7% are Black, 5% are White, and 3% are any other race; in addition, 29% are English Language Learners, and 22% are Students with Disabilities.<ref name="d6nys">{{cite web|url=https://data.nysed.gov/enrollment.php?year=2019&instid=800000047032|access-date=May 2, 2020|title=NYC Geog Dist #6 – Manhattan Enrollment (2018–19)|publisher=[[New York State Department of Education]]}}</ref> Of all students in the cohort set to graduate in 2019, 74% in District 6 did so by August 2019, compared to 77% citywide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://infohub.nyced.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2019-graduation_rates_public_citywide.xlsx|title=2019-graduation_rates_public_citywide.xlsx|access-date=May 2, 2020|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]}}</ref> The district rate was significantly lower for males (69%), English Language Learners (52%), and Students with Disabilities (49%).<ref name="d6gradrates">{{cite web|url=https://data.nysed.gov/gradrate.php?instid=800000047032&year=2019&cohortgroup=0|access-date=May 2, 2020|title=NYC Geog Dist #6 – Manhattan Graduation Rate Data 4 Year Outcome As of August 2019|publisher=[[New York State Department of Education]]}}</ref> {{as of|2019}}, one-quarter of District 6 students are English Language Learners (defined as students who require support to learn English as a second language),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.nysed.gov/glossary.php?report=ell|access-date=May 2, 2020|title=English Language Learners Glossary|publisher=[[New York State Department of Education]]}}</ref> of whom 96% are Hispanic or Latino.<ref name=d6gradrates/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.nysed.gov/ell.php?year=2019&instid=800000047032|access-date=May 2, 2020|title=NYC Geog Dist #6 – English Language Learners Enrollment (2018–2019)|publisher=[[New York State Department of Education]]}}</ref>

===Schools===
====Public schools====

The [[New York City Department of Education]] operates public schools in Inwood as part of Community School District 6.<ref>{{cite web |title=InsideSchools: District 6|website=InsideSchools |url=https://insideschools.org/districts/6 | access-date=June 10, 2019}}</ref> As with most other school districts in New York City, District 6 has both zoned schools, which take students mainly from a small area in the neighborhood, and unzoned schools, which admit students from anywhere in the district.<ref name="Etherington 2016">{{cite web | last=Etherington | first=Cait | title=Stuff You Should Know: How NYC School Zones and Districts Work | website=6sqft | date=April 27, 2016 | url=https://www.6sqft.com/stuff-you-should-know-understanding-how-nycs-school-zones-and-districts-work/ | access-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref> Zoned public elementary and elementary/middle schools include:<ref name="d6nys"/>
* PS&nbsp;5 Ellen Lurie (grades PK-5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M005|title=P.S. 5 Ellen Lurie|publisher=New York City Department of Education|access-date=April 8, 2020}}</ref>
* PS/IS&nbsp;18 Park Terrace (grades K-8)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M018|title=P.S./I.S. 18 Park Terrace|publisher=New York City Department of Education|access-date=April 8, 2020}}</ref>
* PS&nbsp;98 Shorac Kappock (grades PK-5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M098|title=P.S. 98 Shorac Kappock|publisher=New York City Department of Education|access-date=April 8, 2020}}</ref>
* PS&nbsp;152 Dyckman Valley (grades PK-5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M152|title=P.S. 152 Dyckman Valley|publisher=New York City Department of Education|access-date=April 8, 2020}}</ref>
* Paula Hedbavny School (grades K-8)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M278|title=Paula Hedbanvy School|publisher=New York City Department of Education|access-date=April 8, 2020}}</ref>

Unzoned elementary or elementary/middle schools include:
* PS&nbsp;178 Professor Juan Bosch (grades K-5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M178|title=Professor Juan Bosch Public School|publisher=New York City Department of Education|access-date=April 8, 2020}}</ref>
* Amistad Dual Language School (grades K-8)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M311|title=Amistad Dual Language School|publisher=New York City Department of Education|access-date=April 8, 2020}}</ref>
* Muscota New School (grades K-5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M314|title=Muscota|publisher=New York City Department of Education|access-date=April 8, 2020}}</ref>
* Oscar De La Renta Educational Campus (grades K-8)<ref>{{cite web | last=Russo-Lennon | first=Barbara | title=These are the 24 new public schools in NYC | website=amNewYork | date=September 5, 2024 | url=https://www.amny.com/news/new-public-schools-in-nyc-2024-locations/ | access-date=September 6, 2024}}</ref>
* Washington Heights Academy (grades PK-8)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M366|title=Washington Heights Academy|publisher=New York City Department of Education|access-date=April 8, 2020}}</ref>

Middle schools include:
* Harold O. Levy School (grades 6–8)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M052|title=P.S. 52|publisher=New York City Department of Education|access-date=April 8, 2020}}</ref>
* MS&nbsp;322 (grades 6–8)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M322|title=M.S. 322|publisher=New York City Department of Education|access-date=April 8, 2020}}</ref>

Inwood also has the High School for Excellence and Innovation located on the corner of Academy Street and [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]]. It is a transfer school, founded in 2009 and serving grades 9 to 12.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M423|title=High School for Excellence and Innovation|publisher=New York City Department of Education|access-date=April 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://insideschools.org/school/06M423|title=High School for Excellence and Innovation District 6 – InsideSchools|access-date=April 8, 2020|website=insideschools.org}}</ref>

====Charter and private schools====

In the last decade charter schools have become predominant in Inwood. Many are part of networks with sister campuses in nearby [[Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]].
* Amber Inwood Elementary (K-4)
* Amber Kingsbridge (5-8)  located with Amber Inwood
* Zeta Inwood Elementary (PK-4)
* Zeta Manhattan Middle (5-8) located with Zeta Inwood
* Inwood Academy Elementary (K-4)
* Inwood Academy Middle (5-8)
* Inwood Academy High (9-12)
* The Equity Project Middle (5-8)
* School in Square Early Childhood (PK-K)  
* School in the Square Elementary (1-5)
* School in the Square High (9-12)

There are only a few remaining private religious schools in Inwood:
* Good Shepherd School, a PK–8 Roman Catholic school
* Manhattan Christian Academy, a PK–8 nondenominational Christian school

There is one higher-education classroom campus in Inwood:
* CUNY In the Heights, community college classes jointly administered by [[Hostos Community College|Hostos]] and [[Borough of Manhattan Community College|BMCC]].

===Library===

The [[New York Public Library]] (NYPL) operates the Inwood branch at 4790  [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]]. The first library in Inwood opened in 1902 as a partnership between NYPL and the Dyckman Library, and the NYPL opened several small branches in Inwood in 1923. These branches were consolidated with the opening of the current three-story branch in 1952. The Inwood branch was relocated to a temporary location across the street in 2020 for construction of a mixed-use complex on the site that combines affordable apartments with a new library facility in the base.<ref>{{cite web | title=About the Inwood Library | website=The New York Public Library | url=https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/inwood | access-date=March 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Warerkar | first=Tanay | title=Inwood Library redevelopment will create 175 affordable apartments | website=Curbed NY | date=March 7, 2018 | url=https://ny.curbed.com/2018/3/7/17091996/inwood-library-redevelopment-affordable-housing-renderings | access-date=March 26, 2019}}</ref>

==Transportation==
Inwood's main local thoroughfare is [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]], which is co-designated [[U.S. Route 9 in New York|US 9]] at this point.  Highway access to the area is via the [[Henry Hudson Parkway]] to the west, the [[Harlem River Drive]] to the southeast (ending at [[Dyckman Street]]), and the [[Alexander Hamilton Bridge]] over the [[Harlem River]] from the [[Trans-Manhattan Expressway]] to the [[Cross Bronx Expressway]] (both of which carry [[Interstate 95 in New York|I-95]] and [[U.S. Route 1 in New York|U.S. 1]]). Other bridges to the area include the [[Washington Bridge (Harlem River)|Washington Bridge]] at 181st Street, crossing the Harlem River to the Bronx; the [[University Heights Bridge]], from [[207th Street (Manhattan)|207th Street]] in Manhattan across the Harlem River to [[Fordham Road]] in the Bronx; the [[Broadway Bridge (Manhattan)|Broadway Bridge]], across the [[Spuyten Duyvil Creek]] north to [[Marble Hill, Manhattan|Marble Hill]]; and the [[Henry Hudson Bridge]] across Spuyten Duyvil Creek to the Bronx. Inwood's main commercial shopping streets are Broadway, [[Dyckman Street]], and West 207th Street. Manhattan's first Slow Zone was installed on the side streets west of Broadway in 2012; it is similar to other Slow Zones citywide installed as part of [[Vision Zero (New York City)|Vision Zero]], an initiative commenced by mayor [[Bill de Blasio]] in 2014.<ref name="dnainfo">{{cite web | title=Inwood Traffic Could Put on the Brakes Under Neighborhood Slow Zone | url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120611/inwood/inwood-traffic-could-put-on-brakes-under-neighborhood-slow-zone | work=DNAInfo | author=Carla Zanoni | date=June 11, 2012 | access-date=October 27, 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109114943/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120611/inwood/inwood-traffic-could-put-on-brakes-under-neighborhood-slow-zone | archive-date=November 9, 2014 }}</ref>

===Public transportation===

Public transportation service is provided by the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]], through the [[New York City Subway]] and [[MTA Regional Bus Operations]]. The [[Metro-North Railroad]]'s [[Hudson Line (Metro-North)|Hudson Line]] has a station just over the Broadway Bridge at [[Marble Hill (Metro-North station)|Marble Hill]] as well as across the [[University Heights Bridge]] in [[University Heights (Metro-North station)|University Heights]].<ref name = "manbus"/>

====Subway====

Inwood's [[New York City Subway]] stations are located along two corridors: the [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]] on Broadway and the [[IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line]] on Nagle and Tenth Avenues. The Broadway corridor's underground stations at [[Dyckman Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|Dyckman Street]] and [[Inwood–207th Street station|Inwood–207th Street]] (a [[List of New York City Subway terminals|subway terminus]]) are served by the {{NYCS trains|Eighth far north}}. Along Nagle and Tenth Avenues the elevated [[Dyckman Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|Dyckman Street]], [[207th Street station|207th Street]], and [[215th Street station|215th Street]] stations are served by the {{NYCS trains|Broadway-Seventh north}}.<ref>{{NYCS const|map}}</ref> Out of these stations, only the Inwood–207th Street IND and Dyckman Street IRT stations are accessible.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/map/5346|access-date=February 23, 2021|title=Accessible Stations Highlighted Map|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]}}</ref>

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File:Dyckman St Bway Riverside Dr td (2019-04-27) 09 - IND.jpg|Entrance to the [[Dyckman Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|Dyckman Street IND station]] on Broadway, in front of [[Anne Loftus Playground]]
File:IND Dyckman Street Northbound Exit.jpg|The [[Dyckman Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|Dyckman Street IND station]]'s northbound exit
File:215 Street entrance 2 vc.jpg .jpg|Entrance to the elevated [[215th Street station]] on Tenth Avenue
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====Bus====

Inwood is also served by the following [[MTA Regional Bus Operations]] bus routes:<ref name="manbus">{{cite NYC bus map|M}}</ref><ref>{{cite NYC bus map|Bx}}</ref>
* {{NYC bus link|M100}}: to [[East Harlem]] via Broadway, Dyckman Street, and Tenth Avenue
* [[Bx7 (New York City bus)|Bx7]]: to [[College of Mount Saint Vincent]] via Broadway
* [[Bx12 (New York City bus)|Bx12]]: to [[Bay Plaza Shopping Center]] / [[Orchard Beach (Bronx)|Orchard Beach, Bronx]] via 207th Street and [[Fordham Road]]–[[Pelham Parkway]]
* [[Bx12 SBS (New York City bus)|Bx12 SBS]]: to [[Bay Plaza Shopping Center]] via 207th Street and [[Fordham Road]]–[[Pelham Parkway]]
* [[Bx20 (New York City bus)|Bx20]]: to [[Riverdale, Bronx]] or [[Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]] via Broadway
* [[BxM1 (New York City bus)|BxM1]]: express to [[Riverdale, Bronx]] or [[Midtown Manhattan]] via East Side

===Cycling===

[[Cycling in New York City|Bike]] infrastructure in Inwood is slowly expanding, though at a slower pace than the rest of Manhattan.  Painted lanes are located on Sherman Avenue, Seaman Avenue (northbound) and the western portion of Dyckman Street.  Seaman Avenue (southbound) and West 218th Street are marked with [[Shared lane marking|sharrows]] (shared lane markings). Protected bike lanes run along most of Dyckman Street.  The [[Manhattan Waterfront Greenway]] can be accessed from Inwood on both the Hudson and Harlem River sides; in addition, a {{convert|0.75|mi|km|adj=mid}} dead-end stub along the Hudson waterfront below Dyckman Street was added in 2014. Technically, there is a ban on bicycles in Inwood Hill Park except for its western edge and the Henry Hudson Bridge.  The Broadway Bridge is undergoing a multi-year rehabilitation, which will include the addition of protected bike lanes north of 218th St to the Bronx.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bikemap-2019.pdf|title=NYC DOT – Bicycle Maps|date=2019|website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[New York City Department of Transportation]]|access-date=May 14, 2019}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
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Notable current and former residents of Inwood include:
* [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]] (born 1947), former NBA basketball star, grew up in the Dyckman Houses as Lew Alcindor.<ref>New York Magazine.[http://nymag.com/news/features/childhood/kareem-abdul-jabbar-2013-4/ "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Basketball Player, b. 1947"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726054338/http://nymag.com/news/features/childhood/kareem-abdul-jabbar-2013-4/ |date=July 26, 2015 }}, ''[[New York (magazine)|Mew York]]'', March 29, 2013. Accessed June 11, 2021. "Harlem was an incredible place, the center of black culture, but we moved in 1950 to Inwood, where we were among the first black people."</ref>
* [[Grace Andreacchi]] (born 1954), novelist, poet and playwright.<ref>[https://graceandreacchi.blogspot.com/2021/06/another-country.html "Another Country"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611175552/https://graceandreacchi.blogspot.com/2021/06/another-country.html |date=June 11, 2021 }}, Amazing Grace. Accessed June 9, 2010. "I grew up in Inwood, a little known region at the tip of Manhattan Island."</ref>
* [[Jim Carroll]] (1950–2009), author of ''[[The Basketball Diaries (book)|The Basketball Diaries]]'', an autobiography set in 1960s Inwood which was adapted into a [[The Basketball Diaries (film)|film]] in 1995 starring [[Leonardo DiCaprio]].<ref>Entertainment Weekly. [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,297854,00.html "Jim Carroll Cool Poet"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023091515/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,297854,00.html |date=October 23, 2007 }}. Accessed March 24, 2008.</ref>
* [[Jack Gore (actor)|Jack Gore]] (born 2005), actor who is best known for his protagonist role as Timmy Cleary in ABC's ''[[The Kids Are Alright (TV series)|The Kids Are Alright]]''.<ref>Pichardo, Carolina. [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160304/inwood/inwood-siblings-launch-detective-agency-solve-neighborhood-mysteries/ "Inwood Siblings Launch Detective Agency to Solve Neighborhood Mysteries"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208182758/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160304/inwood/inwood-siblings-launch-detective-agency-solve-neighborhood-mysteries/ |date=December 8, 2019 }}, [[DNAinfo]], March 4, 2016. Accessed December 8, 2019. "Inwood — Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys have nothing on these kid detectives. Siblings Jack Gore, 10, and Phoebe Gore, 7, founders of the Gore & Gore Detective Agency, already have three solved cases under their belt."</ref>
* [[Wynn Handman]] (1922–2020), Artistic Director of [[The American Place Theatre]].<ref>Ryzik, Melena. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/nyregion/20wynn.html "Nearly 60 Years and Counting, Working on the Art of Theater"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221093509/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/nyregion/20wynn.html |date=December 21, 2016 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 20, 2007. "He grew up in Inwood, on a dirt road, fishing for crabs off a dock on Dyckman Street. "I had a country boyhood in Upper Manhattan," he said."</ref>
* [[Bess Houdini]] (1876–1943), wife of magician and stunt performer [[Harry Houdini]], lived at 67 Payson Avenue and conducted seances to contact him after his death.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1929/01/09/archives/reports-message-of-houdini-decoded-widow-says-medium-in-trance-gave.html "Reports Message Of Houdini Decoded; Widow Says Medium In Trance Gave Key Words Left By The Magician. Hundreds Made Tests But She Is Convinced, She Suys, That Arthur Ford Was In Touch With Husband. Miss Pelton-Jones's Recital"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208182753/https://www.nytimes.com/1929/01/09/archives/reports-message-of-houdini-decoded-widow-says-medium-in-trance-gave.html |date=December 8, 2019 }}. ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 9, 1929. Accessed December 8, 2019.</ref>
* [[Jack Houghteling]], novelist.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rivertownsenterprise.net/hastings_on_hudson/author-draws-from-rivertowns-roots-for-second-novel/article_bd28b604-65e1-11ee-b3e2-4f726522201a.html#tncms-source=login |title=Author draws from Rivertowns roots for second novel |last=Nanus |first=Ken |date= 29 September 2023 |website=The Rivertowns Enterprise |access-date=24 May 2024}}</ref>
* [[Walter Koenig]] (born 1936), actor who played [[Pavel Chekov]] on ''[[Star Trek]]'', moved to Inwood as a young child and attended public school in the neighborhood.<ref>{{cite web |title=INTERVIEW: Walter Koenig on his life before and beyond 'Star Trek' |url=https://www.hollywoodsoapbox.com/interview-walter-koenig-on-his-life-before-and-beyond-star-trek/ |website=Hollywood Soapbox |access-date=January 17, 2021 |date=July 23, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Brian Lehrer]] (born 1952), radio host on [[WNYC]].<ref>Ungar-Sargon, Batya. [http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/136873/hello-brian-lehrer "Hello, Brian Lehrer? This Is All of New York On the Line. The longtime host of NPR flagship WNYC's morning call-in show talks about being a radio mensch, Rush Limbaugh, and city politics"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202060414/http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/136873/hello-brian-lehrer |date=February 2, 2017 }}, ''[[Tablet (magazine)|Tablet]]'', July 5, 2013. Accessed January 28, 2017. "Born in Queens to parents from the South Bronx who met in high school, Lehrer, 60, now lives in Inwood with his wife and two kids."</ref>
* Lionel Mapleson (1865–1937), violinist and librarian of the [[Metropolitan Opera|Metropolitan Opera House]] for nearly 50 years. Creator of the [[Mapleson Cylinders]], one of the earliest recordings of live classical music. Mapleson lived on Park Terrace East at the time of his death.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1937/12/23/archives/lionel-s-mapleson-operas-librarian-served-metropolitan-nearly-half.html "Lionel S. Mapleson, Opera's Librarian; Served Metropolitan Nearly Half Century-Victim Of Heart Attack At 72 Friend Of Great Singers Maintained Large Collection Of Music Which He Sent Out on Loan to Orchestras Son of Opera Librarian Helped Many Singers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208182755/https://www.nytimes.com/1937/12/23/archives/lionel-s-mapleson-operas-librarian-served-metropolitan-nearly-half.html |date=December 8, 2019 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 23, 1937. Accessed December 8, 2019.</ref>
* [[Anthony Marx]] (born 1959), president and CEO of the [[New York Public Library]].<ref>NYPL. [http://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/leadership/marx "President and Leadership: Tony Marx"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416171810/http://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/leadership/marx |date=April 16, 2020 }}.</ref>
* [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]] (born 1980), actor and writer of the Broadway musicals ''[[In the Heights (musical)|In the Heights]]'' and ''[[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton]]''.<ref>Melena Ryzik. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/theater/14heig.html "Heights Before Broadway] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204082059/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/theater/14heig.html |date=December 4, 2021 }}". ''[[The New York Times]]''. Accessed March 24, 2008.</ref>
* [[Paul Stanley]] (born 1952), musician and co-founder of the American rock band [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], was born in Inwood and lived in the neighborhood until age 8.<ref>Oliveri, Kristen. [http://www.thedailymeal.com/travel/kiss-stanley-simmons-unveil-restaurant-chain-expansion "KISS' Stanley, Simmons Unveil Restaurant Chain Expansion"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202043117/http://www.thedailymeal.com/travel/kiss-stanley-simmons-unveil-restaurant-chain-expansion |date=February 2, 2017 }}, ''[[The Daily Meal]]'', January 20, 2005. Accessed January 28, 2017. "Stanley was born in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City to a German mother and a first-generation Polish father who made sure the family understood the value of a decent meal."</ref>
* [[Henry Stern (New York politician)|Henry Stern]] (1935–2019), longtime former Commissioner of the [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]].<ref>Bumiller, Elisabeth. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/23/nyregion/guarding-turf-stepping-toes-henry-stern-passionate-blunt-champions-city-parks.html "Guarding the Turf, Stepping on Toes; Henry Stern, Passionate and Blunt, Champions the City Parks"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509233158/https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEEDF113FF930A15754C0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3 |date=May 9, 2020 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 23, 1995. Accessed December 8, 2019. "There are a few other key things that define Mr. Stern. He grew up in Inwood, a mixture of Jewish, Irish and Greek immigrants several generations ago but now a largely Dominican neighborhood."</ref>
* [[Isidor Straus]] (1845–[[Sinking of the Titanic|1912]]), owner of [[Macy's]] department store, owned a country estate that was located in present-day [[Inwood Hill Park]]<ref>Yarrow, Andrew L. [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/01/arts/exploring-inwood-hill-s-urban-wilderness.html "Exploring Inwood Hill's Urban Wilderness"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808135423/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/01/arts/exploring-inwood-hill-s-urban-wilderness.html |date=August 8, 2016 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 1, 1987. Accessed January 28, 2017. "Isidor Straus, the founder of Macy's who died on the ''Titanic'', built a huge house some 200 feet above the Hudson; the site is now a meadow where lilacs and privets grow, and a few ruined walls from the estate are clad with vines. In the early 1900s, the area was dotted also with various hospitals, asylums and homes for 'wayward' girls."</ref>
* [[Julio 204|JULIO 204]], early graffiti writer and resident 204th street, inspiration for [[TAKI 183]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/takingtrain00joea|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/takingtrain00joea/page/46 46]|title=Taking the Train: How Graffiti Art Became an Urban Crisis in New York City|last=Austin|first=Joe|date=2001|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231111423|language=en}}</ref>
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==References==

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'''Further reading'''
* {{cite book|last=Renner|first=James|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OavdyyxSYcQC|title=Images of America: Washington Heights, Inwood, and Marble Hill|publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]]|year=2007|isbn=9780738554785}}
* {{cite book|last1=Thompson|first1=Cole|last2=Rice|first2=Don|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2puDDwAAQBAJ|title=Images of America: Lost Inwood|publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]]|year=2019|isbn=9781467102780}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.myinwood.net/ My Inwood]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160624034751/http://www.nycgo.com/boroughs-neighborhoods/manhattan/washington-heights-inwood Washington Heights & Inwood - The Official Guide to New York City]
* [https://communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov/manhattan/12 Manhattan Community District 12 Profile]

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