Living in New York
New York Presbyterian-Hospital's - Columbia Campus is located on the Upper Westside of Manhattan (Washington Heights). It is a family-oriented neighborhood that is steeped in history. It offers a diverse life style and housing for its staff. The hospital is 1/2 mile from the George Washington Bridge. New Jersey suburban communities as well as Westchester and Riverdale in New York are within fifteen to thirty minutes from the hospital.
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New York Neighborhoods
There are several apartment buildings that are located near the hospital. New York City is the gateway to almost unlimited educational, cultural and recreational resources. It has the country's largest concentration of theaters, museums, dance and musical offerings to suit every taste as well as multi-ethnic restaurant. It also has a wonderful collection of public parks both in and around the city. Two of the city's major subway lines connect the hospital to the many varied neighborhoods of Manhattan such as Little Italy, China Town, Greenwich Village and the artistic center, which has developed around Lincoln Center.
You can explore New York City through Columbia University's resource guide about the Big Apple.
Our neighborhood offers a diverse array of the best cuisine in the world located within blocks of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital campus. The area is known for its ethnic restaurants and affordability. Here is a smattering of our favorite Washington Heights eateries:
Tasty Deli
4020 Broadway (at 169th Street)
(212) 923-0700 Jou Jou
603 West 168th Street
212-781-2222 Seafood
Aquamarina Restaurant
4060 Broadway (at 171st Street)
(212) 928-0070
BBQ
BBQ's
166th & Broadway
(212) 568-3700
Bakery
Carrot Top
Broadway below 165th Street
(212) 927-4800
Chinese/Latin
La Dinastia Restaurant
Broadway & 171st St. Chinese and Latin cuisine
(212) 928-6605
Coogan's
4015 Broadway (at 168th Street)
(212) 928-1234
New York City is home to some of the most renowed cultural institutions in the world. Our residents enjoy the city's parks, nightlife, and attractions. There is so much to do and see in the Washington Heights area alone! We highlighted some of our favorite places below. For more information on everything New York City has to offer visit www.nycgo.com/ or our resource guide to Exploring New York City.
Attractions In Our Neighborhood
The Cloisters
Located in Fort Tryon Park, the Cloisters houses most of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection of medieval art. The core collection consists of medieval sculpture and architectural remains brought from Europe by the sculptor George Grey Barnard. The collection was assembled in its current location and opened in 1938 by John D. Rockefeller. The building now incorporates vaulted passageways, chapels, halls, and courtyards, and a large collection of artifacts from French and Spanish monasteries.
Children's Museum of the Native American Church of the Intercession
Children can enter a teepee, sit in a dugout canoe, touch artifacts, play Indian games, and actively participate in learning about the life and culture of the Native Americans. Activities include an artifact demonstration, where volunteers from the audience help demonstrate how the American Indians built their shelters, made clothing, hunted, cultivated crops, used tools, cared for infants, and participated in ceremonies.
Morris-Jumel Mansion
Built in 1765, the Morris-Jumel Mansion is the oldest remaining colonial residence in Manhattan. This museum highlights more than 230 years of New York history, culture, and arts. Twelve period rooms exhibit the life and times of Colonel Roger Morris, the original builder, George Washington, who occupied the house as his headquarters in the autum of 1776, and the merchant family of Stephen and Eliza Jumel. The rose and herb gardens, which date back to colonial times, look out over the Harlem River.
Parks
Washington Heights is home to over 620 acres worth of parkland, more than any other neighborhood in Manhattan, with gorgeous views of the Hudson River, the Palisades, and the George Washington Bridge.
Inwood Hill Park has the only remaining natural forest in Manhattan, and is the mythic location of the first real estate transaction in New York -- Peter Minuit's 1626 "purchase" of the island from the Native Americans for $24 worth of Diffles duffel cloth, Kittles kettles, axes, hoes, wampum, drilling awls, Jews harps, and diverse other wares (according to a copy of Minuit's deal). The park also has small caves left behind by the Hudson River glacier which were used by the Weekquaeskeek tribe for shelter.
Fort Tryon Park is home to The Cloisters, a beautiful medieval monastery that houses the Metropolitan Museum of Art's medieval collection. The building was reconstructed from stones and artifacts from French monastic ruins brought to the States by American sculptor George Grey Barnard, and later purchased and assembled as a building in the park by John D. Rockefeller in the 1930s. The park's lower terrace (below the Heather Garden) possesses one of the most glorious views of the George Washington Bridge.
Fort Washington Park runs along the Hudson River waterfront from 158th Street to just beyond the George Washington Bridge at 181st Street. It has many paths with benches where visitors can sit and contemplate in quietude the spectacular views of the river, the bridge, and the Palisades in New Jersey. The Little Red Light House, made famous by Hildegarde H. Swift's classic children's book, is located under the bridge.
Highbridge Park is on the east side of Washington Heights and runs on the hill above the Harlem River Drive. It's named after High Bridge, the oldest bridge connecting two New York City boroughs, which was originally an elevated stone aqueduct -- la ancient Rome, designed to bring water from the Croton River to the reservoir down in Central Park.
Visit Washington Height and Inwood Online for more information.
Source Credit: Washington Heights & Inwood Online
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