An evening of jazz, rhythm and blues, with great snacks on the side: Get set for "Under The Tracks," the new monthly concert series brought to you by Mama T at La Marqueta.

Watch what happens when the mic becomes an altar, and the community becomes the choir. Head to La Marqueta for a Friday-night open mic hosted by Nicco Diaz, with ancestral sounds by Dr. Drum.

GrowNYC Farmstands are part of a network of food access retail sites operated by GrowNYC. Through Farmstands, GrowNYC brings fresh, affordable vegetables, fruit, eggs and other products from its Northeast farm partners to underserved NYC neighborhoods.

Farmstands accept SNAP / EBT (food stamps), FNMP, Health Bucks, Greenmarket Bucks, Healthfirst OTC and Humana OTC, in addition to cash, debit and credit. If you’re using your SNAP / EBT, you can double your money because each $2 spent in SNAP / EBT earns you $2 in Health Bucks (up to $10).

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This past summer's Grandscale Mural Project paint parties were such a vibe that: We're adding two more paint days this autumn!

So many amazing artists and creatives have applied to be a part of the project that we're putting two more dates on the calendar: On Saturdays, October 11 and October 18, from Noon-4 p.m., join us for some more great mural-making on the construction fences along East 125th Street.

There'll be live painting, music and good vibes -- with more than 25 artists creating murals to support and uplift the neighborhood. Click the images above for interviews with some of this past summer's artists. 

Do you have a group that wants to pitch in on one of our community mural sections? We arrange volunteer days for schools, churches and other community groups. Email us at info@uptowngrandcentral.org.
 

This year's paint season has featured both the Gates Revival, when we're repainting storefront gates from previous years including the 100 Gates Project and We Are New Yorkers, as well as the fourth edition of the Grandscale Mural Project. Both are sponsored by the NYC Department of Small Business Services, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Center & Materials for the Arts.

GrowNYC Farmstands are part of a network of food access retail sites operated by GrowNYC. Through Farmstands, GrowNYC brings fresh, affordable vegetables, fruit, eggs and other products from its Northeast farm partners to underserved NYC neighborhoods.

Farmstands accept SNAP / EBT (food stamps), FNMP, Health Bucks, Greenmarket Bucks, Healthfirst OTC and Humana OTC, in addition to cash, debit and credit. If you’re using your SNAP / EBT, you can double your money because each $2 spent in SNAP / EBT earns you $2 in Health Bucks (up to $10).

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This past summer's Grandscale Mural Project paint parties were such a vibe that: We're adding two more paint days this autumn!

So many amazing artists and creatives have applied to be a part of the project that we're putting two more dates on the calendar: On Saturdays, October 11 and October 18, from Noon-4 p.m., join us for some more great mural-making on the construction fences along East 125th Street.

There'll be live painting, music and good vibes -- with more than 25 artists creating murals to support and uplift the neighborhood. Click the images above for interviews with some of this past summer's artists. 

Do you have a group that wants to pitch in on one of our community mural sections? We arrange volunteer days for schools, churches and other community groups. Email us at info@uptowngrandcentral.org.
 

This year's paint season has featured both the Gates Revival, when we're repainting storefront gates from previous years including the 100 Gates Project and We Are New Yorkers, as well as the fourth edition of the Grandscale Mural Project. Both are sponsored by the NYC Department of Small Business Services, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Center & Materials for the Arts.

GrowNYC Farmstands are part of a network of food access retail sites operated by GrowNYC. Through Farmstands, GrowNYC brings fresh, affordable vegetables, fruit, eggs and other products from its Northeast farm partners to underserved NYC neighborhoods.

Farmstands accept SNAP / EBT (food stamps), FNMP, Health Bucks, Greenmarket Bucks, Healthfirst OTC and Humana OTC, in addition to cash, debit and credit. If you’re using your SNAP / EBT, you can double your money because each $2 spent in SNAP / EBT earns you $2 in Health Bucks (up to $10).

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Join local artist Carmen Paulino for a cozy Sunday afternoon of crochet at La Marqueta.

Materials are provided, and it’s beginner-friendly and open to all.

GrowNYC Farmstands are part of a network of food access retail sites operated by GrowNYC. Through Farmstands, GrowNYC brings fresh, affordable vegetables, fruit, eggs and other products from its Northeast farm partners to underserved NYC neighborhoods.

Farmstands accept SNAP / EBT (food stamps), FNMP, Health Bucks, Greenmarket Bucks, Healthfirst OTC and Humana OTC, in addition to cash, debit and credit. If you’re using your SNAP / EBT, you can double your money because each $2 spent in SNAP / EBT earns you $2 in Health Bucks (up to $10).

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What happens when you close a street to cars, and open it up to people?Come find out on Sunday, September 28, from 12-4 p.m., when Party On Park opens the spaces under and along the Park Avenue Viaduct to walk, scoot, bike & more!This year, we’ll be along Park Avenue from 115th to 111th streets, as well as on 115th between Park & Lex, to make sure we have enough room for fun while the Park Avenue Viaduct Replacement is underway.Start at 115th & Lex to borrow a Citi Bike or kids' bike, as well as get fitted for your own helmet courtesy of Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala and the NYC Department of Transportation. From there, bike, walk or scoot under and along the Park Avenue Viaduct to pass through zones for Kids, Transit, Health, Arts & Culture, Voter Registration, Fitness & Skateboards -- as well as DJ Ted Smooth's dance party.

GrowNYC Farmstands are part of a network of food access retail sites operated by GrowNYC. Through Farmstands, GrowNYC brings fresh, affordable vegetables, fruit, eggs and other products from its Northeast farm partners to underserved NYC neighborhoods.

Farmstands accept SNAP / EBT (food stamps), FNMP, Health Bucks, Greenmarket Bucks, Healthfirst OTC and Humana OTC, in addition to cash, debit and credit. If you’re using your SNAP / EBT, you can double your money because each $2 spent in SNAP / EBT earns you $2 in Health Bucks (up to $10).

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Join local artist Carmen Paulino for a cozy Sunday afternoon of crochet at La Marqueta.

Materials are provided, and it’s beginner-friendly and open to all.

An evening of jazz, rhythm and blues, with great snacks on the side: Get set for "Under The Tracks," the new monthly concert series brought to you by Mama T at La Marqueta.

On Saturday, September 20, the sets start at both 5 and 6 p.m. and will feature Calvin Keel, Evan Hamaguchi and The Automat Music. 

GrowNYC Farmstands are part of a network of food access retail sites operated by GrowNYC. Through Farmstands, GrowNYC brings fresh, affordable vegetables, fruit, eggs and other products from its Northeast farm partners to underserved NYC neighborhoods.

Farmstands accept SNAP / EBT (food stamps), FNMP, Health Bucks, Greenmarket Bucks, Healthfirst OTC and Humana OTC, in addition to cash, debit and credit. If you’re using your SNAP / EBT, you can double your money because each $2 spent in SNAP / EBT earns you $2 in Health Bucks (up to $10).

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Join local artist Carmen Paulino for a cozy Sunday afternoon of crochet at La Marqueta.

Materials are provided, and it’s beginner-friendly and open to all.

GrowNYC Farmstands are part of a network of food access retail sites operated by GrowNYC. Through Farmstands, GrowNYC brings fresh, affordable vegetables, fruit, eggs and other products from its Northeast farm partners to underserved NYC neighborhoods.

Farmstands accept SNAP / EBT (food stamps), FNMP, Health Bucks, Greenmarket Bucks, Healthfirst OTC and Humana OTC, in addition to cash, debit and credit. If you’re using your SNAP / EBT, you can double your money because each $2 spent in SNAP / EBT earns you $2 in Health Bucks (up to $10).

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GrowNYC Farmstands are part of a network of food access retail sites operated by GrowNYC. Through Farmstands, GrowNYC brings fresh, affordable vegetables, fruit, eggs and other products from its Northeast farm partners to underserved NYC neighborhoods.

Farmstands accept SNAP / EBT (food stamps), FNMP, Health Bucks, Greenmarket Bucks, Healthfirst OTC and Humana OTC, in addition to cash, debit and credit. If you’re using your SNAP / EBT, you can double your money because each $2 spent in SNAP / EBT earns you $2 in Health Bucks (up to $10).

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"Learn To Love Yourself" is back! That's right -- the event inspired by National Black Theatre founder Dr. Barbara Ann Teer is coming back for its fourth season to our community space under the train tracks.

Get ready for rhythms by D.J. Stormin' Norman, a portraiture booth for you and your crew with photographers Salimah Ali (August 23) and Elliot Jerome Browne, Jr. (August 30), plus silent disco headphones to tune out the noise, and let you love on you.

Dr. Teer held a lifelong commitment to her radical belief that love for “our Black selves” can be a concerted mechanism for liberation and eradicating oppression: “Fall in love with yourself and have a love affair with yourself. You’re the only one who can make yourself happy. You’re the only one who can fulfill your life-long joy, cause nothing can happen to you unless it passes through you," she said.

We're teaming up with the National Black Theatre to host the party on two dates, Saturdays, August 23 and 30, from 2-6 p.m. each weekend. On the final Saturday, we'll be joined by artists from the Grandscale Mural Project for our last paint party of the season!

"Learn To Love Yourself" has been named by Time Out New York as one of the city’s "Best Things to Do." Register for your free tix here.

It's official: Paint Season is here! along East 125th Street.

This spring and summer will feature both the Gates Revival, when we're repainting storefront gates from previous years including the 100 Gates Project and We Are New Yorkers, as well as the fourth edition of the Grandscale Mural Project.

Helping hands are needed on Saturday, June 28, from Noon-4 p.m., to help prime for new murals, as well as touch up the corner mural at 125th & Park. Let us know here that you can pitch in.
 

This summer's public art projects are sponsored by the NYC Department of Small Business Services, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Center.

Open Streets are open for the season, which means you gotta bring your crew out to our Open Street on Saturday afternoons for plenty of family fun. Find us just off Lexington Avenue at 101st Street or 100th Street.

The schedule kicks off at noon with our Street Lab mobile library, street games and crafts -- plus, of course, splashing in the hydrant! Each Saturday features Storytime (2 p.m.), Crafts (3-5 p.m.), and Live Music (5-7 p.m.).

Plus grab a bite at any of our nearby small businesses including Bar Goyana, Burritos y Mas, Cafe D’Anvers, Chu Ros Thai, Dalila’s Tacos, Taqueria El Tepeyac, Frenchy Coffee, Girasole Trattoria, Healthy Frenchy, Lloyd’s Carrot Cake, Plue Thai Kitchen, Rosenthal Wine or Sugar Hill Creamery.

Click for our growing Open Streets lineup.

GrowNYC Farmstands are part of a network of food access retail sites operated by GrowNYC. Through Farmstands, GrowNYC brings fresh, affordable vegetables, fruit, eggs and other products from its Northeast farm partners to underserved NYC neighborhoods.

Farmstands accept SNAP / EBT (food stamps), FNMP, Health Bucks, Greenmarket Bucks, Healthfirst OTC and Humana OTC, in addition to cash, debit and credit. If you’re using your SNAP / EBT, you can double your money because each $2 spent in SNAP / EBT earns you $2 in Health Bucks (up to $10).

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"Learn To Love Yourself" is back! That's right -- the event inspired by National Black Theatre founder Dr. Barbara Ann Teer is coming back for its fourth season to our community space under the train tracks.

Get ready for rhythms by D.J. Stormin' Norman, a portraiture booth for you and your crew with photographers Salimah Ali (August 23) and Elliot Jerome Browne, Jr. (August 30), plus silent disco headphones to tune out the noise, and let you love on you.

Dr. Teer held a lifelong commitment to her radical belief that love for “our Black selves” can be a concerted mechanism for liberation and eradicating oppression: “Fall in love with yourself and have a love affair with yourself. You’re the only one who can make yourself happy. You’re the only one who can fulfill your life-long joy, cause nothing can happen to you unless it passes through you," she said.

We're teaming up with the National Black Theatre to host the party on two dates, Saturdays, August 23 and 30, from 2-6 p.m. each weekend. On the final Saturday, we'll be joined by artists from the Grandscale Mural Project for our last paint party of the season!

"Learn To Love Yourself" has been named by Time Out New York as one of the city’s "Best Things to Do." Register for your free tix here.

Open Streets are open for the season, which means you gotta bring your crew out to our Open Street on Saturday afternoons for plenty of family fun. Find us just off Lexington Avenue at 101st Street or 100th Street.

The schedule kicks off at noon with our Street Lab mobile library, street games and crafts -- plus, of course, splashing in the hydrant! Each Saturday features Storytime (2 p.m.), Crafts (3-5 p.m.), and Live Music (5-7 p.m.).

Plus grab a bite at any of our nearby small businesses including Bar Goyana, Burritos y Mas, Cafe D’Anvers, Chu Ros Thai, Dalila’s Tacos, Taqueria El Tepeyac, Frenchy Coffee, Girasole Trattoria, Healthy Frenchy, Lloyd’s Carrot Cake, Plue Thai Kitchen, Rosenthal Wine or Sugar Hill Creamery.

Click for our growing Open Streets lineup.

GrowNYC Farmstands are part of a network of food access retail sites operated by GrowNYC. Through Farmstands, GrowNYC brings fresh, affordable vegetables, fruit, eggs and other products from its Northeast farm partners to underserved NYC neighborhoods.

Farmstands accept SNAP / EBT (food stamps), FNMP, Health Bucks, Greenmarket Bucks, Healthfirst OTC and Humana OTC, in addition to cash, debit and credit. If you’re using your SNAP / EBT, you can double your money because each $2 spent in SNAP / EBT earns you $2 in Health Bucks (up to $10).

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Open Streets are open for the season, which means you gotta bring your crew out to our Open Street on Saturday afternoons for plenty of family fun. Find us just off Lexington Avenue at 101st Street or 100th Street.

The schedule kicks off at noon with our Street Lab mobile library, street games and crafts -- plus, of course, splashing in the hydrant! Each Saturday features Storytime (2 p.m.), Crafts (3-5 p.m.), and Live Music (5-7 p.m.).

Plus grab a bite at any of our nearby small businesses including Bar Goyana, Burritos y Mas, Cafe D’Anvers, Chu Ros Thai, Dalila’s Tacos, Taqueria El Tepeyac, Frenchy Coffee, Girasole Trattoria, Healthy Frenchy, Lloyd’s Carrot Cake, Plue Thai Kitchen, Rosenthal Wine or Sugar Hill Creamery.

Click for our growing Open Streets lineup.

GrowNYC Farmstands are part of a network of food access retail sites operated by GrowNYC. Through Farmstands, GrowNYC brings fresh, affordable vegetables, fruit, eggs and other products from its Northeast farm partners to underserved NYC neighborhoods.

Farmstands accept SNAP / EBT (food stamps), FNMP, Health Bucks, Greenmarket Bucks, Healthfirst OTC and Humana OTC, in addition to cash, debit and credit. If you’re using your SNAP / EBT, you can double your money because each $2 spent in SNAP / EBT earns you $2 in Health Bucks (up to $10).

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Open Streets are open for the season, which means you gotta bring your crew out to our Open Street on Saturday afternoons for plenty of family fun. Find us just off Lexington Avenue at 101st Street or 100th Street.

The schedule kicks off at noon with our Street Lab mobile library, street games and crafts -- plus, of course, splashing in the hydrant! Each Saturday features Storytime (2 p.m.), Crafts (3-5 p.m.), and Live Music (5-7 p.m.).

Plus grab a bite at any of our nearby small businesses including Bar Goyana, Burritos y Mas, Cafe D’Anvers, Chu Ros Thai, Dalila’s Tacos, Taqueria El Tepeyac, Frenchy Coffee, Girasole Trattoria, Healthy Frenchy, Lloyd’s Carrot Cake, Plue Thai Kitchen, Rosenthal Wine or Sugar Hill Creamery.

Click for our growing Open Streets lineup.

GrowNYC Farmstands are part of a network of food access retail sites operated by GrowNYC. Through Farmstands, GrowNYC brings fresh, affordable vegetables, fruit, eggs and other products from its Northeast farm partners to underserved NYC neighborhoods.

Farmstands accept SNAP / EBT (food stamps), FNMP, Health Bucks, Greenmarket Bucks, Healthfirst OTC and Humana OTC, in addition to cash, debit and credit. If you’re using your SNAP / EBT, you can double your money because each $2 spent in SNAP / EBT earns you $2 in Health Bucks (up to $10).

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Open Streets are open for the season, which means you gotta bring your crew out to our Open Street on Saturday afternoons for plenty of family fun. Find us just off Lexington Avenue at 101st Street or 100th Street.

The schedule kicks off at noon with our Street Lab mobile library, street games and crafts -- plus, of course, splashing in the hydrant! Each Saturday features Storytime (2 p.m.), Crafts (3-5 p.m.), and Live Music (5-7 p.m.).

Plus grab a bite at any of our nearby small businesses including Bar Goyana, Burritos y Mas, Cafe D’Anvers, Chu Ros Thai, Dalila’s Tacos, Taqueria El Tepeyac, Frenchy Coffee, Girasole Trattoria, Healthy Frenchy, Lloyd’s Carrot Cake, Plue Thai Kitchen, Rosenthal Wine or Sugar Hill Creamery.

Click for our growing Open Streets lineup.

GrowNYC Farmstands are part of a network of food access retail sites operated by GrowNYC. Through Farmstands, GrowNYC brings fresh, affordable vegetables, fruit, eggs and other products from its Northeast farm partners to underserved NYC neighborhoods.

Farmstands accept SNAP / EBT (food stamps), FNMP, Health Bucks, Greenmarket Bucks, Healthfirst OTC and Humana OTC, in addition to cash, debit and credit. If you’re using your SNAP / EBT, you can double your money because each $2 spent in SNAP / EBT earns you $2 in Health Bucks (up to $10).

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