Head to East 125th Street to celebrate the longest, darkest night of the year with live music, light and artwork.

Get ready for holiday shopping! We're just a week away from the return of the Harlem Night Market at La Marqueta for the first three weekends in December.

There'll be food, music, culture and plenty of makers on Saturdays, December 2, 9 and 16 from 4-8 p.m. at the historic La Marqueta. More than 50 vendors per night will pack La Placita, La Marqueta and Urban Garden Center with tons to explore, plus a trolley running on loop so you can visit all parts of the market: 

URBAN GARDEN CENTER'S WINTER WONDERLAND: 
Families are encouraged to come early (3-5 p.m.) to the Winter Wonderland at Urban Garden Center (111th) that will feature craft workshops, holiday vendors, Santa and free hot chocolate.

GRANDSCALE ART MARKET & LA MARQUETA:
For the first time ever, there'll be a Grandscale Art Market (115th Street), where you can shop for canvases, merch and more from the artists of the Grandscale Mural Project. Plus take advantage of free gift wrapping and meet the year-round vendors inside La Marqueta's indoor market (115th Street).

LA PLACITA:
As the party ramps up for the evening, turntable legends Tedsmooth The Remix King and DJ Stormin Norman will be orchestrating the sounds along with special guests Uptown Vinyl Supreme inside La Placita (116th Street). Check out the plazas for savory food, sweets and makers -- plus of course the 360-degree photo booth and dance floor!

Bring your appetite, wallet and dancing shoes and be ready to have a great time supporting local small businesses and makers. Harlem, Let’s Go!!!! Get your free tix here.

Get ready for holiday shopping! We're just a week away from the return of the Harlem Night Market at La Marqueta for the first three weekends in December.

There'll be food, music, culture and plenty of makers on Saturdays, December 2, 9 and 16 from 4-8 p.m. at the historic La Marqueta. More than 50 vendors per night will pack La Placita, La Marqueta and Urban Garden Center with tons to explore, plus a trolley running on loop so you can visit all parts of the market: 

URBAN GARDEN CENTER'S WINTER WONDERLAND: 
Families are encouraged to come early (3-5 p.m.) to the Winter Wonderland at Urban Garden Center (111th) that will feature craft workshops, holiday vendors, Santa and free hot chocolate.

GRANDSCALE ART MARKET & LA MARQUETA:
For the first time ever, there'll be a Grandscale Art Market (115th Street), where you can shop for canvases, merch and more from the artists of the Grandscale Mural Project. Plus take advantage of free gift wrapping and meet the year-round vendors inside La Marqueta's indoor market (115th Street).

LA PLACITA:
As the party ramps up for the evening, turntable legends Tedsmooth The Remix King and DJ Stormin Norman will be orchestrating the sounds along with special guests Uptown Vinyl Supreme inside La Placita (116th Street). Check out the plazas for savory food, sweets and makers -- plus of course the 360-degree photo booth and dance floor!

Bring your appetite, wallet and dancing shoes and be ready to have a great time supporting local small businesses and makers. Harlem, Let’s Go!!!! Get your free tix here.

Get ready for holiday shopping! We're just a week away from the return of the Harlem Night Market at La Marqueta for the first three weekends in December.

There'll be food, music, culture and plenty of makers on Saturdays, December 2, 9 and 16 from 4-8 p.m. at the historic La Marqueta. More than 50 vendors per night will pack La Placita, La Marqueta and Urban Garden Center with tons to explore, plus a trolley running on loop so you can visit all parts of the market: 

URBAN GARDEN CENTER'S WINTER WONDERLAND: 
Families are encouraged to come early (3-5 p.m.) to the Winter Wonderland at Urban Garden Center (111th) that will feature craft workshops, holiday vendors, Santa and free hot chocolate.

GRANDSCALE ART MARKET & LA MARQUETA:
For the first time ever, there'll be a Grandscale Art Market (115th Street), where you can shop for canvases, merch and more from the artists of the Grandscale Mural Project. Plus take advantage of free gift wrapping and meet the year-round vendors inside La Marqueta's indoor market (115th Street).

LA PLACITA:
As the party ramps up for the evening, turntable legends Tedsmooth The Remix King and DJ Stormin Norman will be orchestrating the sounds along with special guests Uptown Vinyl Supreme inside La Placita (116th Street). Check out the plazas for savory food, sweets and makers -- plus of course the 360-degree photo booth and dance floor!

Bring your appetite, wallet and dancing shoes and be ready to have a great time supporting local small businesses and makers. Harlem, Let’s Go!!!! Get your free tix here.

Missed our first two community paint days? Ditch that FOMO ... because we’re adding one more!

This Saturday, November 4, from 1-3 p.m., head to 125th Street & Park Avenue to pitch in on installing the second half of the community section of the Grandscale Mural Project, on construction fences at 125th Street & Park Avenue. 

We'll be painting a pop art pattern inspired by African kente fabrics, under the guidance of teaching artist Gera Lozano. Click to see last week's fun.

You'll also get a chance to see some of the 100-plus artists who are painting their own pieces at work on the fences on 125th Street, 124th Street, and Park, Lexington and Third avenues. Artists are painting on sunny days from now through the end of November, when all pieces will be complete.

Community members, register here to paint this Saturday! Are you part of an organization or school that would like to participate as a group? Email us at info@uptowngrandcentral.org.

Start on Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 5:00pm.

End on Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 7:30pm.

PACK YOUR FAVORITE PICNIC DISH AND FOLLOW THE DESIGN TRUST FOR PUBLIC SPACE TO HARLEM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW UPTOWN GRAND CENTRAL IS ENRICHING THE EAST 125TH STREET CORRIDOR.

For one summer evening, the space under the train tracks will be transformed for communal dining!

Since the summer of 2015, Uptown Grand Central has worked in partnership with the NYC Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) to transform the space underneath the Metro-North station at East 125th Street & Park Avenue into an active community space. From hosting Turnout NYC, a season of local public arts, to providing a GrowNYC Fresh Food Box stand every Wednesday, the plaza is an exciting demonstration of the vast potential for neglected spaces under NYC's transit infrastructure.

Design Trust’s Public Space Potlucks gather urban enthusiasts of all ages and backgrounds together for a shared meal and to learn more about public space initatives across the five boroughs.

The event is free and open to the public. Please bring a dish to share if you can! We will provide some snacks, drinks, cups, plates, napkins, etc.

Back for a second season! The National Black Theatre’s Learn to Love Yourself: Silent Disco & Portrait Series.

The party and photo shoot is coming back to our community space under the train tracks at 125th Street for three Saturdays this summer: August 19, August 26 and September 2.

This year, the National Black Theatre (NBT) is celebrating female-identifying DJs and photographers who are creating a sonic, transformative journey for our community to learn, love and heal ourselves. Let loose with the musical stylings of cry$cross, Dent, Duneska, Poison Ivy and Rimarkable! And what better way to celebrate you than with free portraits taken by notable photographers: Ayesha Kazim, Floradis Espinal and Maria J Hackett.

NBT is also releasing never-before-heard archival audio called “Chants of Liberation" that was recorded by The Liberators, the original leaders and powerhouse voices of the theater. Curated and creatively driven by Nabii Faison, the chants will allow community members to listen to seminal text that helped to “Keep The Soul Alive” at NBT for more than half a century.  

Click here to save your spot on the dance floor!

Back for a second season! The National Black Theatre’s Learn to Love Yourself: Silent Disco & Portrait Series.

The party and photo shoot is coming back to our community space under the train tracks at 125th Street for three Saturdays this summer: August 19, August 26 and September 2.

This year, the National Black Theatre (NBT) is celebrating female-identifying DJs and photographers who are creating a sonic, transformative journey for our community to learn, love and heal ourselves. Let loose with the musical stylings of cry$cross, Dent, Duneska, Poison Ivy and Rimarkable! And what better way to celebrate you than with free portraits taken by notable photographers: Ayesha Kazim, Floradis Espinal and Maria J Hackett.

NBT is also releasing never-before-heard archival audio called “Chants of Liberation" that was recorded by The Liberators, the original leaders and powerhouse voices of the theater. Curated and creatively driven by Nabii Faison, the chants will allow community members to listen to seminal text that helped to “Keep The Soul Alive” at NBT for more than half a century.  

Click here to save your spot on the dance floor!

Back for a second season! The National Black Theatre’s Learn to Love Yourself: Silent Disco & Portrait Series.

The party and photo shoot is coming back to our community space under the train tracks at 125th Street for three Saturdays this summer: August 19, August 26 and September 2.

This year, the National Black Theatre (NBT) is celebrating female-identifying DJs and photographers who are creating a sonic, transformative journey for our community to learn, love and heal ourselves. Let loose with the musical stylings of cry$cross, Dent, Duneska, Poison Ivy and Rimarkable! And what better way to celebrate you than with free portraits taken by notable photographers: Ayesha Kazim, Floradis Espinal and Maria J Hackett.

NBT is also releasing never-before-heard archival audio called “Chants of Liberation" that was recorded by The Liberators, the original leaders and powerhouse voices of the theater. Curated and creatively driven by Nabii Faison, the chants will allow community members to listen to seminal text that helped to “Keep The Soul Alive” at NBT for more than half a century.  

Click here to save your spot on the dance floor!

Celebrate the start of summer with a Jazzmobile performance for Make Music New York! The show will feature Winard Harper & Jeli Posse at the 125th Street Plaza.

It’s sponsored by the NYC Department of Transportation.

The Harlem Night Market is back this holiday season! Mark your calendar for three weekends of winter shopping at La Marqueta -- when you can both support local entrepreneurs and go home with some of the best eats, drinks & gifts in the neighborhood.

Stormin' Norman and Ted Smooth will be bringing us back to the dance floor, with special guests to be announced.

The Harlem Night Market at La Marqueta is sponsored by Uptown Grand Central, TBo Harlem & the NYC Economic Development Corporation, with support from Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala, Union Settlement & El Museo del Barrio.

Get your free tix here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/harlem-night-market-at-la-marqueta-tickets-469165585897.

The Harlem Night Market is back this holiday season! Mark your calendar for three weekends of winter shopping at La Marqueta -- when you can both support local entrepreneurs and go home with some of the best eats, drinks & gifts in the neighborhood.

Stormin' Norman and Ted Smooth will be bringing us back to the dance floor, with special guests to be announced.

The Harlem Night Market at La Marqueta is sponsored by Uptown Grand Central, TBo Harlem & the NYC Economic Development Corporation, with support from Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala, Union Settlement & El Museo del Barrio.

Get your free tix here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/harlem-night-market-at-la-marqueta-tickets-469165585897.

The Harlem Night Market is back this holiday season! Mark your calendar for three weekends of winter shopping at La Marqueta -- when you can both support local entrepreneurs and go home with some of the best eats, drinks & gifts in the neighborhood.

Stormin' Norman and Ted Smooth will be bringing us back to the dance floor, with special guests to be announced.

The Harlem Night Market at La Marqueta is sponsored by Uptown Grand Central, TBo Harlem & the NYC Economic Development Corporation, with support from Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala, Union Settlement & El Museo del Barrio.

Get your free tix here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/harlem-night-market-at-la-marqueta-tickets-469165585897.

TURNOUT NYC IS A MONTH-LONG SERIES OF SOUND AND LIGHT EXPERIENCES AT OUR COMMUNITY SPACE UNDER THE TRACKS AT 125TH STREET & PARK AVENUE.

Along with the Design Trust for Public Space and SITU, we've been thinking through ways to make our public places more welcoming, with a focus on transforming underutilized outdoor spaces across the five boroughs into performance venues for artistic expression.

Two of the biggest challenges under the Park Avenue Viaduct are too much sound, and lack of light. So our creative partners at the National Black Theatre (NBT), NightSeeing & 3 A.M. Theatre are crafting an artistic response.

3 A.M. Theatre is responding to the light challenge with Cloud Nine: An Illuminated Circus. Witness the music come to life and experience the magic of light! Using cutting-edge LED stage lighting in conjunction with highly-skilled circus performers, world class dancers, and theatrical storytellers, this animated roadshow presents dreamlike visuals inside a vibrant set. Friday-Sunday, September 9-11, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Click the link to learn more!

TURNOUT NYC IS A MONTH-LONG SERIES OF SOUND AND LIGHT EXPERIENCES AT OUR COMMUNITY SPACE UNDER THE TRACKS AT 125TH STREET & PARK AVENUE.

Along with the Design Trust for Public Space and SITU, we've been thinking through ways to make our public places more welcoming, with a focus on transforming underutilized outdoor spaces across the five boroughs into performance venues for artistic expression.

Two of the biggest challenges under the Park Avenue Viaduct are too much sound, and lack of light. So our creative partners at the National Black Theatre (NBT), NightSeeing & 3 A.M. Theatre are crafting an artistic response.

3 A.M. Theatre is responding to the light challenge with Cloud Nine: An Illuminated Circus. Witness the music come to life and experience the magic of light! Using cutting-edge LED stage lighting in conjunction with highly-skilled circus performers, world class dancers, and theatrical storytellers, this animated roadshow presents dreamlike visuals inside a vibrant set. Friday-Sunday, September 9-11, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Click the link to learn more!

TURNOUT NYC IS A MONTH-LONG SERIES OF SOUND AND LIGHT EXPERIENCES AT OUR COMMUNITY SPACE UNDER THE TRACKS AT 125TH STREET & PARK AVENUE.

Along with the Design Trust for Public Space and SITU, we've been thinking through ways to make our public places more welcoming, with a focus on transforming underutilized outdoor spaces across the five boroughs into performance venues for artistic expression.

Two of the biggest challenges under the Park Avenue Viaduct are too much sound, and lack of light. So our creative partners at the National Black Theatre (NBT), NightSeeing & 3 A.M. Theatre are crafting an artistic response.

3 A.M. Theatre is responding to the light challenge with Cloud Nine: An Illuminated Circus. Witness the music come to life and experience the magic of light! Using cutting-edge LED stage lighting in conjunction with highly-skilled circus performers, world class dancers, and theatrical storytellers, this animated roadshow presents dreamlike visuals inside a vibrant set. Friday-Sunday, September 9-11, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Click the link to learn more!

Turnout NYC is a month-long series of sound and light experiences at our community space under the tracks at 125th Street & Park Avenue.

Along with the Design Trust for Public Space and SITU, we've been thinking through ways to make our public places more welcoming, with a focus on transforming underutilized outdoor spaces across the five boroughs into performance venues for artistic expression.

Two of the biggest challenges under the Park Avenue Viaduct are too much sound, and lack of light. So our creative partners at the National Black Theatre (NBT) and NightSeeing are crafting an artistic response.

NBT is responding to the sound challenge with Learn to Love Yourself Saturdays: Silent Disco & Portrait Series — five artist-inspired sonic soundscapes mixed by D.J. Stormin’ Norman into a live three-hour "silent disco" session, with headphones provided on site. The sound experience is driven by National Black Theatre founder Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s commitment to being “… bold and unconventional about her love of Black people,” and in keeping with her radical belief that loving “our Black selves” is the first step toward reclaiming the collective power needed to eliminate oppression. There’ll also be a portrait booth for you and/or your family and friends. Saturdays, August 13, 20 & 27, and September 3, 3-6 p.m.

Click the link to learn more!

Join our partners at Harlem Fashion Week for the kick-off event for their weekend of fashion shows.

The theme for the designers is “Stop The Violence,” and the show will be also feature a panel including Ashley Sharpton of the National Action Network Youth Huddle, Jackie Rowe-Adams of Harlem Mothers & Fathers S.A.V.E., Billy Council of the Councilhim Foundation and Chivonia Newsome of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York.

Turnout NYC is a month-long series of sound and light experiences at our community space under the tracks at 125th Street & Park Avenue.

Along with the Design Trust for Public Space and SITU, we've been thinking through ways to make our public places more welcoming, with a focus on transforming underutilized outdoor spaces across the five boroughs into performance venues for artistic expression.

Two of the biggest challenges under the Park Avenue Viaduct are too much sound, and lack of light. So our creative partners at the National Black Theatre (NBT) and NightSeeing are crafting an artistic response.

NBT is responding to the sound challenge with Learn to Love Yourself Saturdays: Silent Disco & Portrait Series — five artist-inspired sonic soundscapes mixed by D.J. Stormin’ Norman into a live three-hour "silent disco" session, with headphones provided on site. The sound experience is driven by National Black Theatre founder Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s commitment to being “… bold and unconventional about her love of Black people,” and in keeping with her radical belief that loving “our Black selves” is the first step toward reclaiming the collective power needed to eliminate oppression. There’ll also be a portrait booth for you and/or your family and friends. Saturdays, August 13, 20 & 27, and September 3, 3-6 p.m.

Click the link to learn more!

Turnout NYC is a month-long series of sound and light experiences at our community space under the tracks at 125th Street & Park Avenue.

Along with the Design Trust for Public Space and SITU, we've been thinking through ways to make our public places more welcoming, with a focus on transforming underutilized outdoor spaces across the five boroughs into performance venues for artistic expression.

Two of the biggest challenges under the Park Avenue Viaduct are too much sound, and lack of light. So our creative partners at the National Black Theatre (NBT) and NightSeeing are crafting an artistic response.

NBT is responding to the sound challenge with Learn to Love Yourself Saturdays: Silent Disco & Portrait Series — five artist-inspired sonic soundscapes mixed by D.J. Stormin’ Norman into a live three-hour "silent disco" session, with headphones provided on site. The sound experience is driven by National Black Theatre founder Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s commitment to being “… bold and unconventional about her love of Black people,” and in keeping with her radical belief that loving “our Black selves” is the first step toward reclaiming the collective power needed to eliminate oppression. There’ll also be a portrait booth for you and/or your family and friends. Saturdays, August 13, 20 & 27, and September 3, 3-6 p.m.

Click the link to learn more!

Turnout NYC is a month-long series of sound and light experiences at our community space under the tracks at 125th Street & Park Avenue.

Along with the Design Trust for Public Space and SITU, we've been thinking through ways to make our public places more welcoming, with a focus on transforming underutilized outdoor spaces across the five boroughs into performance venues for artistic expression.

Two of the biggest challenges under the Park Avenue Viaduct are too much sound, and lack of light. So our creative partners at the National Black Theatre (NBT) and NightSeeing are crafting an artistic response.

NBT is responding to the sound challenge with Learn to Love Yourself Saturdays: Silent Disco & Portrait Series — five artist-inspired sonic soundscapes mixed by D.J. Stormin’ Norman into a live three-hour "silent disco" session, with headphones provided on site. The sound experience is driven by National Black Theatre founder Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s commitment to being “… bold and unconventional about her love of Black people,” and in keeping with her radical belief that loving “our Black selves” is the first step toward reclaiming the collective power needed to eliminate oppression. There’ll also be a portrait booth for you and/or your family and friends. Saturdays, August 13, 20 & 27, and September 3, 3-6 p.m.

Click the link to learn more!

Turnout NYC is a month-long series of sound and light experiences at our community space under the tracks at 125th Street & Park Avenue.

Along with the Design Trust for Public Space and SITU, we've been thinking through ways to make our public places more welcoming, with a focus on transforming underutilized outdoor spaces across the five boroughs into performance venues for artistic expression.

Two of the biggest challenges under the Park Avenue Viaduct are too much sound, and lack of light. So our creative partners at the National Black Theatre (NBT) and NightSeeing are crafting an artistic response.

Lighting artist Leni Schwendinger of NightSeeing is responding to the light challenge with a light installation called Uptown Flash. In response to the dark shadows cast by the viaduct structure, Uptown Flash will transform the underpass into a colorful canopy of woven light. Come braid light with us as part of the installation! Wednesday, August 10, 2-8 p.m.

Click the link to learn more!

Make Music New York, a premier celebration of all music, is an ideal time to celebrate America’s classical music, Jazz - in Harlem, where this art form “exploded” during the Harlem Renaissance!

Today, 17 East 126th Street is remembered for where (in 1958) 57 jazz greats were photographed on the stoop with neighborhood children joining in the moment.

Jazzmobile and Uptown Grand Central invite you to a jazz jam on this historic stoop featuring band leader, Patience Higgins on sax, with James Zollar on trumpet, Michael Rörby on trombone, Nathan Garrett on bass and Ethan Mann on guitar.

Enjoy a rollicking evening of brass, Samba and marching band music. The program features performances by: the Afro-funk/Latin/New Orleans-style grass outfit the Underground Horns; Batalá NY, an all-women Afro-Brazilian Samba Reggae percussion band; and the Marching Cobras drumline.

One last time before we wrap it up for fall! On Saturday, October 2, join D.J. Ted Smooth and crew for the last jam of the season at our newly expanded space under the train tracks.

It'll be disco night, so dress like you mean it.

Grandscale Mural Project is back -- and, this time, we’re going BIGGER!

The Grandscale Mural Project features artwork from artists that support and uplift the community and creates a vibrant gateway to Harlem.

Grandscale Mural Project is back -- and, this time, we’re going BIGGER!

The Grandscale Mural Project features artwork from artists that support and uplift the community and creates a vibrant gateway to Harlem.

Grandscale Mural Project is back -- and, this time, we’re going BIGGER!

The Grandscale Mural Project features artwork from artists that support and uplift the community and creates a vibrant gateway to Harlem.

178 East 101st Street. It’s where Cicely Tyson spent much of her childhood, and where we’ll kick off our virtual walking tour of historic East Harlem this week with Landmark East Harlem.

The walk starts just outside Tyson’s fifth-floor walkup on 101st, then winds its way north past murals, mosaics and sites with stories including Duffy’s Hill (La Colina), St. George & St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Fire Engine Co. 53, the Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center, Metropolis Studios and more.

Join us to learn the history of the blocks surrounding the 101st Open Street. The tour is part of Jane’s Walk, an annual festival of free, community-led walking conversations inspired by activist Jane Jacobs. See you Thursday at 11 on your phone (Instagram Live). Register at the link.

Open Streets or Tennis Courts?

We'll have three pop-up tennis courts -- two for beginners, one for advanced -- plus tennis pros on hand to help show you the basics, or share advanced tips.
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