Inwood  

If you are tired of high rent fees and tiny downtown-apartments then your choices should included the Inwood neighborhood. You not only have rental possibilities, but you may also be able to afford to buy an apartment here, in the place of the transparent sky. Inwood is located between the Hudson and Harlem Rivers, just north of Fort Tryon Park and the Cloisters medieval museum. Inwood has always been attractive to those seeking lower-priced housing and a slice of nature in Manhattan. The neighborhood feels almost isolated from NYC, since it’s distanced from the stresses downtown and close to many beautiful natural parks. It is filled with artists moving from Chelsea and the West Village, where the rent-prices are far higher.

In the 1930’s, Irish and German descendants settled into this neighborhood representing the working-class. There were many low-rise buildings at that time, abutted by farmland. In the 60’s farms were removed, then Cuban and Puerto Rican families moved into the prewar buildings located at the east end of Broadway. recently, the seven-block area boarded by Broadway, Post Avenue, Dyckman and 207 th Streets was considered the nation’s largest concentration of Dominicans. Today Inwood has become a refuge for actors, musicians and artists seeking low-rent housings in Manhattan.

Inwood got its name from the verdant woods that once blanketed northern Manhattan. Natural forests still exists in Inwood Hill Park, it occupies 197 acres of rocky area. It is filled with oaks, tulips, maples, hickory and dogwood trees. The park has a six mile long hiking trail, the only available salt marsh in Manhattan, baseball fields, tennis and as well as basketball courts. Inwood Hill Park has rangers offering walking tours on Indian history, park geology and native birds.

Inwood offers public schools 5, 98, 152 and I.S. 52. The closest secondary school is George Washington High School located in Washington Heights.