Uptown Grand Central

Since 2013, when we got our start as the New Harlem East Merchants Association (NHEMA), we have brightened hopes for the community via programs that include organizing our small businesses; hiring formerly homeless individuals to clean our streets; beautifying the commercial corridor with seasonal plantings and holiday lights; sponsoring street festivals and promotions including Uptown Restaurant Week; and adopting the space underneath the Metro-North tracks at 125th & Park as a community plaza that features live music, exercise classes, a year-round farmers market and “pop-up” small business snack shop. Along the way, we have grown to actively advocate for our neighborhood and bring the community together in an effort to showcase all that is grand about Uptown, and put East Harlem on the map.