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In the 1980s and early 1990s, Washington Heights was severely affected by the crack cocaine epidemic, as was the rest of New York City. [ 38 ] : 158 Washington Heights had become one of the largest drug distribution centers in the Northeastern United States , [ 84 ] [ 85 ] bringing a negative reputation to Dominican Americans as a group. [ 86 ]
Yuh-Line Niou – member of the New York State Assembly, representing the 65th District in Lower Manhattan, elected in November 2016; John Liu – first Taiwanese American and Asian American to be elected New York City Comptroller, in 2009
Name of the neighborhood Limits south to north and east to west Upper Manhattan: Above 96th Street Marble Hill MN01 [a]: The neighborhood is located across the Harlem River from Manhattan Island and has been connected to The Bronx and the rest of the North American mainland since 1914, when the former course of the Spuyten Duyvil Creek was filled in. [2]
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On December 23, 2013, LA Fitness announced the acquisition of The Buffalo and Rochester Athletic Clubs in Western New York. [12] [13] On December 30, 2013, they completed the acquisition of all 10 Vision Quest Sport and Fitness clubs in the greater Seattle metropolitan area. [14] In 2024, LA Fitness acquired XSport Fitness. [15] [16]
It is contained entirely within New York's 13th congressional district, and also overlaps with the 30th and 31st districts of the New York State Senate and the 71st and 72nd districts of the New York State Assembly. [5] At over 80 percent Hispanic, the district has by far the highest Hispanic population of any City Council district in Manhattan.
The 175th Street station (also known as 175th Street–George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal) is a station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.Located in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, at the intersection of 175th Street and Fort Washington Avenue, it is served by the A train at all times.
The Recreation Center in J. Hood Wright Park. J. Hood Wright Park is a park of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation which is located between Fort Washington and Haven Avenue, and between West 173rd and 176th Streets in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.