Inwood is Manhattan’s northernmost neighborhood. It’s the home of Inwood Hill Park and the former site of the Indigenous Lenape village.
Inwood is a Hispanic neighborhood with a large Dominican community. Like everywhere it is changing, but remains one of the last places where you can find remnants of the old ways of life in Manhattan.
Inwood News
The Drums Along the Hudson Native American and Multicultural festival is at Inwood Hill Park in Inwood, Manhattan on Sun, Jun 5, 2022 from 11am – 6pm. Free. drumsalongthehudson.org [To be confirmed.]
Government
The City government is New York City Council District 10.
The County government is Manhattan Community District 12 and the Manhattan Borough President.
The Federal government is New York’s 10th congressional district and the New York Senators.
Old Inwood
The neighborhood was once the site of the Indigenous Lenape village. Naturally, they choose the most beautiful, peaceful spot on the island. There was long a famous old tree on the spot, but all that remains is a boulder and a plaque. There are still “Indian Caves” in the hills.
Broadway is the old “Indian Trail” that connected the village with the trading post at the southern tip of Manhattan under what is now the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House.
Walking through the forest in the Inwood hills, it’s hard to believe you are in Manhattan.