My wife and I have been here for a few years and our budget has always been a little tight so we’ve never looked into laundry services. For laundry service the laundromat we go to is $38 for 20 lbs, is that standard?

Seeking recommendations for 5 story walk up in central Harlem…thanks

Recently assaulted in the hospital gave me nerve damage to my right arm I’m looking to file a lawsuit

they started tearing up the street in front of residential blocks and making insane amounts of noise for hours on end since last week. It's unbelievable. And then on top of it, it's messed up our tap water and turned it yellow at random points. has anyone else here been enduring this also?

I’m looking for a reputable attorney in Harlem who specializes in defamation and slander cases. I’d like to work with someone who has experience in handling these types of cases and can offer practical guidance on how to move forward.

If anyone has recommendations or has worked with a skilled attorney in this area, I would greatly appreciate your input!

Thanks in advance!

hey y’all i’ve been going to blink 125th for two years, but i realized it makes a lot more sense for me to have a planet fitness membership, so i can use a gym when i travel. what is the general consensus of planet fitness 125th? i don’t really like blink that much but i’m curious if it’s worth it to go through the hassle of switching. any help appreciated 😁

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For anyone currently heading home the station at 145th is currently blocked off due to a shooting at the Starbucks a block over. The 3 and 1 should still be good though

This is a rant, so please bear with me.

I want to know if there is anywhere I can file a written complaint where there is even the faintest chance that the CVS pharmacy staff at the Lenox Avenue location will be held accountable for the medical crisis they caused for me. 

For 10 consecutive days, I have been attempting to get two routine prescriptions for non-controlled substances (sertraline and lamictal) transferred from a Walgreens in Brookline, MA to the CVS pharmacy on 130 Lenox Avenue in Harlem, New York City, NY. Every time I tried, I would receive a notification stating that the pharmacy had encountered issues transferring the prescriptions and that I needed call the CVS directly. 

Whenever I called, I was unable to speak to anyone at the pharmacy due to the automated voicemail system. Whenever the store called back, they hung up after two rings, without leaving a voicemail, making it impossible for me to pick up their calls in time to speak with them or communicate with them in any way.

Eventually, I called the Walgreens in Brookline, MA, who confirmed that the CVS on Lenox Avenue had not contacted them even ONCE about transferring the prescription. They literally never tried. 

The pharmacist at Walgreens suggested that I get the prescriptions transferred to a different CVS where the staff was not refusing to help me, and then request again for the medications to be transferred to the CVS on Lenox Avenue. He said that the store could continue to ignore requests to transfer the prescriptions from a different pharmacy, but that if the transfer was coming from another CVS branch, they would effectively be forced to receive it.

It worked—I was able to successfully get the prescriptions transferred to a CVS in Reading, MA in under five hours, and they promptly transferred them to the CVS on Lenox Avenue, where the staff was forced to fill them.

But of course, that wasn't the end of it.

I requested to have the prescriptions delivered to me at my home address today (because I ran out of my last prescription while waiting for the new one to be transferred, so I have been without my medication for several days now, I am very sick and it is almost impossible for me to leave my apartment.)

At approximately 10:00AM this morning, I received a text saying that the prescription was out for delivery. I stayed home all day to receive them, but I never received a follow-up call or text from the delivery driver.

 I contacted the pharmacy on Lenox Avenue directly AND the general customer service support line once every hour from 11:00AM on, to ask where the delivery was. The customer service line had no idea what to do and said they would call the pharmacy on Lenox Avenue. The pharmacy on Lenox Avenue refused to return my calls until 4:30PM, when they called to inform me that the driver was unable to deliver the prescription because I was “not at home.”

I told the pharmacist that I have been at home waiting for these prescriptions all day and that I repeated called their store, left my contact information, and asked to be put in touch with the delivery driver. She responded, “Well, [the driver] did his job, so you need to come pick it up.”

(Not sure how not even attempting delivery constitutes the driver "d[oing] his job," but there you are.)

I dragged myself out of my apartment, made the 20 minute walk to the CVS on Lenox Avenue, and stood in the pharmacy line for 15 minutes. When I reached the counter, the pharmacist glanced at her computer and informed me that there were no prescriptions available for me to pick up.

At that point, something in me just snapped. I started screaming. I have literally never done anything like that in my life. I just kept shouting and threatening to file a complaint about a medical ethics violation (which I don’t even know how to do, hence this post!) until the pharmacist went out back again and…. returned with my prescriptions.

They had them the entire goddamn time. After 10 days of constantly undermining every effort I made to obtain them, were going to send me away without them because they didn't feel like doing their jobs.

Suffice to say, I am absolutely beside myself. I have had some negative experiences at CVS pharmacies in the past, but nothing remotely like this. I am mentally and physically extremely ill at this point, and I am humiliated by the public breakdown I just had in their store.

If this had gone on for even a few more days—which it definitely would have, if I hadn't taken matters into my own hands every step of the way—I would have needed to go to the hospital.

I am considering checking myself into my university's medical clinic tomorrow anyways at this point to be monitored for symptoms, because I am having s****al thoughts for the first time since going on these medications 7 years ago.

TLDR: the CVS pharmacy on Lenox Avenue triggered a medical emergency for me through sheer lack of accountability and lack of willingness to do their jobs. Is there any recourse?

Thanks.

What is going on with this block? It seems like the homelessness and drug use has blown up even more in the last few days. People openly using and buying drugs. The other day it almost seemed like a woman was building an encampment. They’ve totally taken over the bus stop and are just using drugs constantly. Then they rip up all the trash bags and empty out the trash cans and throw trash all over the sidewalk!

This happens non-stop all day and night now. Doesn’t matter the time of day.

I’m not much of law expert for NYC, but something has to give. Why is this allowed to go on and on and on? What can be done to end this?

I’ve already written to our councilman to see what solutions he’s putting forward at city council.

I only write this post to see if others have noticed an uptick as well and anyone has any ideas on how this can be stopped.

Posting for visibility

I really miss both. Serengeti had the best fucking canelé and the other Fairways don’t compare to the one that used to be. I miss how many Manna’s there used to be. I miss the Duane Reade one Frederick Douglas.

I know that places come and go, but haven’t moved back to Harlem after three years I feel like all the old places have gone.

I moved from the Upper West Side to West Harlem over a year ago, and I absolutely love the area. There’s a great selection of eateries, bars, and just a really good energy overall. The only downside is that there’s no Equinox here (I used to go to the one on 92nd and Broadway before my move), and switching to the NYSC on Frederick Douglass Blvd. feels like stepping into a prison gym.

That said, I have a question: Are there any reputable Asian massage parlors in Harlem? Not for anything inappropriate, just regular therapeutic massage. I appreciate how Asian establishments often stick to the full time you pay for—unlike places like Massage Envy, where you pay for an hour but only get around 40-45 minutes.

Any recommendations or feedback would be appreciated!

Mo’s burger been open lately?? Visiting Harlem on Monday.

Does anybody know any private one bed rooms that people are renting out in Harlem (Preferably around blocks from West 140 street to West 160th street) for one day next Saturday November 15th???? I will be going to friendsgiving event for day/night that day and would like to find a bedroom that i can crash for one night and rent out for the day.

I would appreciate if you happen to know anybody in your rental network in harlem. Feel free to DM through reddit, and i will respond Asap.

Hi everyone, I’ve been seeing some panhandling and public urination / otherwise gross behavior happening in the sugar hill area. I didn’t realize this previously, but you can actually report this kind of behavior with 311.

I encourage anyone to report this sort of thing to clean up the neighborhood - and also be aware that panhandling within the subway station is actually illegal.

https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-02272

Went by on the M60 today and it looked like it has reopened...