About My Community

If you hear the loud music of bachata, merengue, reggueton, you already know that you are in Washington Heights. People talking loud, from one street to another, the whole block knowing everyone’s business you are in Washington Heights. There are multiple parks, such as Inwood Hill Park and Fort Tryon Park, both with along the Hudson River. In my neighborhood, 173street, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, kids from Elementary School at P.S.173 crossing the streets with their friends. Kids running around and go to bodegas for junk food. A man usually stands in front of the school selling patelitos, or frio frio. Dominican women are always on the sidewalks gossiping who did what and when and how. In the middle of the night, cars are playing loud music. Most of the times, you can't even sleep because its either your neighbors talking loud in the hallways, teens shouting outside like they are crazy, or someone in the building is having a party. If you want to live in Washington Heights, expect a whole of money, rounding from $800 to $1500 for just 1 bedroom apartment. However, you could get in a studio, which is less expensive. Once you enter Washington Heights, you could truly feel like you are in Dominican Republic!