Donate to What a Bargain

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WEST 104TH STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION BLOCK BYTES New Homes for Your Stuff Do: Contribute jewelery, toys, bric-a-brac, ceramics/pottery, musical instruments, bicycles, complete games and puzzles. Don’t: We cannot accept clothing, heavily used pots and pans, outdated electronics, items missing any pieces, drinking glasses or mugs. To Donate, Please contact Joyce Mann via email or phone at 516 238 4609 … Read more

Donate to the Bake Sale

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WEST 104TH STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION BLOCK BYTES Share your Best Treats with Your Neighbors Cookies, cakes, pies, snacks, finger food and other original creations are all wanted (and devoured) at the block bake table on Sept. 27. And we need help the day of!  Please call  Lynn Max at 917 355 7771 or Alex Grannis at 917 576 1750 … Read more

Donate to the Book Sale

WEST 104TH STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION BLOCK BYTES Do: We are looking for novels, plays, poetry, non-fiction including memoirs and history. Don’t: We cannot sell textbooks, CDs or cassettes, dictionaries or manuals, out-of-date travel books, or games and cards. Please drop off your donations betweenSeptember 4 and September 22 with the doorman at 320 Riverside Drive in sturdy bags marked yard sale. … Read more

Neighborhood Events in June

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WEST 104TH STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION BLOCK BYTES 109 Street Block AssociationSummer Block Party Sunday, June 1st from 2pm to 6pmWest 109th Streetbetween Broadway and Amsterdam Free Entry! 102 / 103 Block AssociationLongest Table Pot Luck Dinner Join a long communal table down the length of West 103rd between WEA and Broadway and enjoy a summer … Read more

West 104 Street Block Association – 2025 Annual Meeting

WEST 104TH STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION BLOCK BYTES 2026 Annual Meeting May 21 at 6:30 PMThe Masters Apartments310 Riverside Drive Presentation by Hector Rivera on “What Maps Can Tell Us about the Development of West 104 Street” Hector is director of the Manhattan Borough Presidents Topographical Office (ie the guy in charge of old maps). Come … Read more

February 2025 Newsletter and Upcoming Events

WEST 104TH STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION BLOCK BYTES Newsletter and Upcoming Events Check out the February Issue of the Newsletter in color! Local e-waste recycling event in the neighborhood March 23, 2025. Inside the Robert A. Caro Archive. On line Video Presentations at the New York Historical Society Redefining Justice: Tackling Wrongful Convictions and Reforming the Criminal … Read more

Nov 23: Spring Tulip Planting

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WEST 104TH STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION BLOCK BYTES Spring Tulip Planting Is it April? Not yet…. But we are doing the spring tulip planting! Saturday, November 23 at 9:30 AM  Please volunteer! Tools will be provided.  Please email Larry Stern for details. Rain date, Sunday November 24 at 9:30 AM Get a workout and be part of the community … Read more