Lost Inwood

Inwood, the northernmost neighborhood of Manhattan, has a rich yet little-known history.

For centuries, the region remained practically unchanged--a quaint, country village known to early Dutch settlers as Tubby Hook.

The subway's arrival in the early 1900s transformed the area, once scorned as "e;ten miles from a beefsteak,"e; from farm to city virtually overnight.

The same construction boom sparked an age of neighborhood self-discovery, when vestiges of the past--in the form of mastodon bones, arrowheads, colonial pottery, Revolutionary War cannonballs, and forgotten cemeteries--emerged from the earth.

Waves of German, Irish, and Dominican immigrants subsequently produced a vibrant urban oasis with a big-city/small-town feel.

Inwood has also been home to wealthy country estates, pre-integration sports arenas, and a lively waterfront culture.

Famous residents have included NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Basketball Diaries author Jim Carroll, and Hamilton creator/star Lin-Manuel Miranda.