Our Purpose
The Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group (BNHG)* promotes research and education on the history of the Bloomingdale neighborhood of New York City's Upper West Side.   
*Formerly the Park West Neighborhood History Group (PWNHG).

​WHAT IS BLOOMINGDALE?
Bloomingdale is the name of the neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan from W. 96th to W. 110th Street between Central Park and Riverside  Drive. This area has been referred to as "Bloomingdale" for over 300 years. The name derives from the Dutch town of Bloemendaal, "valley of the flowers."

WHAT WE DO

We regularly offer free public programs and free neighborhood walking tours that are listed under Upcoming Events.  We write a series of blogs of historical interest available on our Blog page. We also collect research materials that are normally accessible in the Bloomingdale Branch of the New York Public Library at 150 West 100th Street and listed on this site at the BNHG Library Collection page; however, during renovation of the Bloomingdale branch , public access to the collection is limited. Come visit the collection when the library reopens in late spring of 2020. If you have any material that might add to the appreciation of our neighborhood history and wish to donate  to the BNHG Library Collection,  please email the collection committee by clicking Committee. 

Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Planning Group


Dan Armstrong
Winifred Armstrong
Peter Arndsten
Marjorie Cohen
​Michael Gonzalez
John Gorham
​Lisa Krizman
Nancy Macagno
Dan McSweeney
Jim Mackin
Batya Miller
Gil Tauber
Pam Tice
Vita Wallace
...
Special advisors:   Cynthia Doty  
                                Barbara Earnest
                                Liz P. Friedman
​                                Joan Paylo

Read more about the history of the BNHG in this 2014 article from the Columbia Daily Spectator: 
https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/10/09/remembering-upper-west-side-history-one-walk-time/