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 offer regular public programs and neighborhood walking tours that are listed under Upcoming Events and Past Events.  We write a series of blogs of historical interest that can be read on our Blog page. We also collect research materials that are 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 . If you have any material that might add to the appreciation of our neighborhood history and wish to donate them to the BNHG Library Collection,  please email the collection committee by clicking Committee. 

Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Planning Group

Winifred Armstrong
Peter Arndsten
Marjorie Cohen
John Gorham
Nancy Macagno
Jim Mackin
Batya Miller
Gil Tauber
Pam Tice
Vita Wallace
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Special advisors:   Cynthia Doty  
                                Barbara Earnest
                                Hedda Fields
                                Liz P. Friedman
​                                Alice Hudson
                                Joan Paylo