Gov. Hochul says new Dominican cultural center is coming to NYC

[SKY]

A first of its kind cultural center and museum dedicated to Dominican history and heritage is coming to New York City, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Sunday.

Hochul said the new Dominican Center for the Arts and Culture will be located in Inwood at 375 W. 207th Street, right next to a subway train yard on the banks of the Harlem River. It’ll be run by the Dominican Studies Institute at CUNY, and will include an exhibition space to display Dominican and Latino artists, as well as a theater space for performances and lectures.

Gov. Hochul says new Dominican cultural center is coming to NYC

The governor said the state will dedicate $12.5 million to get the center off the ground. Her announcement came the same day the National Dominican Day Parade returns to Manhattan.

gothamist.com

 

[NALs]

That’s great, but I have been wondering why there are no Dominican social club as exist with other ethnicities, always somewhere relatively small.

For example, look how big and all the sports facilities of the Italian Center of Stamford.

The Jews also have a large social club, though with not as many sports venues at least in the open air. Maybe they have others indoor in the club house.

With such a large Dominican community in the tri-state area and basically spanning all social classes, I think a social club like that will not find it hard to get members.

Then somewhere on the coast either in Long Island or New Jersey (maybe in NYC itself in Staten Island where there might be land available or less likely Brooklyn or Queens) as the beach club extension of the main social club for the exclusive use of members of the main social club.