WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) -- As emergency crews continue to search through the rubble after a roof collapsed at a nightclub in Santo Domingo, the unfolding tragedy in the Dominican Republic ...

Where are the chimi trucks and bachata guitar chords? Jan. 9, 2013— -- Tonight, MTV premieres its newest reality show, "Washington Heights," a docu-drama following seven 20-something ...

Washington Heights community divided over Dominican Cultural District proposal Recently, a state board voted to create the district, which aims to officially recognize the contributions of Dominicans ...

When I recently rode my bike from Bushwick to Washington Heights to visit the Cloisters, I stopped along the Hudson to eat a sandwich. As I looked at the map on my phone, I realized there were a ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 -- An estimated 500,000 Dominicans live in the section of Upper Manhattan known as Washington Heights, but in the past two days, the Dominican community here has felt remarkably ...

Elsa Mejía's fried pork rinds are so famous that some loyal customers make a bee-line for her restaurant the moment they arrive in the city. "It is so much that we have had people who come directly ...

Delsia “Deisy” Morel has been cooking Dominican food in Washington Heights for so long that her regulars still call her personal cellphone to place orders. On a recent Monday evening, she jotted down ...

A significant decision is looming in Washington Heights - a proposed Dominican Cultural Historic District is on the verge of becoming official, but community members are split on the matter.