Editing Washington Heights, Manhattan (section)

===Little Dominican Republic===
[[File:Protestas dominicanas en Nueva York 2020 2.jpg|thumb|Local protests on February 22, 2020 over the postponement of [[2020 Dominican Republic municipal elections|elections in the Dominican Republic]] and the possibility of corruption.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/ny-washington-heights-dominican-republic-protest-20200223-3ctj7q2o35buxfhi624tsnnjou-story.html|work=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=April 19, 2020|title=Thousands of protesters fill Washington Heights streets over bungled Dominican Republic elections|first=Elizabeth|last=Keogh|date=February 22, 2020}}</ref>]]
Washington Heights was designated "Little [[Dominican Republic]]" along with [[Inwood, Manhattan|Inwood]] and part of [[Hamilton Heights, Manhattan|Hamilton Heights]] in 2018,<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Patch (website)|Patch]]|access-date=April 19, 2020|title=Upper Manhattan Designated First 'Little Dominican Republic'|url=https://patch.com/new-york/washington-heights-inwood/upper-manhattan-designated-first-little-dominican-republic|date=September 7, 2018|first=Brendan|last=Krisel}}</ref> an area where two-thirds of Hispanic/Latino residents identify as Dominican {{as of|2017|lc=yes}}.<ref name=acsfactfinder2020/> Another name sometimes given to the area is "Quisqueya Heights", in reference to a [[Taíno]] name for [[Hispaniola]] meaning "cradle of life".<ref name=Quisqueya/>{{Rp|30}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/highbridge-park/highlights/12751|title=Highbridge Park Highlights – Quisqueya Playground|access-date=March 29, 2021|publisher=[[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]}}</ref> As Roberto Suro describes in ''Strangers Among Us: Latino Lives in a Changing America'', many Dominicans in Washington Heights lead double lives between the United States and the Dominican Republic, moving between countries and investing money back home.<ref>{{cite book|title=Strangers Among Us: Latino Lives in a Changing America|first=Roberto|last=Suro|access-date=April 19, 2020|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wwj6QQAACAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Vintage Books|isbn=9780679744566}}</ref>{{Rp|183}} Jorge Duany supports this analysis in ''Quisqueya on the Hudson'', documenting how first-generation immigrants feel a strong cultural connection with the Dominican Republic, reinforced by frequent flights back to the island.<ref name=Quisqueya/>{{Rp|56}} A travel agency owner interviewed in ''[[The New York Times]]'' claimed, "For the Dominican to go to [[Santo Domingo]] during [[Christmas]] and summer is like the [[Muslims]] going to [[Mecca]]."<ref>{{cite news|last=Kugel|first=Seth|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/18/nyregion/now-boarding-dreams.html|title=Now Boarding, Dreams|date=November 18, 2001|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 29, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307104458/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/18/nyregion/now-boarding-dreams.html|archive-date=March 7, 2016}}</ref>

One of the most popular flights of the route between New York and Santo Domingo was [[American Airlines Flight 587]]. In November 2001, the flight suffered an accidental crash in [[Belle Harbor, Queens]] shortly after [[takeoff]] from [[John F. Kennedy Airport]], killing all 260 people aboard the plane as well as five Belle Harbor residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20011112-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A300B4-605R N14053 Belle Harbor, NY|last=Ranter|first=Harro|date=November 12, 2001|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420004450/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20011112-0|archive-date=April 20, 2014|access-date=March 29, 2021}}</ref> Flight 587 had a long history among Dominican New Yorkers, even being referenced in [[Kinito Méndez]] and [[Johnny Ventura]]'s song ''El Avión.''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2001-11-18-0111180400-story.html|title=Plane crash changes meaning of a joyful song|date=November 18, 2001|author=Boston Globe|author-link=Boston Globe|work=[[Baltimore Sun]]|access-date=April 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/nov/11/weekend.garyyounge|title=Flight to the death|last=Younge|first=Gary|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=November 10, 2006|access-date=March 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113035208/http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2006/nov/11/weekend.garyyounge |archive-date=November 13, 2012}}</ref> A memorial to the crash was built in 2006 near [[Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk]], inscribed with the victims' names and the [[Pedro Mir]] quote "''Después no quiero más que paz''" (which translates to "Afterwards I want nothing more than peace").<ref>{{cite news|title=Families dedicate Flight 587 memorial on 5-year anniversary|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/12/america/NA_GEN_US_Flight_587_Anniversary.php|work=The International Herald Tribune|agency=The Associated Press|publisher=IHT|date=November 12, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201155045/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/12/america/NA_GEN_US_Flight_587_Anniversary.php|archive-date=February 1, 2009}}</ref>