TheTimes article makes it clear that even these community organizers hadno knowledge of 1520 Sedgwick Ave.’s significance until some chanceGoogling led them to online references to Herc’s work.

Although the exact site of hip-hop’s birth is up for debate, a commonly accepted spot is 1520 Sedgwick Ave., where DJ Kool Herc and his sister hosted what his website refers to as the “first ...

Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) on Sunday presented the congressional resolution officially declaring the Bronx and 1520 Sedgwick Ave. the birthplace of hip hop. The ...

"1520 Sedgwick Ave. is the birthplace of hip-hop, creating an art form and culture unique to New York City that would go on to change the world," exclaimed Sedgwick & Cedar CEO, Ray Riccio.

Politicians and tenants rallied Wednesday against the proposed sale of 1520 Sedgwick Ave. – which residents fear eventually will price them out of their homes. “We’re going to keep fighting ...

The apartment building at 1520 Sedgwick Ave., in the Bronx in New York. Rappers, graffiti artists, dancers, DJs, in the early 1970s created hip-hop in the Bronx. Today, the New York borough is in ...