escape from manhattan, ... in manhattan - washington heights

To grab one of those oranges, nicely peeled in circles, you'll have to head to Washington Heights. I brought you there not so long ago, remember? No?? Here's to refresh your memory: the cloisters.

Let's see what Wikipedia has to say!

Notable residents:
• Leonel Fernandez President of the Dominican Republic
• Alan Greenspan - 13th Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve.
• Jacob Javits - United States Senator.
• Henry Kissinger - former National Security Advisor and United States Secretary of State.
• Freddie Prinze - Puerto Rican and Hungarian descent Stand-up comedian, best known for his 1970s TV series Chico and the Man.
• Alex Rodriguez - Dominican-American Baseball player for the New York Yankees.

The neighborhood has a majority Dominican population (the area is sometimes referred to as "Quisqueya Heights"), and Spanish is frequently heard being spoken on the streets. Since the 1980s, the neighborhood has been the United States' most important base for Dominican accomplishment in the political, non-profit, cultural, and athletic arenas.[4]
There is also a significant Jewish population, particularly in the Hudson Heights subsection, descended from a previous wave of immigration, as well as students (and recent graduates) of the neighborhood's Yeshiva University. The term "Hudson Heights" was created by one of the local real estate firms to attract more wealthy residents in the area. It worked, and the gentrification has been continuing in recent years. It brought a Starbucks to 181st Street, and other upscale stores, spas, gourmet markets, and restaurants.
The neighborhood was severely affected by the crack cocaine epidemic of the early/mid-1980s. This was due, in part, to the neighborhood crack gang, known as the Wild Cowboys or the Red Top Gang, who were associated with Yayo. The Wild Cowboys were responsible for the higher number of crimes, especially murders, during the late 80s and early 90s. [...] It was nicknamed "Crack City" by newspapers.
Crime subsequently fell quickly due to aggressive police tactics. Police presence increased, and building landlords allowed police to patrol in apartment buildings, which led to the arrests of thousands of drug dealers a year in Washington Heights. People were also being stopped for quality of life crimes, which deterred people from carrying guns. A new police precinct was also added in the area. Today, its crime rate, along with that of neighboring Harlem, is much lower. However, the area is still lovingly referred to by many people in the marijuana underground as 'the home of the haze' which is a term that refers to the prolific availability of a high potency strain of Marijuana that originates from Florida and is referred to as 'Purple Haze'.

Hmmm, the things we learn!