Good morning
Three days since our last edition, and the biggest news is a planning application that will reshape a stretch of Tottenham Lane. Elsewhere: a former pupil's nursery has opened inside Hornsey School for Girls, a Priory Road flat could become a six-bed HMO, and the Suffragette line is running a reduced service today.
The big story
YMCA wants to demolish Tottenham Lane block for homeless young people
YMCA London City and North has asked Haringey Council for permission to knock down its near-100-year-old building at 184 Tottenham Lane and replace it with a part three- to six-storey temporary accommodation block, designed by Levitt Bernstein. The existing four-storey building runs to 4,470m², and the application does not yet say what happens to the nursery, gym and after-school club currently housed there. The application was validated on 24 August, so a decision is some way off, but the scale of change - and the unanswered questions about existing tenants - make this one to watch. READ →
In brief
How Crouch End paid for its clock tower
The landmark at the Broadway split was built by public subscription in 1895 to honour Henry Reader Williams, the local chairman who fought to save Highgate Wood and Queen's Wood from developers. Residents raised £900 of the £1,200 cost in three weeks; the bronze portrait head was the work of sculptor Alfred Gilbert. READ →
Openings & closings
Former pupil opens nursery at Hornsey School for Girls
Monkey Puzzle Crouch End is now operating from the School House building on Inderwick Road, run by an operator named Natasha who attended the school and describes herself as a lifelong Crouch End resident. Ofsted registration was recorded on 8 April and the nursery passed its first food hygiene inspection on 14 July with a top rating; fees and availability aren't yet published. READ →
Planning & development
Priory Road flat could become six-person HMO
An upper-floor flat at 165 Priory Road, Hornsey, is the subject of an application to convert it into a six-person house in multiple occupation, with cycle and bin stores proposed for the rear courtyard. The application was validated on 2 September and is now open for comment. READ →
Getting around
No Suffragette line trains between Gospel Oak and Woodgrange Park today
Engineering work means there is no Overground service between Gospel Oak and Woodgrange Park all day Sunday 6 September, affecting Crouch Hill. Replacement buses are running, and TfL suggests Victoria line connections via Seven Sisters, Blackhorse Road or Walthamstow Central as an alternative. A reduced service, every 30 minutes, continues between Woodgrange Park and Barking Riverside. SOURCE →
What's on
A day-by-day guide to toddler groups
Five drop-in sessions run on weekday mornings across local church halls, from free to £4, with no booking needed. Union Church on Weston Park runs sessions most weekdays; Holy Innocents on Tottenham Lane and Holy Trinity in Stroud Green each run one morning a week. READ →
Baby Salsa & BabyChata, Tuesdays at Hornsey Town Hall
A weekly Latin dance and playgroup session for babies and toddlers with parents runs at 1pm every Tuesday at Hornsey Town Hall Arts Centre, including this coming Tuesday, 8 September. SOURCE →
People are talking about
Residents on r/Haringey ask where to take a vegetarian visitor
A resident posted on r/Haringey looking for casual, pub-to-restaurant vegetarian-friendly dining around Crouch End, Hornsey and Muswell Hill for a visiting friend, saying they couldn't think of an obvious answer themselves. The thread suggests there may not be a well-known go-to spot for this brief, though the replies weren't captured for this edition. SOURCE →