Archive for 'Transportation'
Police beat
Posted on 24. Apr, 2012 by Joe Hirsch.
Strip club violence Police from the 40th Precinct are keeping close watch on Sin City. The strip club on Park Ave., tucked between a taxi garage on one side and Metro North tracks and a sprawling community garden on the other, has been the site of multiple incidents of violence and theft in recent months. [...]
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FreshDirect protesters take their beef to Manhattan
Posted on 22. Mar, 2012 by By Alex Robinson.
Opponents of company’s move to Mott Haven seek broad support for boycott Over a dozen South Bronx activists took their protest against FreshDirect to the Upper West Side on March 21st, urging Manhattanites to join them in a citywide boycott of the online grocer.
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Bronx culture trolley set to roll again on Feb 2
Posted on 25. Jan, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
The Bronx Culture Trolley will roll again on Wednesday, February 2, picking up passengers at the Longwood Art Gallery at Grand Concourse and 149th St at 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 p.m.
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Cooking grease stirs debate in Port Morris
Posted on 22. Jan, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
A proposal that clean air advocates say will cut air pollution nationally has some Port Morris residents saying “Maybe so, but what about our air?”
They expressed concern about a proposal to store used cooking oil in a former garage on East 140th Street at a public forum in January.
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State won’t build new ramps on Deegan
Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by Stephanie Rabins.
Blueprint for Mott Haven’s future will take precedence over traffic plan Pummeled by public outcry against a plan to extend the off-ramps on the Major Deegan Expressway, the State Department of Transportation has abandoned the project. Much-needed repairs will be made to the aging roadway over Mott Haven, but the plan to extend the highway’s [...]
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Mott Haven residents denounce plan for Deegan
Posted on 10. Nov, 2009 by Stephanie Rabins.
Longer highway ramps could scuttle city’s plan for the waterfront Plans to rehabilitate the Major Deegan Expressway would destroy Mott Haven’s hopes for a brighter future, residents and public officials told a hearing on Nov. 9 to consider the state Department of Transportation’s proposal. Community voices rang out in opposition to the plan to lengthen [...]
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Mott Haven bus is on the chopping block
Posted on 23. Mar, 2009 by Lindsay Lazarski.
By Lindsay A. Lazarski Lindsay.lazarski@motthavenherald.com Every Sunday morning for more than 10 years Zena Charin has taken the Bx 4 along Westchester Avenue to attend religious services at the Vishnu Mandir Temple; one of only four Hindu temples in the Bronx. But she may not have that option any more – the Bx 4 is [...]
