Tag Archives: Friends of Brook Park
Old ferry stations seek protected status
Posted on 21. Jan, 2012 by By Elizabeth Chen.
Two advocacy organizations have teamed up in an effort to create recreational space on the East River in the shadow of towering cranes that are a survival of the time when ferries carried passengers to the islands off the Bronx mainland.
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From the editor: Reclaim the Harlem River
Posted on 21. Dec, 2011 by Bernard L. Stein.
A federal pledge to help revive the Harlem River gives new hope for the creation of a Harlem River Greenway, providing parks and recreational opportunities on a long-neglected stretch of shore.
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Chickens come to roost in Brook Park
Posted on 04. Oct, 2011 by By Elizabeth Chen .
A chicken coop has arrived in Brook Park and residents like 56-year-old Danny Cruz say they aren’t quite sure what to make of these new, clucking neighbors.“Maybe I’ll get an egg or two,” he laughed. The coop is one of the latest projects launched by the Friends of Brook Park and the brains behind it [...]
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Advocates say: Put the brook back in Brook Park
Posted on 03. Jun, 2011 by Cheryl Chan.
Restoring a stream would bring environmental benefits Brook Park takes its name from Mill Brook, whose waters once burbled through today’s Webster and Brook Avenues. Now the environmental organization that helps oversee the park wants to bring the brook back. “What we are trying to do here is make a green park, and a blue [...]
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In the news, June 28-July 4
Posted on 28. Jun, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.
A baby hawk fell from the family nest on an air conditioner in the Hub. Mott Haven resident Lee Rivera called in Friends of Brook Park, which rescued the bird. It will be rehabilitated and released into the wild. Is a large, suburban-style supermarket in Mott Haven’s future? The city Economic Development Corp. has just [...]
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In the news, June 21-28
Posted on 21. Jun, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.
A Book Fair on the sidewalk in front of the Bronx Museum on the Grand Concourse at 165th Street this weekend has been organized to call attention to the absence of bookstores in the Bronx. The fair, on Sunday, June 27, from noon-5 p.m., will feature books, magazines and comics, along with authors and artists. [...]
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In the news, June 13-20
Posted on 17. Jun, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.
Friends of Brook Park is looking for volunteers to check on the new street trees it has planted in Mott Haven and Port Morris. Hip-hop and Afro-Latin dance are on the agenda of St. Mary’s Park, with performances on June 25 and 26 at 7 p.m. and a family day celebration at noon on June [...]
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Mott Haven gardens reap a bountiful harvest
Posted on 20. Oct, 2009 by Stephanie Rabins.
Urban farmers won’t rest when the last crop is picked On a warm weekday morning in September, Valeria Cantero arrives at Brook Park, on Brook Avenue between 140th and 141st streets. She opens the gate with a key and locks up behind herself. After leaving her things in the center of the garden, Cantero ducks [...]
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Neighborhood voices: Urban farming NYC
Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
Check out this video about the growing movement in the South Bronx and beyond! Featured in the video are The Point CDC, Bissel Gardens, Friends of Brook Park, Part of the Solution, Brotherhood / Sister Sol, slides courtesy of the Majora Carter Group, Bascom Catering, and more!
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Whose South Bronx Greenway is it anyway?
Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Sarah Trefethen.
A number of Mott Haven community leaders are complaining that they have been left out of planning the South Bronx Greenway’s future.
At stake, they argue, is not only recreation but jobs.
