Tag Archives: Friends of Brook Park
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.
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Federal stimulus funds will open Randall’s Island to Bronxites
Posted on 26. May, 2009 by Lindsay Lazarski.
But a controversial proposal could keep playing fields off-limits By Lindsay Lazarski lindsay.lazarski@motthavenherald.com Elected officials and the Parks Department describe Randall’s Island as an invaluable resource, and boast that its waterfront pathways provide scenic views and “increased access” to recreation “for the neighboring communities of East Harlem and the South Bronx.” But the island, only [...]
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Friends of Brook Park says ‘Draw us in’
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
An organization that has long crusaded for a waterfront park at the end of Park Avenue is calling on the city to make its creation possible by redrawing the boundaries of its blueprint for the Lower Grand Concourse. All that is required is moving the southern boundary “a mere 100 feet to the South along [...]
