Tag Archives: Housing
Housing rises on reclaimed land in Melrose
Posted on 08. Apr, 2010 by Alex Green IV.
Contaminated vacant lots are cleaned up An eight-story apartment building rising on the Northeast corner of East 158th Street and Third Avenue will complete the transformation of the intersection. Dubbed La Terraza, the building will join two more apartment buildings developed by the Melrose-based non-profit Nos Quedamos in the last decade. Offering 107 apartments for [...]
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Thousands of Mott Haven families face eviction
Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Jeanmarie Evelly.
The Homeless Help program helps those facing eviction in Mott Haven and Melrose navigate this stressful situation.
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Rats plague seniors in Betances Houses
Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Lindsay Lazarski.
Tenants complain that they live in ‘The stinkiest building in New York” and say the Housing Authority makes things worse By Lindsay Lazarski lindsay.lazarski@motthavenherald.com For months, residents of the Betances Houses building set aside for senior citizens heard the sound of claws scratching as rats scurried back and forth in the crawl space overhead at night. [...]
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Plan calls for transforming industrial area
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Maria Clark.
Where auto shops and empty factories now predominate, apartments and a hotel would rise By Maria Clark maria.clark@motthavenherald.com The lower section of the Grand Concourse is almost entirely dedicated to the auto industry. The road is lined with busy auto repair shops, a gas station, a newly revamped car wash and a car dealership. Apartment [...]
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With change in the wind, some residents worry
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
If fancy apartments and stores move in, will they be pushed out? By Caroline Linton Caroline.linton@motthavenherald.com Lamont Barkley, 42, has lived in Mott Haven his whole life and has witnessed the devastation that overtook the neighborhood, and its rebuilding. But that does not mean he’s ready for the latest change: the city’s plan to replace [...]
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‘Bronx Swamp’ endangers health
Posted on 14. Apr, 2009 by Lindsay Lazarski.
Mosquitoes swarming from a garbage-filled, four-block long stretch of stagnant water plague residents of nearby apartments all summer By Lindsay Lazarski lindsay.lazarski@motthavenherald.com Gloria Hidalgo likes living in her quiet building on 142nd Street. The rent is reasonable; her neighbors are hard-working people, her sister and two nieces live three floors below her and Hostos Community [...]
