Needy enjoy holiday meal
FreshDirect partners with food pantry Give Them to Eat, the food pantry of the Spanish
Month: December 2013
Huge development slated for Melrose
Five new apartment buildings, a rooftop farm, a YMCA and a community recording studio will be built on the largest remaining vacant lot in the South Bronx.
Post Office lobby wins landmark status
The majestic lobby of the Post Office building on the Grand Concourse at East 149th
FreshDirect funding request hits snag
The New York Empowerment Zone said “no” to FreshDirect’s request for $3.5 million to help them move to Port Morris.
Bulkhead crumbles into Harlem River
A bulkhead on the shore of the Harlem River is crumbling into the water leaving about 100 yards of state-owned waterfront unprotected from high tides and future storms.
Charter school to replace strip club
Boosters of the South Bronx Charter School for International Cultures and the Arts say the new building will be “the most modern learning center in the South Bronx.”
Sanitation tickets blitz Hub
Businesses in the Hub say they’re unfairly punished for failing to pick up rubbish scattered near their stores at night when the stores are closed.
Cancer hitch-hikes on South Bronx highways
“The air we breathe has become polluted with a mixture of cancer-causing substances,” said Dr. Kurt Straif. “We now know that outdoor air pollution is not only a major risk to health in general, but also a leading environmental cause of cancer deaths.”