Melrose eatery is more than a restaurant
A popular lunch spot, Coqui Mexicana is a library, community center, too A Puerto Rican man in his 60s stormed into Coqui Mexicano, the restaurant on Brook and Third Avenues…
A taste of a Mexican city on a Mott Haven street
Only one place serves Puebla’s special sandwich Whenever Sabino Sanchez feels homesick, instead of boarding a plane to Puebla, Mexico, he goes to La Fiesta Mexicana in Mott Haven and…
Mexican children find place to learn in Mott Haven
Mexicans are the fastest-growing immigrant group in New York City, and many parents who speak only Spanish face the same dilemma of how to help their children succeed in English-speaking…
Alliance is an organization born in protest
By Cristina Herrera Borquez Cristina@motthavenherald.com MASA was unofficially born in 2001, in response to the drastic changes in immigration policy after the attack on the World Trade Center and the…
Searching for work on a Mott Haven street corner
As the economy sputters, immigrants wait in vain at ‘La Parada’ By Carla Candia carla.candia@journalism.cuny.edu Dozens of day laborers dressed in ripped jeans and worn t-shirts stood on the corner…
African Muslims sink roots in Mott Haven
“This is us: we work in car washes, factories, and drive taxis,” said Degumeh Sillah, 60, an African art dealer. A Bronx resident since 1972, Sillah expressed pride at the…
Mosque focuses on Muslim unity
In contrast to its quick early growth in the Middle East, the spread of Islam in West Africa was gradual, members of the Ebun Abass mosque point out. Merchants and…
Mott Haven immigrants tend their roots
Proud of their heritage, Garifunas keep their culture alive Casa Yurumein is a house that looks like a home. The walls of its living room are covered with friendly family…