Plan calls for transforming industrial area
Where auto shops and empty factories now predominate, apartments and a hotel would rise By Maria Clark [email protected] The lower section of the Grand Concourse is almost entirely dedicated to…
With change in the wind, some residents worry
If fancy apartments and stores move in, will they be pushed out? By Caroline Linton [email protected] Lamont Barkley, 42, has lived in Mott Haven his whole life and has witnessed…
Friends of Brook Park says ‘Draw us in’
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…
The proposed Waterfront District at a glance
The city has proposed special rules for the area between Exterior Street and the Harlem River from the 145th Street Bridge to the Metro North Railroad Bridge. The first two…
South Bronx co-op offers healthy choices
The co-op has a new location where members trade work for lower prices By Sarah Grieb [email protected] It’s Tia Singleton’s first day at the South Bronx Food Cooperative and she’s…
New borough president will bring change to Mott Haven
By Caroline Linton [email protected] The Bronx Borough President’s race is all about the numbers: 21; two; $200; $270,00; three and 149. Twenty-one is April 21, the date of the special…
‘Bronx Swamp’ endangers health
Mosquitoes swarming from a garbage-filled, four-block long stretch of stagnant water plague residents of nearby apartments all summer By Lindsay Lazarski [email protected] Gloria Hidalgo likes living in her quiet building…
Mott Haven Mobilizes to Rescue Mo
By Maria Clark [email protected] A much-loved dog who disappeared on March 29 is now the object of neighborhood-wide search. His many admirers fear he has been kidnapped, and they worry…