Serving Mott Haven, Melrose & Port Morris
In September 2023, Venus Williams headlined a splashy reopening of the tennis courts at St. Mary’s Park tennis courts, newly renovated by Lacoste and the City Parks Foundation. Framed by…
Brook Park Community Garden, located on Brook Avenue between East 140th and 141st Streets, remains under construction after almost two years. The project, funded with $884,000 from Borough President Vanessa…
You can hear Cholo’s Record Shop before you see it. Boleros, the kind that Cholo’s father used to play on the family turntable back in Puerto Rico, envelop E 148th…
At the very end of Lincoln Avenue, between the Willis and Third Avenue bridges, hidden behind trucks from the waste treatment plants and FreshDirect headquarters, 30 people gathered on September…
Alonda Guillen was in the middle of doing her laundry when she found out about the back-to-school giveaway event outside the City of Refuge Church in Port Morris on Saturday.…
A flood sensor may be coming to a street near you. FloodNet, a partnership that brings communities, research organizations and city government together to cope with flooding across New York…
When Gov. Kathy Hochul put an indefinite pause in June on much-anticipated plans for congestion pricing in the city, under pressure not to burden suburban commuters with steep tolls, some…
A familiar celebration brought a summer Sunday to life on Aug. 1 at Yolanda Garcia Park, as Nos Quedamos hosted its annual “We Are Melrose” event, with live music, dance…