When asked about the future of their block on a recent weekday afternoon, most residents and workers said they favored the idea of new housing, but most seemed surprised that a new hotel may soon be in the works as well.
An investigative report by the Herald has found that three well-connected men stand to profit from a planned multi-use complex in Mott Haven, after the city let them hold onto the empty 14- 1/2 acre lot it will be built on for over 15 years.
A heated war of words erupted at Community Board 1′s February meeting as protesters shouted down a developer and a city housing official’s efforts to explain the city’s plans to construct Crossroads Plaza.
The board voted to approve the city’s request for a zoning change that would allow the three-building complex to be built at the corner of 149th Street and Southern Boulevard, but had to do so over the catcalls, jeers and sometimes profane objections of some 30 protesters who had cleared the lot of debris and turned it into the Morning Glory Garden.
The city has decided to build a massive, three-building complex at the intersection of Southern Boulevard and Union Avenue and E. 149th St., where the eviction of the Morning Glory community garden in November led to the arrest of four protesters and a journalist.
