Brook Park still under construction
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…
Curbside composting coming to the South Bronx next year
Mayor Eric Adams ushered in a new era of curbside composting this week, with promises to expand the service to all five boroughs by next year. (Para leer una version…
Local coalition wins citywide design award
A Mott Haven grassroots group is one of two citywide to win a prestigious and highly competitive urban design award that will help them transform a former drug rehab clinic…
Port Morris celebrates the Harlem River
Last Saturday there were signs of life along the usually desolate Lincoln Avenue waterfront, as residents came to enjoy the open space and cool breezes at the 2nd annual Mott…
Op-ed: When it comes to environmental justice, communities know best
A prominent Mott Haven environmentalist says the City Council has the right idea as it considers bills to begin reversing generations of environmental injustice in the South Bronx, but lawmakers…
Group discusses future of waterfront
Mott Haven residents and activists met in July to consider ways to revive the local waterfront in ways that would echo initiatives already realized along the banks of the Bronx…
Green Team offers youngsters $8 an hour jobs
Friends of Brook Park is assembling a South Bronx Green Team Collaborative to build a new compost system in Brook Park on East 141st Street and Brook Avenue. Students between…
FreshDirect protesters take their beef to Manhattan
Opponents of company’s move to Mott Haven seek broad support for boycott Over a dozen South Bronx activists took their protest against FreshDirect to the Upper West Side on March…