River cleanup may point way to new park
Local environmentalists hope residents will help reshape a shabby four-acre plot on the Harlem River into a beautiful and useful city park.
Residents push for greener waterfront
Election year presents opportunities to press for policy changes, City Councilwoman Mark-Viverito tells Mott Havenites.
Sandy goes easy on Mott Haven
Neighborhood emerges from hurricane with minor damage Mott Haven and Port Morris residents—spared the worst in Hurricane Sandy’s rampage through the Northeast—have begun to clean up their neighborhood. The area…
October festival to celebrate Harlem River
Following a summer of planning to expand recreational access to the Bronx shore of the Harlem River and to the river itself, the Harlem River Working Group will throw a…
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…
Company punished for illegal dumping
Some day, the city hopes, a site near the 145th Street Bridge will become a waterfront park, an extension of Mill Pond Park to the north. Now a guilty plea…
New push to Harlem River shore begins
The vision of a reborn connection between the Harlem River and the Bronx communities nearby was sketched at a forum at the Bronx Museum on June 11 that marked the…
Residents asked for ideas on waterfront
The Pratt Center for Community Development is lending a hand to the Harlem River Working Group with an online survey designed to gather feedback on its proposed redesign of the…