State won’t build new ramps on Deegan
Blueprint for Mott Haven’s future will take precedence over traffic plan Pummeled by public outcry against a plan to extend the off-ramps on the Major Deegan Expressway, the State Department…
Mott Haven residents denounce plan for Deegan
Longer highway ramps could scuttle city’s plan for the waterfront Plans to rehabilitate the Major Deegan Expressway would destroy Mott Haven’s hopes for a brighter future, residents and public officials…
Mott Haven school building crumbles
‘Castle on Concourse’ languishes in neighborhood poised for growth By Maria Clark maria.clark@motthavenherald.com The passage of time has not been kind to the former school building nicknamed the “Castle on…
City plans a new neighborhood in Mott Haven
On the southern end of the Grand Concourse, barbed wire, car dealerships and auto parts suppliers line the road, surrounded by industrial buildings that have seen busier days. The Mott…
Plan calls for transforming industrial area
Where auto shops and empty factories now predominate, apartments and a hotel would rise By Maria Clark maria.clark@motthavenherald.com 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 Caroline.linton@motthavenherald.com 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…