Local waterfront gets failing grades
A new scorecard unveiled by a coalition of environmental groups this week rates Mott Haven’s riverfront among New York City’s worst in all three categories measured to gauge the health…
City’s Mill Pond Park housing plan is on to borough prez
Highbridge's Community Board 4 last week voted 19-12 to approve the city's proposal to build housing on Pier 5, a 5-acre parcel adjacent to Mill Pond Park. But residents who…
From the editor: Hands off Harlem River parkland
The city does need new housing, but in his thirst to reach his goal of 200,000 affordable apartments our mayor appears to be blind to the value of human scale,…
Advocates mourn loss of promised parkland
Community Board 4 weighs city’s plan to build housing on waterfront site near Melrose South Bronx residents and environmental advocates say the city is breaking a promise it made to them…
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…
Festival brings residents to Harlem River shore
Carlton Curry and his daughter Carleta sat on the lawn at Mill Pond Park watching a hawk displayed by the Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy against a backdrop of a teepee,…