Community organizes to reduce damage done by drug users
Increased needle sightings are just one of the symptoms that surfaced this spring, after the 40th Precinct shut down The Hole—a notorious drug den out of sight from onlookers on…
BID’s summer festival brings shoppers to the Hub
Five blocks in Melrose were closed to traffic as businesses from the neighborhood and around the city set up stands to sell clothing, food and other goods.
‘Vinny BID’ retiring after 22 years
Vinny Valentino, the director of the Third Avenue BID, is stepping down after over two decades of service to businesses in the Hub.
Construction starts on new supermarket
Triangle Plaza Hub will replace parking lot A new supermarket will be built near the Hub as part of a new development that will replace the municipal parking lot at…
Police beat: Nov. 20-26
Police are on the hunt for a 43-year-old Brooklyn man wanted in connection with the rape of his girlfriend early on the morning on Nov. 24. The victim, a 42-year-old…
Free conflict resolution offered in the Hub
Eloisa Perez was so worried about her daughter Elisa Vallejo showing up late to class and getting bad grades that she turned to the city’s Administration for Children’s Services for…
In the news, June 28-July 4
A baby hawk fell from the family nest on an air conditioner in the Hub. Mott Haven resident Lee Rivera called in Friends of Brook Park, which rescued the bird.…
New mall threatens Mott Haven businesses
By Jeanmarie Evelly Jeanmarie.evelly@motthavenherald.com Third Avenue and 149th street would be the heart of many cities’ downtown. Shoppers crowd its sidewalks. But many storeowners are worried that the Hub—as the…