Incinerators will foul the air, activists warn
Advocates and residents say the South Bronx continues to take a disproportionate amount of the city's garbage, because the mayor has not yet followed through on proposals to build waste…
Protesters oppose incinerator plans
Advocates say trash would be burned in poor neighborhoods Bronx community groups took to the streets of Manhattan on April 9th to protest Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plans to test new…
New exhibition celebrates the Bronx
Works by 32 artists show borough’s many sides at Freedman House Once known as the “home for poor millionaires,” an elegant mansion on the Grand Concourse has burst to glittering…
Hunts Point artists share ‘outsider’ theme
An exhibition at Mott Haven’s BronxArtSpace gallery in August showed off the work of four local artists who have used different art forms to transcend stereotypes about people with disabilities.…
South Bronx celebrates Earth Day in the rain
Hundreds streamed into St. Mary’s Park for the fourth annual South Bronx Earth Fest on April 16 for music, dancing and educational events, but one thing was clear: the environment…
Grant promises unemployed 300 'green jobs'
The recipient of a $4 million federal grant is promising that 300 unemployed residents of Hunts Point, Longwood, Mott Haven, Melrose and Port Morris will find jobs under a new…
Neighborhood voices: Urban farming NYC
Check out this video about the growing movement in the South Bronx and beyond! Featured in the video are The Point CDC, Bissel Gardens, Friends of Brook Park, Part of…
South Bronx Greenway will open waterfront
A plan to build a recreational trail connecting a series of parks on the East River waterfront has gotten a major boost from the economic downturn. Federal stimulus money will…