This year, there are a host of events in and around Hunts Point to help celebrate the holidays.. From free gift-making workshops, concerts, and free family portraits, there are many family-friendly ways to have fun and feel some Christmas cheer.
Nelson Seda’s idea of a good time is an old-school jamboree. But his version of that includes hip-hop singers, dancers, artists and performers spanning three generations — b-boys and b-girls from the ‘70s to 20-somethings like him, who grew up with hip-hop in their blood.
“Barrios” features the work of the Seis del Sur photographers collective, and will run until March 16 at the King of Juan
Carlos 1 of Spain Center, 53 Washington Park South. It is free and open to the public
weekdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Amanda Septimo has set her sights on the open City Council seat in Bronx District 17, which includes Hunts Point and Longwood. At 24, Septimo would become the youngest council member in the city.
By encouraging photography of Bronx scenes and organizing free exhibitions at which to display the resulting work, the group seeks to improve residents’ appreciation of their borough.
As Baldor Specialty Foods prepares to expand and add 350 jobs, local leaders worry that truck traffic will outweigh some of the benefits to the neighborhood, and that many of those jobs will not go to residents.
Over 800 people attended a Thanksgiving celebration filled with food, music, and clothing at The Point.
Bronx native, JP Viñals, wins the Brower Youth Award for his work as an environmental activist.
A coalition whose goal is to put a dent in alcohol and drug abuse by South Bronx youth was awarded $125,000 in federal funding in September to further its cause.
Hostos Community College’s Longwood Art Gallery will hold a closing reception for an exhibit of
Hunts Point and Longwood have the lowest enrollment in pre-kindergarten classes of any neighborhood in the five boroughs, despite having the greatest need to reverse historically low education rates.
City Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo has announced that she will resign at the end of the year, after ten years representing Hunts Point and Mott Haven.
Just two hours into “Clean Slate,” a daylong event organized by the Manhattan DA’s office, 300 people from across the city had signed in so they could see a judge and resolve open summonses that in some cases carry the threat of arrest or deportation.
Sarah Calderon, who had been the organization’s executive director for seven years, stepped down in October.
Savor the Bronx 2015 featured more than three-dozen restaurants With a growing role as an
A longtime local activist and community board member, Twana Gilliard-Green, succumbed to a protracted battle with lupus. She died on Oct. 31.
Construction on a missing link in the Bronx River Greenway will begin next summer thanks to a $10 million federal grant secured by the Bronx River Alliance and the city’s Parks Department.
The city’s Economic Development Corp. announced it may delay its planned conversion of Food Center Drive to a on-way road after angry business owners in the Cooperative Meat Market loudly criticized the plan at an October meeting.
Many Hunts Point residents are unaware of what could be one of the biggest neighborhood projects in decades.
Community Board 2 has joined sides with the Bronx Charter School for the Arts to push the transportation dept. to limit cars on their street so that students can play in peace.
The New South Bronx Halloween Parade celebrates 30 years of commitment to a South Bronx tradition.
The Laundromat Project, a citywide non-profit cultural arts organization, held its annual Field Day last month with the residents of Hunts Point in the Kelly Street Garden as a way to start a new tradition and bring back unity into the neighborhood.
“Coming Home,” a new film that will open at the Village East Cinema in Manhattan on Oct. 30, tells the story of a man who was wrongly convicted of a 1999 murder in Hunts Point. Now that he’s been released, Angel Cordero is trying to pick up the pieces.
The mayor’s plan to build 80,000 affordable apartments is badly needed, say residents, but sky-high demand and median income guidelines have some worried they won’t be able to take advantage.
The Rocking the Boat Environmental Program team cultivates a seaweed farm, just off the coast of Hunts Point to clean the Bronx River.
