Deterioration, intruders plague Longwood building
Longwood tenants say management company is ignoring serious problems in their homes, including rats, uninvited strangers, deteriorating conditions and a hostile super.
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Food Center Drive slated to become one-way
The city plans to start conversion of the roadway in and out of the food markets so pedestrians and bikers can use it, but businesses along the waterfront say traffic would become a nightmare.
Community activists honored at Fish Parade
This year’s parade honored seven community activists who have fought for the rights of South Bronxites over the years.
PS 48 hosts a special guest
PS 48 put on a show for schools chancellor Carmen Fariña, who came to help the school celebrate a special anniversary.
Hunts Point walks for people with HIV
In 2013, more Bronx residents died of complications from the AIDS virus than in any other borough, according to the city health department.
Aspiring chefs cook up a feast at The Point
Some 100 hungry Bronxites gathered at The Point CDC to participate in the Spring into Summer Neighborhood Cocktail Party, where teen volunteers prepared varied dishes with the culinary skills they have mastered in Blank Plate, a cooking program for youth.
Watching the block: Three women look back – and ahead – on Kelly Street
Three women who came to live on Kelly Street as teenagers are trying to reclaim some of that “togetherness” they say they once found there by resurrecting the Kelly Street Block Association.
Watching the block: Three women look back – and ahead – on Kelly Street
Three women who came to live on Kelly Street as teenagers, and are now entering their 60s, are trying to reclaim some of the “togetherness” they say they once found there by resurrecting the Kelly Street Block Association.
Letter to the editor: Cleaning our rivers starts at home
Reducing household waste and constructing more rooftop gardens are among the ways New Yorkers could cut down on the amount of waste dumped into the Bronx River and other city waterways, argues New Visions Charter High School sophomore Emmanuel Dufour, who urges the city’s residents to get involved in cleaning up our environment.
Startups find room to grow in BankNote
Many of the 60 businesses that call the business incubator home, are in the technology industry, ranging from software developers to computer repairs. Another sizable group is health-care businesses, primarily home-care companies.
Tree census kicks off in Hunts Point
The New York City Parks Department picked Hunts Point as the launching spot for the NYC Tree Census – the first official count of the city’s green residents in three decades.
Hunts Point celebrates Earth Day
The event, which kicked off at the Hunts Point Recreation Center, was a way for residents to give area parks, playgrounds and gardens some needed tender love and care.
Young activists call for action at The Point
Activists from the A.C.T.I.O.N. program updated residents about neighborhood issues ranging from strained police-community relations to the lack of healthy food, at a Town Hall meeting at The Point in April.
Rocking the Boat sets sail on Bronx River
Rocking the Boat’s latest addition to its repertoire of youth educational activities, aims to formally educate high school students and young adults in sailing so they can teach middle-schoolers how to sail the Bronx River, and perhaps move on to teach as a career.
Reporter for Express is honored
Hunts Point Express reporter Iyeisha Barrie, a junior at CUNY Hunter College, won the prestigious
Gallery shows “Perfect Lovers” in black and white
BronxArtsSpace hosts a group show that explores love, race and romanticism in many media.
Mayor unveils new plan at The Point
Mayor Bill de Blasio has an ambitious new blueprint for cleaning the city’s air, curbing its waste and raising wages, and he chose Hunts Point as the place to unveil it.
Parents clamor for more charter schools
Local state elected officials are calling for more charter school seats in the area, citing statistics from charter advocates that one in three families on New York City’s charter school waitlists are from the Bronx.
Co-op owners spar with developer over repairs
Residents of a Longwood co-op are mired in an ongoing dispute with the development company that financed the project, over who should pay for repairs.
Local studio hosts marquee talent
Since 2007, when LightBox-NY quietly opened in the BankNote building, streams of celebrities have come through Hunts Point for photo shoots.
Study spotlights Hunts Point’s empty lots
A group of Hunter College urban planning students who have catalogued vacant lots around Hunts Point asked residents to consider what might be done with the underused spaces, at a March 26 forum at The Point.
City teens slam at The Point
The 17th Annual Urban Word NYC Teen Poetry Slam Preliminaries, which took place on March 25, featured 21 teenagers hoping to advance to the semifinals later this month.
Latin jazz ensemble gets its groove on
Bronx Latin Jazz, or “Blitz,” as they are also known, is touring in the South Bronx in an effort to bring jazz to a new audience.
Union pushes two-stop bus service to Manhattan
Though the route is still open to change, advocates presenting at a March 13 meeting were adamant that its construction would give Bronx residents accessibility to jobs in Harlem and Manhattan.
Bronx River Alliance plans multipurpose facility
At a March 24 meeting at Hostos Community College, the Bronx River Alliance announced plans to open a new multi-use building in Starlight Park, that will serve as its headquarters, as well as a new river passage for herring.