March 26 discussion on repurposing empty lots
A team of researchers is engaging the community in discussions about what to do with 100 vacant lots they have identified on the Hunts Point peninsula.
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SoBRO gets EPA grant for Bronx River project
SoBRO has been awarded a federal planning grant to work with South Bronx residents and
Panel debates businesses’ environmental impacts
A panel of South Bronx residents, advocates and business owners at a forum at Hostos Community College, said the city must take the area’s high rates of disease into account before allowing industries to relocate to Hunts Point and Port Morris.
Students get proactive at local school
Seventh graders at the Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists are trying to tackle some of the biggest issues facing them in their daily lives, by making presentations they hope will help lead to solutions.
PS 48 lends hands to fill Hunts Point’s meal gap
Students from PS 48 are teaming with the NYC Food Bank to provide meals to local families. Hunts Point is a hot spot for the “meal gap,” the number of meals families are forced to miss due to poverty.
A homeless winter in Hunts Point
A video team followed a homeless man as he made the rounds in Hunts Point, trying to stay warm during the coldest February in the city in over 60 years.
Waterfront cement facility in the works
A Canadian cement company will break ground in August on a 16-acre parcel at the end of East 149th Street, building a facility it said will “revolutionize” the way cement is distributed around the region through water-borne transportation.
Mayor plans to boost food markets
The Hunts Point wholesale food markets learned this week that the mayor plans to invest $150 million in upgrades to their badly deteriorating infrastructure. Will it be enough?
Campaign kicks off for cleaner Bronx River
Advocacy groups and residents who met with environmental officials to brainstorm a plan to fix sewage outflows along the Bronx River say overflows from Westchester must be addressed in the plan.
New performance series begins in Longwood
In an effort to spread the talents of its arts programs beyond its Manhattan campus, Lincoln Center will be hosting free concerts aimed at families and children Saturdays at the Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education.
Tenants of notorious building await new landlord
Tenants at at 1058 Southern Boulevard will be answering to a new landlord, hoping the new boss is not the same as the old boss.
Spofford redux nears planning phase
The city will soon solicit ideas for developing the former juvenile detention center on Spofford Avenue. Community Board 2 wants to be sure local residents are involved in the process from the get-go.
Customers enraged with local postal service
Postal officials faced a barrage of criticism at Community Board 2 on Feb. 11, from residents and representatives of elected officials.
Preserving forgotten Bronx voices
From farms to fires, the story of the Bronx in the 20th century is told by those who lived it in a new collection of oral histories.
Local school will partner with nonprofit
The Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists will collaborate with Global Kids as part of a new mayoral initiative aimed at offering students social services schools can’t.
Casita Maria marks 80 years with famed alumni
On Jan. 21, Casita Maria celebrated its 80th anniversary with an exhibition of distinguished alumni and their successes to show the community how the organization has shaped the lives of past “Casita Kids.”
Tech businesses show students the ropes
A new program at the BankNote matches young adults with mentors in the technology field, hoping to create what the founder calls an “education-to-jobs network” in neighborhoods across the city.
Graffiti gurus’ legend grows
Tats Cru will be honored at the Bronx Museum of the Arts on March 2 for their contributions to the local arts scene. The group police used to tell to ‘get moving,’ continues to rack up the accolades.
Produce workers ratify new contract
Although workers in the Hunts Point Terminal Market agreed to terms with owners, staving off a walkout, they are pushing the city to invest to upgrade the market’s decrepit infrastructure.
Funding against storms falls short, say planners
At a public informational meeting at The Point, a team of planners told residents that government money so far promised to protect the waterfront from storms and flooding is about 5 percent of what’s needed.
Produce market braces for strike
Workers at the Hunts Point Terminal Market say they will walk out on Sunday afternoon unless their demands for wage hikes and paid health benefits are met.
Public hearing on shore protection set for Jan. 15
The Point CDC will host a public meeting on Thursday, Jan. 15, to update the community on the federal government and the city’s plans to protect Hunts Point from future storms and flooding.
Five young writers overcome the odds
With a core credo of “writing for academic success,” the program uses writing to help children fall in love with learning and literacy.
Blaze damages Social Security building
A fire that may have been deliberately set resulted in the evacuation of Longwood’s Feldco building, where Community Board 2, the social security office and a program for the developmentally disabled are located.
Study aims to determine what’s in the air
Sustainable South Bronx has teamed with an environmental company to collect data that can help identify the source of environmental conditions in the area and propose solutions.