Majora Carter’s latest challenge
By Jeanmarie Evelly jmevelly@gmail.com Majora Carter has left the Hunts Point environmental organization she founded,
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Where the deals are in Hunts Point food stores
By Alexia K. Arthurs Alexia.Arthurs@gmail.com For Hunts Point resident Jacqueline Franco, the recession hasn’t just
Comparison shopping can save you money
Survey of Hunts Point stores finds wide price variation By Alexia K. Arthurs Alexia.Arthurs@gmail.com Convenience
Fish Parade celebrates Hunts Point
By Maria Clark The streets of Hunts Point were teeming with marine life last Saturday,
Real estate bubble hurt Hunts Point housing
An Express news analysis By James Bachhuber When a two-year-old real estate investment firm with
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‘We were left out,’ Mott Haven leaders say
By Sarah Trefethen sarah.trefethen@motthavenherald.com A number of Mott Haven community leaders are complaining that they
Charter school signs on to stay in BankNote
Hunts Point’s historic BankNote building will continue to be home to the the John V.
Residents tell dog owners ‘Our streets aren’t your toilets’
By Felix Quinonez Felixfanmail@yahoo.com Early every morning, Luis Martinez sets up the fruit stand he
Retailers look forward to summer
Business Improvement District has big plans By Fausto Giovanny Pinto Fpinto@hunter.cuny.edu After a slow start,
Shoppers find bargains at local stores
By Fausto Giovanny Pinto Fpinto@hunter.cuny.edu Loyal patrons of the stores on Southern Boulevard and Westchester
The BID at a glance
What: The BID is an association of owners of commercial real estate who have agreed
Prostitution still plagues Hunts Point
Women say roving Johns make them feel afraid By Shuli Levine slevi@hunter.cuny.edu Illustration provided by
Tangled web of investors own Manida apartments
City records say a company called OCG VIII owns the apartment complex at 621-623 and
Hunts Point’s house of horrors
Tenant leader Alberto Rodriguez shows a vacant apartment, trashed by intruders who ripped the door
Visions of the past
[flv:https://brie.hunter.cuny.edu/hpe/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rickyflores_ss.flv 400 260] Pictures by Ricky Flores
Art comes to Hunts Point industry
By Tenzin Tseyang ttseyang@hunter.cuny.edu What happens when you hand 10 artists the paint to cover
Residents want bus to go to park
By Luis M. Mostacero Photo by Luis M. Mostacero Barretto Point Park When Barretto Point
Cut down traffic, Hunts Point teens say
By Sydney Céspedes sydney29@gmail.com Six months ago, the federal government told the city that it
Residents snatch park back from ruin
By Rebekah Logan Rebekah_Logan@yahoo.com To someone coming upon Park 52 for the first time, it
Sewer plant will tower over park
By Daniel Allen dantallen@gmail.com This rendering from the environmental impact statement for the Hunts Point
Battling for a school’s life
By Christina Davis cdav@hunter.cuny.edu The city Department of Education calls the New School for Arts
Hunts Point arms for battle over jail
A coalition of Hunts Point neighborhood activists, legal aid organizations, and prisoners rights groups say the city shouldn’t build a 2,000-bed jail at the Oak Point rail yard.
Hunts Point’s pioneering green roof
By Emily Taken-Vertz Emtv708@gmail.com Last year, the environmental organization Sustainable South Bronx planted a secret
What’s that smell? the Hunts Point sewage plant
For more than a decade Hunts Point Organizations have fought to make a local sewage processing plant respect its neighbors’ needs. Now they’re trying something new: buying stock and using their power as shareholders to demand improvements.