In the news, July 5-11
Fresh fruits and vegetables grown on nearby farms will be sold to the public every
Hunts Point
New leaders take board’s helm
Three long-time pillars of Community Board 2, the official citizen advisory board that represents Hunts
Water for sale: a new store offers nothing but
The Latin American Oprah was in Hunts Point last November. Surrounded by body guards and
In the news: June 28-July 4
The Point has harvested its first crop from its garden tended by the teens of
Fish parade brings fun and games to waterfront
By Fausto Giovanni Pinto faustogpinto@yahoo.com An underage stilt walker, a unicycling clown and a school
In the news, June 21-28
Starting July 5, 16 lucky teens will build a wooden rowboat, take it on a
In Bolivia, activists see Hunts Point in a mirror
Grassroots organizations from Hunts Point, Longwood, Mott Haven and Melrose were well-represented at an international
Sun sets on program that brought jobs to Hunts Point
Nine years ago, as real estate prices in Manhattan were skyrocketing, Master Purveyors, Inc., a
A father’s legacy between the base paths
By Amy Yensi NYCity News Service A Hunts Point Express profile Margarita Benitez Villegas wanted
Fox Street co-op draws middle income residents
Thanks to an innovative partnership between a non-profit Christian organization and an affordable housing developer,
Garden springs to life near Hunts Point park
Can a garden the size of a modest studio apartment feed a significant number of
Monitors hired to nose out NYOFCo stench
Under a cloud of uncertainty about its future following the loss last month of its
City cuts ties with NYOFCo sewage plant
NYOFCo, the sewage processing plant with the candy-striped smoke stack that has afflicted Hunts Point
From the editor: The odor from Oak Point Avenue
It’s not just sewage that stinks at the New York Organic Fertilizer Company plant on
From mean streets to green jobs
Listen to the podcast Four years-ago, Mott Haven resident Pablo Negron, 24, was jailed for
To land a green job, learn to handle greenbacks
Before participants in the Osborne Association’s Green Career Center can begin their path to a
Is a brewpub coming to the Banknote?
If two former bankers and a master brewer have their way, the Bronx’s first microbrewery
From Hunts Point to Antarctica
Sixteen-year-old Victor Davila had never flown on an airplane before he boarded a flight at
Building Yankee Stadium: Who you gonna call?
By Venita Virgia Johnson vjo@hunter.cuny.edu Center Sheet Metal is a get-your-hands-dirty kind of place whose
Big changes ahead for Community Board 2
An era is ending at Community Board 2, the neighborhood advisory group that represents Hunts
Accident claims life of Bronx crusader
Megan Charlop, an environmental crusader who founded Greening for Breathing, a grassroots initiative that planted
Surviving Hunts Point’s bad old days
[flv:https://brie.hunter.cuny.edu/hpe/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rickyflores_ss.flv 400 260] By Peter A. Jackson mrpjacks@gmail.com Ricky Flores’ friends call him the “Jimmy
It takes a clinic to raise a child
By Jacqueline Wang jacqueline.wang@macaulay.cuny.edu It’s 10 a.m., and the clamor of wailing babies is reverberating
Market upgrade and greenway move forward
Improvements called for in the Hunts Point Vision Plan are on the way.
UN sees schools through Hunts Point eyes
Inequality hurts the poor in the Bronx as much as in the Third World, a Hunts Point teenager tells UNESCO’S annual gathering.