Where: 3103 Third Avenue, at the corner of E. 158th Street. When: Thursdays-Mondays 11 a.m. -8 p.m. How much: $120 for individuals, $80 for families (for each adult over 18, children under 18 are free), $60 for students, and $40 for seniors and people on public assistance. Payable in monthly [...]
City records say a company called OCG VIII owns the apartment complex at 621-623 and 625-627 Manida Street. Between 2006 and 2007, the investment firm Ocelot Capital Group created eight subsidiaries, OCG I through OCG VIII. These subsidiaries then purchased 25 distressed and rent-regulated properties around the Bronx. If Ocelot had [...]
Tenant leader Alberto Rodriguez shows a vacant apartment, trashed by intruders who ripped the door off. By James Bachhuber jamesbachhuber@gmail.com A limp paw protruded from a partially closed hide-a-bed in an abandoned first floor apartment at 627 Manida Street. Alberto Rodriguez flipped the mattress over and the stink hit like [...]
By Joseph Gallagher josephtgallagher@gmail.com The New York State Department of Transportation has unveiled two new proposals to divert trucks headed to and from the the Hunts Point market from local streets. At a meeting of the Hunts Point Chamber of Industry and Commerce on Feb. 27, the DOT showed plans [...]
Residents charge huge developer ignores their complaints By Joe Hirsch news@huntspointexpress.com Photo by Joe Hirsch Seven-year old Jada Anderson hopes the ceiling crack over her bed won’t get any bigger. A consortium that owns and manages housing complexes across the city has been badly neglecting at least two of their [...]
In a neighborhood plagued by diabetes and heart attacks, the busting ‘Rec’ is on the front lines of the war on obesity and disease By Sarah Grieb Sarah.E.Grieb@gmail.com Photo by Sarah Grieb Leighton Wynter, long time resident of Hunts Point, appreciates having a gym in his neighborhood. Yanete Rodriguéz sips [...]
Places for parents to leave their children while they work are scarce. There’s one childcare slot for every 10 children under 6 in the Hunts Point-Longwood area By Hanan Tabbara htabbara@hunter.cuny.edu Photo by Joe Hirsch There are plenty of children in Hunts Point and Longwood, but childcare is scarce. For [...]
Of the six licensed day care centers within the boundaries of Community District 2 that care for children younger than 6, only one is on the Hunts Point peninsula–La Penninsula Head Start, which serves children ages 3-5. The other five are all located in Longwood. Three of them serve children [...]
A SPECIAL REPORT Hunts Point hosts the largest food distribution center in the world, but residents often complain that it is a burden, not a benefit. About half the Hunts Point peninsula is devoted to the three markets: The Hunts Point Cooperative Market consists of 52 companies that process and [...]