The city’s Department of Environmental Protection hopes four devices it has installed on the banks of the Bronx River will intercept harmful trash and debris before the muck flows into the waterway. The underground devices have been installed at four Bronx locations: Soundview Park and West Farms Road near Hunts [...]
Contamination from Wastewater Treatment Plant down almost half New technology installed two years ago at the Hunts Point Wastewater Treatment Plant has helped make the East River and Long Island Sound cleaner, according to the agency that oversees the health of the city’s waterways. The sixty-year-old treatment plant, which sits [...]
Hurricane damage light, but some waterfront businesses hit While Superstorm Sandy forced 350,000 New Yorkers to temporarily evacuate their homes as it tore up the east coast on Monday, most residents and businesses in Hunts Point and Longwood escaped relatively unscathed. But a few businesses in the low-lying area near [...]
Supporters row around Gotham for annual fundraiser Some 100 people sacrificed hours of sleep on a Saturday in late September, and instead gathered at the Staten Island Ferry terminal in downtown Manhattan at 7 a.m. for a day-long workout. The group came together on Sept. 27 to take part in [...]
Company enlists support of grassroots spokesmen Online grocer FreshDirect has enlisted two more leaders of grassroots organizations in the Bronx to support its move to the Harlem River Rail Yard. Steve Ritz of Green Bronx Machine and Chris Norwood of Health People: Community Preventive Health Institute have endorsed the company, [...]
The new dean of students at Hyde Leadership Charter School has a history of staring down tough challenges in Hunts Point.
For its sixth annual School Fair, the Hunts Point Alliance for Children teamed up with Green Apple Day of Service to transform Hunts Point Riverside Park into an environmental festival.
Majora Carter, the noted South Bronx environmentalist, has been hired by FreshDirect to combat opposition to its relocation to Mott Haven.
Carter’s husband James Chase, the communications director for her consulting company The Majora Carter Group, confirmed that she has been under contract for the last two months to advocate on the on-line grocer’s behalf.
The US Department of the Interior will designate the Bronx River a National Water Trail on Saturday, an honor that may help boost tourism and bring in federal dollars to fund projects that will help clean the river. Advocates for the river are excited about the opportunities they hope the [...]