In a breakthrough for Hunts Point residents who have fought to see an end to the proliferation of strip clubs on the peninsula, the state’s Liquor Authority ruled not to grant an alcohol permit to a club owner who recently re-applied. The agency on April 24th voted down an application [...]
Police from the 41st Precinct were called to the main office of a housing complex on East 163rd Street on April 17th to disperse an angry crowd seeking to apply for apartments in several Section-8 subsidized buildings in Longwood.
In a sign of the demand for an affordable apartment, many in the line of about 200 that stretched for more than a block between Kelly and Tiffany Streets had arrived at PRC Management’s office during the night to secure a spot near the front of the line. Some cradled wailing babies, while others sat in fold-up chairs they’d brought to brave the long wait.
By Shanae Simmons and Joe Hirsch Chanting “Turn off the heat,” some 50 protesters rallied in front of the Hunts Point strip bar Club Heat on March 2nd, to pressure the club to leave the neighborhood. Community Board 2 members organized the rally, angry that the club and other nudie [...]
In the wake of a series of violent incidents, a judge ordered a controversial strip club in Hunts Point closed. But the club is slated to reopen after its owner agreed to pay a $5,000 fine, setting the stage for a protest residents have called against for in front of the club at 405 Hunts Point Ave. on Friday, March 2nd at 3 p.m.
By Kenneth Christensen There was little change in most major crime categories in 2011 in Hunts Point and Longwood compared with the previous year, according to the NYPD. Thefts of electronic devices and gold jewelry continued to plague residents locally. Two November incidents highlighted the problem.
Community Board 2 is continuing its crusade against strip clubs that it says tarnish the neighborhood’s reputation, attract prostitution and violence and prey on women. At its Jan. 11 meeting, the board turned down a plea from the owner of the shuttered BadaBing topless club to support his effort to [...]
As if the long lingering recession were not economic burden enough, now residents of the South Bronx have a new worry: keeping their vehicles out of harm’s way while they sleep. About 50 cars in the area have had their tires slashed at night since the new year began, costing [...]
By Tanya Fields Residents of Mott Haven, Longwood and Hunts Point deal with a shortage of green space and poor food quality, even though we are surrounded by privately- and publicly-owned land that has been fallow for years. Empty lots have been used as illegal dumping grounds; they are ripe [...]
Even before police evicted Occupy Wall Street from Zuccotti Park, its local affiliate Occupy the Bronx had turned its attention from lower Manhattan to its home borough, joining other grassroots organizations in neighborhood-based demonstrations on Saturday afternoons. On Nov. 19, the action was in Hunts Point. Some 50 people gathered [...]