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“Brownfields” offer opportunities for parks, businesses, jobs By Anthony Moran amoran@hunter.cuny.edu The brightly-colored murals Tats Cru painted on the wall of The Point Community Development Corporation add character to the east side of Garrison Avenue between Manida and Barretto streets, but the other side of the street is a blighted […]
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Hunts Point Riverside Park will open this spring, using a flagman to safeguard users from a passing train, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe announced at the Bronx Park Speakup at Lehman College. When ground was broken for the park at the intersection of Lafayette Avenue and Edgewater Road in the summer […]
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It can’t be heard far and wide, but WPNT gives residents a voice. By Christina Davis cdav@hunter.cuny.edu Photo by Christina Davis Ruben Thomas supplies his own sound effects for his radio show on WPNT. Click here to listen to an excerpt from Ruben Thomas’s show. Listeners who tune their radios […]
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Hunts Point businesses support one of their own. When teams of walkers gather at Rye Playland on April 22 to raise funds in the search for a cure for multiple sclerosis, Hunts Point’s New Fulton Fish Market will be in the forefront.
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The Bloomberg administration is eyeing the greenway for river-view apartments to attract families earning from $60,000 to $145,000 to Hunts Point. By Jay Bachhuber apethought@hotmail.com A report quietly submitted to the Bloomberg Administration last May calls for a new village to rise on the shores of the Bronx River, attracting […]
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An exhibit of 26 photographs showcasing alumni of ICP at The Point’s photography program opened on March 20 and will be on view until through the summmer at the community center at 940 Garrison Avenue.
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by editor | November 27, 2006 |
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.