Hunts Point/Longwood Explorers seek understanding By Sendy Tavera Stavera@hunter.cuny.edu Photo by Sendy Tavera The 41st Precinct Explorers pose with Police Officer Jennifer Urena, far right. Katherine Hernandez’s voice pierces through the growl of car mufflers, the howl of sirens and the rumble of trucks: “Left, Left, Right, Left,” she calls. […]
By Daniel Allen dantallen@gmail.com This rendering from the environmental impact statement for the Hunts Point sewage treatment plant shows the towers to be built in relation to Barretto Point Park. The city’s plan to add two 13-story towers to the Hunts Point sewage treatment plant would pollute the air, increase […]
Protest marchers hail court-ordered delay By Joe Hirsch NYCity News Service Photo by Amy Ponce Residents marched and rallied against the jail the city wants to build in Hunts Point. A court order won by the owner of the Oak Point rail yard has forced the city Department of Correction […]
Neruda inspires collaboration at Hunts Point’s MUD/BONE By Tatyana Gulko tgulko@hunter.cuny.edu Photo by Tatyana Gulko Amy DiGi’s portrait of Pablo Neruda The words of the famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda echoed off the walls of MUD/BONE Studio 889 on Hunts Point Avenue. “Let us not bite the shells that silence […]
The Bronx River Art Center will kick off its spring season on May 4 by opening two solo exhibits by artists Debra Priestly and Eleanor Dubinsky. The exhibits will be on view through June 9 at the gallery, 1087 East Tremont Avenue, in the West Farms section. In Gallery 1, […]
Queens politicians say ‘Put it in Hunts Point,’ while Bronx reps say ‘No’ By Janice Harrison janice7074@gmail.com and Joe Hirsch NYCity News Service The city is attempting to steamroll opposition to its plan to build a jail on the Hunt’s Point waterfront, opponents of the plan are charging. The coalition […]
By Christina Davis cdav@hunter.cuny.edu Photo by Joseph Gilmore World-famous model Naomi Campbell, 36, reading to children at The Point. Supermodel Naomi Campbell made headlines worldwide when she began her court-ordered sentence of community service by cleaning a Sanitation Department garage on the far West side of Manhattan on March 19. […]
But when? ask Hunts Point activists By Daniel Allen dantallen@gmail.com Photo by Daniel Allen Part of the concrete plant has been refurbished and will remain as sculpture. It’s hard to imagine a waterfront promenade along Bronx River near the Sheridan Expressway, especially where the water’s color and texture resembles the […]
Photo by Rebekah Logan Children played in Barretto Point Park shortly after its opening last spring. On the first warm Thursday afternoon in April, Barretto Point Park was alive with the sounds of youngsters playing. For a change, the park wasn’t locked-up after school. Mayor Michael Bloomberg opened the park […]