Mott Haven Herald

Blast from Mott Haven’s past recalls an artistic keystone

Posted on 05. Nov, 2009 by Lindsay Lazarski.

Hundreds of people pass by Third Avenue and 147th Street each day without a second glance at the storefronts that house a nail salon, a hair braiding salon and, hidden from the street, a training school for security guards.
There’s no sign that 30 years ago, this was one of the hippest spots in New York [...]

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Mott Haven’s pioneer of gentrification makes no apologies

Posted on 16. Oct, 2009 by Lindsay Lazarski.

By Lindsay Lazarski
lindsay.lazarski@motthavenherald.com

When people compare Mott Haven to Williamsburg or call it “SoBro” or otherwise tab it as the next up-and coming-place to live, they almost always follow by mentioning the bars where artist and yuppies congregate. There is G-Bar on the Concourse, Alexander’s Café south of the Major Deegan Expressway, and tucked below two [...]

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Rats plague seniors in Betances Houses

Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Lindsay Lazarski.

By Lindsay Lazarski
lindsay.lazarski@motthavenherald.com
For months, residents of the Betances Houses building set aside for senior citizens heard the sound of claws scratching as rats scurried back and forth in the crawl space overhead at night.
Rat urine stained the ceiling. The animals gnawed holes in it, then tumbled through them onto the floor. They darted into the radiator [...]

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Federal stimulus funds will open Randall’s Island to Bronxites

Posted on 26. May, 2009 by Lindsay Lazarski.

By Lindsay Lazarski
lindsay.lazarski@motthavenherald.com
Elected officials and the Parks Department describe Randall’s Island as an invaluable resource, and boast that its waterfront pathways provide scenic views and “increased access” to recreation “for the neighboring communities of East Harlem and the South Bronx.”
But the island, only a stone’s throw from the Bronx, has been reachable only from Manhattan [...]

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‘Bronx Swamp’ endangers health

Posted on 14. Apr, 2009 by Lindsay Lazarski.

By Lindsay Lazarski
lindsay.lazarski@motthavenherald.com
Gloria Hidalgo likes living in her quiet building on 142nd Street. The rent is reasonable; her neighbors are hard-working people, her sister and two nieces live three floors below her and Hostos Community College, where she is studying to become an accountant, is just blocks away.
But a rotten smell, just five stories [...]

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Mott Haven community center is reborn

Posted on 24. Mar, 2009 by Lindsay Lazarski.

By Lindsay Lazarski
Lindsay.lazarski@motthavenherald.com
For years the thumping of fists pounding punching bags, the scuffle of sneakers and the grunts of athletes were the sounds a visitor heard at the Betances Community Center and Boxing Gym.
Now, the scratch of pencils and flip of workbook pages fill the newly renovated center.  Betances has dropped “Boxing Gym” from its [...]

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Mott Haven bus is on the chopping block

Posted on 23. Mar, 2009 by Lindsay Lazarski.

By Lindsay A. Lazarski
Lindsay.lazarski@motthavenherald.com
Every Sunday morning for more than 10 years Zena Charin has taken the Bx 4 along Westchester Avenue to attend religious services at the Vishnu Mandir Temple; one of only four Hindu temples in the Bronx.
But she may not have that option any more – the Bx 4 is on the chopping [...]

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