Mott Haven Herald

Mott Haven immigration festival mixes culture and politics

Posted on 11. Aug, 2010 by Joe Hirsch.

Immigrants and U.S. citizens filled Brook Park on July 24, defying record heat to celebrate Latin American heritage and to voice their anger over Arizona’s controversial law aimed at finding and punishing undocumented immigrants. At the second annual Festival of Immigrants in the South Bronx’s biggest community garden between 140th and 141st Streets on Brook [...]

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As pact with city expires, gardeners worry

Posted on 04. Aug, 2010 by Joe Hirsch.

Eight years ago, the city, the state and the creators of 500 community gardens on city-owned land reached an agreement that ended a long battle that began when the Giuliani administration sought to auction the garden lots to developers. Now, that agreement is set to expire, alarming gardeners in Mott Haven and Melrose who fear [...]

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Mott Haven gardens reap a bountiful harvest

Posted on 20. Oct, 2009 by Stephanie Rabins.

On a warm weekday morning in September, Valeria Cantero arrives at Brook Park, on Brook Avenue between 140th and 141st streets. She opens the gate with a key and locks up behind herself. After leaving her things in the center of the garden, Cantero ducks into the back of the lot, emerging with an armful [...]

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Anarchists redefine free market

Posted on 12. Apr, 2009 by Sarah Trefethen.

Anti-authoritarian radicals occupied Brook Park for the first-ever Bronx Anarchist Fair on April 4. The park’s regulars didn’t seem to mind.

The fair featured workshops, bookstalls, movie screenings, food vendors and something called a “really, really free market,” all focused on the theme of far-left-wing politics.

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