Mott Haven Herald

State won’t build new ramps on Deegan

Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by Stephanie Rabins.

Pummeled by public outcry against a plan to extend the off-ramps on the Major Deegan Expressway, the State Department of Transportation has abandoned the project.
Much-needed repairs will be made to the aging roadway over Mott Haven, but the plan to extend the highway’s exit ramps in order to calm the traffic that backs up as [...]

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Mott Haven residents denounce plan for Deegan

Posted on 10. Nov, 2009 by Stephanie Rabins.

Plans to rehabilitate the Major Deegan Expressway would destroy Mott Haven’s hopes for a brighter future, residents and public officials told a hearing on Nov. 9 to consider the state Department of Transportation’s proposal.
Community voices rang out in opposition to the plan to lengthen exit ramps, saying the new ramps would torpedo the city’s ambitious [...]

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Mott Haven school building crumbles

Posted on 17. Oct, 2009 by Maria Clark.

By Maria Clark
maria.clark@motthavenherald.com
The passage of time has not been kind to the former school building nicknamed the “Castle on the Concourse.”
Entire sections of the roof have collapsed. Plastic tarps cover the holes. Rotted wooden planks shield the windows and cover gaping holes in the walls.
PS 31 was once one the top schools in [...]

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City plans a new neighborhood in Mott Haven

Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Sarah Trefethen.

On the southern end of the Grand Concourse, barbed wire, car dealerships and auto parts suppliers line the road, surrounded by industrial buildings that have seen busier days. The Mott Haven waterfront is dotted with ministorage buildings, rows of school buses and piles of trash.

But this may change.

The city has a plan that could bring new life – and new investment – to the lower Concourse and Harlem River waterfront.

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Plan calls for transforming industrial area

Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Maria Clark.

By Maria Clark
maria.clark@motthavenherald.com
The lower section of the Grand Concourse is almost entirely dedicated to the auto industry. The road is lined with busy auto repair shops, a gas station, a newly revamped car wash and a car dealership.
Apartment houses and a hotel may replace these businesses, if a rezoning proposal for the area [...]

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With change in the wind, some residents worry

Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.

By Caroline Linton
Caroline.linton@motthavenherald.com
Lamont Barkley, 42, has lived in Mott Haven his whole life and has witnessed the devastation that overtook the neighborhood, and its rebuilding.
But that does not mean he’s ready for the latest change: the city’s plan to replace gritty industrial buildings with high-rise waterfront apartments and retail businesses.

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Friends of Brook Park says ‘Draw us in’

Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.

An organization that has long crusaded for a waterfront park at the end of Park Avenue is calling on the city to make its creation possible by redrawing the boundaries of its blueprint for the Lower Grand Concourse.
All that is required is moving the southern boundary “a mere 100 feet to the South along the [...]

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The proposed Waterfront District at a glance

Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.

The city has proposed special rules for the area between Exterior Street and the Harlem River from the 145th Street Bridge to the Metro North Railroad Bridge.
The first two lots, across 149th Street from the new Gateway Mall, would be zoned in a way typically used for specialty and department stores, theaters and [...]

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