Mott Haven Herald

Port Morris wasteland dreams of green

Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Sarah Trefethen.

The industrial area at the borough’s southernmost tip is a place of trucks, factories and fumes, with little to offer humans who travel by foot or by bike, or want to sit a spell. But the proposed South Bronx Greenway could bring tree-lined paths and waterfront parks to Port Morris’ lifeless streets.

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Whose South Bronx Greenway is it anyway?

Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Sarah Trefethen.

A number of Mott Haven community leaders are complaining that they have been left out of planning the South Bronx Greenway’s future.

At stake, they argue, is not only recreation but jobs.

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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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Lawsuit seeks to block Randall’s Island deal

Posted on 26. May, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.

Several South Bronx and East Harlem organizations and residents filed suit on May 27 in an effort to keep the city from carrying out its plan to reserve most of the ball fields on Randall’s Island for Manhattan private schools on school-day afternoons.
The suit charges that the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation [...]

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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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South Bronx Greenway will open waterfront

Posted on 12. Apr, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.

A plan to build a recreational trail connecting a series of parks on the East River waterfront has gotten a major boost from the economic downturn. Federal stimulus money will be used to build the South Bronx Greenway and open it to the public within three years, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced in March. [...]

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