The Hunts Point Express

20/07/2024

On July 13 we met groups and families floating along the Bronx River with Rocking the Boat, a nonprofit that trains Bronx youth to build boats from scratch. 🌊 🚤

Returning to the dock at Hunts Point Riverside Park, after spending some time on the river, one 6-year-old was awed by her experience recalling how exhilarating it was “to let your hands just drag in the water…and I thought it was going to be like a little lake but it was so much bigger.”

Best of all, Rocking the Boat offers free rowing, sailing and birding for free to the public every Saturday through 8/31.

Recap the event, held on ,
at the link in bio.
📝📸: Judith Marks

26/06/2024

Community members were treated to the sounds of freedom at the Bronx Music Heritage Center’s Juneteenth Jubilee on June 19 in Soundview.

The event, which was free and open to the public, was presented by the Manhattan Opera Repertory Ensemble (MORE Opera) and the Bronx Music Heritage Center chorus.

Pianist Patricio Molina served as conductor.
“I think that music, more than any art, can open people’s minds,” said Molina.

The chorus and soloists performed 18 songs, including “Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit,” “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” and the Black national Anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”

Recap the event at the link in our bio.

📝: Jiana Smith (

10/06/2024

Music, dancing and art ruled the day in Longwood last weekend, as the Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education hosted a three-day party to honor the South Bronx’s cultural past.

The crowd swelled to 300 by the time legendary Salsa Jazz pianist Eddie Palmieri took the stage.

Link in bio of for a full recap of the event. 💃 🎶

14/05/2024

A house on Coster Street used to sell deadly he**in, fentanyl, co***ne, and other drugs for years. Now, the community is hoping any residual problems will be cleared up.

Link in bio to read the full story.

📝: Hannah Glaser and Ibrahim Hersi 
📸: Hannah Glaser

07/04/2024

While the city sleeps, more than 1,400 union workers are inside the Hunts Point Produce Market, packing up caseloads of fruits and vegetables at a dizzying pace. The produce is then loaded onto trucks and delivered to grocery stores and restaurants throughout New York City’s tristate area.

Learn more about Hunts Point Produce Market. Link in bio to watch the story.

🎥: Jackie Zamora
📝: Christine Zeiger

21/03/2024

So pleased to see four community organizations I covered in The Riverdale Press, the Hunts Point Express, and the Mott Haven Herald win million-dollar grants for their work from MacKenzie Scott's Yield Giving. Well-deserved, Riverdale Neighborhood House, Rocking the Boat, Point Community Development, and South Bronx Unite.

14/03/2024

When the lights go down in the ID Studio Theater, both actors and audience are ready to step into the history of salsa music and the blind Afro-Cuban composer who helped shape its signature sound.

“Arsenio,” a play in Spanish and English, debuted Feb. 15 and has since extended its Mott Haven run thanks to popular demand through March 17. It traces the history of one of the borough’s most celebrated musical styles and tells the story of musician Arsenio Rodriguez, who lived in Longwood after emigrating from his native Cuba.

Link in bio to read the full story.

📝📷: Carla Gloria Colomé ( )

05/03/2024

The Hunts Point Recreation Center is getting a new playground, and its design will be inspired by input from its most frequent and important visitors: kids from the neighborhood.

Students from Bronx Academy for Multi-Media and St. Ignatius middle schools gathered Friday at the Hunts Point Recreation Center to hear a short presentation on the renovation plans for its current playground. The presentation was delivered by the Department of Parks and Recreation, and once it was over, the children were invited to share their wish lists for the updated space.

Do you want to learn more about the playground innovations? Click the link in our bio!

📝📷: Eliot Force ( )

01/03/2024

‼️Calling all childre‼️

Have you ever wanted to design a playground?🛝 Well, now’s your chance!

Today, March 1st, students will have a chance to share their ideas for improvements to the playground near the Julio Carballo ballfields at the Hunts Point Recreation Center at information sessions held by the New York City Parks Department.

Learn more about this event. Click our bio for the full article.

Story by Hannah Glaser

28/02/2024

As a child, poetry was her refuge – now it’s a passion for Bronx Poet Laureate Kerryanne Bell.

Bell, 39, who likes to go by “Kay,” didn’t have an easy childhood while growing up in Morrisania.

Her mother was caught in an abusive marriage, the family dealt with poverty, and Bell, who experienced verbal and emotional abuse, eventually wound up in the foster care system until she was 10 years old.

As a youngster looking for a safe place, Bell needed a way to get away from those problems.

She found her haven in writing poetry.

Would you like to learn more about Kay? Link in bio for the full story!

📝: Ibrahim Hersi ( .hershey )
📸: Photo courtesy by Laurette Kerryanne “Kay” Bell ( )

16/01/2024

For 50 years, it was the Spofford Juvenile Detention Center. Now, the same building in Hunts Point has been reimagined.

The Inspiration Point Center for the Arts is slated to open in 2024 as a haven for Bronx creatives, and will include:

🎨 21 private art studios
🖼️ a public art gallery
🎭 a live performance theater

The theater at 710 Tiffany Street has already booked youth and adult performance groups. Visit the link in our bio for more about the space from reporter Graham Hartmann.

13/01/2024

The ‘City of Yes’ initiative by ’s Planning Commission would permit dancing, comedy shows and would allow more kinds of businesses at home in Hunts Point and Longwood. But Community Board 2 has mixed reactions on the zoning change. Visit the link in bio for the story by reporter Ricardo Partida.

05/12/2023

https://huntspointexpress.com/2023/11/29/microforests-a-new-approach-to-coastal-resiliency/
In September, floods swept the South Bronx and much of the city in a whirlwind of rainwater, reminding New Yorkers of the importance of coastal resiliency, which the city has struggled with in recent years.

Waste Management, the private waste transfer facility off the Bruckner Boulevard and along the Harlem River, took a first swing at that last month, when they planted a microforest with 500 indigenous trees and shrubs to help protect against floods and enhance a biodiverse environment.

In September, floods swept the South Bronx and much of the city in a whirlwind

05/12/2023

https://huntspointexpress.com/2023/11/30/26999/
Ground was broken last week on the second phase of The Peninsula on Tiffany Street on the Hunts Point peninsula. When finished, the project will include 740 apartments that fall under the city's affordability guidelines, retail, restaurants, light industry and a wellness center---all where the notorious Spofford Juvenile Justice Center once stood.

Ground was broken Wednesday on two new buildings on Tiffany Street as part of Hunts

05/12/2023

https://huntspointexpress.com/2023/12/04/your-neighborhood-is-about-to-get-greener/
The South Bronx could soon have double to triple its current amount of trees as part of a city-wide initiative to increase canopy coverage.

The South Bronx could soon have double to triple its current amount of trees as

08/11/2023

Next year’s poll sites could see some fresh faces.

Bronx Community Board 2 is supporting a drive to lower the voting age to 16 for state and local elections, based on a recommendation from its Youth Services Committee.

and have the story. Click link in bio for more!

06/11/2023

https://huntspointexpress.com/2023/10/29/26945/
The former ‘First Lady’ of the Savage Skulls gang, used to carry a gun wherever she went. Now, after her 3-year-old grandson was shot at a Bronx playground, she’s advocating for harsher gun laws.

Lorine Padilla, former ‘First Lady’ of the Savage Skulls gang, used to carry a gun

06/11/2023

https://huntspointexpress.com/2023/11/02/grassroots-group-looks-to-lower-voting-age-to-16/
Bronx Community Board 2 is supporting a drive to lower the voting age to 16 for state and local elections, based on a recommendation from its Youth Services Committee.

Next year’s poll sites could see some fresh faces. Bronx Community Board 2 is supporting

29/06/2023

The latest series highlighted one of Puerto Rico’s most enduring forms of folk dance & music on June 24 at the Bronx Music Heritage Center.

reporter spoke with attendees & performers — read more at the link in bio.

09/06/2023

- The South Bronx Culture Festival returned for its 13th year on June 5th. This year’s three-day festival highlighted the immense contributions of local Latino/a culture to the neighborhood’s history.

➡️ Read more from reporter at the link in bio.

20/04/2023

On May 1 Zahir Lara, a 17-year-old high school senior from Longwood ,will be raising his baton at Carnegie Hall for the New York Pops’ 40th birthday gala, leading a student orchestra.

When Zahir Lara stands in front of a 30-member band and lifts his white conductor’s

22/03/2023

This weekend Linda Collazo, a South Bronx-native pianist, will be the soprano soloist at a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall.

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When Linda Collazo, a South Bronx-native pianist, applied to LaGuardia High School for Music &

24/02/2023

Bronx residents and advocates are concerned the people most impacted by the criminalization of cannabis could be barred from entering the industry.
“I have the skill, I have the potential, I just don’t have the money,” said Jason Morales, a life-long Bronxite. Read full story:

Para leer una version en español, vaya aqui. Jason Morales would like to open a

24/02/2023

Tenants at 940 Tiffany Street in Longwood say they often don't have heat or hot water, and the front door of their apartment building is almost always broken. Many of them have resorted to electric space heaters to stay warm. Now, they're banding together to demand better treatment from their landlord and management company, Fairstead, which took over maintenance in December 2021.

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The tenants of a rent-subsidized apartment building in Longwood have a long list of complaints

23/02/2023

The exhibition, titled “What on Earth have you done?,” is a two-artist show of murals that call for interaction between people, policy and environmental action in the face of the growing climate crisis.

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The gallery walls of the current exhibition at BronxArtSpace are filled with two monumental climate-inspired

07/02/2023

Join Pulitzer Prize winner, Buddy Stein, as he recounts the major stories and highlights of a decorated career at the Riverdale Press.

06/02/2023

A proposed transitional housing site for formerly incarcerated men is no longer coming to Longwood, following objections from the local city councilman. Read full story:

A proposed transitional housing site for formerly incarcerated men is no longer coming to Longwood, following objections from a local city councilman.

02/02/2023

The unsettling shooting of two teenage boys, which left one dead, outside the Police Athletic League in Longwood lingered on the minds of South Bronx residents at Community Board 2’s January virtual meeting Wednesday.

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The unsettling shooting of two teenage boys, which left one dead, outside the Police Athletic

17/01/2023

R.H.Y.M.E. (Rap, Helps Young Minds Excel) is a rap mentorship program with the nonprofit Thrive Collective, that aims to help students empower themselves through the elements of hip hop. Read full story:

At a fifth-grade dance at PS 72 in Throgs Neck, Randy Mason stood quietly at

13/01/2023

The Mi Oh My farm is different from most urban farms. To learn why read full story:

The Mi Oh My farm is different from most urban farms. For one thing, it’s