The annual Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development report on affordable housing threat is out…
Tag: Gentrification
Located on E 135th Street directly across from the Major Deegan Expressway (like right on…
Also known as The Grand Boulevard and Concourse, the 5.2 mile boulevard of dreams in…
Applications are now being accepted for 255 brand new affordable housing units in the South…
Two new “affordable” housing developments in The Bronx are now accepting applications. Located in the…
HBO confirms that it has leased 780 E 135th Street in Port Morris for its…
Last week, a factually incorrect and misleading op-ed piece was posted in CityLimits titled “Revitalization,…
The Wall Street Journal states that Bronx home prices have, “…eclipsed the previous record set…
South Bronx Gentrification How do we continue to improve our borough without becoming part of…
The Hub—The Bronx’s oldest shopping and commercial district located in the South Bronx neighborhood of Melrose is going through the most profound changes since the 70s and 80s when the neighborhood burned around it and its main train line, the Third Avenue El was put out of service and torn down.
Since its beginnings over a century ago when the borough was experiencing a population boom adding over 1 million residents in a span of 30 years, Melrose and The Hub, attracted residents from all over The Bronx due to it being an excellent transportation nexus—and still does today.
New “affordable” housing developments have been constructed surrounding the area and adding over 3,000 apartments and tens of thousands of new residents—with thousands of more units in various stages of construction or planning to come.
As gentrification tightens its grip on the South Bronx, long-time businesses are closing their doors as landlords either are not renewing leases or simply the new rents are too high to keep up.
Sure it’s a deluxe apartment in the sky on the 20th floor of Executive Towers…
Welcome2TheBronx joined WNYC on a discussion about gentrification in The South Bronx centering in on Mott Haven and the surrounding areas for this long-term project on the housing affordability crisis.
(If you live or work in the South Bronx, WNYC wants to hear from you and journalist Sophia Paliza-Carre will be stationed at the Mott Haven Library on E 140th Street and Alexander Avenue a few hours each day. Reach out via email to: spalizacarre@wnyc.org or via social media using the hashtag #motthavenspeaks)