Mott Haven, Bronx: Difference between revisions

{{Use mdy dates | date =August October 20222024}}

{{Use American English | date = October 2022}}

| population_as_of = 20102020

| demographics2_info1 = 7268.38%

| demographics2_info2 = 24.728%

| demographics2_info3 = 1.79%

| demographics2_info4 = 0.4%

| demographics2_info5 = 1.0.9%

'''Mott Haven''' is an Americana primarily [[Residential area|residential neighborhood]] in the southwestern section of the [[New York City]] borough of [[the Bronx]]. ItsIt boundaries,is startinggenerally frombounded the north and moving clockwise, areby East 149th Street to the north, the [[Bruckner Expressway]] to the east and south, and the [[MajorHarlem Deegan ExpresswayRiver]] to the southwest,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hughes|first=C. J.|date=March 25, 2015|title=Mott Haven, the Bronx, in Transition|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/29/realestate/mott-haven-the-bronx-in-transition.html|access-date=December 27, 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> although these boundaries are not precise.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/bronx-harlem-river/bronx-harlem-river.page |title = Bronx Harlem River - DCP}}</ref><ref>Small, Eddie. [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150929/mott-haven/map-here-is-where-readers-think-south-bronx-neighborhoods-begin-end/ "MAP: Here is Where Readers Think South Bronx Neighborhoods Begin and End"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423045005/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150929/mott-haven/map-here-is-where-readers-think-south-bronx-neighborhoods-begin-end/ |date= April 23, 2021 }}, DNA Info, September 29, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2022. "The maps have been drawn, and most DNAinfo readers agree that Mott Haven stretches from 135th Street to 149th Street — although those are far from universally agreed upon borders.... For instance, despite a general consensus that Mott Haven was bordered by 135th Street to the south and 149th Street to the north, some readers had the neighborhood occupying a much larger space, going from the borough's southern waterfront all the way up to 163rd Street to the north."</ref><ref>[https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/plans/port-morris/port_morris.pdf Port Morris/Bruckner Boulevard Rezoning - Approved!], [[New York City Department of City Planning]]. Retrieved January 24, 2022.</ref> and the [[Harlem River]] to the west. East 138th Street is the primary east–west thoroughfare through Mott Haven.

The local [[New York City Subway|subway line]] is the [[IRT Pelham Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Pelham}}), operating along East 138th Street. The local buses are the {{NYC bus link|Bx1|Bx2|Bx15|Bx17|Bx19|Bx21|Bx32|Bx33|M125}}. Mott Haven is served by the [[Triborough Bridge]], the [[Third Avenue Bridge (New York City)|Third Avenue Bridge]], the [[Madison Avenue Bridge]], the [[145th Street Bridge]], and the [[Willis Avenue Bridge]]. The closest [[Metro-North Railroad]] stops are [[Harlem – 125th Street (Metro-North station)|Harlem – 125th Street]] and [[Yankees – East 153rd Street (Metro-North station)|Yankees – East 153rd Street]].

[https://www.welcome2thebronx.com/2017/10/03/new-south-bronx-condo-declares-theyre-making-the-bronx-great-again%E2%80%95via-gentrification "New South Bronx Condo Declares They’re ‘Making the Bronx Great Again’ – Via Gentrification"]. Welcome2theBronx.com. Retrieved October 29, 2022.</ref><ref>{{cite web |author = Colon, David | url = https://gothamist.com/news/south-bronx-condo-claims-to-be-making-the-bronx-great-again |title = South Bronx Condo Claims to Be 'Making The Bronx Great Again' | website = [[Gothamist]] |date = October 4, 2017 | access-date = October 29, 2022 }}</ref> in addition to recently built affordable housing such as "Borinquen Court" and "Tres Puentes" apartment complex.<ref>{{Cite web | author= McGibbon, Dejah | date = July 8, 2016 | url= https://www.6sqft.com/first-look-at-tres-puentes-affordable-housing-development-planned-for-mott-haven/|title = First Look at Tres Puentes Affordable Housing Development Planned for Mott Haven | website = 6sqft | access-date = October 29, 2022}}</ref> Mott Haven is home to a community-supported agriculture program hosted at Brook Park.<ref>{{cite web|title=Friends of Brook Park |url = http://friendsofbrookpark.org | access-date= September 22, 2015}}</ref> Recent development plans include two affordable rental buildings, a [[Hampton Inn]] by Monadnock Development and Signature Urban Properties,<ref>{{cite news| last1=Wirsing|first1=Robert|title=Project Slated for Mott Haven|work=[[Bronx Times-Reporter]] |date =January 15, 2016 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Warerkar | first=Tanay | title=New Mott Haven Development Will Have 293 Apartments, Hotel | website= [[Curbed NY]] | date=January 7, 2016 | url=https://ny.curbed.com/2016/1/7/10848992/new-mott-haven-development-will-have-293-apartments-hotel | access-date=October 13, 2021}}</ref> and the so-called [[Piano District]].

The entirety of Community District 1, which comprises Mott Haven and Melrose, had 98,403 inhabitants as of [[New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene|NYC Health]]'s 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 77.6 years.<ref name="CHP2018">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/data/2018chp-bx1.pdf|title=Mott Haven and Melrose (Including Melrose, Mott Haven and Port Morris)|date=2018|website=nyc.gov|publisher=NYC Health|access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref>{{Rp|2, 20}} This is lower than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods.<ref name=":21">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/tcny/community-health-assessment-plan.pdf|title=2016-2018 Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan: Take Care New York 2020|date=2016|website=[[government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene]]|access-date=September 8, 2017}}</ref>{{Rp|53 (PDF p. 84)}}<ref>{{cite web | title=New Yorkers are living longer, happier and healthier lives | website=New York Post | last=Short | first=Aaron | date=June 4, 2017 | url=https://nypost.com/2017/06/04/new-yorkers-are-living-longer-happier-and-healthier-lives/ | access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> Most inhabitants are youth and middle-aged adults: 28% are between the ages of between 0–17, 28% between 25–44, and 21% between 45–64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 12% and 10%, respectively.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|2}}

The ''[[Mott Haven Herald]]'' is a news outlet that reports in Mott Haven, [[Melrose, Bronx|Melrose]] and [[Port Morris, Bronx|Port Morris]]. {{Citation needed span||date=October 2022}} It is produced by students at the [[CUNY Graduate School of Journalism|City University Graduate School of Journalism]] and edited by Joe Hirsch.|date=October 2022}}

{{Citation needed span|text=In addition, [[New York City Fire Department Bureau of EMS|FDNY EMS]] Station 14 is located at [[Lincoln Hospital (Bronx)|Lincoln Hospital]] at 234 East 149th Street.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bronx Community District 1|url=https://www.schurmgmt.com/images/bx1profile.pdf|publisher=New York City Department of City Planning|date=OctoberDec 2002|page=12|access-date=December 27, 20222023}}</ref>

* Hostos Lincoln Academy (located600 withinSt. theAnns Hostos Community College campusAve)

* A.G., rapper of the duo [[Showbiz and A.G.]] was raised in the [[Patterson Houses]].<ref>{{dead link | date = October 2022}}{{cite web|title=AG: Andre's New Posse |url= http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2006/05/ag-andre-s-new-posse/|access-date= September 21, 2015}}</ref>

* [[Pedro Espada Jr.]] (born 1953), former member of the [[New York Senate]], who was convicted on federal corruption charges in May 2012 and sentenced to five years in prison.<ref>{{dead link | date = October 2022}}[https://www.gothamgazette.com/eyeonalbany/senate/district32.shtml "Eye on Albany Campaign 2002: State Senate District 32"]. Gotham Gazette. Retrieved October 15, 2018. "Senator Pedro Espada, Jr. (Dem/Rep) was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Mott Haven."</ref>

* [[Johnny Pacheco]] (1935-202119352021), musician, arranger, composer, producer and bandleader of Cuban music, who coined the term [[Salsa music|"salsa"]] to denote the genre.<ref>[https://www.thisisbronxmusic.org/bronx-music-history/1960s-1980s "1960's – 1980's"]. Bronx Music Heritage Center. Retrieved October 15, 2018. "The leaders in this genre were the Fania record label, which was founded by a former lawyer and cop from Brooklyn, Jerry Masucchi, and a Dominican musician who grew up in Mott Haven, Johnny Pacheco."</ref>

* [[Prince Royce]] (born 1989), singer, is from the [[Patterson Houses]].{{citation needed | date = October 2022}}