On a recent Saturday afternoon many residents at the Beck Street buildings volunteered their time and energies to clean up the garden spaces. Just in time for Spring!
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
A very Happy Mother’s Day to all of our Mother’s! … Read more...
Time to Harvest!
It is raining today; and at the time I am writing this, it is raining very hard. Weather forecasts predict that in the next 24 hours we will get about ¾ to an inch of rain. And what does this mean?… Read more...
The Rent’s Too Damn High!
Yesterday, I attended a forum sponsored by University Neighborhood Housing Program and hosted by Fordham University. The occasion marked the 30th Anniversary of UNHP with the release of a report, Nowhere to Go: A Crisis of Affordability in the Bronx. … Read more...
Renovation and Hope on a Block Once Marked By Blight.
In today’s New York Times David Gonzalez reports on Banana Kelly’s efforts to improve the conditions of several building along Kelly Street. Click this link to read the story. Renovation and Hope
Kelly Street Opening
Yesterday, March 21st, on a cold but clear day, Banana Kelly, along with its partners, Workforce Housing Advisors and Monadnock Construction, sponsored the grand re-opening of the Kelly Street Apartments. These five buildings, home to 79 families, were among the very worst buildings in the city, plagued by an abusive owner/speculator who allowed the buildings to fall into severe disrepair after pocketing millions in mortgage proceeds intended for upgrades and repairs.… Read more...
What’s Going On Here?
At a wonderful panel discussion this past Saturday at the Bronx Documentary Center — events@bronxdoc.org — an audience member complained about the lack of jobs and, in areas like the South Bronx, the need to decide between “job-creating” industrial development and the health of residents.… Read more...
Recapturing Distressed Properties From Unscrupulous Speculators
At the end of January, after almost a year of meetings, negotiations and frustrations (mostly from abused tenants), we were successful in obtaining title to three buildings on College Avenue. This is our second successful effort to recapture over-leveraged, distressed properties from unscrupulous speculators.… Read more...
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Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association, Inc. is a community development corporation located in the Hunts Point-Longwood section of the South Bronx. Our mission is to contribute to a revitalized, safe and economically vibrant South Bronx through the development and management of affordable housing and provision of targeted human services.… Read more...