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56-596: The Fulton Market Building is a renovated building that once housed the Fulton Fish Market , on Fulton Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan . It served as the venue for the 2016 World Chess Championship . 40°42′24″N 74°00′10″W  /  40.7068°N 74.0029°W  / 40.7068; -74.0029 This article about a building or structure in Manhattan

112-542: A car accident. It has been used by the city of New York as a prison, but has also temporarily held juvenile inmates. There is one New York City Housing Authority low-income housing development located in Hunts Point, Hunts Point Avenue Rehab, which includes thirteen rehabilitated tenement buildings, 4 and 5 stories tall. There are several non-profits operating in this section of the South Bronx, most notably

168-456: A college education or higher. The percentage of Hunts Point and Longwood students excelling in math rose from 24% in 2000 to 26% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 28% to 32% during the same time period. Hunts Point and Longwood's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is more than the rest of New York City. In Hunts Point and Longwood, 35% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year , higher than

224-512: A difficult time for the district's residential community. Characterized by frequent arson and mass abandonment from the 1960s through the 1990s, this period marked a low point in the area's history. Living conditions became so difficult that almost 60,000 residents, approximately two-thirds of the population in Bronx Community District 2 , left the neighborhood during the 1970s. The first full-service post office did not open in

280-697: A highly centralized market with a large number of well-informed buyers and sellers. Using 1992 data, Kathryn Graddy (1995, 2006) found that third-degree price discrimination arose in the Fulton market. In particular, Asian customers, who were generally more price elastic, were quoted lower prices than white buyers, by 6.3 cents on average. Graddy (1995, 2006) attributes this to the different markets served by Asian and white buyers. Asian buyers were more likely to resell fish whole to retail and fry shops in poorer neighbourhoods, or sell to establishments in Chinatown where

336-560: A large, mixed use development to include over 700 housing units. The Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center (VCBC) is an 800-bed barge offshore of Hunts Point, currently used as part of the New York City Department of Corrections. It is designed to handle inmates from medium- to maximum-security in 16 dormitories and 100 cells. It was opened in 1992 and was named for Vernon C. Bain, a warden who died in

392-557: A mile in length. More than 65 fruit and vegetable wholesalers own and operate the coop, which has 475,000 square feet (44,100 m ) of warehouse space. Each year approximately 2.7 billion pounds of produce are sold from the Market which as recently as 1998 posted $ 1.5 billion in revenues. The market caters to the largest ethnically diverse region in the world with an estimated population that exceeds 15 million people ( New York metropolitan area ). The Hunts Point Cooperative Market handles

448-633: A number of Markets. Those called Fulton and Washington Markets are the largest. Fulton Market is at the East end of Fulton Street near the East River ... The first was formerly situated in Maiden Lane on the East River side, and was called Fly Market . The Fulton Fish Market initially served primarily housekeepers from the surrounding areas and Brooklyn. However, by 1850, wholesalers had become

504-459: A relatively high population of residents who are uninsured . In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 14%, slightly higher than the citywide rate of 12%. The concentration of fine particulate matter , the deadliest type of air pollutant , in Hunts Point and Longwood is 0.0085 mg/m (8.5 × 10  oz/cu ft), more than the city average. Fifteen percent of Hunts Point and Longwood residents are smokers , which

560-456: A suit under federal racketeering laws to appoint a trustee to run the market. A trustee was appointed, but the extent to which he was able to limit organized crime influence was limited. Since 2001, the market has been regulated by the City of New York's Business Integrity Commission in an effort to eliminate organized crime influence. On November 14, 2005, nearly four years after construction on

616-495: A temperature controlled warehouse with ease of access to NYC, New Jersey and Connecticut. Spofford Juvenile Center was formerly the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice's (DJJ) only Secure Detention center. The facility started as the Youth House for Boys and Youth House for Girls in the mid-1940s, and it moved to Hunts Point in 1957. The Youth House soon became known as Spofford Juvenile Center. On August 1, 1998, it

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672-642: A two-part documentary on the life of several drug-addicted sex workers living on the streets of the neighborhood. Hunts Point contains a New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station, Engine Co. 94/Ladder Co. 48/Battalion 3, at 1226 Seneca Avenue. As of 2018 , preterm births and births to teenage mothers are more common in Hunts Point and Longwood than in other places citywide. In Hunts Point and Longwood, there were 101 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 36.2 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). Hunts Point and Longwood has

728-675: Is 10474. The neighborhood is served by the New York City Police Department 's 41st Precinct. NYCHA property in the area is patrolled by P.S.A. 7 at 737 Melrose Avenue located in the Melrose section of the Bronx. Hunts Point was populated by the Wecquaesgeek , a Munsee -speaking band of Wappinger people, until English settlers first arrived in 1663. At this time, Edward Jessup and John Richardson arrived on

784-730: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Fulton Fish Market The Fulton Fish Market is a fish market in Hunts Point , a section of the New York City borough of the Bronx , in New York , United States . It was originally a wing of the Fulton Market, established in 1822 to sell a variety of foodstuffs and produce. In November 2005, the Fish Market relocated to a new facility in Hunts Point in

840-459: Is greater than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 1,036 per 100,000 people is higher than that of the city as a whole. The 41st Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 65% between 1990 and 2022. The precinct reported 5 murders, 31 rapes, 303 robberies, 426 felony assaults, 159 burglaries, 399 grand larcenies, and 231 grand larcenies auto in 2022. The 41st Precinct

896-418: Is higher than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. In Hunts Point and Longwood, 42% of residents are obese , 20% are diabetic , and 38% have high blood pressure —compared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively. In addition, 26% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%. Eighty-two percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which

952-458: Is home to one of the largest food distribution centers in the world, covering 329 acres (1.33 km ). The Produce and Meat Distribution Center were opened along the Bronx river in 1967 and 1974, respectively. In 2005, Hunts Point became the site for New York City's New Fulton Fish Market, which replaced the 180-year-old fish market formerly located in downtown Manhattan. Over 800 industrial businesses, employing over 25,000 workers, are located on

1008-469: Is less than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 72% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", lower than the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket in Hunts Point and Longwood, there are 20 bodegas . The nearest hospital is NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln in Melrose . Hunts Point is covered by the ZIP Code 10474. The United States Postal Service operates

1064-556: Is now considered the oldest continuously operating open-air market that still survives on the East Coast. However, the Fulton Fish Market is the oldest institution that still retains a primarily wholesale function; although its original public market on South Street is now closed. During most of the 20th century the market was associated with one or more New York Mafia families . In 1988, the U.S. Attorney's Office filed

1120-433: Is now recognized as the site of a burial ground for enslaved African-Americans. The largest park in Hunts Point is the 5-acre (20,000 m ) Barretto Point Park on the East River waterfront. It offers piers for fishing, sites for launching canoes and kayaks, and a floating swimming pool during the summer. There are also volleyball and basketball courts, a small amphitheater , and restroom facilities. Hunts Point

1176-604: The 2010 United States Census , the population of Hunts Point and Longwood was 27,204, an increase of 2,062 (8.2%) from the 25,142 counted in 2000 . Covering an area of 1,124 acres (455 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 24.2 inhabitants per acre (15,500/sq mi; 6,000/km ). The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 1.3% (342) White , 22.2% (6,049) African American , 0.2% (65) Native American , 0.7% (187) Asian , 0.0% (1) Pacific Islander , 0.2% (63) from other races , and 0.7% (192) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 74.6% (20,305) of

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1232-541: The Atlantic Ocean . By the 1950s, most of the Market's fish were trucked in rather than offloaded from the docks. The wholesalers at the Market then sold it to restaurateurs and retailers who purchased fresh fish of every imaginable variety. Prices at the Fulton Fish Market were tracked and reported by the United States government . In its original location, it was one of the last, and most significant, of

1288-511: The Long Island Sound . The total land area is approximately 690 acres (2.8 km ). The land area in Hunts Point is dominated by industry. There is a small but dense residential pocket that occupies the high ground in the northern half of the peninsula along Hunts Point Avenue. It consists primarily of older pre-war architecture apartment buildings with a smaller number of semi-detached multi-unit row houses . The area includes

1344-704: The South Bronx of New York City . It is the location of one of the largest food distribution facilities in the world, the Hunts Point Cooperative Market . Its boundaries are the Bruckner Expressway to the west and north, the Bronx River to the east, and the East River to the south. Hunts Point Avenue is the primary street through Hunts Point. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community District 2 , and its ZIP Code

1400-443: The $ 85 million facility began, the Market opened at its Bronx location. The move had been delayed due to legal problems. The last-minute dispute was between a company which had had a ten-year monopoly on delivering fish from trucks to individual sellers' stalls, versus the cooperative of sellers who wanted to do the task themselves in the new building. When the feuding parties agreed to continue as they had been for another three years,

1456-622: The American Bank Note building. An urban arts scene is emerging in Hunts Point, with cultural institutions such as THE POINT Community Development Corporation, the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD), and MUD/BONE STUDIO 889. BAAD was formerly located in the historic Bank Note Building and have now since relocated to 2474 Westchester Avenue. THE POINT, which is located in a former bagel factory, provides performance art space, visual art galleries, after-school programs in

1512-473: The Bronx, from its historic location near the Brooklyn Bridge along the East River waterfront at and above Fulton Street in the Financial District , Lower Manhattan . During much of its 183-year tenure at the original site, the Fulton Fish Market was the most important wholesale East Coast fish market in the United States . Opened in 1822, it was the destination of fishing boats from across

1568-565: The Bruckner Expressway. The 400,000-square-foot (37,000 m ) facility has better access to major highways in Hunts Point , but does not utilize the nearby LaGuardia Airport in Queens . In 2012, the market handled 200 million pounds (91,000,000 kg) of fish annually, at an estimated value of $ 1 billion. The Fulton Fish Market has been of interest to economists as a case study in imperfect competition, despite being

1624-1012: The Hunts Point Economic Development Corporation (HPEDC), Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx), THE POINT Community Development Corporation, Rocking the Boat, City Year , Legal Aid Society , Bronx Neighborhood Office, Mothers on the Move, Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, Children's Bible Fellowship sponsored Revolution Church, Iridescent, the Hunts Point Alliance for Children, and South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (SoBRO). Real Life Church, who has fed over 1,200 people in two years on Thanksgiving Day. Prior to 2010, Per Scholas —a nonprofit that provides tuition-free technology training to unemployed or underemployed adults for careers as IT professionals—was also located in Hunts Point, within

1680-493: The Hunts Point Station at 800 Manida Street. Hunts Point and Longwood generally have a lower rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city as of 2018 . While 16% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 41% have less than a high school education and 43% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 26% of Bronx residents and 43% of city residents have

1736-489: The New York City Produce market in 1967 and Hunts Point Meat Market in 1974, and culminating with the designation of Hunts Point as an In-Place- Industrial Park in 1980, Hunts Point has grown into a successful economic zone. The Hunts Point Industrial Park hosts over 800 businesses providing an array of products and services to points throughout the world. The second half of the 20th century, however, proved

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1792-459: The area in 1672. William H. Fox , a descendant of the Quaker leader, and his wife Charlotte Leggett, owned much of the land that is now Hunts Point. As time passed and more New Yorkers became aware of Hunts Point, more City dwellers flocked to the area between 1850 and 1900. Later, the property wound up in the hands of Fox's and Leggett's son-in-law, H. D. Tiffany, a member of the family that owned

1848-707: The citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 58% of high school students in Hunts Point and Longwood graduate on time, lower than the citywide average of 75%. The Bronx Charter School for the Arts , the Bronx Lighthouse Charter School, Hyde Leadership Charter School, the South Bronx Classical Charter School, and UA Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists are located in Hunts Point. In September 2011, Hyde Leadership Charter School opened on Hunts Point Avenue,

1904-465: The convenient access to the Tri-State region, the existing rail lines running through the Hunts Point area and the abundance of space available for the development of industrial and commercial activity. This discovery led to an influx of businesses to the area. As the momentum of incoming businesses increased, the reputation of Hunts Point grew accordingly among business circles. With the openings of

1960-523: The country, with almost half of the population living below the poverty line. Due to the lucrative drug trade in the area, many drug addicts reside in the community. The neighborhood has also been notorious for its prostitution industry since the 1980s. HBO has made four documentaries about prostitution in Hunts Point, Hookers at the Point , the most recent in April 2002. In 2008, a local news station released

2016-639: The ever-expanding needs businesses. In November 2001, shortly before leaving office, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani broke ground for the new Fulton Fish Market building in Hunts Point. Nearly four years after the structure was completed, which cost $ 85 million to build, 55 businesses moved into a 450,000-square-foot (42,000 m ) complex, located within the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center. The facility generates an estimated $ 1 billion in yearly revenue, as it allows seafood distributors to store their goods in

2072-558: The famous jewelry and decorative arts store Tiffany & Co. now on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan . Fox, Tiffany and Leggett Streets derive their names from these former landowners. In 1909, the Fox mansion was demolished. Hunts Point's status as a home and vacation spot to the city's elite came to an abrupt end in the period following World War I. At this time, the IRT Pelham Line ( 6 and <6> ​ trains)

2128-586: The first college preparatory high school to open in Hunts Point in nearly 30 years. Other schools include the John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School, MS201 Theatre Arts & RSCH (As of 2008, it is now known as MS 424), P352 at 201 Vida Bogart School, PS 352, PS 48 Joseph R Drake, St. Ignatius School and Wildcat Second Opportunity School. IS 217, the School of Performing Arts, is also located in Hunts Point on Tiffany Street. The New York Public Library operates

2184-540: The great wholesale food markets of New York. It survived major fires in 1835, 1845, 1918, and 1995. In its new location in Hunts Point, the Fulton Fish Market Cooperative handles millions of pounds of seafood daily, with annual sales exceeding $ 1 billion, and is second in size only to Tokyo's Toyosu Market . The Fulton Fish Market was one of New York's earliest open-air fish markets. From a New York newspaper dated 1831: In New York, there are

2240-699: The last obstacle to the move was removed and packing began. The move from the historic Manhattan site was due to a number of factors: The move brought 650 workers from the market's former location into the Bronx, with an additional 5,500 diesel truck trips through Hunts Point per week (according to the NY Metropolitan Transportation Council) – bringing the weekly total to 60,000. The facility generates over $ 1 billion in yearly revenue, and allows seafood distributors to store their goods in temperature controlled warehouses with easier transportation access due to its proximity to

2296-521: The main buyers as the market gained in prominence. The Fulton Fish Market is one of the oldest fish markets in the United States, along with the older Maine Avenue Fish Market in Washington, D.C. The Fulton Market was claimed to be the oldest in continuous operation in one place (since 1822) until it was relocated in 2005. The Maine Avenue Market in D.C. (since 1805, in various incarnations)

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2352-500: The neighborhood until 2001. The Hunts Point peninsula has a population of 8,684. It is a low-income residential neighborhood largely made up of Puerto Ricans , with smaller numbers of African Americans , Dominicans , Mexicans , and other Latin Americans. Hunts Point has one of the highest concentrations of Hispanics in all of New York City. Almost half of the population lives below the federal poverty line. Based on data from

2408-548: The paper is exclusively digital. The Express previously printed and distributed it for free at community centers, clinics, and stores throughout the neighborhood. Hunts Point and Longwood are patrolled by the 41st Precinct of the NYPD , located at 1035 Longwood Avenue. The 41st Precinct ranked 67th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. As of 2018 , with a non-fatal assault rate of 151 per 100,000 people, Hunts Point and Longwood's rate of violent crimes per capita

2464-596: The peninsula and purchased the lands from the Wecquaesgeek. After Jessup died, his widow, Elizabeth, entrusted the land to Thomas Hunt Jr., her son in-law for whom the area is named. In the years between the Hunts' inheritance and 1850, several other wealthy landowning families occupied the peninsula. Legend has it that George Fox (1624–1691), founder of the Society of Friends (commonly known as Quakers), preached in

2520-676: The peninsula. A large concentration of food wholesalers, distributors, and food processing businesses are located in the New York City zoned industrial business park. Below are some of the facilities that make up the Food Distribution Center in Hunts Point: The New York City Terminal Market carries fresh fruit and vegetables from 49 states and 55 foreign countries. The market consists of four buildings, each one-third of

2576-434: The percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 58% in Hunts Point and Longwood, compared to the boroughwide and citywide rates of 58% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018 , Hunts Point and Longwood are gentrifying . Hunts Point is a peninsula located at the confluence of the Bronx River and the East River , which is actually a tidal strait connecting Upper New York Bay to

2632-499: The population. The entirety of Community District 2, which comprises Hunts Point and Longwood, had 56,144 inhabitants as of NYC Health 's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 78.9 years. This is lower than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most inhabitants are youth and middle-aged adults: 28% are between the ages of between 0–17, 29% between 25–44, and 21% between 45–64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents

2688-415: The production, processing, distribution and sale of meat, poultry and related products. Spread over 38 acres (150,000 m ), the market's six main buildings offer 700,000 square feet (70,000 m ) of refrigerated space. More than 50 independent wholesale food companies operate facilities here. In 2002, a state-of-the art, 100,000-square-foot (10,000 m ) refrigerated warehouse was added to accommodate

2744-545: The recently developed Hunts Point Riverside Park . The New York City Department of City Planning designated a Special Hunts Point District in 2004 to incorporate zoning changes to encourage growth of the food distribution center while protecting the residential neighborhood. Hunts Point Riverside Park was spearheaded by Majora Carter in 2000, and after several iterations, won the 2009 Rudy Bruner Award for Excellence in Public Spaces. Joseph Rodman Drake Park

2800-403: The restaurant sector was highly competitive. They therefore had less scope to pass on prices to their customers than white buyers, who were more likely to resell to less elastic customers. Fulton Fish Market data has also been used to illustrate advances to instrumental variable methods in econometrics. Hunts Point, Bronx Hunts Point is a neighborhood located on a peninsula in

2856-404: The visual and performing arts for schoolchildren in the community, and community organizing around environmental improvement and infrastructure development in the neighborhood. In 2006, an online news outlet The Hunts Point Express began reporting on Hunts Point and Longwood . It is written by students at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and its edited by Joe Hirsch. As of 2023,

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2912-462: Was built along Southern Boulevard . Apartment buildings replaced mansions, streets replaced meadows and Hunts Point became a virtual melting pot for the City's masses. Aside from being a period of residential growth for Hunts Point, the 20th century was also a time of industrial expansion for the peninsula. As more people moved to the area, the city's business owners began to realize the advantages of locating to Hunts Point. Among these advantages were

2968-533: Was closed by the city. In announcing the closure, the Correctional Association of New York recognized that the facility had "a history of poor conditions and brutality against children." It was reckoned as the juvenile counterpart of Attica Correctional Facility , which in turn has long been reckoned as the toughest adult prison in New York. The prison detention center was torn down in 2019 for

3024-571: Was located at 1086 Simpson Street until 1993. During the 1980s, crime reached such a level that the Simpson Street building became known by the police as "Fort Apache", as was later immortalized in a 1981 movie named for it. The Simpson Street building currently houses the Bronx Detectives Bureau . Hunts Point has suffered from crime and poverty for many years and was once part of the poorest congressional districts in

3080-507: Was lower, at 12% and 10% respectively. As of 2017, the median household income in Community Districts 1 and 2, including Melrose and Mott Haven , was $ 20,966. In 2018, an estimated 29% of Hunts Point and Longwood residents lived in poverty, compared to 25% in all of the Bronx and 20% in all of New York City. One in eight residents (12%) were unemployed, compared to 13% in the Bronx and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or

3136-777: Was vacated by the DJJ; earlier that year, on January 18, the city announced that the Horizon Juvenile Center, in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx, and the Crossroads Juvenile Center, in Brownsville, Brooklyn , would be opened to replace the Spofford facility. However, ultimately, Spofford was not closed, but was instead renamed Bridges Juvenile Center in 1999. In early 2011, Bridges

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