Abandoned Detox Center a Step Closer to Conversion Into Community Center
Mott Haven Herald
By: Eliot Force, Janna McPartland and Hannah Fierick
South Bronx Unite, is one step closer to converting an abandoned building that 50 years ago served as a detox center into a community center with an emphasis on health, education and the arts.
The Mott Haven-based community advocacy group hosted a community concert and rally on Oct. 1 outside the future H.E.Arts Community Center at 349 E 140th St. in Mott Haven.
The event celebrated the release of a Request For Proposal for the purchase, renovation, and operation of the abandoned Lincoln Hospital Detox Center to the South Bronx Unite’s Community Land Trust Initiative. The event also honored the legacy of Dr. Mutulu Shakur, a community healer who introduced acupuncture as a treatment for addiction at the detox center.
