HUNTS POINT
COMMUNITY
NETWORK

Empowering Community, Fostering Innovation: Hunts Point, Where Bronx Breathes Brighter

WHO WE ARE

The Hunts Point Community Network, established in 2017, is a community-owned and managed wireless mesh network providing free WiFi to the Hunts Point area. Our network is maintained by local residents and businesses, ensuring resilient and reliable internet access for the community.

OUR MISSION

The Hunts Point Community Network, established in 2017, is a community-owned and managed wireless mesh network providing free WiFi to the Hunts Point area. Our network is maintained by local residents and businesses, ensuring resilient and reliable internet access for the community.

SOLUTION

This solution uses both directional and omnidirectional routers set up as Mesh Nodes. Several are linked together with Ethernet cables to bridge parts of the network. Note how the signal routes “around” the difference in height in the buildings by bouncing back and forth between the rows of buildings.

OUR NETWORK IN NUMBERS

MEET THE TEAM

  • Luis Saula

    HPCN Network Manager and Engineer

  • Gilberto Romero

    HPCN Data Analyst and Computer Programming

  • Jonathan Berenguer

    HPCN IT

  • Barbara Alicea

    Executive Managing Director

 FAQs

  • For more information on how to host a node on a Hunts Point business or in a residence or any questions regarding the Hunts Point Community Network project contact, HPCN TEAM at HPCN@thepoint.org

    • Hosting a node and sharing the connection with your neighbors

    • Attending Community Tech workshops and meetings to be informed about the network

    • Sharing what you learned about Community Technology with your neighbors, piers, and family members

    • Offering space for Community Tech Workshops

    • Informing community members about the benefits of community wireless

    • Leading campaigns about Digital Justice and related subjects

    • Offering Wi-Fi spaces for community members to have access to the internet

    • Hosting backbone infrastructure by lending rooftop space

    • Donating space to host rooftop nodes

    • Participating in the Community Tech workshops

    • Attending workshops

    • Sharing everything you learn about tech and the network with your neighbors, employees, family members, etc.

    • Sharing your ideas, space, money, or time to the development of a community network for your neighborhood

940 Garrison Ave,
Bronx, NY 10474

Hours
Monday–Friday
10am–6pm

Phone
(718) 542-4139
(718) 542-4988