Martín Peña (Hato Rey)

Not to be confused with Martín Peña (Santurce).

Martín Peña is one of the 4 subbarrios of barrio Hato Rey Norte, in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico.^[2] The subbarrio has more than 2000 informal houses which get flooded with waters of the Martín Peña Channel.

Martín Peña
Subbarrio
View of the Martín Peña Channel
Martín Peña
Coordinates: 18°26′16″N 66°03′40″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	San Juan
Barrio	Hato Rey Norte
Population  (2000)
• Total	4,677
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

For 30 years the community of Martin Peña dealt with the dirty waters of the Martin Peña Channel^[3] and in 2016 the area was still not safe from raw sewage.^[4]

In 2017 the community celebrated some victories such as their Community Land Trust^[5] but continued demanding the betterment of their community^[6] stating 26,000 people were still affected.^[3]