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]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Martín Peña
2. Puerto Rico 2000: Population and Housing Unit Counts
3. "El Caño 3.7". El Caño (in Spanish).
4. "Beyond debt default and Zika, Puerto Rico struggles as trash piles up". PBS NewsHour. 14 May 2016.
5. Conway, Marian; McCambridge, Ruth (June 8, 2018). "The Function of Land Trusts in Puerto Rico's Future". nonprofit quarterly.
6. "Caño Martín Peña Community Land Trust". World Habitat.

External links

• Media related to Martín Peña (Hato Rey) at Wikimedia Commons