Undocumented immigrant Baba Sillah of Gambia, who lives in The Bronx with his wife (a…
Bronx Stories
Meet the 29-Year-Old Bronx Dominican Immigrant That’s Teaching Financial Tech Start-ups How Real People Deal With Money
The Bronx is a borough of immigrants in a nation of immigrants that shape our…
Living in the Bronx Through the Eyes of its Seniors
In our borough, 1 out of every 8 Bronxite is a senior and a new…
Watch: A Bronx War Hero’s Lost Purple Heart Unites Long-Lost Relatives in Our Borough
Florinne Ambramowitz and her cousin Ronnie Connors who both grew up in The Bronx but…
Forced to Flee Washington Heights’s Gentrification, A Man Finally Finds a Place to Call Home in The Bronx
The following is a series written by Diego Robayo of the Historic District Council which…
Watch: Bronx Engineering Students Develop Water Filtration System for a School in Puerto Rico
Engineering students at Manhattan College in The Bronx worked together to create a water filtration…
The Legacy of Casa Amadeo: NYC’s Oldest Latino Music Store
Photo: Diego Robayo The following is a series written by Diego Robayo of the Historic…
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, We Recall How a Bronx Rabbi Saved a Family
Never forget. For the past 70 years we’ve been taught to never forget the genocide…
Epitaph for a Bronx Accent – Tablet Magazine
The following is an excerpt from a wonderful post on The Bronx’s Jewish history and how a language united its people in a borough that was home to the largest Jewish population in all of New York City.
Watch: 101 Year Old Bronx Woman—And Runner—An Inspiration For All
Bronx resident Ida Keeling is literally in a league of her own. Keeling, who turns 101 this month, has been racing for over 30 years now.
This centenarian has been setting records, particularly women in the 95-99 year category and now just days before her 101st birthday, has set yet another record for a new age bracket.
Curbed Celebrates The Bronx in Their First Ever ‘Bronx Week’ Coverage
Welcome2TheBronx is happy to be part of Curbed’s first-ever Bronx Week Coverage which was launched today. The series takes a dive into our ever changing borough and what makes us tick. Thanks to the folks at Curbed for asking us to be a part of their launch!
‘Battling Bella’: The Bronx Woman Who Fought For All
Bella Abzug (née Savitsky) was born on July 24, 1920, in The Bronx to Russian Jewish immigrants who went on to become the first Jewish woman elected to Congress as well as the first woman elected to the House of Representatives on a platform of gender equality and women’s rights.