Undocumented immigrant Baba Sillah of Gambia, who lives in The Bronx with his wife (a…
Bronx Stories
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Florinne Ambramowitz and her cousin Ronnie Connors who both grew up in The Bronx but…
The following is a series written by Diego Robayo of the Historic District Council which…
Engineering students at Manhattan College in The Bronx worked together to create a water filtration…
Photo: Diego Robayo The following is a series written by Diego Robayo of the Historic…
Never forget. For the past 70 years we’ve been taught to never forget the genocide…
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.
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.
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!
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.