Several years ago, newer developments in the South Bronx, particularly in the Port Morris and…
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The Bronx and its neighborhoods (except City Island of course) are the only ones in New York City located on the mainland of the continental United States.
In 1874 in what is today the borough of The Bronx, the lands West of The Bronx River seceded from Westchester County and became part of the ever-growing New York City metropolis and by 1895, what we know today as the East Bronx, East of the Bronx River were annexed from Westchester and into New York County which in essence made our borough the FIRST borough a full 3 years before Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island decided to join the party.
Many of our neighborhoods take their names from the towns and villages that once dotted the Boogie Down Bronx.
A vital, yet dangerous connection between The Bronx and Westchester County has taken a step…
Another affordable housing lottery has been launched in The Bronx, this time in the Fordham…
MELROSE—When it opened in the summer of 2017, Porto Salvo quickly became a neighborhood favorite…
When Salim Drammeh set out to raise funds for the Gambian Youth Organization for the…
Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Greg B. Smith, THE CITY In 2018, a year after a…
The Bronx, yet again, finds itself at the center of another tragic fire that has…
Last week Tuesday, December 28, the Soundview Ferry line was officially extended to Throggs Neck…
The blight once known as Spofford Juvenile Detention center in the Hunts Point neighborhood of…
A brand new affordable housing development in the Morris Heights section of The Bronx is…
Two years ago, ‘Fordham Landing’ was proposed as a massive redevelopment of the Harlem River…
by Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Katie Honan, THE CITY This article was originally published on…
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