The Bronx has quite the image in many people’s minds, whether locally or across the world, but there are many actual real things, people, facts, and history about the northernmost borough of New York City that many people don’t know.
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New luxury units along the Harlem River Waterfront in the South #Bronx with rents as high as $3,400 for two bedrooms are being called “affordable” in the latest entry in the #gentrification wars in the borough.
First the beavers arrived and made the Bronx River their home—the first time the critters…
Someone in The Bronx may be $20 million richer as a winning mega million lotto ticket was sold in the Mount Eden neighborhood of the borough.
A new report by RentHop, a real estate listing website that also provides various annual…
When it comes to single-family home sales prices, the landmarked Fieldston neighborhood in Riverdale in…
Bally’s gambling complex proposal at the former Trump Links in Throggs Neck relies on getting state approval to alienate parkland, but lacks local leaders’ support as the legislative session winds down. By…
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Two condos in the South Bronx sell for over $1.1 million each shattering real estate records
For the first time in South Bronx real estate history, condominium apartments have cracked the $1 million price tag. The two units are located in the Bronx Bricks condominium at 305 E 140th Street, the first condo loft conversion in the South Bronx back in 2008. Unit 5A, a 1,981 square foot, three-bedroom loft sold…
The Bronx is getting a new, green and futuristic library
The Bronx will soon be home to one of the most beautiful libraries in New York City. Renderings have been revealed for the new Westchester Square Library Branch of the New York Public Library which, once complete, will replace the current branch located a few blocks away over on Glebe Avenue. The new, 12,000 square…
125 years ago, the five boroughs are joined to create today’s New York City
On January 1st, 1898, after years of planning and razor-thin election results, the five boroughs we know today as The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island, were consolidated into one city to create the New York City we know today 125 years later. The great consolidation united two of the largest cities in the…
Bronx woman is New York City’s one billionth subway rider
On Tuesday morning, at the 161st Street and River Avenue Station on the 4, B, and D line in The Bronx, Bronxite Sasha Salazar became the 1 billionth subway rider for 2022. Salazar said of the historic moment, “Every New Yorker uses the subway every day and I know that we appreciate the MTA, all…
The Bronx “Christmas House” lives on in Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ music video
Every year, as soon as Halloween is over and the calendar changes from October 31st to November 1st, Mariah Carey comes out of hibernation and haunts the airwaves with her iconic and ever-present holiday hit, ‘All I want for Christmas is You’. No matter where you go, what store you enter, what channel you switch…
Construction begins on $87 million renovation of landmarked Orchard Beach Pavilion
After decades of neglect, the landmarked Orchard Beach Pavilion will be restored to its former glory with an $87 million renovation which was launched with a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday. While the majority of the pavilion, including the bathhouse, has been off-limits to the public for over a decade, the beach still receives an impressive 1.6…