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Since 2011, The Historic District Council has put out a yearly list of six neighborhoods…
Amazon won’t settle for taking over Long Island City or an almost million square foot…
Seven years ago we responded to an “article” in The New York Times that asked…
Although the last synagogue in the South Bronx closed over a decade ago, the area…
In what is now the longest ever government shutdown in American history, thousands of Bronx…
- A 2,200-bed migrant shelter for men heading to the South Bronx
- New York City Selects Developers for Long-Abandoned Kingsbridge Armory
- Construction begins on the tallest building in the South Bronx
- Rare, truly affordable apartments, as low as $454 a month, now available in The Bronx
- Housing lottery thinks $4,376 for a two-bedroom in Fordham in The Bronx is “affordable”
Almost overnight, the South Bronx grew a glittering skyline of market rate luxury rental towers along the Harlem River with many of them rising as tall as twenty five stories as the…
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Spaceworks to Open First Bronx Location Bringing Subsidized Studios for Local Artists
After two years of outreach and community engagement, local Bronx artists are finally moving into the borough’s first Spaceworks art work space designed to provide subsidized studios at affordable prices to the creative community. Located at 240 East 153rd Street in Melrose at the new Park Avenue Green affordable housing development by OMNI NY LLC,…
NYC Ferry Officially Expanding to Throggs Neck!
Starting in 2021, NYC Ferry will officially begin service at Throggs Neck from Ferry Point Park. Residents and Welcome2TheBronx advocated for this necessary expansion for locals living in a transit desert especially after the success of the Soundview Ferry which opened last summer. According to NYC Ferry which made the announcement on Twitter earlier, the…
Landmark Bronx General Post Office in Contract for Sale in the High $70 millions
In October, Welcome2TheBronx broke the story that the Bronx General Post Office was up for sale again, now, it has been confirmed that the beloved landmark building is under contract for sale in the high $70 millions. It’s been less than 5 years since YoungWoo and Associates purchased the property from the United States Postal…
Confirmed: Yolanda’s Restaurant to Become Market-Rate Apartments; Rendering Revealed
Just days after Melrose was declared one of NYC’s hottest neighborhoods for 2019, a developer has confirmed that they’re bringing market-rate rentals to the area where Yolanda’s Restaurant currently stands on 149th Street. After we did some further research, it appears that the bulk of the building will be constructed at 148th Street on what…
Melrose in The Bronx Listed As One of NYC’s Hottest Neighborhoods for 2019
With 1,902 residential apartments under construction spread across 19 developments and a median 1 bedroom asking rent of $1,595 a month, Localize.city has listed Melrose in the South Bronx as one of NYC’s hottest neighborhoods for 2019. This isn’t even including the over 6,000 units of housing that has been constructed in the area since…
Yolanda’s Restaurant in the South Bronx to be Replaced by Two 8-Story Residential Buildings
According to filings at the Department of Buildings and an article in The Real Deal, plans have been filed to construct two 8-story residential buildings where Yolanda’s Italian restaurant has stood for 59 years. As per the plans, the buildings will be 8 stories tall with 123 residential units and ground floor retail space. The…
- A 2,200-bed migrant shelter for men heading to the South Bronx
- New York City Selects Developers for Long-Abandoned Kingsbridge Armory
- Construction begins on the tallest building in the South Bronx
- Rare, truly affordable apartments, as low as $454 a month, now available in The Bronx
- Housing lottery thinks $4,376 for a two-bedroom in Fordham in The Bronx is “affordable”