We’ve said it many times before that The Bronx’s greatest resource is its people and…
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The Bronx is beautiful. From Country Club to the Grand Concourse and Soundview to Riverdale,…
Without them, Parkchester isn’t, well Parkchester. Now, several of the iconic terracotta statues that adorn…
The developer rush to the South Bronx continues as a warehouse was recently purchased in…
8 studios and 57 two bedroom apartments in a 126 unit development are up for…
The cleansing of the Jerome Avenue Rezoning Area has begun as the first set of…
- Archdiocese to close two more Bronx Catholic schools
- 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
The Economic Development Corporation’s pick of Maddd Equities and Joy Construction elevates hopes that decades of revival schemes finally come to fruition — and concerns about a contractor’s safety record. By Jonathan…
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WATCH: Bronx Students Grow 25,000 Pounds of Produce
DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx is known for having produced such notable alumni like Stan Lee, Burt Lancaster, Richard Avedon and many others. Now the famed Bronx high school is being recognized for something else: Growing fresh produce. And we’re not talking small potatoes either. According to PIX11 News, these students are producing…
Opinion: The Right Way to Close Rikers
The following is an Op-Ed by Rev. Rubén Austria in response to last week’s ‘Creating a More Just New York City‘ by Stanley Richards who made the case for building a new jail in Mott Haven neighborhood of The Bronx. The Right Way to Close Rikers When Mayor De Blasio first announced in March of…
Opinion: Creating a More Just New York City
The following is an op-ed by Stanley Richards In order to close the infamous Rikers Island jail complex, New York City is seeking to cut its jail population in half and build a smaller system of facilities in the boroughs, so that detained people are held closer to the courts and to their families and…
The Bronx’s LGBTQ Community Gets Its Own Center in the Unlikeliest of Places: Where it All Began
They say things come full circle and I’m The Bronx, the LGBTQ community is a testament to that. After years of searching and false starts, The Bronx will finally have an LGBTQ center to call its own. The Bronx LGBTQ Center is coming back home to its original location at 448-452 E 149th Street in…
Redevelopment of Kingsbridge Armory Into World’s Largest Ice Center Might Finally Happen
Since it was announced in 2013, the redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory into the world’s largest ice center has been plagued with false starts. But after all these years it may actually be close to happening. Crain’s is reporting that Citibank is close to financing the first phase of the estimated $350 million project that…
Citi Bike Launched Today in The Bronx: Here’s What You Need to Know
This morning we saw the launch of NYC Ferry at Soundview giving thousands of commuters a new option for getting to their destinations. Later in the afternoon Citi Bike held their official launch party as their new dockless bikes hit the streets of Fordham and surrounding neighborhoods joining JUMP Bikes, another dockless system which launched…
- Archdiocese to close two more Bronx Catholic schools
- 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
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