A few years ago, Welcome2TheBronx broke the story about the first market-rate, new construction condos…
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This post was written by Syed Ali and originally appeared on CoLab Radio, a publication of…
Evangelina Williams happily celebrated her 106th birthday yesterday in The Bronx with her 103 year…
Congressman Joseph Crowley has written a letter to MTA chair, Joseph J. Lhota, urging that…
A four bedroom apartment in Longwood on Beck Street for just $100k sounds like a…
- After 115 years, historic All Hallows High School in The Bronx will close this year
- 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
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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Another Large Development Coming to Norwood
Since a 2011 rezoning that increased density in Norwood and Bedford Park along Webster Avenue, these Northwest Bronx communities have been facing an increased onslaught of developments completely out of character for the area. Now, a new development has been announced for the area which will go up at 3524 & 3528 Parkside Place and…
The Fight for The South Bronx Waterfront: $2 Billion Housing Development Proposed For Same Site as $700 Million Soccer Stadium
Yesterday we reported on Related and Somerset’s $700 million proposal to develop 13 acres of the Harlem River Yards in Port Morris which would include a soccer stadium and 550 affordable housing units but another proposal was submitted proposing 2,000 units of much mixed housing which would include “affordable” housing as well. Today, Crain’s reports…
Bronx Woman Serves With US Navy Half a World Away
The following is a guest post by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Robert Zahn, Navy Office of Community Outreach who graciously allowed us to post the following article. YOKOSUKA, Japan- A Bronx, New York, native and 2011 St. Raymond Academy graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Petty…
Mega $700 Million Development & Soccer Stadium Proposed for Port Morris Waterfront
Two years after NYS issued a Request for Expressions of Interest to develop 12.8 acres of the Harlem River Yards in Port Morris, Yimby has revealed that a massive project to include a soccer stadium and 550 “affordable housing apartments”. Behind this proposal is Related Companies partnered together with Somerset Partners (who spearheaded the ill-named…
The Legacy of Casa Amadeo: NYC’s Oldest Latino Music Store
Photo: Diego Robayo The following is a series written by Diego Robayo of the Historic District Council which profiles Bronx community leaders who have contributed to our history and will be published here on Welcome2TheBronx. The Legacy of Casa Amadeo: NYC’s Oldest Latino Music Store Encouraged by subsidy programs that offered zero-down mortgage payments on…
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, We Recall How a Bronx Rabbi Saved a Family
Never forget. For the past 70 years we’ve been taught to never forget the genocide of six million Jews but a new survey released today on Yom Hashoa, Holocaust Remembrance Day, shows that it is fading into memory. The New York Times reports: Thirty-one percent of Americans, and 41 percent of millennials, believe that two…
- After 115 years, historic All Hallows High School in The Bronx will close this year
- 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
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