This past Sunday, The Bronx and its denizens cheered on over 50,000 participants of all…
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New data released today by Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets shows just how…
The world’s largest retailer outside of China has taken another bite out of The Bronx…
Just a few weeks after Target opened their fourth Bronx location on Fordham Road, the…
MELROSE—A brand-new residential housing development in the South Bronx is now accepting applications via New…
The South Bronx will soon be home to New York City’s largest industrial development known as Bronx Logistics Center, a state-of-the-art, multilevel warehouse
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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‘South Bronx Rising’ book launch begins this weekend
Thirty-five years after author Jill Jones published South Bronx Rising: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of an American she is back with a third, updated edition covering the explosion of real estate developments across the South Bronx as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the borough. In this latest edition, the forward…
Cardi B returns to her old, Bronx school surprising students and staff with a $100k donation
MORRIS HEIGHTS—The Bronx’s own Grammy-winning Hip Hop artist, Cardi B, came back to the borough yesterday in a surprise visit to her old alma mater, Middle School IS 232 stunning students and even the principal with a $100,000 donation to the school. “We are thrilled to welcome Cardi B back home to IS 232 in…
A year after affordable housing lottery was launched, dozens of apartments sit vacant in South Bronx development
It’s been over a year since a lottery was launched for a luxury “affordable” housing development located at 276 Grand Concourse in Mott Haven which was asking $2,000 a month for a studio and upwards of $2,400 for two-bedroom units. 13 months later and there are dozens of apartments that still haven’t been rented as…
‘Pride’ on full display in The Bronx this past weekend
After a temporary hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pride festivities celebrating The Bronx’s LGBTQIA community was on full display this past Saturday at The Hub in the South Bronx. Hosted by Destination Tomorrow, the borough’s official Pride Center, thousands of revelers who came to The Hub at 3rd Avenue and 149th Street on Saturday…
NYC’s Population Plummeted During Peak COVID — And It’s Still Likely Shrinking
Suhail Bhat, The City This article was originally published on May 31 5:00am EDT by THE CITY Anyone fighting to find a scarce apartment to rent might think the local population is rebounding two years after COVID drove an exodus out of New York City. But information tracked by the federal government suggests that, while…
Second person dead in Bronx Legionnaires’ outbreak
The New York City Department of Health has confirmed that a second Bronx resident has died as a result of the latest legionnaires’ outbreak in the Highbridge section of The Bronx which has sickened 24 people since it was first reported almost two weeks ago. Since the outbreak was first detected across the 10452 and…