New York City’s Affordable Housing Lottery is now available for twenty-five units in a newly…
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Brand-new apartments now available in The Bronx as low as $397 a month
MELROSE—A brand-new residential housing development in the South Bronx is now accepting applications via New York City’s Housing Connect lottery system for affordable housing. Located at 740 Brook Avenue at E 156th Street in the Melrose area of the South Bronx, Brook Avenue Apartments actually offers not only rents that are truly affordable but income…
New York City’s largest industrial development is under construction in The Bronx
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
The YMCA returns to the South Bronx with a grand opening at The Hub
After several years of delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the La Central YMCA in Melrose at The Hub is finally open. Located at 430 Westchester Avenue at La Central, the 50,000 square foot facility is a return of the YMCA to the neighborhood after a decades-long absence since the closing of their old facility…
‘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…