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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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