Can shipping containers be the next wave in affordable housing construction? One real estate developer…
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This Thursday, March 22nd, RuPaul’s Drag Race will premier its 10th season and will feature…
This summer The Bronx is finally getting a ferry service in Soundview but we can’t…
In a few days it will be exactly 6 months that Hurricane Maria landed in…
The popular Irish pub in Riverdale, An Beal Bocht, hosted the world’s smallest St Patrick’s…
Each week we’re aiming to highlight different aspects of our beautiful Bronx through our extensive…
- 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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Two Women Bring The Bronx to New Zealand
Although negative stereotypes of The Bronx still persist around the world and even right here in our own country and city, in recent years more and more of the plethora of positive aspects of our culture is gaining worldwide recognition. To see this blossoming on a global scale, for us, is an amazing phenomenon considering…
Watch: Take a Ride Along The 3rd Avenue El
One of the worst things to happen to transportation in The Bronx was the removal of the 3rd Avenue El running from the North Bronx down to Chatham Square in Downtown Manhattan. First, The Bronx’s portion of the 3rd Avenue El was severed from Manhattan on May 12, 1955 when the entire Manhattan portion of…
Bronx Investment Sales Rise as They Tumble Across the Other Four Boroughs
Investment sales in New York City continue to drop across all boroughs except The Bronx where the borough was the only one to show an increase in the second half of 2017 which was up by 3% the previous year from $1.45 billion to $1.49 billion. Manhattan, meanwhile, saw a 41% drop form $17 billion…
Protected Bike Lanes Coming to Broadway Along Van Cortlandt Park
Despite opposition from Bronx Community Board 8, New York City Department of Transportation is ignoring the board and will proceed with a redesign of Broadway from 242nd Street to the city limits at the Westchester County border and will include two-way protected bike lanes. Currently, pedestrians have to cross a 70 foot wide Broadway making…
South Bronx Unite to de Blasio and City—No New Prisons: Not in the South Bronx, Not Anywhere
We unequivocally reject the city’s plan to site a new jail at 320 Concord Avenue in our South Bronx neighborhood, and we oppose the construction of any new jails in New York City. The decision to construct a new jail in the South Bronx, made without any input from the local community, is a slap…
Governor Cuomo to Declare NYCHA State of Emergency
After visiting Andrew Jackson Houses in Melrose, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo said has no problem with declaring a state of emergency for NYCHA after witnessing first hand the deplorable conditions for himself as he toured the projects. Cuomo saw apartments that were infested with roaches and vermin, peeling paint that could possibly be…
- 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