Here’s a wonderful historical post by Olga Luz Tirado, executive director of The Bronx Tourism…
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Our Lady of Pity Church, which was deconsecrated by the Archdiocese of New York last…
Bronx Tsunami Warning Residents of Throggs Neck and coastal areas of The Bronx were shocked…
So how exactly did Jenny Bui, probably the most famous nail artist become the ‘Queen…
Images documenting everyday life in the Claremont Village neighborhood of The Bronx will light up…
A Cross Bronx Expressway Park? Imagine a Cross Bronx Expressway Park. A report by researchers…
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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Old Whitestone Cinemas to Be Demolished This Spring & Make Way For Massive Distribution Center
The old 20 acre Whitestone Cinemas site, which was sold last year for $75 million, will be demolished this spring according to Real Estate Weekly. The site will be developed by the new owners into a massive 840,000 square foot multi-level “last mile” distribution center which will be the first of its kind in the…
Watch: Bronx Teacher Melissa Salguero Wins Grammy Educator Award
Melissa Salguero, who teachers music at PS 48 aka the Joseph R. Drake School in Hunts Point has won the Grammy Educator award along with a $10,000 honorarium beating out music teachers from across the country. Since 2010, Salguero has been teaching over at PS 48 and is no stranger to recognition as having won…
South Bronx Saviors or Sellouts?
South Bronx Gentrification How do we continue to improve our borough without becoming part of the problem and spurring gentrification? That’s the basic question I answered as honestly and as best as I could in a recent interview in The Village Voice. From the Gentrification Queen of the South Bronx, Majora Carter, to Bronxites like…
Bronx Rents Rising with Highbridge Asking Rents Up 22% as Overall NYC Declines by 3.4%
Zumper just released its annual NYC Rent Map showing how rents have increased (or decreased) over the course of the year and the results are quite surprising (or not) with overall NYC rents dipping by 3.7% but The Bronx showed the biggest increases in all of NYC with rents jumping by 22% in Highbridge with…
Landmark Georgia O’Keeffe Exhibition Coming to The Bronx’s New York Botanical Garden
Georgia O’Keeffe’s Works Coming to The New York Botanical Garden The Bronx’s New York Botanical Garden will be the home of a landmark exhibition this year called: ‘Georgia O’Keeffe: Visions of Hawai‘i’ with over 15 of her paintings not seen together in New York since their debut 78 years ago. On the heels of major…
$60 Million Animal Care Center of NYC FINALLY Coming to The Bronx
After decades of Bronx animal lovers pleading with New York City officials, we’re getting a real deal animal shelter in The Bronx. The new center, which is slated to open in 2024, will be a large 47,000 square foot facility on Bartow Avenue in the Baychester/Co-op City area of The Bronx and will provide adoption…
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