A 9 story building is being planned by Foxy Development on Arthur Avenue and E…
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The title of this post and the original article leads one to believe that there…
We usually don’t go there but we have to talk about the racist Bronx principal…
The Wall Street Journal states that Bronx home prices have, “…eclipsed the previous record set…
Following the success of Detroit’s Entrepreneurs of Color Fund, JPMorgan is creating the South Bronx…
A 50,000 square foot YMCA in Edenwald is coming and new, preliminary renderings were released…
- 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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City To Build a New Bronx Jail in Mott Haven
A new Bronx jail is coming to Mott Haven thanks to Mayor Bill de Blasio. Currently an NYPD tow pound lot, the site at 320 Concord Avenue is the location of the old Lincoln Hospital. This is part of the 10 year plan to shut Rikers Island down and build jails in each borough and…
Bronx Islands: A Brief Guide
Bronx islands is not the first topic that comes up when thinking about our borough. Besides the obvious City Island and (gasp) Rikers Island did you know that we have dozens of islands? Some inhabited, some no longer islands, some abandoned completely. The Bronx even has its own archipelago shared with Westchester known as the…
Brooklyn Man Declares Best NYC Pizza is In The Bronx (Duh)
Writing for Chowhound, Ian Levenstein declares that NYC’s best pizza is not in Brooklyn but in The Bronx. Where exactly? Pelham Bay to be exact and he lists many past Welcome2TheBronx reader favorites. But we’re sure this will set off another pizza war. So which joints did this Brooklyn guy go gaga for? Which did…
17 US Presidents Who Visited The Bronx
Here’s a wonderful historical post by Olga Luz Tirado, executive director of The Bronx Tourism Council on US Presidents who visited The Bronx. Our borough has a rich presidential history that you may not be aware of! 17 U.S. PRESIDENTS WHO VISITED THE BRONX By Olga Luz Tirado On February 12th we celebrate Abraham…
Our Lady of Pity Church in Melrose is Slowly Being Demolished
Our Lady of Pity Church, which was deconsecrated by the Archdiocese of New York last November, is being demolished. Not even its former school and rectory will be spared. The parish of Madonna del Suffragio was founded in 1908 by Italian immigrants from Ponza, an island off the coast of Italy halfway between Rome and…
Bronx Tsunami Warning for Throggs Neck and Coastal Areas Was Only a Test
Bronx Tsunami Warning Residents of Throggs Neck and coastal areas of The Bronx were shocked and sent into a panic at 8:30AM this morning when AccuWeather issued a Bronx Tsunami Warning for those areas and was sent to users of its app. The alert stated that the tsunami warning would be in effect until 9:28AM.…
- 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
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