The Melrose Building at 260 E 161st Street and Morris Avenue in the heart of…
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Bronx property owners within 300 foot radius of foreclosed properties are worth on average $4,963…
The New York City Council has given the green light for the creation of the…
Much like synagogues that once dotted the South Bronx and began shutting down as the…
New permits have been filed for 1755 Watson Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood of The Bronx revealing…
Another “affordable” housing development in The Bronx began accepting applications 93 units at 2605 Grand…
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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Four More Bronx Catholic Churches “Deconsecrated” Paving Way for Their Sale
Last week on November 30th, the Archdiocese of New York deconsecrated four churches–St Roch’s and St Pius V (both in Mott Haven), Our Lady of Pity in Melrose, and St Joseph’s in Tremont—setting the stage for their eventual sale. They join Visitation in Kingsbridge and St Ann’s Church in Norwood which were both deconsecrated this past summer by…
RPA Calls For Expanding 2nd Avenue Subway Into The Bronx & A Triboro Line From Co-op City to Brooklyn
Regional Plan Association is calling for major fixes of the subway and transit situation across the New York City region and is proposing to extend the 2nd Avenue subway into The Bronx as well the much needed Triboro line that would stretch from Co-op City to Sunset Park in Brooklyn. The plan even calls for…
Bronx Jewish Hall of Fame Inducts 2017’s Honorees
This past Wednesday, November 29th at The Bronx Museum of The Arts, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr, along with The Bronx Jewish Historical Initiative, celebrated the induction of this year’s honorees to the Bronx Jewish Hall of Fame. “The Bronx Jewish Hall of Fame showcases people who have made extraordinary contributions not just within…
City Approves 425 Affordable and Senior Housing Development In Soundview
The Mitchell-Lama Park Lane Apartments at 1965 Lafayette Avenue in the Soundview section of The Bronx is slated to get new neighbors as the City Planning Commission has approved a rezoning of the the site to convert a parking lot and basketball courts into two buildings with 425 units of affordable housing, one of which…
First Luxury Building Revealed in Port Morris Near The Bronx’s Randall’s Island Connector
YIMBY has revealed renderings for an alleged luxury building coming to Port Morris just 2 blocks from the Randall’s Island Connector but there’s only one catch: The lot isn’t zoned for residential and was left out of the 2004 rezoning of the area. The proposed site is actually comprised of 3 separate lots with…
Project Seeks Bronx Italian American Residents For Oral History Initiative
The Bronx Italian American History Initiative at Fordham University is seeking Italian Americans from our borough to create an online archive of personal stories of Italians and Italian Americans, the Bronx neighborhoods they settled and lived in as well as worked. According to the BIAHI: “Italian immigrants and their children made lasting contributions to the…
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