The New York City Council has given the green light for the creation of the…
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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…
The Bronx, known as ‘El Condado de la Salsa’ (the borough of Salsa) is no…
Last week on November 30th, the Archdiocese of New York deconsecrated four churches–St Roch’s and…
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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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…
Recognition At Last! Bronx Street to be Renamed After Batman Co-Creator Bill Finger
On December 8th, late Bronxite and DeWitt Clinton alumni Bill Finger and co-creator of Batman will have justice with a Bronx street renamed after him. For years, many only knew Bob Kane as the creator of Batman but it was actually Bill Finger who gave Bob Kane not only the idea of how Batman should…
Bronx Man Obsessed with the 80s Spends $100k in Memorabilia
Hey. I was born in 1975 and am a child of the 80s. I LOVE the 80s. But John-Paul Annunziato of Morris Park in The Bronx takes his love to an obsession that has cost him over $100,000 as he continues to splurge on 80s memorabilia. Annunziato has filled his one bedroom apartment with over…
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