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A Bronx Dominican Restaurant Honors A Mother Lost

The New York Times profiled a Dominican eatery called Margarita’s Restaurant in the Longwood area of The Bronx which honors the memory of the owner’s mother who lost her life in the American Airlines Flight 587 to Santo Domingo crash back in 2001. Margarita Brito’s late mother (named Reyna but known by her middle name…

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Bronx Neighborhood Renaming Roundtable Discussion

First they tried to rebrand the South Bronx as SoBro. Then came NoMa (North of Manhattan) for Riverdale (literally no neighborhood is safe), and more recently, Port Morris as the Piano District. All were met with resistance from Bronxites and have mostly been ignored by most. Now, as the market continues to accelerate fueled by…

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Staggering 145% Increase in New Foreclosures in The Bronx

PropertyShark has released its quarterly foreclosure report for New York City and things continue to look more dismal each day. The Bronx leads NYC with a whopping 145% increase in new foreclosures during the 3rd quarter of 2017 compared to the same period last year with the East Bronx accounting for most. During the third…

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