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Time is running out to apply for brand new affordable apartments as low as $569 a month for 2 bedrooms in The Bronx

The clock is ticking and time is running out to apply for the newest (and tallest) building on the Grand Concourse providing spectacular views of The Bronx and Manhattan and plenty of river views. 425 Grand Concourse, located at the site of the former landmarked and now demolished PS 31 AKA Castle on the Concourse,…

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Albert Einstein, Pi Day, and The Bronx

Here’s a favorite tidbit of Bronx history we’re reposting in honor of Albert Einstein! Happy π Day! Not only is March 14 a day we celebrate the mathematical constant known as Pi (thus 3.14) but it is also the birthday of the late Albert Einstein…what a wonderful coincidence that he was born on this day! One…

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Brand new apartments now available as low as $650 a month for 3 bedroom units on the Grand Concourse

MOTT HAVEN—Applications are now being accepted for 277 brand-new apartments in the tallest building on the Grand Concourse via New York City’s Housing Connect affordable housing lottery website. Located at 425 Grand Concourse, at the site of the tragically demolished landmarked PS 31 aka ‘Castle on the Concourse’, the 26-story building is also currently the…

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Proposed redistricting will link the South Bronx with Riverdale; East Bronx with Long Island and Westchester

For decades, the Congressional District representing most of the South Bronx, currently the 15th Congressional District of New York, has been labeled as the poorest such district in the nation where the median income household income is $31,061. Currently comprised of neighborhoods like Mott Haven, Melrose, Hunts Point, Port Morris, University Heights, Highbridge, Morrisania, Fordham,…

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Sky-high rents at new South Bronx luxury development usher in a new phase in the gentrification of borough

Several years ago, newer developments in the South Bronx, particularly in the Port Morris and Mott Haven area, were renting luxury apartments with rents as high as just over $4,000 for four bedrooms over at the Clocktower expansion along Bruckner Boulevard. Now, leasing has begun at Bankside, the South Bronx’s largest luxury development and most…

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