Asking rents are continuing to rise in The Bronx. Thanks to online apartment search site…
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MELROSE—According to The Real Deal earlier this afternoon, Michaelangelo Apartments, a multi-tower 500 unit development,…
All you die-hard freestyle lovers get ready to get your groove on with Lisa Lisa…
Iconic salsa singer La India is returning to her hometown borough of The Bronx for…
Yes she can and she does! Bronx raised Sarina Olmo not only still lives in…
BELMONT—Joe Binder, an icon on Arthur Avenue in The Bronx’s Little Italy turns 107 today. …
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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The Bronx is Leading New York City AND New York State in Growth
It’s the story of the little big borough that could. For decades, the business and commercial sector had given up on The Bronx as the city abandoned us along with the arson by landlords trying to unload quickly devaluing properties. But through it all, we persevered and rebuilt ourselves the best way we could—by ourselves…
Riverdale Mansion Built for “Jesus Christ’s” Second Coming Finally Sells
The opulent 15,000 square foot Riverdale mansion which was built for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ finally has sold after being on and off the market since 2009. Sold for $6,250,000 on January 9th of this year, it closed for considerably less than its original listing price of $15 million in 2009 and the…
NYC Council Proposes $50 Million for Half-Priced Metrocards for Low-Income New Yorkers
Roughly 800,000 low-income New Yorkers have enough to get to their jobs, schools, interviews, or simply getting around. For years, activists have called for reducing the MTA fares for the most economically disadvantaged of New Yorkers but the State hasn’t budged in a program that would cost $200 million to do so. But a proposed…
Citi Bike Finally Coming to The Bronx
Well maybe. The New York City Council has proposed $12 million in funding for Citi Bike as the only solution to finally bringing the bike share program to The Bronx and other parts of the city. Since the inception of the bike share service, Citi Bike has predominantly ignored low income communities of color (with the exception…
Take A Bronx Tour of The REAL Get Down
On April 23rd, Nilka Martell of Loving The Bronx will be conducting a 5k walking tour through the South Bronx inspired by Baz Luhrman’s Netflix original series, The Get Down. According to Nilka, “We will visit some of the places where scenes were filmed, discuss the history and future plans for the Bronx, share personal experiences and…
Growing Up Gonzales: A Different Kind of Bronx Tale
Growing Up Gonzales, a play by Félix Rojas and performed by Andres “Chulisi” Rodríguez is a loving and brilliant tribute to brotherly and family love while growing up in The Bronx during the 1970s. Through the writings of Rojas interpreted on the stage by Chulisi, one is transported into that era, where although life was…
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