Although there are many folks who deny that climate change is happening, including President Donald…
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Melrose, Mott Haven, and Hunts Point in the South Bronx have seen a rise of…
A poor sick kitty broke into someone’s Bronx apartment by walking in through an open…
Maybe the MTA actually has a heart? They actually voted to keep the base fare…
From detonations to gunfire, these intrusive sounds from Rodman’s Neck disrupt the relative tranquility of the quaint island neighborhood of City Island just on the other side of Eastchester Bay.
Now the city has announced that it’s planning on $275 million in upgrades to this NYPD training ground tucked away in the northeast Bronx inside Pelham Bay, the city’s largest park.
After almost a year since the latest round of plans and renderings for the new…
- Rare, truly affordable apartments, as low as $454 a month, now available in The Bronx
- Housing lottery thinks $4,376 for a two-bedroom in Fordham in The Bronx is “affordable”
- Once one of the country’s ‘bluest’ counties, The Bronx takes a dramatic shift to the right
- Popular German discount supermarket Lidl to open its first Bronx store next week!
- A new area code may be coming to NYC in 2026
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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Modern Day Slavery In The Bronx—Human Trafficking Taking Away Our Young Girls
It’s the kind of story we don’t like to write about but it would be irresponsible not to report on the human trafficking of our young girls right here in The Bronx. Last summer, Councilman Andy King held a press conference regarding 14 missing girls from The Bronx and hinted at human trafficking being to…
23 Years After Approval of Melrose Commons, Bronx Commons & Bronx Music Hall Break Ground in Last Vacant Parcel
If founder of Nos Quedamos/We Stay Yolanda Garcia were alive today, she’d probably be smiling that the final piece of the puzzle of a massive urban renewal plan in the Melrose neighborhood of The Bronx broke ground today. After years of delays, WHEDco’s Bronx Commons and Bronx Music Hall affordable housing development is officially under…
Mott Haven and Hart Island Chosen By Historic District Council as ‘Six to Celebrate’
Each year, New York City’s Historic District Council selects six neighborhoods across the five boroughs to celebrate and spotlight the rich histories and architecture. This also serves to bring attention to areas that are in danger of losing their character with encroaching development and to that end, Mott Haven in the South Bronx has been…
Despite Drop in Film Permits In The Bronx, Numbers Still Significantly Higher Than 5 Years Ago
Last year, 352 permits were issued for filming in The Bronx representing a drop from 397 in 2015 however, according to a statement provided to Welcome2TheBronx by The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, it is still dramatically higher than 5 years ago. And now The Bronx has Silvercup Studios up and running so it…
The Bronx Sees a 37% Increase in Foreclosures in 2016; 10462 and 10466 Zip Codes Highest in Borough
The Bronx has seen a surge in foreclosures during 2016 accounting for the biggest increase from 2015 in New York City according to data released by PropertyShark, one of the most comprehensive real estate data sources in NYC. Pelham Parkway South, parts of Morris Park, Parkchester, Castle Hill, Wakefield, and Edenwald in the 10466 and…
Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Just 25 Miles North of The Bronx Set to Close by 2021
After decades of activists fighting to shut down a nuclear power plant just 25 miles north of The Bronx, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a deal that would close the controversial energy plant by 2021. Just last year we wrote about Indian Point possibly being America’s Fukushima as reports revealed leaks at what the…
- Rare, truly affordable apartments, as low as $454 a month, now available in The Bronx
- Housing lottery thinks $4,376 for a two-bedroom in Fordham in The Bronx is “affordable”
- Once one of the country’s ‘bluest’ counties, The Bronx takes a dramatic shift to the right
- Popular German discount supermarket Lidl to open its first Bronx store next week!
- A new area code may be coming to NYC in 2026
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