Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Katie Honan, THE CITY This article was originally published on Apr…
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With only a few months into the new year, the Adams administration has announced a…
Jose Martinez and Suhail Bhat, THE CITY This article was originally published on Mar 27…
The clock is ticking and time is running out to apply for the newest (and…
Here’s a favorite tidbit of Bronx history we’re reposting in honor of Albert Einstein! Happy π…
- 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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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…
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,…
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…
Left out in the cold: The Bronx has the highest heat complaints in NYC
With winter in full swing and recent brutal temperatures battering the city, many in The Bronx are feeling its impact more than others across the city. In fact, the situation is so extreme that The Bronx, to date, has registered more heat complaints than any other borough in New York City by a large margin.…
City moves closer to fixing dangerous Bronx road to Westchester
A vital, yet dangerous connection between The Bronx and Westchester County has taken a step closer to remediation of constant flooding and icing during the winter creating hazardous conditions. For residents of the Northeast Bronx, especially those living on City Island, Shore Road is a vital and direct connection to Lower Westchester, and, in particular,…
Gov Hochul leaves The Bronx out of transformative Interborough Express
Last week, Governor Kathy Hochul directed the Metropolitan Transit Authority to move forward with taking a look to see if an Interborough Express line (IBX) connecting Brooklyn and Queens would be feasible. To that end, Governor Hochul announced yesterday that the MTA has completed the feasibility study and, in fact, such a transportation line is…
- 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