It’s been a long time since we’ve seen a truly affordable housing opportunity on New…
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By now, if you happen to inhabit any social media space, you may have seen…
Bally’s gambling complex proposal at the former Trump Links in Throggs Neck relies on getting…
While Welcome2TheBronx is a news site dedicated to reporting on what’s going on in The…
Last week we reported that the landmarked Bronx General Post Office was for sale for…
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul came under fire yesterday for saying that, “right now…
- 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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With Congestion Pricing coming this summer, the MTA needs to drop Metro-North fares for Bronx residents
With congestion pricing set to start in two months on June 30th this summer, it’s time that the MTA seriously considers reducing fares for Bronx residents who will seek alternatives such as Metro-North commuter rail to enter the congestion zone in Manhattan. When congestion pricing begins, drivers operating passenger vehicles will be charged $15 if…
More residential units were completed in the South Bronx in 2023 than anywhere in New York City
The Bronx beat Brooklyn in terms of new housing units completed in 2023, according to a new report issued by the New York City Department of City Planning, and it’s the first time to do so since 2011. Since 2018, the borough has been adding over 4,000 units of new housing but 2023 saw almost…
The South Bronx will lose its last movie theater next month leaving the borough with just one
After serving the residents of the South Bronx for over 30 years, Concourse Plaza Multiplex has announced that it will close its doors for good next month on May 28th. The closure will leave The Bronx—a borough of 1.4 million residents—with just one movie theater, the AMC Bay Plaza Cinema in Co-op City. Once upon…
The Bronx needs to think big to combat the affordable housing crisis
New York City is facing an affordable housing crisis and nowhere is this more apparent than in the northernmost borough of The Bronx. While the borough traditionally has had and continues to have some of the lowest median rents in the city, it is also a borough beset with economic hardships. Hardships that contribute to…
Every day is Earth Day in The Bronx
As millions of Americans across the country engage in Earth Day activities and celebrations to raise awareness on environmental issues such as pollution, environmental justice, and even more so as of late, climate change, The Bronx, unfortunately, takes center stage with being the borough that is plagued with many of these issued more disproportionately than…
Hope for connecting The Bronx directly to Queens and Brooklyn via the Interborough Express is revived
A decades-long dream to connect The Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn directly by a subway or rail was derailed last year when Governor Kathy Hochul dissed The Bronx by mandating that the Metropolitan Transit Authority begin an environmental review for the Interborough Express but only to connect Queens and Brooklyn. As originally proposed decades ago, 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