MELROSE—As infection rates for COVID-19 continue to rise across the city, state, The Bronx is…
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MORRIS PARK—La Masa, one of our favorite restaurants in The Bronx, is sharing the love…
We’ve been looking at several maps comparing election results from 2016 to 2020 and it…
Alarms are being sounded across New York City and State as the number of people…
Two years ago a blaze broke out in a 16 story apartment building in the…
After defeating Congressman Eliot L. Engel, the 16-term 31 year democratic incumbent in the June…
Recently released data from the New York City Department of Health indicates a grim statistic: The 10470 zip code in The Bronx, covering Woodlawn and parts of Wakefield, has a positivity rate…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is Re-elected to Congress in a Landslide Victory
The most famous member of congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of The Bronx Has cruised to a landslide victory in her re-election bid. No matter how hard Republicans tried to paint her as unfit to represent the district and out of touch with reality not to mention the horrific personal attacks laced with outright misogyny, the district…
Fundraiser to Feed a Hungry Bronx Surpasses Goal in Less Than a Week!
Last week Loving The Bronx launched a fundraiser to help keep their free community refrigerator in Parkchester stocked through the end of the year. The goal was $6,000 and in less than a week, all you amazing people donated whatever was within your heart and capacity or helped spread the news. Not only was the…
Bronx History and Facts: A Beginner’s Guide to NYC’s Best Borough
It’s been a while since we wrote about our borough’s rich history and fun facts so we figured we’d close out October with some fun tidbits of information on The Bronx. The first thing you need to know, especially if you’re not from The Bronx is that we are, in fact, the best of the…
Help Us Feed The Bronx
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in The Bronx, our borough was already in a crisis. From the highest rates of poverty to the highest rates of families either homeless or teetering on homelessness with just one check away from being evicted, our residents were already on the edge. And then there is there is…
Plans Filed for the Tallest Building in the South Bronx
Mott Haven—Plans have been filed for a 43 story, 400 foot tall residential tower along the Harlem River Waterfront in Mott Haven. Located at 355 Exterior Street just south of the 145th Street Bridge, the site was purchased last year in an all cash transaction for $59 million and while it was on the market…
End of an Era as Our Lady of Pity Church in the South Bronx is Demolished
Our Lady of Pity Church, which was deconsecrated by the Archdiocese of New York in November of 2017, is almost gone as its being demolished to make way for affordable housing. The rectory and school building are already gone and all that remains are just three walls and the roof of this structure from the…