Bronxites and residents across New York City and even New Jersey were awoken by a…
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A lottery has opened for 225 brand new affordable apartments just blocks from Yankee Stadium.…
Never forget. For the past 70 years we’ve been taught to never forget the genocide…
The sound of slot machines may soon ring in the air along the Hunts Point…
Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Katie Honan, THE CITY This article was originally published on Apr…
The legionnaires outbreak in the Highbridge neighborhood of The Bronx has taken a deadly toll as the first victim has died from the disease while the number of infected has nearly doubled…
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The Bronx Is Churning: Borough Has Worst MTA Escalator Service by Far
Jose Martinez and Suhail Bhat, THE CITY This article was originally published on Mar 27 at 8:30pm EDT by THE CITY The worst-performing subway escalator in The Bronx — at the Gun Hill Road stop on the No. 2 and 5 lines — is also one of the newest in the borough, having been in…
Time is running out to apply for brand new affordable apartments as low as $569 a month for 2 bedrooms in The Bronx
The clock is ticking and time is running out to apply for the newest (and tallest) building on the Grand Concourse providing spectacular views of The Bronx and Manhattan and plenty of river views. 425 Grand Concourse, located at the site of the former landmarked and now demolished PS 31 AKA Castle on the Concourse,…
Albert Einstein, Pi Day, and The Bronx
Here’s a favorite tidbit of Bronx history we’re reposting in honor of Albert Einstein! Happy π Day! Not only is March 14 a day we celebrate the mathematical constant known as Pi (thus 3.14) but it is also the birthday of the late Albert Einstein…what a wonderful coincidence that he was born on this day! One…
The Bronx Hall of Justice Is Falling Apart and No One Knows How to Stop It
by Greg B. Smith, THE CITY This article was originally published on Feb 20 at 7:01pm EST by THE CITY When it opened in 2008, the loftily named Bronx Hall of Justice was billed as the crown jewel of New York’s court system — the biggest courthouse in the state, sheathed in glass and housing…
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,…