New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and Public Advocate Letitia James have announced that they are forcing 8 slumlords to fix what is known as “the dirty dozen” buildings which collectively have 2,075 building code violations.
Eight of the twelve buildings are located in The Bronx with a total of 1,358 violations of which 750 Grand Concourse is the worst offender with a whopping 309 violations. Most of the buildings are located in the Northwest Bronx.
After negotiations for over two years, the MTA’s $27 billion Capital Program has been approved of which $695 million has been apportioned for four new Metro North stations in The East Bronx.
Once complete, the new stations at Hunts Point, Parkchester, Morris Park, and Co-op City will serve as part of the New Haven Connecticut line and whisk away passengers towards Penn Station.
AMC’s upcoming series, ‘Feed the Beast’, starring ‘Friends’ star David Schwimmer is about a widower (and a single father) who’s dream is to open up a restaurant in The Bronx.
The Breen Brothers continue to document the saga of the Old and New City Island Bridge in our awesome borough of The Bronx.
Check out their latest bittersweet video showing the final segment between City Island and the mainland being severed.
This past Saturday we joined almost a hundred people for The Bronx River Alliance Flotilla taking us on a 5-mile paddling journey down New York City’s only freshwater river.
To say that nothing like this exists within New York City is an understatement for there truly isn’t anything like it in the five boroughs.
This Sunday is the launch of The Bronx’s largest Open Streets event, the much anticipated…
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…
Now that the Randall’s Island Connector opened last fall, getting to the island’s 330 acres and waterfront access just became even easier for Bronxites.
This past Saturday, thanks to New York Restoration Project’s ‘The Haven Project’ for a greener, and more pedestrian friendly Mott Haven and Port Morris, a free shuttle service launched to get folks over to the island.
After thousands of nominations and over 800 applications for 2016, just four lucky and amazing teachers were awarded a $25,000 national prize for their hard work in delivering results in the classroom.
Evelyn Rebollar, 9th to 12th grade high school English teacher at Bronx Arena High School in Soundview is that lucky teacher who made the rigorous vetting process to win the Fishman Prize For Superlative Classroom Practice from The New Teacher Project (TNTP).
After thousands of nominations and over 800 applications for 2016, just four lucky and amazing teachers were awarded a $25,000 national prize for their hard work in delivering results in the classroom.
Evelyn Rebollar, 9th to 12th grade high school English teacher at Bronx Arena High School in Soundview is that lucky teacher who made the rigorous vetting process to win the Fishman Prize For Superlative Classroom Practice from The New Teacher Project (TNTP).
Imagine The Bronx and cities where streetlights are no longer necessary because, well, the ground and buildings are glowing providing light to guide the way?
This past Monday, May 9th, legislation was passed to make the bison, aka the American Buffalo, the national mammal of The United States and now sits along with the bald eagle, the rose, and the oak tree as official symbols of our nation.
But did you know that the bison was rescued from the abyss of extinction right here in The Bronx?
Join Nilka Martell tomorrow as she leads folks on a FREE 2 mile walking tour of Hunts Point and learn the history of this often maligned neighborhood.
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