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Lottery now open for affordable apartments as low as $865 a month for 1 bedroom in the South Bronx

Another lottery has opened, this time in a brand new development in the Foxhurst neighborhood of the South Bronx. The Bryant, located at 1115 Bryant Avenue at E 165th Street is a brand new development constructed on an empty lot owned by NYCHA which has a small development across the street. At eight stories in…

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Direct connection by ferry and rail is needed between The Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn

Almost 7 million of New York City’s 8.8 million residents live within The Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens accounting for almost 80% of the population of America’s largest city yet there is no direct, and efficient form of transportation connecting these places other than by car. While Manhattan is the traditional core of the city, since…

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The gentrification and luxury takeover of the South Bronx waterfront

Third at Bankside, the Bronx’s most expensive private development in history coming in at just under a billion at $950 million, will begin leasing this November with the first move-ins expected this December at the first phase of the development. Located at the foot of the Third Avenue Bridge at 2401 Third Avenue, the development,…

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Bronx community rallies around street vendor who had her food confiscated and thrown away

Residents, elected officials, and activists from across The Bronx and New York City are outraged at how a local street vendor was treated by the New York Police Department and Sanitation Department last week when she couldn’t produce a vending permit last week at her produce stand at Pelham Parkway and White Plains Road. When…

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Last chance to apply for brand new apartments as low as $375 a month in Soundview

SOUNDVIEW—The lottery for truly affordable residential units at a brand new development is soon drawing to a close. Back in August, New York City’s Housing Connect launched a lottery for a brand new development with 283 units spread across three buildings in the Soundview area of the borough. 1755 Watson Avenue LLC is truly a…

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Popular Dominican restaurant, La Casa Del Mofongo, is coming to The Bronx

A popular Dominican restaurant dedicated to the staple dish of deep-fried plantains mashed together and filled with different types of meats known as mofongo throughout the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico is coming to The Bronx. La Casa del Mofongo will be opening their fifth location and first Bronx location at the former TGI Friday’s…

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