Last year we reported when an “affordable” housing lottery was launched at the luxury Port…
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HUNTS POINT—Krasdale, a 113 year old family owned and operated business is making The Bronx…
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has a penchant for speaking in the third person. But…
MOTT HAVEN-Yet another new development has entered the New York City Housing Connect affordable housing…
MOTT HAVEN-Brand new affordable apartments are now available via New York City’s Housing Connect Lottery.…
While many globally know that The Bronx is the birthplace of hip hop, another music…
- New York City Selects Developers for Long-Abandoned Kingsbridge Armory
- Construction begins on the tallest building in the South Bronx
- 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
MELROSE—A four alarm fire that started this morning around 5AM at a Dunkin’ Donuts quickly spread and destroyed five other businesses before the FDNY could get it under control. The blaze and…
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MacKenzie Scott, 3rd Richest Woman in The World, Donates $15 Million to Hostos Community College
Writer and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has just donated $2.7 billion to 286 organizations with $15 million going to Hostos Community College. Since becoming the third richest women in the world as a result of her divorce from Amazon founder and tycoon, Jeff Bezos, Scott has made it her mission to give away billions to organizations…
Orchard Beach Water Quality Among the Top Ten Best on Long Island Sound
For many years, decades even, many Bronxites saw Orchard Beach as a place to go and hang out, catch some sun, dance some salsa but never to go into the water because of poor water quality. Now, the “Riviera” of The Bronx has earned top marks from an environmental group called ‘Save the Sound’ that…
Elevator Construction Begins at 149th St-Grand Concourse
It’s been almost half a century since elevators were in operation at the 149th Street and Grand Concourse Station on the 2, 4, and 5 lines but that will soon finally change. After decades of calls by activists for making one of the busiest subway stations in The Bronx fully accessible to all and ADA…
A South Bronx Starbucks Permanently Closes Less Than Two Years Since Opening
THE HUB—A Starbucks location that opened in The Bronx’s oldest shopping district has closed after less than two years in business. For years, local residents and area employees clamored for the coffee giant to open in the area. In the summer of 2019, after several months of negotiations, the coffee giant had signed a lease…
Amazon Takes Over The Bronx With Another Warehouse Lease
Amazon has leased yet another property in The Bronx bringing their total to five warehouses in the borough and the first one to be dedicated to Amazon Fresh, the behemoth online retailer’s grocery delivery service. The latest leased property is located in Hunts Point at 1080 Leggett Avenue recently sold for $117 million and is…
NYPD to Confiscate Illegal ATVs, Dirt Bikes off City Streets and Destroy Them
Along with the sounds of Mister Softee, salsa and bachata music through the air, ATVs and dirt bikes running haphazardly through city streets are a sure sign that warmer weather has arrived in The Bronx and New York City. Sometimes dozens and even hundreds of riders can be seen riding down the streets, running red…
- New York City Selects Developers for Long-Abandoned Kingsbridge Armory
- Construction begins on the tallest building in the South Bronx
- 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