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The East Bronx is Getting NYC’s FIRST E-Scooter Share Program

The Department of Transportation announced Thursday that the East Bronx, one of the most transit-starved areas of the borough, will get New York City’s first E-scooter share program this Spring. This will give area residents another option of getting around the neighborhood or making connections to subway stations along the 2,5, and 6 line as…

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Construction of Bronx Point, Future Home of the Universal Hip Hop Museum, Begins

On an empty 4.4 acre lot along the Harlem River directly north of the 145th Street Bridge at 149th Street that was once to be part of Mill Pond Park, ground has finally broken ground for Bronx Point, a massive mixed-use development that will bring thousands of residential apartments as well as the permanent home…

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Report: Parkchester is New York City’s Most Affordable Neighborhood

Parkchester's fountain at Metropolitan Oval

A new report by PropertyClub shows that Parkchester in The Bronx is New York City’s most affordable neighborhood for home buyers with a median sales price of $195,000. Data also indicates that overall, The Bronx is the most affordable borough with a median sales price of $519,000 which is significantly less than the $700,000 median…

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Schumer and AOC Get Feds to Pay for Funerals of COVID-19 Victims in NYC and Beyond

Reuven Blau, THE CITY This article was originally published on Feb 8 at 3:00pm EST by THE CITY Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are teaming to help families of COVID-19 victims. | Ron Adar/Schutterstock, Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY The federal government will help pay for the funeral and burial of COVID-19 victims…

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After Los Angeles, The Bronx Has Highest Risk From Natural Disasters in the Nation

A new interactive tool released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Risk Index for Natural Hazards, (NRI), shows that The Bronx has the second-highest risk from natural disasters in the country. Natural disasters aren’t something that Bronxites might think about outside of the occasional hurricane and nor’easter that hits the region but this…

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Hundreds of Bronx Residents Wait in the Cold Rain at Yankee Stadium to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

It was a different kind of opening day at Yankee Stadium today. They arrived by the hundreds, with many waiting on line as early as 6AM despite the cold rain this morning, to get inoculated against COVID-19 on the first day of a mass vaccination operation at Yankee Stadium for Bronx residents only. After data…

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