The Bronx has had many first in green technology as many of the new developments built here have green components and are oftentimes LEED Certified —showing that they meet the highest standards of sustainable and green development set forth by the United States Green Building Council.
What the Bronx lacks in the generally horrible chain restaurants, we more than make up for it with our mom and pop culinary establishments.
The Smithsonian Magazine has published a wonderful article on Edgar Allan Poe and the history of Poe Cottage in the Bronx. It’s wonderful when a globally recognized cultural institution and national treasure like the Smithsonian writes about our borough’s rich and diverse history.
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the State of transportation in the Bronx and particularly the underserved East Bronx where 4 new Metro North stations are planned for some time around 2019-2020 or so.
But what can the MTA do NOW to, at the very least, make commuting at night a bit easier for millions?
As part of the programming connected to the current exhibition ‘Too Young To Wed’ at the BDC, this Saturday February 1st at 7 PM the center will host ‘VERY YOUNG GIRLS’ Screening & Q+A with director Nina Alvarez and film subject Dominique.
The popular chain of Puerto Rican cuisine is finally coming to the Bronx and opening on City Island.
Many locals on the News12 the Bronx Facebook page were excited about having Don Coqui closer to home while others predicted mayhem and doom for City Island.
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…
Come to the Bronx Documentary Center this Saturday, January 25th for NYFVC’s 2nd Annual Microcinema Summit!
The New York Film/Video Council (NYFVC) the city’s oldest non-profit organization supporting the film, video and electronic arts community, presents an afternoon in discussion with the best and brightest of New York City’s emergent microcinema scene.
Since my earliest memories of visiting my family on Olinville just south of Allerton Avenue, I always knew the neighborhood as Allerton.
Apparently, according to maps, it’s either Bronxdale or Laconia but neither names seem to be ever used by locals.
The Mott Haven Herald has just published a very eye-opening article on just how deep lobbyists are in bed with our local politicians to make a deal with FreshDirect without community input.
Today, January 19th marks an important day for me and perhaps many other Bronxites. It is the one year anniversary of the opening exhibition Seis Del Sur: Dispatches from Home by Six Nuyorican Photographers.
PS 25 built in 1897, the 117 year old school still stands proud on East 149th Street and Tinton Avenue.
The school was the first bilingual school in New York City offering English and Spanish instruction, first serving largely the Puerto Rican community and more recently children from all over Latin America as the demographics of the neighborhood has changed.
As Westerners, we often look at the practice of child brides and marriages as archaic and barbaric, yet this harmful practice continues across the globe and is still accepted by members of their respective societies.
