As children, the arrival of Las Machinas was one of the biggest highlights of our year or at the very least – the social season.
Overnight, a lot that was just filled with bricks, broken glass (along with broken dreams) would awaken covered in trucks bearing all the rides and concession stands.
Bronxites! Let us know what you think about the upcoming Kingsbridge National Ice Center. Do you think it’s going to be good for Kingsbridge and the Bronx?
Do you have any concerns about how this project will impact your community? Do share!
With 92% of precincts reporting as of 8AM this morning after, Maria del Carmen Arroyo won the primary with 4,081 votes (68%) while challenger Julio Pabón received 32% of total votes (1,882 votes).
The Bronx will have many political races with far reaching ramifications this Tuesday, Primary Day. Of course there are the city-wide races for Mayor, Comptroller and Public Advocate.
There are also some intriguing local races, most notable: City Council Districts 11, 15, 16 and 17 and a special election for State Assembly District 86.
Put on your dancing shoes and head over to the Roberto Clemente Plaza in the Hub on 3rd Avenue and 149th Street!
Tonight at 6PM, the Bronx born and raised Puerto Rican salsero, Willie Colón, will perform at a free outdoor concert to the delights of many.
New York City is facing an affordable housing crisis and nowhere is this more apparent than in the northernmost borough of The Bronx. While the borough traditionally has had and continues to…
No sooner than reading an article in the Daily News that a Bronx judge rules that people can drink alcohol in common areas of buildings, the moral panic began on the internet.
Folks immediately began to decry the ruling saying that, “Now NYC will only get worse” and similar sentiments.
But did they actually READ the article?
For several days I’ve been walking by this building under construction and wondering what it was going to be since it’s architecturally pleasing to the eye. It looked like perhaps a club or a bar of sorts but alas my hopes were dashed.
Marty Glickman, a son of the Bronx who was often referred to in his youth as the Jewish kid who could run faster than anyone in the neighborhood, is the subject of a documentary which premiers tonight on HBO.
The propaganda machine is working overtime.
Ever since a judge declared a key component of stop and frisk unconstitutional and ordered the NYPD to cease and desist the controversial program, the NY Post and city officials have been working around the clock to instill fears in our hearts.
The collective of 6 Nuyorican photographers known as Seis del Sur have graciously donated several prints for a fundraiser tonight at La Casa Azul in El Barrio on 103rd and Lexington Avenue for the award winning documentary, El Barrio Tours which is a labor of love by Andrew J Padilla and chronicles the impact gentrification is having on Spanish Harlem, aka El Barrio.
A couple of weeks ago a debate began on my Facebook page regarding the old CSX lines in the Bronx which are no longer in use and many individuals indicated that they’d like to see them put to use for a triboro train to connect the outer boroughs without Manhattan.
Now the Gothamist has written a thorough piece on this very issue that was discussed on my page.
