The Bronx continues to rise and this time we can attributes to the business sector.…
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Check out this cool piece by Patrick Wall of DNAinfo on a London born Bronx…
The battle for justice continues. We must not allow the FreshDirect sweetheart deal to go…
Community activism and organizers are no strangers to the Bronx – after all, it was…
Stop and Frisk is the unfortunate way of life for many of our youth in…
For all the ills that still plague our beloved borough, the one issue that deserves…
- Hope for connecting The Bronx directly to Queens and Brooklyn via the Interborough Express is revived
- Historic $1 billion donation made to The Bronx’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine to provide free tuition
- New York City’s FIRST public observatory is opening in The Bronx this Spring!
- After 701 days, New York City finally sees at least an inch of snow in a day
- Apply now for brand new affordable apartments as low as $617 for a 1 bedroom in Mott Haven
MELROSE—The Bronx’s oldest commercial shopping district, The Hub is about to get its first luxury high-rise and it was only a matter of time before it happened given what’s been going on…
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Bronx Murals
The Bronx has a wealth of murals throughout our neighborhoods. This one is in Melrose at Neighborhood Cycle. Which one is your favorite? Tweet your pics to @welcome2thebx and let us know!
Tonight: Opening Reception Of The X Collective’s New Word Order
Tonight at 7pm, the X Collective launches their latest exhibit, New Word Order. Since the collective’s inception in the Spring of 2011, they have been producing impressive bodies of work of socially conscious pieces and have engaged the community-at-large in much needed conversations on local and global issues that in one way or another impact…
The Bronx Is Safer Than Boston
Just days after a major exhibit opened at the Bronx Documentary Center this past Saturday in Melrose which depicts the humanity behind the most turbulent times in our history, 2012 murder statistics were posted revealing that The Bronx is safer than Boston. In fact, according to the data posted by the Gothamist, our borough is…
Picture of the Day – North Bronx In White
In the South Bronx don’t even have a dusting yet once you go above Fordham Road, you begin to see a whiter landscape.
Bronx Doctor Opens First Distillery In The Borough Since Prohibition.
Call him Dr Feel Good. Renee Hernandez, MD, a local Bronx doctor is operating the first distillery in our great borough, Tirado Distillery, since Prohibition. The Bronx isn’t a stranger to alcohol production as evidenced by the many German breweries that dotted Melrose and Morrisania but after almost a whopping 100 years, we can drink…
A River Runs Through It
Ok so I cheated a little and I took the picture on an overpass in Westchester but nevertheless it bears our namesake – The Bronx. Through the years, thanks in part to organizations like the The Bronx River Alliance, major efforts to clean up the waterway that bisects our borrow and Westchester have successfully turned…
- Hope for connecting The Bronx directly to Queens and Brooklyn via the Interborough Express is revived
- Historic $1 billion donation made to The Bronx’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine to provide free tuition
- New York City’s FIRST public observatory is opening in The Bronx this Spring!
- After 701 days, New York City finally sees at least an inch of snow in a day
- Apply now for brand new affordable apartments as low as $617 for a 1 bedroom in Mott Haven