24 hours after the “Great” East Coast Earthquake of 2011 we are left with the…
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Gun Hill Road, a film by fellow Bronxite Rashaad Ernesto Green, is a tale full…
(Image: Tina Fineburg/NYTIMES Copyright The New York Times Company 2011) In a time when politicians…
Remember when we posted that story yesterday about that racist asshole, Frank Borzellieri, who was…
Disgust. That’s pretty much what I felt upon reading that such a person would be…
- The South Bronx will lose its last movie theater next month leaving the borough with just one
- The Bronx needs to think big to combat the affordable housing crisis
- Every day is Earth Day in The Bronx
- 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
A brand new development in the Mott Haven is now accepting applications for affordable apartments. Located at 405 E 146th Street at Willis Avenue, Betances VI Family Apartments was constructed on NYCHA…
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A Day At The Beach
What better way to spend the heat wave than at the Bronx Riviera of Orchard Beach? Thousands upon thousands are enjoying the newly expanded beach and braving the chilly waters to cool off from the heat.
Picture of the Day – Boricua Pride
Southern Boulevard @ Intervale Avenue.
“Saggers” Beware
You’ve all seen it… teenage and grown-ass (pun intended) men walking around with their pants hanging just below their ass for all the world to see. Frankly, I think it’s rather disgusting but kids will be kids. Anyway, while walking around Melrose, I saw this sign and did a double take. Seems like someone has…
Bronx rapper Mele Mel launches fitness show on local TV: ‘The average American is fat and lazy!’
(Image: Joe Conzo/Daily News) What better way to engage obese Bronxites in a healthier lifestyle than a show by one of our very own? Mele Mel is launching a fitness show that will be produced by BronxNet and will be aired on local cable access networks in Brooklyn and Manhattan. No word on if and…
Bronx Students Learn Healthy Eating, One Tray At A Time
(Image: Angel Franco/New York Times) Great piece about a local school and their efforts to change the eating habits of over 400 kids. As we all know, most of our neighborhoods are flooded with fast food joints at every turn not leaving room to resist their temptation. The Family Life Academy Charter School, a break…
Melrose Construction Boom Continues, This Time As Commercial Expansion
The Real Deal reports that the EDC has tapped Triangle Equities to purchase and develop two lots both totalling more than 100,000 square feet. The lots, currently being utilized as eyesores of parking lots are bounded to the north by Westchester Avenue, West by Bergen Avenue, South by East 149th Street and East by Brook…
- The South Bronx will lose its last movie theater next month leaving the borough with just one
- The Bronx needs to think big to combat the affordable housing crisis
- Every day is Earth Day in The Bronx
- 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