Remember when we posted that story yesterday about that racist asshole, Frank Borzellieri, who was…
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Disgust. That’s pretty much what I felt upon reading that such a person would be…
Did the headline catch your attention? Perhaps you thought it a bit too harsh? Good.…
You’ve all seen it… teenage and grown-ass (pun intended) men walking around with their pants…
- Rare, truly affordable apartments, as low as $454 a month, now available in The Bronx
- Housing lottery thinks $4,376 for a two-bedroom in Fordham in The Bronx is “affordable”
- Once one of the country’s ‘bluest’ counties, The Bronx takes a dramatic shift to the right
- Popular German discount supermarket Lidl to open its first Bronx store next week!
- A new area code may be coming to NYC in 2026
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…
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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…
Hail Lechón, Full Of Grease
Even as loads of new faces from Latin America make the Bronx their home, Puerto Ricans are still the vast majority in El Condado de la Salsa. With that large majority comes a great gastronomic plethora of restaurants catering to the cuisine of Borinquen and today, David Gonzalez of the New York Times takes us…
Down With ‘SoBro’
Originally posted on Welcome2Melrose.com Realtors…we love and hate you in New York City oh so much however, nothing pisses me off more than your inane, fabricated names for our neighborhoods. We have beautiful, historic names such as Port Morris, Melrose, and Mott Haven. Why would you want to erase these names and lump us under…
NYTimes: Victor Toro, Tortured in Chile, Fights Deportation
A must read on one of our own heroes. Victor Toro has dedicated the past three decades of his life living in Mott Haven as a champion of the poor and disenfranchised. Kudos to David González for writing a great piece and photographer Michael Kamber for capturing Victor Toro’s essence. NYTimes: Victor Toro, Tortured in…
Write Flow’s First Public Reading of Works In Progress at Coqui Mexicano
Come join us for this wonderful experience at Coqui Mexicano tomorrow. More information about Write Flow coming soon! This Saturday, April 16 at 3 pm https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184288351617761 a Public Reading of WORKS IN PROGRESS by Write Flow ~ a creative writing workshop for women of color ~ Women in the workshop will read a selection of…
- Rare, truly affordable apartments, as low as $454 a month, now available in The Bronx
- Housing lottery thinks $4,376 for a two-bedroom in Fordham in The Bronx is “affordable”
- Once one of the country’s ‘bluest’ counties, The Bronx takes a dramatic shift to the right
- Popular German discount supermarket Lidl to open its first Bronx store next week!
- A new area code may be coming to NYC in 2026