(Picture Credit: Chu for Daily News) Local Melrose Resident and Coqui Mexicano enthusiast, Luis Rodriguez,…
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Smoothies are now available at PeaceLove…perfect timing now that the weather is getting warmer! All…
Located on Melrose Avenue between East 162nd and 163rd Streets.Good Times! More on the location…
Things are now moving very quickly at Boricua College in the new Boricua Village complex. …
Dr. Richard Izquierdo (not to be confused by the embattled Richard Izquierdo Arroyo – grand…
Assurance Wireless, a new cell phone service operating under the Sprint Prepaid division, will be…
- 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
- 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
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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Coqui Mexicano Makes It To the New York Times!
What can our Melrose community do for you? Well for starters if one of our own is in trouble we can all get together, make some ruckus and help save them! That’s exactly what we did when we found out that Coqui Mexicano was served with an eviction notice. Thanks to all who rallied the…
Melrose Just Got Greener – El Jardin De Selene Is Officially Open
One of the most long awaited developments in Melrose, El Jardine de Selene is now officially open. The LEED-Gold (certification pending and was originally designed to achieve a Silver certification but they since bumped it up) development is a mixed-use, mixed-income affordable housing development with a healthy mix of 84 units ranging from studios to…
"The Price is Life" – Opening Reception Today At LDR Studio Gallery
I had the of attending a semi-private tour of “The Price is Life” at the LDR Studio Gallery in Port Morris and I have to say that it is one of the most intense works of art that I have seen so far this year in the Bronx. The exhibit, which opens today from 5:30PM…
NY Daily News Picks Up A Welcome2Melrose Exclusive!
Welcome2Melrose first told you about our beloved Coqui Mexicano being served with eviction papers a few weeks ago. Since then, the story was picked up by numerous local and citywide outlets including our great friends at the BoogieDowner, The New York Times and now the Daily News! Let’s keep up the great work, Melrose, in…
Being Green Isn't Just About Changing Your Light Bulbs…
So you go to the local hardware store or Home Depot and purchase that compact florescent light bulb (CFLs) because we’re told that it’s great for the environment since it uses 75% less energy than a conventional incandescent bulb. You go home, replace the bulb and voila – you think you are now a happy…
City Officials Break Ground at Via Verde
The usual brass was on hand today at the official ground breaking ceremony in Melrose for the ambitious and long awaited Via Verde (spanish for “Green Way”) development. Attending the ceremony was Secretary Shawn Donovan, the 15th Secretary for Housing and Urban Development of the United States, Council Speaker, Christine Quinn, Bronx Borough President, Ruben Diaz, Jr…
- 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
- 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