One of the most long awaited developments in Melrose, El Jardine de Selene is now…
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I had the of attending a semi-private tour of “The Price is Life” at the…
Welcome2Melrose first told you about our beloved Coqui Mexicano being served with eviction papers a…
So you go to the local hardware store or Home Depot and purchase that compact…
The usual brass was on hand today at the official ground breaking ceremony in Melrose…
So today was MUCH better than yesterday’s dreadful meal of fried wings and french fries.…
- 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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Trying To Be Green In The South Bronx
Today, on May Day, I have decided to chronicle my journey as a South Bronx resident who is trying to be green including but not limited to eating healthy and in a green fashion. Why May 1st? Well I decided to take advantage of today’s first ever, Bronx Food Summit which brought together people from…
Meet the "Mayor" of Melrose at the Bronx Food Summit
Tomorrow, Saturday May 1st you can meet me, the “Mayor” of Melrose as well as a bunch of other great Melrose residents, business owners (such as Darada David of PeaceLove Cafe)and Bronxites as well at the first ever Bronx Food Summit at Hostos Community College from 9AM – 5PM.Please come meet members of the South…
A Community Saves A Local Restaurant From Eviction
The much loved neighborhood establishment, Coqui Mexicano, has been SAVED! After a court date yesterday to appeal the unexpected eviction notice, community support including letters from local congressman Jose E. Serrano, and Henry Weinstein (owner of the old Bronx courthouse) to name a few, helped save the restaurant from closure. After much persuasion and the…
BREAKING NEWS – Motorcyclist Hit by Truck on Third Avenue
Paramedics as well as police from the 40th precinct raced to the intersection of Third Avenue and East 158th Street responding to an accident involving a motorcyclist and a medium sized construction crane truck. Witnesses say that the biker had the right of way as he was on East 158th Street crossing Third Avenue when the…
A Neighborhood Unites to Protect One of Its Own
A little over a week ago the cultural soul of Melrose received an eviction notice – Coqui Mexicano, which in less than two years since it opened has become not just a restaurant but a myriad of things to a people as diverse as its offerings. Melrose residents have long enjoyed frequenting Coqui Mexicano,…
Bronx Food Summit – May 1st, 2010
In response to The New York Times article which coined the phrase the “Bronx Paradox“, when referring to the dichotomy of South Bronx residents being one of the most obese in the country as well as the hungriest in the nation, Ruben Diaz, Jr immediately responded to the statement by starting the Bronx Food Summit.…
- 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