The Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School is now accepting applications for 6th…
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The State of the Borough Address has been suspended due to the Nor’easter which has…
Shortly before 1pm Tuesday afternoon, a fire broke out inside Queen’s Nails Salon at 615-619…
Satnam Singh apparently went off the edge and beat his mother, Kaul Balbir, over the…
(image courtesy of: http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/110650509/original.jpg) The City of New York and the New York Yankees gladly took…
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- 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
- New York City’s FIRST public observatory is opening in The Bronx this Spring!
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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Melrose Murals
David Gonzalez of the New York Times wrote a most excellent piece on graffiti yesterday, “Graffiti’s Story, From Vandalism to Art to Nostalgia,” slide show included. The publishing of the article is rather timely for Welcome2Melrose since we are currently archiving all local works under the Melrose Murals Project. Today’s pictures are from a mural on…
Comedy Show at Yankee Stadium Wednesday, February 10th
Don’t forget to get your tickets as they are quickly selling out and space is limited! Last month’s show on January 6, 2010 was sold out and over 150 people were turned away at the door for a chance to be a part of history at NYY Steak for the first EVER comedy show at…
The Rubble of the 70's and 80's
Check out this amazing video montage of Melrose and the surrounding neighborhoods during the 1970’s and 1980’s. It is a really powerful video especially for those of us who, like myself, lived through these times. We lived in a war zone amongst rubble, rats, drug infested streets, garbage everywhere with no one caring for us…
Melrose Murals
Part of a larger mural in the parking lot behind Nos Quedamos/We Stay depicting the Lady Justice statue of the Old Bronx Courthouse which is a landmark building. Actual Lady Justice at the Old Courthouse
Melrose Neighborhood Featured in NY1
Check out this great segment on the construction going in in Melrose by Shazia Khan of NY1.
Welcome2Melrose HEARTS the BoogieDowners!
Thanks to the our favorite BoogieDowners, a Welcome2Melrose article was featured in NewYorkBlips, “a one-stop access to all the breaking news, rumors, and commentary from expert sources around the Web.” This is a great honor since they day that “If it’s hot, if people are talking about it, searching for it or sounding off on…
- 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
- New York City’s FIRST public observatory is opening in The Bronx this Spring!