What has been long talked about may soon become a reality – preserving the beauty…
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This is addressed to anonymous and anyone who is confused about who Dr. Richard Izquierdo…
Back in September, we featured a response to the New York Daily News’ article which…
The Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School is now accepting applications for 6th…
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…
- 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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Field of Nightmares – The Yankees Taketh and The Yankees Do Not Giveth
(image courtesy of: http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/110650509/original.jpg) The City of New York and the New York Yankees gladly took away our parks to build their new stadium, with big promises of great new parks to replace those taken away but now, 18 months after the Old Yankee Stadium closed its doors to the public, we are left with an…
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Melrose Murals
Bike Shop on Courtlandt Avenue @ East 150th Street – another fine example of graffiti in The Bronx.(Melrose Murals Archive Project)
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…
- 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