The Bronx and perhaps New York City’s first European style “piazza” for outdoor dining makes…
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The annual Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development report on affordable housing threat is out…
126 brand new affordable housing apartments are now available in Longwood via New York City’s…
Everywhere you turn and look in The Bronx, you’re bound to stumble upon a bit…
On June 30th, Bronx NYPD sympathizers gathered for a ‘Blue Lives Matter’ rally in support…
As New York City continues to slowly re-open as best and as safely as possible…
- 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 Actor and Comedy Legend, Carl Reiner, Dead at 98
One of the biggest names in comedy who helped define the genre in America with shows like The Dick Van Dyke Show, Carl Reiner, is dead at 98. Born on March 20, 1922 to Jewish immigrants from Austria and Romania, Reiner grew up in the Crotona neighborhood of The Bronx. He attended nearby PS 57…
How COVID-19 Hit Puerto Rican New Yorkers Hard in The Bronx and Beyond
How COVID-19 Hit Puerto Rican New Yorkers Hard in The Bronx and Beyond Vanessa Colón Almenas, Víctor Rodríguez Velázquez, Mc Nelly Torres, and Coral Murphy, THE CITY This investigation was produced in part with the support of the Pulitzer Center and the Facebook Journalism Project. Fernando Laspina Franco, a community leader in the South Bronx,…
Richard “Doc” Izquierdo, The People’s Doctor of The Bronx & Founder of Urban Health Plan, is Dead at 90
Doctor Richard Izquierdo, founder of Urban Health Plan and better known to everyone who knew him as simply ‘Doc’, died last night after 90 years on this earth. During his life he was the people’s doctor and was even doctor to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and former United States Surgeon General Richard Carmona who…
BREAKING NEWS: New York City is on Track to Enter Phase 3 Reopening on July 6 Easing More Restrictions
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that New York City is on track to enter Phase 3 reopening which would allow for more easing of social distancing regulations as COVID-19 health metrics continue to drop. Under Phase 3, restaurants will be allowed indoor dining on a limited capacity. Under the third phase, eateries will only…
Hunts Point Market Plows Through Pandemic, Feeding New Yorkers and Avoiding Firings
Hunts Point Market Plows Through Pandemic, Feeding New Yorkers and Avoiding Firings Ese Olumhense, THE CITY Phillip Grant didn’t anticipate that a deadly virus would shut down New York City when he started the job of general manager at the Hunts Point Produce Market 10 months ago. In March, when concern over COVID-19 compelled much…
Tribeca Drive-In Coming to Orchard Beach in July
Since we can’t go to the movies quite yet due to the COVID-19 pandemic, let the movies come to us! Tribeca Enterprises, the hosts of the yearly Tribeca Film Festival is bringing the movies outdoors right here in The Bronx at Orchard Beach. For four weekends starting in July, over a dozen movies will be…
- 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