This is how we take care of our own in The Bronx. After a night…
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Melrose—by 5pm yesterday, the air was thick with unease at The Hub, The Bronx’s oldest…
After the violent turn of events last night in The Bronx and Manhattan as protesters…
Fires are being lit everywhere across Fordham Road as protesters are breaking into stores and…
BREAKING NEWS: A curfew will be in effect tonight at 11PM until tomorrow at 5AM as protests in NYC have turned violent. #GeorgeFloyd
Despite drops of COVID-19 cases across the city and state, there are ten lingering hotspots…
- 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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New York City Expected to Enter Phase 1 Reopening by June 8
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced today that New York City would begin Phase 1 reopening after almost 3 full months under lockdown of non-essential businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 crisis has impacted The Bronx more than any other borough with the highest rates of infection and mortality due to the virus and…
The Bronx Defenders Overwhelmingly Vote to Unionize
Melrose—Employees of The Bronx Defenders, the public defense non-profit that provides legal services to low-income Bronxites, have overwhelmingly voted to unionize. Citing that as the, “…office continues to grow in size and influence, the organization has failed to stay true to that mission,” and that, “power and prestige are prioritized over client-centered representation and the…
Bronx Unemployment Reaches 16.5% Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic—Highest in NYC
With The Bronx already on edge as the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City making it the hardest hit borough, there’s one more thing to worry about: Unemployment. The unadjusted unemployment rate for April 2020 hit 16.5%—over 3 times what it was the same time last year when it was 5%. In…
WATCH: This Bronx Bakery Has Been Making Bread For Over 100 Years
Tucked away on Arthur Avenue in The Bronx, New York City’s REAL Little Italy, is Madonia Bakery. This Bronx Italian institution has been baking bread for over a century, including their signature olive bread using the same recipe and techniques as when they started back in 1918 when Mario Madonia arrived from Sicily. One of…
WATCH: Bronx Woman Opens Her Urban Farm to The Community
Tanya Denise Fields, founder of Black Joy Farm in the Longwood neighborhood of The Bronx is making sure that her community doesn’t get left out when it comes to open spaces. But Fields isn’t simply about just providing access to open spaces, which, now more than ever are more important to safely practice social distancing…
The Grand Concourse: A Look at The Bronx’s Most Famous Street
Also known as The Grand Boulevard and Concourse, the 5.2 mile boulevard of dreams in The Bronx is one of New York City’s great streets steeped in history. It is one of those streets that everyone in The Bronx knows but, do they know its history? An address on the Grand Concourse, at one point…
- 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