The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every segment of our lives as shutdowns due to the…
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The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has taken another toll, this time New York City’s iconic round…
Donut lovers rejoice: After much anticipation, The Bronx’s FIRST Krispy Kreme is now open! Ever…
After waiting for so many years, Citi Bike is finally arriving in The Bronx within…
Tucked away near one of the southernmost points in The Bronx is Port Morris Distillery…
A month ago I wrote an article calling for New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo…
- New York City Selects Developers for Long-Abandoned Kingsbridge Armory
- Construction begins on the tallest building in the South Bronx
- 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
MELROSE—A four alarm fire that started this morning around 5AM at a Dunkin’ Donuts quickly spread and destroyed five other businesses before the FDNY could get it under control. The blaze and…
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Joe Torres, Founder of The Bronx’s Iconic ‘Joe’s Place’, Dies
The following is a series written by Diego Robayo of the Historic District Council which profiles Bronx community leaders who have contributed to our history and will be published here on Welcome2TheBronx. Last week on April 12th, COVID-19, aka the coronavirus, took away yet another Bronx resident, this time, the beloved and renowned Joe Torres who founded…
Students Can Now Apply to The Bronx’s Newest Public High School
It’s been almost two years since Ben Wild approached me with this idea for bringing a new type of high school to our borough and although I’m not an educator, it was a no-brainer for me that we desperately needed such school for our kids. 18 months later, towards the end of January, Walkabout Bronx…
NYC Public Schools Will Remain Closed Through End of School Year
Update: Soon after the announcement, Governor Cuomo said that there has been no decision made. We shall see what the status is as New York City mayors have legal authority to shut down schools. Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced this morning that nation’s largest public school system will be closed through the end of…
Bronx Elected Officials Call on Cuomo to Create Emergency COVID-19 Health Campus at Harlem River Yards
A group of mostly South Bronx elected officials across all levels of government have signed off on a letter requesting that New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo use his executive authority and open an emergency COVID-19 Health Campus at the Harlem River Yards in Port Morris. The letter calls on the governor to utilize the…
Bronx Residents Twice as Likely to Die From COVID-19 in NYC
Need to know more about coronavirus in New York? Sign up for our daily morning newsletter. Jackie Edwards’ cough started sometime this week, accompanied by aches that radiated through her body. While she had not had any confirmation she has the novel coronavirus that’s already killed almost 1,600 in New York City, the 50-year-old resident of NYCHA’s Bronx…
Emergency Coronavirus Hospital Must be Built at the Kingsbridge Armory
Faced with the worst global pandemic in modern history and a wave crashing upon the shores of our hospitals as more and more patients infected with COVID-19 aka the coronavirus require hospitalization, we need Governor Andrew Cuomo and the federal government to convert the vacant Kingsbridge Armory into an emergency coronavirus hospital One such facility…
- New York City Selects Developers for Long-Abandoned Kingsbridge Armory
- Construction begins on the tallest building in the South Bronx
- 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