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It’s Time to Cap the Cross Bronx & Create More Parks & Housing

Slowly across the country, more and more cities are creating new green spaces as well as acres of land for more housing. How? They’re doing so by capping portions of highways that slice across their cities like ugly scars. And this is exactly what we need to do in The Bronx and heal the wounds…

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These Bronx Neighborhoods are the Most Livable in the Borough

A new study by real estate website RentHop has come up with the top ten most ‘livable’ neighborhoods for renters in New York City and as per usual (sadly), it’s safe to assume that not one Bronx neighborhood made the list. But they did, however, provide which are the top in our borough. Utilizing metrics…

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Triboro Line Connecting The Bronx to Queens and Brooklyn Gets Another Big Push

For years Welcome2TheBronx has been a big advocate of the Triboro Line connecting The Bronx to Queens and Brooklyn — without having to go through Manhattan — a reality. Last June, Assemblywoman Latrice Walker of Brooklyn proposed a bill so that would compell the Metropolitan Transit Authority to study the project. A few months later…

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Three Bronx High Schools Ranked Among Best 10 in NYC

Not only did three Bronx high schools make it to the top ten list of best high school’s in the New York City area, but they also are considered to be some of the best in the country according to a recently released rankings by education website Niche. Under private schools, Horace Mann in Fieldston…

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WATCH: World’s First African-American Circus Troupe is From The Bronx & They Just Received Highest Honor

The world’s first African-American Circus Troupe, The King Charles Troupe began right here in The Bronx back in 1958. 11 years later they debuted at Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey’s Circus in Madison Square which lead to an 18 year with the world’s most famous circus. Now the troupe is has been inducted into the…

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