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Construction recently began at 2401 Third Avenue for Bankside, a new 1,350 unit market-rate luxury…
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- 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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Cold Truth for NYCHA Residents: No New State-Funded Boilers for Four Years or More
With winter approaching, the federal monitor overseeing the New York City Housing Authority gave preliminary approval last Wednesday to spend a $450 million pile of backlogged state funds, including $363 million to upgrade obsolete boilers. But the fine print from NYCHA monitor Bart Schwartz says that those new boilers won’t begin to come online until 2023,…
Retired NYPD Detective Talks About His Life & Living in Longwood for Over 75 Years
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. Roland Lopez is a retired NYPD detective who has lived in the Longwood Historic District since 1942. He was born in East Harlem and his…
Housing Lottery Now Open for New Affordable Housing in Bedford Park
New York City’s affordable housing lottery is now open for a new residential development in the Bedford park neighborhood of The Bronx. Located at 16 E 204th Street at the corner of Jerome, Villa Gardens is a 12 story, 52 unit development with a mix of studios, 1, 2, and 3 bedroom units. The affordability…
At the Site of a Former Bronx Jail, a New Development Rises…and Hope
For over half a century, Spofford Juvenile Detention Center in Hunts Point, stood as a monument to everything that was wrong with the criminal justice system in The Bronx. The youth that was detained there suffered horrific conditions and abuse at the hands of those who were supposed to care for them and in charge…
Summer of ’67: When Two Planes Crashed in The Bronx
Towards the end of the summer of 1967, The Bronx experience not one but two fatal plane crashes. On September 16 of that year, 6 people died as a twin engine private plane crashed into the famous rocks of St Mary’s Park on E 149th Street just 10 minutes after taking off from LaGuardia Airport.…
Apply for Brand New Apartments in Hunts Point
94 brand new apartments are now available via New York City’s affordable housing program lottery in Hunts Point with studios renting at $748/month, 1 bedroom units at $948/mo, and 2 bedroom units at $1,148/mo. Located at 985 Bruckner Boulevard, the 94 units are part of a larger 215 unit development offering a mix of housing…
- 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