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Best known for her role as Rosario, Karen Walker’s maid on Will & Grace, Bronx…
A version of this article was originally published on December 15, 2015 when Star Wars:…
Construction recently began at 2401 Third Avenue for Bankside, a new 1,350 unit market-rate luxury…
While foreclosures are down in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island, that is not the…
A brand new development in the Melrose neighborhood of The Bronx that’s nearing completion is…
- 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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MTA’s New Fare System, OMNY, to Arrive in The Bronx Next Month
Starting next month, some Bronx residents will no longer have to swipe their MetroCard to use the subway but will also have the ability to simply tap their phone for an even faster entry into the system. OMNY (One Metro New York) contactless readers are being installed at E 138th Street on the 4 and…
Help Design a New Waterfront Park in the South Bronx
This Thursday, November 14, the New York City Economic Development Corporation will host the first pubic design workshop for a new upcoming 2.3 acre waterfront park along the Harlem River Waterfront. The new park, which will be located on Exterior between E 144th and E 146th Streets, is part the city’s $200 million gentrification investment…
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…
- 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