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WATCH: Bernie Sanders Brings the 2020 Democratic Primaries to The Bronx

After officially endorsing Senator Bernie Sanders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at a massive rally in Queens, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez brought the Senator for an intimate meet and greet in The Bronx. Shortly after 5pm, Ocasio-Cortez walked into Ellie’s Diner in Parkchester with Senator Sanders to meet with local residents briefly before heading out…

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The Triboro Line Connecting The Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens Takes a Step Closer to Becoming a Reality

Imagine being able to get from Co-op City to Queens or Brooklyn WITHOUT having to go through Manhattan. That’s the goal of the Triboro Line we’ve written about extensively over the past years and now the Metropolitan Transit Authority has taken a big step towards making this a reality. The MTA has announced that it…

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The South Bronx’s First Luxury High Rises Reach New Heights

Rising like twin beacons of gentrification, the South Bronx’s first luxury high rises have topped out reaching their maximum floor heights of 25 stories each. Known as The Arches, which is being developed by Cheskel Schwimmer, the luxury towers are now the tallest buildings in the area, surpassing even nearby NYCHA development Mitchel Houses which…

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BREAKING NEWS: Judge Rules NYC DOT Morris Park Road Diet Can Proceed

In a blow to local residents and businesses who fought against the New York City Department of Transportation’s proposed “road diet” for Morris Park Avenue, a judge has declared that indeed the city may proceed as planned. Bronx judge Lucindo Suarez stated, according to StreetsBlog who first broke the story, that the road design is…

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The Bronx: New York City’s First Borough

It’s a little-known fact that our beautiful borough of The Bronx was, in fact, the first borough of New York City although it wasn’t called a borough until later. In 1874, the lands west of the Bronx River were annexed to New York County aka New York City and was known as the Annexed District. Before this…

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