Despite reassurances last week from the New York City Department of Health regarding two cases…
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Here’s another thing we can add to the list of things that ails our borough:…
One lucky person in The Bronx purchased the single-winning ticket for the New York State…
Next stop: Rita Moreno! Called City of Women, the New York City subway map was…
Last year saw tens of thousands of pizza lovers descend upon New York City’s REAL…
169 newly constructed apartments in the Fordham Manor area of The Bronx are up for…
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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A Year After Launch, The Bronx’s Soundview Ferry Service Exceeds Expectations
Last year NYC Ferry kicked off its service in The Bronx at Clason Point in Soundview offering relief to a transit-starved community and cutting commute times by as much as half in many cases. For people who worked downtown, they saw their commutes go from as much as 90 minutes to as little as just…
Top 10 Bronx Neighborhoods With Most Street Trees
The folks over at Localize.city sent Welcome2TheBronx their latest report, this time they’ve analyzed street tree density across all New York City neighborhoods in the five boroughs. Although The Bronx is the greenest borough with the most land dedicated to parks (nearly a full 25% of The Bronx is parkland), we didn’t make it to…
Old Pictures of The Grand Concourse
Every now and again we get lost in the New York Public Library’s Digital Collections and we like to share some of our findings with our readers. Today we’re taking a stroll down the Grand Concourse, the beautiful and grand boulevard in The Bronx designed by French immigrant Louis Aloys Risse using Paris’ Champs Élysées…
Bronx Made & Iconic New York Public Library Lion Statues, Patience & Fortitude to Get Repairs
108 years ago, the Italian brothers known as the Piccirilli Brothers carved one of New York City’s most iconic statues: The lions standing guard at the New York Public Library’s main branch known as Patience and Fortitude. Now these treasures will soon be undergoing routine maintenance and work and will be covered up as they…
REPORT: The Bronx’s Westchester Square & Cypress Avenue Stations on the 6 Among City’s Most Deteriorated
A new report released by New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli this passed Friday reveals that as of 2017, not one of The Bronx’s 70 subway stations were in good condition with each one showing structural deficiencies in one form or another. According to the report, this is an increase from 2012 when 12 stations…
Hart Island Cleanup to Finally Begin 7 years After Superstorm Sandy Unearthed Human Remains
When Superstorm Sandy hit the New York City region in 2012, no corner of the region was left unscathed and The Bronx was no exception. One particularly grim instance was the further erosion of Hart Island, the country’s largest public cemetery where the forgotten and poorest of the poor are interred, where human remains were…