It’s barely been a year since ferry service began at Soundview but now the city…
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Melrose is getting its second Starbucks, this time at The Hub on 149th Street and…
Everywhere you turn and look in The Bronx, you’re bound to stumble upon a bit…
Last year at this time, Welcome2TheBronx reported that murder was on the rise by a…
Welcome2TheBronx has written extensively on the need to build a subway line that would run…
MELROSE — Tens of thousands of people came from The Bronx and across New York…
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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The Bronx to Get Its First Ever “Pride” Crosswalks This Week
MELROSE — For the first time in Bronx history the borough will be getting rainbow “Pride” crosswalks and just in time for Bronx Pride and World Pride as the city celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. The pride crosswalks will be painted on 149th Street at two locations on the north side of…
A Long Delayed Green Space is Complete as The Bronx’s Newest Park is Now Open
The greenest borough of New York City just got greener—1.07 acres greener to be exact. After decades in the making, Yolanda Garcia Park in Melrose is finally open. Located on Melrose Avenue, between 159th and 160th Streets, the park was originally envisioned as a central gathering and green space for the Melrose Commons urban renewal…
Bronx Teen Lucas Silverio, Hero Who Rushed Into a Burning Building to Save a Little Girl, Dies
19 year old Lucas Silverio, The Bronx hero who rushed into a burning building and rushed up 14 flights to save a little girl has succumbed to his injuries. The Belmont teen had just helped his grandmother out of the building and decided to race back up to the little three year old girl who…
WATCH: NYC’s Best Mozzarella is Made in The Bronx
The Bronx is a multicultural patchwork of neighborhoods made up of people from all over the world. One of the groups that have had a huge impact on our borough, even though the population has dwindled in recent decades, is our Italian community. Everywhere you turn in our borough their mark is ever present like…
From Brazil to The Bronx: The New York Botanical Garden’s Largest Exhibition Ever
This Saturday The New York Botanical Garden’s largest exhibition opens: Brazilian Modern: The Living Art of Roberto Burle Marx. Marx was one of the most influential Brazilian modernist artist and landscape architect who produced and left his mark on thousands of gardens and even iconic urban landscapes such as the curved mosaic walkway in Rio…
MTA’s Bronx Bus Network Redesign to Bring Big Changes for Residents
After a lengthy study and community engagement, the MTA has released its Draft Plan for the much anticipated Bronx Bus Network Redesign Plan which seeks to improve bus service in our borough. We took a look at the plan over the weekend and most seem to be pretty good changes from eliminating stops and adding…
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