After a lengthy study and community engagement, the MTA has released its Draft Plan for…
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The first of five buildings at the massive La Central development in Melrose at The…
This article has been reprinted with permission and originally appeared in the Bronx County Historical…
Melrose—After 5 years since the Bronx General Post Office was sold for $19 million to…
A developer, who last month purchased 12 acres along the Harlem River for $32 million,…
Carmelo Anthony may be expanding his footprint in the South Bronx. The former Knick recently…
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 is Waiting: Police Dispatch is Highest in The City
Police took longer to assign officers to crimes reported in Bronx neighborhoods than anywhere else in New York City in 2018, according to the city Independent Budget Office’s analysis of precinct dispatch times. The average dispatch time across the city for roughly 450,000 possible crime-in-progress incidents in 2018 was 3 minutes, 48 seconds. That’s up from…
WATCH: NYC’s Best Lechón Comes From the South Bronx
Yes, our title is a bold statement but we’ve eaten lechón, aka Puerto Rican roast pork from many places, including at family gatherings, but outside the home there’s only one place to go: La Piraña Lechonera. Located at 152nd Street and Wales and operated out of a truck, this place is a lechonera lover’s dream.…
WATCH: The Bronx’s ‘Dominican Dream’ Trailer
In the 1990s, Bronxite Felipe López was on his way to become one of the most famous basketball players of our time. But that day never really came for the Dominican immigrant living in The Bronx despite having been featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated after graduating high school highlighting his promising career. A…
The Bronx is Getting ANOTHER Bookstore!
After several years without a bookstore, when Barnes and Noble left The Bronx and nearly 1.5 million residents stranded without a place to satisfy their literary needs and desires in 2016, our borough is set to get a second book store. The news comes after the much anticipated opening of The Lit. Bar last month…
Bronx Woman Makes History as NYC’s First Woman & First Gay EMS Chief
People from The Bronx, and more specifically WOMEN, continue to break records and shattering barriers. The FDNY will, as of tomorrow, have their first ever woman and first ever gay Chief of EMS in New York City history as Lillian Bonsignore takes the reigns over the 4,500 employees of the department. “I take this promotion…
Two Bronx High Schools Make it to Top 10 List in New York City
Two Bronx schools have made New York City’s top ten best high school’s list according to US News and World Report. Coming in at 5th place (unsurprisingly) is Bronx High School of Science which ranked 49th in the country and also 5th place in the state. In at 6th place is High School of American…