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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.…

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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…

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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…

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No Problem Here: Pols Shun Drug Center in Bronx Opioid OD Hotspot

Two Bronx lawmakers petitioning the state to deny a license to a planned upscale drug treatment center in Kingsbridge argue the neighborhood doesn’t have an opioid problem — a claim at odds with city statistics on fatal overdoses. The private outpatient facility, slated to include yoga sessions and personal trainers, would be “a great hindrance to…

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