A developer, who last month purchased 12 acres along the Harlem River for $32 million,…
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Carmelo Anthony may be expanding his footprint in the South Bronx. The former Knick recently…
Bronx filmmaker and cinematographer Nadia Hallgren’s 37-minute short documentary, After Maria, premieres on Netflix this…
Police took longer to assign officers to crimes reported in Bronx neighborhoods than anywhere else…
Yes, our title is a bold statement but we’ve eaten lechón, aka Puerto Rican roast…
In the 1990s, Bronxite Felipe López was on his way to become one of the…
- A 2,200-bed migrant shelter for men heading to the South Bronx
- New York City Selects Developers for Long-Abandoned Kingsbridge Armory
- Construction begins on the tallest building in the South Bronx
- Rare, truly affordable apartments, as low as $454 a month, now available in The Bronx
- Housing lottery thinks $4,376 for a two-bedroom in Fordham in The Bronx is “affordable”
Almost overnight, the South Bronx grew a glittering skyline of market rate luxury rental towers along the Harlem River with many of them rising as tall as twenty five stories as the…
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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…
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…
Report: University Heights & Fordham Face Biggest Displacement Threat in NYC
Out of New York City’s 59 community districts, The Bronx is home to six of the top ten community districts facing the biggest threats of displacement in the city. Out of these, Community Board 5 in The Bronx, which covers the University Heights and Fordham neighborhoods of our borough, faces the biggest threat of displacement…
History of The Bronx’s Bridge Park & Roberto Clemente State Park
The following was originally published over at Hidden Waters Blog, a companion blog to the amazing Hidden Waters of NYC book by Sergey Kadinsky, and reprinted with permission. As the island of Manhattan is nearly entirely ringed by a series of connected parks, the other four boroughs are also experiencing the opening of their shorelines to the…
Escape From New York? Bronx Population Drops by 7,500 in 2018
After years of a population boom in The Bronx, the borough’s population appears to have dropped by 7,500 according to new census estimates via the American Community Survey. Overall, New York City’s population dropped by 39,523 (from 8,438,271 back in 2017 to 8,398,748 as of July 1st, 2018) but Staten Island was the only borough…
- A 2,200-bed migrant shelter for men heading to the South Bronx
- New York City Selects Developers for Long-Abandoned Kingsbridge Armory
- Construction begins on the tallest building in the South Bronx
- Rare, truly affordable apartments, as low as $454 a month, now available in The Bronx
- Housing lottery thinks $4,376 for a two-bedroom in Fordham in The Bronx is “affordable”