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  • Film & Television

After Decades, TV & Film Production Returns to The Bronx

Before Hollywood became the epicenter of America's nascent film industry, New York City played a major role with the world's…

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  • People of The Bronx

Another Bronx Woman Makes History, This Time in NASCAR as 1st Female Starter

Bronx women are breaking barriers left and right. Last week we had the story of Lt. Col Merryl Tengesdal, a…

  • Gentrification
  • Real Estate
  • Social Justice

United Auto Merchant Association Seeks Volunteers To Mobilize Merchants in (Cromwell) Jerome Study Area

The United Auto Merchant Association is holding a volunteer orientation meeting tomorrow at 12PM in order to mobilize auto merchants…

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Old Bronx Courthouse to Open to Community on Tuesday, February 24th

Join No Longer Empty this Tuesday, February 24th from 12PM - 2:30PM for the "Community Open House and Unveiling of…

  • Arts & Culture
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  • People of The Bronx
  • The Bronx Is Beautiful
  • Visual Arts

Model Casting for Bronx Fashion Week 2015; Designers, Make-up Artists, & Hairstylists Too

Last year, Bronx Fashion Week 2014 made history in September at the Andrew Freedman Home as the borough’s first Fashion…

  • Bronx Facts
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  • History
  • People of The Bronx

Ota Benga: The Man Who Was On Display at the Bronx Zoo

It's hard to believe that almost 109 years ago, a Congolese pygmy man was put on display at the Bronx…

  • Gentrification
  • Real Estate

Bronx BP Proposes Development Over Several Rail Yards

About 3 years ago, Welcome2TheBronx wrote about the possibility of having the Metro North rail yards in Melrose at 149th…

  • Environmentalism
  • Social Justice

Bronx Residents Force a Re-vote on Subsidies to FreshDirect

Join Us for the Empire State Development RE-VOTE on $10 Million in FreshDirect Subsidies Thursday, February 19, 9:30 am 633…

  • People of The Bronx
  • Small Business

Holland Textiles Opens First US Store in The Bronx, Bringing a Bit of Africa With Them

Last summer, while walking along 3rd Avenue in The Hub, I spotted a bright, new store with gorgeous, African print…

  • Food & Drink
  • Health

Tea Tasting, Yoga, & Massage at B-Well Studio, Tuesday, Feb 17th!

Join Morris Perk tomorrow at B-Well Studio for Tea Tasting, Yoga, & Massage! Morris Perk is teaming up with Ricks…

  • Bronx Stories
  • History
  • Landmarks
  • Parks

Mommy & Daddy, Take My Hand, Take Me Out to Freedomland!

The East Bronx History Forum will transport us back to the Bronx of 1960 at Freedomland! Freedomland was larger and…

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  • People of The Bronx
  • Restaurants

Our 5 Favorite Puerto Rican Restaurants in the Bronx | Via First We Feast

The Bronx, home to New York's congressional district with the highest percentage of Puerto Ricans has long been a bastion…

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