Back then, the 3,156 square foot mansion was on the market for $3.65 million and despite being reduced a few times it still hasn’t sold.
Brick Underground reports that 4720 Grosvenor Ave, which features 30 Inc thick stone walls that were actually salvaged from the ruins of a real deal Croatian castle, had been on and off the market since 2009 both for sale and for rent.
So if you have a few shekels around know that you too can live in your very own castle.
Dracula, ghosts, and ghouls not included. Well, none that we know of.
The Bronx born and raised rapper, Cardi B (who’s of Dominican descent) just made Billboard history by having her first three hits on the charts enter the top ten simultaneously in the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
After 6 weeks in the number 1 spot, her “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” slid to #2 while debuting “Motorsport” at #5 ( a collaboration with Migos and Nicki Minaj) as her feature on G-Eazy’s “No Money” track moved into #10.
This isn’t the first time a woman has had three hit top ten songs simultaneously on the charts but Cardi is the first to see her first top ten at the same time on that coveted list.
Diabetes Relief Center Director of Clinical Operations, Jordis Smith, LPN, goes over the treatment with local Bronx residents at one of several information sessions held.
This coming Tuesday, November 14th on World Diabetes Day, New York City’s first Diabetes Relief Center will open its doors to the public with a ribbon cutting ceremony open to the public beginning at 10:30AM.
Earlier this summer we reported that Diabetes Relief Center would provide a new type of treatment for people who suffer from the disease as the first of its kind center in the entire Northeast region.
The treatment, which according to Trina Diabetes Relief Centers, “…mimics effect that normal pancreas has on liver…”, is administered intravenously in their clinical centers and delivers micro pulses of insulin.
Unlike traditional insulin treatment which simply treats glucose, this treatment affects nerve endings, the brain, retinas, liver, kidneys and according to research has been shown to halt or even reverse serious complications from advanced diabetes according to Diabetes Relief Center.
To learn more about Diabetes Relief Center, check out their websiteor call 866-224-4662 to make an appointment.
Diabetes Relief Center is located at 2825 Third Avenue, Suite 200, at The Hub Medical Center between 148th and 149th Street and all are invited to the grand opening on Tuesday.
On Monday, November 27th, Bronx residents will have an opportunity to testify at a hearing and offer their own view on what should be done and in the direct line of fire are monuments to Christopher Columbus who is revered by many in the Italian American community seen as a hero and a visionary who “discovered” America.
But to millions of others across the Americas and indigenous peoples here he’s seen as a mass murderer who ushered in the world’s largest genocide which led to the decimation of hundreds of millions of indigenous peoples.
He’s not the only one causing ire among city residents.
New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito has called for the removal of a Central Park statue of James Marion Sims, a doctor who is considered the “father” of modern gynecology who experimented on enslaved women without using anesthesia and against their will.
The public hearings will be held at the Bronx Borough Hall Rotunda at 851 Grand Concourse from 10AM to 2PM.
Only 19% of 718,302 active Bronx voters came out to vote during this past Tuesday’s election.
Let that sink in.
19%.
Not that the rest of New York City fared much better with an overall average of 24% of active voters in the city coming out to the polls but, as per usual, The Bronx comes in dead last.
With all the issues facing our borough like gentrification, homelessness, poor educational outcomes, underemployment, and environmental issues, how are we going to solve them if we don’t participate in the democratic process and vote?
We cannot continue on this path allowing a small group of people dictate what goes on in our borough and city. We need a stronger turnout at the polls. This is why politicians get lazy and end up doing things that are not in our best interest but the interest of corporations and developers because there is no one out there holding them accountable at the polls.
They know that every 4 years all they have to do is hand out free turkeys and they have the votes they need to squeak into office or stay comfortably put until they decide to retire.
So how did the rest of the city do?
See for yourself:
Staten Island – 32%
Manhattan – 24%
Queens – 22%
Brooklyn – 22%
The Bronx 19%
We need to pretend that our lives are at stake each election and get to the polls and vote.
From raking leaves to to planting bulbs at these locations, your efforts will help keep your communities beautiful and it’s a wonderful way to meet your neighbors!
Please email nilkamartell@yahoo.com to register for one (or both if you’re ambitious) of these events!
Of all 51 New York City Council races yesterday, Gjonaj’s race to fill the 13th District City Council seat performed the worst receiving only 48.6% of the vote indicating that a majority of district residents actually rejected him despite his winning.
Gjonaj joins Margaret Chin of District 1 in Manhattan, who received 49.8% of the vote, and Elizabeth Crowley of the 30th district in Queens who garnered 49.6%, as the 3 candidates who did quite abysmally with none of them reaching the 50% mark.
The race for the 13th District in the East Bronx was a crowded one filled yet Republican candidate John Cerini managed to get 35.7% of the votes in what is the most conservative leaning area of The Bronx.
Gjonaj has his work cut out for him with so many people rejecting him at the polls yesterday and if he wants to be a true leader then he has a lot of relationships to mend and bridges to build in order to serve the entire district and not just those who supported him.
The Bronx and New York City deserves better than Gjonaj in City Council but we’re stuck with him for now for better or for worse.
In 1942, Dannon Yogurt was founded in The Bronx in the midst of World War II but America wasn’t quite ready for the taste.
But five years later right here in The Bronx in 1947, an idea came to fruition of you will, and the company’s founder, Daniel Carasso decided to put strawberry fruit on the bottom of the cup of yogurt.
Back in Europe where yogurt was pretty standard un many countries, fruit compote was commonplace but American food safety laws didn’t permit the mixing of dairy with anything due to safety concerns.
Carasso was able to convince the authorities that by putting it in the bottom and not the top, the fermentation process wouldn’t technically mix thus making it safe for packaging.
Soon after, the company had to expand to larger headquarters in Long Island City in 1950 as the demand increased.
Before then, they were producing a few hundred cups a day by hand in The Bronx which were then delivered throughout the borough, Brooklyn, and Manhattan.
Although the company didn’t last long in The Bronx, it’s still great to know that something we take for granted each day started right here in the great borough of The Bronx.
When we read the news on Thursday that DNAinfo and Gothamist were shut down just a week after they voted to unionize we were stunned but we immediately realized that The Bronx lost yet another media outlet covering what’s important to the people of our borough.
Perhaps not so much with Gothamist but for years DNAinfo provided broad, localized coverage of The Bronx and oftentimes citing our exclusive content and breaking news articles.
But this isn’t the first time this has happened although perhaps not as drastic.
Other publications like The New York Daily News and even The New York Times have scaled back and even shut down their outer borough bureau offices leaving The Bronx and the rest of the boroughs thirsting for hyper local news.
For the past 8 years we’ve been providing just that and although our journey didn’t begin with the intention of becoming the go to source in The Bronx for what’s going on here, we went with it because you wanted it.
That being said, we will do everything possible to pick up the slack and fill the huge Bronx news void left behind fue to this loss and provide even more content relevant to you our readers.
Don’t hesitate to reach out to us with tips and suggestions as we’re always here to listen and just a click away at info@welcome2thebronx.com or call or text us at 347-926-3576
Leapfrog Hospital Safety Guide, the only hospital rating focused exclusively on hospital safety, issued its Fall 2017 ratings giving Jacobi Hospital a D rating for safety―one of the worst in New York City and the worst in The Bronx.
The ratings are derived from an analysis of dozens of national measures of hospital safety which result in a letter grade from the non-profit organization.
A further look at the grades showed that when it comes to patient falls and dangerous blood clots Jacobi received the worst grade of all hospitals on both counts.
For some, the results may be rather surprising. For many years, Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx was considered to be one of the worst hospitals in the system but it has turned around in recent years.
Now, it has received the best rating of all Bronx hospitals with a B, the only such rating in the borough.
Leapfrog Hospital Safety ratings for Bronx Hospital are as follows:
Thoughts? Do you feel safe at your local hospital?
The New York Times profiled a Dominican eatery called Margarita’s Restaurant in the Longwood area of The Bronx which honors the memory of the owner’s mother who lost her life in the American Airlines Flight 587 to Santo Domingo crash back in 2001.
Margarita Brito’s late mother (named Reyna but known by her middle name which was also Margarita) ran a food truck in the neighborhood for years from March straight through Thanksgiving until that fateful crash.
Shortly thereafter, Margarita and her husband continued running the truck until 2015 when they finally opened up a brick and mortar spot on Avenue Saint John around the corner from where they parked their food truck.
Dominican alcapurrias, pastelillos, tostones, carne de cerdo frita, or sancocho are some of the delicious foods you’ll find here and according to the New York Times, they seem to be some of the best in the city.
Guess we’ll have to head over and see for ourselves!
Via Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. “1492 Bronx Lots At Your Own Price” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1920-07-13.
On Tuesday, July 13, 1920, one thousand four hundred and ninety-two vacant lots in what would eventually become Allerton and Pelham Gardens in The East Bronx went to auction starting at just $20 or $50 bucks depending on the lot.
But how would the sale of these lots bisected by streets like Pearsall, Throop, and Allerton Avenues and bounded by Eastchester Road and Burke Avenue would fill the coffers of Harvard University, Vanderbilt heirs and even the heirs of one of the original owners of Tiffany’s?
Lawrence E. Sexton, who was one of the owners of the Eastchester Company that owned the estate and vacant lots had willed his holdings to Harvard University and upon his passing, so did his interests including the land.
Same thing with heirs of Alfred G. Vanderbilt and as for Tiffany and Co? The heirs of Charles T. Cook, one of the original owners of Tiffany and Company as well as one of its presidents also was part owner of the land which even had its own railroad stop within its boundaries at what is now the Gun Hill Road Station on the 5 Dyre Avenue IRT subway line (which was then NY Westchester, & Boston Railroad).
The advertisement for the auction spoke of how these lands were ripe for development due to the rapid pace at which the city was expanding population-wise and that it wouldn’t be too far-fetched to have these lots, “double, triple, and quadruple in value…”.
One thing that should be noted is that this is how many Bronx families and families in general were able to build up wealth in the form of real estate holdings and it was something that people of color, particularly Black Americans, didn’t have access to due to systemic racist policies like redlining prevented them from obtaining a mortgage so you had to have the money not to mention that there weren’t any fair housing laws then so if you happened to be a Black family you could be denied even entry into the auction.
At any rate, many already wealthy families and institutions got wealthier off of sales of land sales in The Bronx and when you look at what’s going on today in the South Bronx developer rush, nothing has changed and that wealth continues to stay within a select and small group of families.
