This morning I was looking at some stats for Welcome2TheBronx and noticed that someone landed…
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The battle against Stop and Frisk is in the courts with a Bronxite at the…
Happy π Day! Not only is this a day we celebrate the mathematical constant known…
The Bronx continues to rise and this time we can attributes to the business sector.…
Check out this cool piece by Patrick Wall of DNAinfo on a London born Bronx…
The battle for justice continues. We must not allow the FreshDirect sweetheart deal to go…
- The South Bronx will lose its last movie theater next month leaving the borough with just one
- The Bronx needs to think big to combat the affordable housing crisis
- Every day is Earth Day in The Bronx
- Hope for connecting The Bronx directly to Queens and Brooklyn via the Interborough Express is revived
- Historic $1 billion donation made to The Bronx’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine to provide free tuition
A brand new development in the Mott Haven is now accepting applications for affordable apartments. Located at 405 E 146th Street at Willis Avenue, Betances VI Family Apartments was constructed on NYCHA…
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Are Black & Latino Youth The New Cash Crop?
Stop and Frisk is the unfortunate way of life for many of our youth in the Bronx. Considering that the vast majority who are victimized by such tactics are people of color, you can easily see that it is racial profiling at its best. How demoralizing is it to be walking around the neighborhood or…
Bronx Political Landscape Is Changing
For all the ills that still plague our beloved borough, the one issue that deserves to get the spotlight, rarely does so. The Bronx political machine and establishment is perhaps the single most problematic entity we have yet to give our full attention. It is a system that is rife with corruption, nepotism and plain…
The Future of Southern Boulevard
Southern Boulevard always played second fiddle to the HUB but for thousands of Longwood and Hunts Point residents, this bustling shopping district has been the go to place for goods and services for decades. Tonight, Gary Axelbank’s BronxTalk, along with local leaders, will discuss the current state of the shopping district and its future. It…
Bronx Murals
The Bronx has a wealth of murals throughout our neighborhoods. This one is in Melrose at Neighborhood Cycle. Which one is your favorite? Tweet your pics to @welcome2thebx and let us know!
Tonight: Opening Reception Of The X Collective’s New Word Order
Tonight at 7pm, the X Collective launches their latest exhibit, New Word Order. Since the collective’s inception in the Spring of 2011, they have been producing impressive bodies of work of socially conscious pieces and have engaged the community-at-large in much needed conversations on local and global issues that in one way or another impact…
The Bronx Is Safer Than Boston
Just days after a major exhibit opened at the Bronx Documentary Center this past Saturday in Melrose which depicts the humanity behind the most turbulent times in our history, 2012 murder statistics were posted revealing that The Bronx is safer than Boston. In fact, according to the data posted by the Gothamist, our borough is…
- The South Bronx will lose its last movie theater next month leaving the borough with just one
- The Bronx needs to think big to combat the affordable housing crisis
- Every day is Earth Day in The Bronx
- Hope for connecting The Bronx directly to Queens and Brooklyn via the Interborough Express is revived
- Historic $1 billion donation made to The Bronx’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine to provide free tuition