So you go to the local hardware store or Home Depot and purchase that compact…
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The usual brass was on hand today at the official ground breaking ceremony in Melrose…
So today was MUCH better than yesterday’s dreadful meal of fried wings and french fries.…
You would think that after attending and participating at the Bronx Food Summit that I…
Today, on May Day, I have decided to chronicle my journey as a South Bronx…
Tomorrow, Saturday May 1st you can meet me, the “Mayor” of Melrose as well as…
- 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
- New York City’s FIRST public observatory is opening in The Bronx this Spring!
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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BREAKING NEWS – Motorcyclist Hit by Truck on Third Avenue
Paramedics as well as police from the 40th precinct raced to the intersection of Third Avenue and East 158th Street responding to an accident involving a motorcyclist and a medium sized construction crane truck. Witnesses say that the biker had the right of way as he was on East 158th Street crossing Third Avenue when the…
A Neighborhood Unites to Protect One of Its Own
A little over a week ago the cultural soul of Melrose received an eviction notice – Coqui Mexicano, which in less than two years since it opened has become not just a restaurant but a myriad of things to a people as diverse as its offerings. Melrose residents have long enjoyed frequenting Coqui Mexicano,…
Bronx Food Summit – May 1st, 2010
In response to The New York Times article which coined the phrase the “Bronx Paradox“, when referring to the dichotomy of South Bronx residents being one of the most obese in the country as well as the hungriest in the nation, Ruben Diaz, Jr immediately responded to the statement by starting the Bronx Food Summit.…
TONIGHT! – Grand Concourse Historic Preservation Community Meeting
Everyone is encouraged to come to the Grand Concourse Historic Preservation Community Meeting tonight at 7PM over at the Bronx Museum of Art (1040 Grand Concourse) at the invitation of Bronx Borough President, Ruben Diaz, Jr. As per the invitation: “Borough President Diaz invites all interested parties learn more about the proposed Grand Concourse Historic District.…
Picture of the Day
As seen on a Harley on Elton Avenue between East 157th and East 158th Streets. Special shout out goes to local Bronx resident Lance Rios founder and creator of Being Latino – the largest Latino social networking group on Facebook as well as a stand alone blog of the same name. Through the blog and Facebook,…
4 or 5 Star Hotel in The Bronx?
During the ribbon cutting of the new Macomb Dam Park and Joseph Yancey Track and Field which is going right now, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr mentioned the coming of a hotel and was overheard saying, "it's coming, it's coming" when someone reiterated his words. Stay tuned for more info on thus story as…
- 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
- New York City’s FIRST public observatory is opening in The Bronx this Spring!