Patterson Houses residents left in the cold
Baby it’s cold outside. Try telling that to the residents of Patterson Houses, for whom it’s just as cold inside.
Love Thy Neighbor: local churches share worship space
As three churches share the ground floor space of a 100-year-old building on a rotating schedule, their arrangement allows each congregation to operate within budget and toward long-term goals.
Capital funding revs up for Hip Hop Museum
The new complex is scheduled to be completed in 2020. How much will it cost?
Zaro’s to open Port Morris store
Bakery that has baked in the Bronx for 90 years, will soon serve local clientele Zaro’s Family Bakery, whose stores are found in the city’s transportation hubs in Midtown, unloads…
Being LGBTQ in the Bronx: growing despite resistance
A new group called "Free to be Me" hopes that its educational programming and inclusive club name will help lift a negative social stigma for the Bronx LGBTQ community.
Volunteers adopt green space from transportation department
Without a budget, the volunteers had to cut overgrowth with a weed whacker and water plants with two 10-gallon buckets.
Non-profit trains residents for tech jobs
What makes The Knowledge House unique is that its classes encourage students to solve community problems with tech.
Community organizes to reduce damage done by drug users
Increased needle sightings are just one of the symptoms that surfaced this spring, after the 40th Precinct shut down The Hole—a notorious drug den out of sight from onlookers on…