Mayor meets with Bronxites in The Hub
Residents and community groups met with Mayor Bill de Blasio and city agencies in Roberto Clemente Plaza on Tuesday, as part of New York City’s resource festival. The event is…
La Finca del Sur plays host to the stage rumba series
Nestled between the Major Deegan Expressway and Metro North train tracks in a gritty section of Port Morris, musicians, dancers and Mott Haven residents braved a mid-July rain to soak…
Affordable housing lottery launches for The Arches
An affordable housing lottery for 30 apartments at The Arches, a newly built apartment complex in Port Morris apartment, has launched and will extend through August 19th. In all, 60…
Thid Ave. BID: Small businesses struggle, despite reopening
The city reopening is well underway, but many small businesses are struggling to recover, according to one of Mott Haven’s most prominent business boosters. Third Avenue Business Improvement District CEO…
B-Diddy B-ball tournament honors Brandon Hendricks
A quadruple-header at Andrew Jackson Houses in Melrose on July 7 followed the street co-naming ceremony for Brandon Hendricks at the corner of 156th Street and Park Avenue. The second…
Beer and lots of local ambience on tap at Bronx Brewery
Watching sports and enjoying an adult beverage go hand-in-hand for many New Yorkers, with a cold brew being the drink of choice. On an early July weekday, with the Milwaukee…
Rental assistance program stifled by technical difficulties, landlords
Some Bronx housing advocates are worried that the city program designed to help protect low-income residents from being evicted is not nearly tough enough to protect those most in need…
Photo exhibit casts lens on Latin American hardships
A new exhibit at the Bronx Documentary Center highlights life in Latin America through the eyes of photojournalists from the continent, who have a foothold in New York. The 4th…