Hostos registers its students to vote
Lea una versión en español aquí. The Bronx has historically come up short in the voting department, especially among young adults. It clocks the lowest rate of 18-year-old registered voters…
Melrose remembers a beloved teacher at a street renaming ceremony
South Bronx residents gathered on a Sunday morning in September to celebrate the renaming of E. 152nd Street for the ‘saint of the neighborhood’ Michael P. McCauley. McCauley taught at…
Tennis courts at St. Mary’s Park frequently locked, frustrating local residents
In September 2023, Venus Williams headlined a splashy reopening of the tennis courts at St. Mary’s Park tennis courts, newly renovated by Lacoste and the City Parks Foundation. Framed by…
Brook Park still under construction
Brook Park Community Garden, located on Brook Avenue between East 140th and 141st Streets, remains under construction after almost two years. The project, funded with $884,000 from Borough President Vanessa…
Latin music store keeps the music playing
You can hear Cholo’s Record Shop before you see it. Boleros, the kind that Cholo’s father used to play on the family turntable back in Puerto Rico, envelop E 148th…
Mott Haven residents celebrate as waterfront plan seeks federal grant
At the very end of Lincoln Avenue, between the Willis and Third Avenue bridges, hidden behind trucks from the waste treatment plants and FreshDirect headquarters, 30 people gathered on September…
As costs climb, back-to-school giveaway eases financial burdens for families
Alonda Guillen was in the middle of doing her laundry when she found out about the back-to-school giveaway event outside the City of Refuge Church in Port Morris on Saturday.…
Partnership that tracks flooding citywide is now in the South Bronx
A flood sensor may be coming to a street near you. FloodNet, a partnership that brings communities, research organizations and city government together to cope with flooding across New York…