Mott Haven is latest stop on World Peace mural tour
The front wall of 440 Jackson Avenue received the 49th mural of Writer’s World Peace Mural Tour, a mural series that can be seen across 42 cities in the U.S.…
Coquito Masters’ New York champ threepeats
Coquito Masters hosts a series competitions throughout the tristate area, Philadelphia, and Florida during the four-month season.
Public space initiative sparks interest
Last Saturday, local residents danced, ate and socialized at the Metropolitan College of New York on East 149th Street, while celebrating the beginning of a project to bring public spaces…
Internationally acclaimed photographer brings El Barrio to the Bronx
Photographer Joseph Rodriguez’s “El Barrio in the ‘80s,” will be on display at the Bronx Documentary Center until Dec. 23. “The whole bloody Brooklyn was on fire,” recalled Rodriguez, three…
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.