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…
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…
Slain high school athlete memorialized
Brandon Hendricks, the standout basketball player from James Monroe High School who was fatally shot in June 2020, was memorialized last week, on the corner of the Melrose street where…
Exhibition underscoring themes of oppression and racism marks museum’s 50th anniversary
The Bronx Museum of The Arts is celebrating its 50th anniversary with Amerika, God Bless You If It’s Good To You, an exhibition series that features visual art, illustration, sculpture…