The old Whitestone Movie Theater in The Bronx is no more as its remains are…
10 Story Charter School & Office Building Coming to The South Bronx
Several weeks ago Welcome2TheBronx was alerted that plans had been filed for a 10 story…
Landmark Bronx General Post Office in Contract for Sale in the High $70 millions
In October, Welcome2TheBronx broke the story that the Bronx General Post Office was up for…
EXCLUSIVE: Bronx General Post Office For Sale—Again
The landmark Bronx General Post Office on the Grand Concourse is for sale once again…
New Burlington Store Opens on Third Avenue at The Hub
MELROSE—A new Burlington Department Store opened today at the old Alexander’s building (which was also…
Watch: Bronx Hip Hop Hall of Fame Coming to Port Morris
Port Morris – Last night during Windows of Hip Hop 2018 Element Awards, it was…
Old Whitestone Cinemas to Be Demolished This Spring & Make Way For Massive Distribution Center
The old 20 acre Whitestone Cinemas site, which was sold last year for $75 million,…
“Piano District’s” Somerset Partners Snatches Property to Create “Bruckner Market” Food Hall
In case you haven’t been following the saga of the “Piano District” attempt to rebrand…
One Way We Can Save Our Small Businesses in The Bronx and Citywide
All across the city, we are seeing neighborhoods being destroyed by real estate speculation pushing out longtime residents and established small businesses. Predatory landlords target working class communities inhabited predominantly by ethnic minorities, repackaging it as a “luxury community” which intentionally drives out longtime residents and small businesses. The question is no longer if gentrification is coming to the Bronx, the question is how fast will it happen and what are the consequences to Bronxites?
Bronx Boro Prez Unveils Study for Possible Development Over Concourse Rail Yards
Last year, Bronx Borough Developer, I mean President Ruben Diaz Jr called to study three Bronx rail yards for possible decking to spur further development throughout our borough.
Today he has issued the findings of the report which singles out the Concourse Yards in Bedford Park and nixing out the 149th Street yards in Melrose and Broadway Yards in Riverdale as currently logistically unfeasible.
Melrose Construction Boom Hits Neighborhood Again; First Market Rate Development Coming to The Neighborhood
In the first wave of construction in Melrose, over 3,000 units of “affordable” housing were constructed bringing thousands of new residents into the area and making the neighborhood the fastest growing neighborhood in The Bronx and 3rd fastest in New York City as per the 2010 census.
Now Melrose is experiencing its second wave of major construction as the last remaining parcels of what was once empty lots filled with the rubble of burnt out and abandoned buildings are being filled in with new affordable developments and even market-rate developments with over 2.1 million square feet of developments are in various phases of construction
Hip-Hop Museum Coming To The Old Bronx Courthouse?
After No Longer Empty’s residency and exhibition at the Old Bronx Borough Courthouse, ‘When You Cut Into The Preset The Future Leaks Out’, and over 6,000 visitors—over 75% from the area and not counting youth programs who graced the halls of this hallowed landmark—many have asked what now?
Well one possibility is that The Universal Hip Hop Museum—the only and official Hip-Hop museum chartered by the State of New York—may in fact call the Old Bronx Borough Courthouse Home. A fitting tribute given the fact that The Bronx is the birthplace of the global phenomenon that is Hip-Hop.