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Now available: Truly affordable apartments in The Bronx starting at $465 a month
A new lottery has launched for brand new affordable housing in The Bronx via New York City's Housing Connect portal. The development, known as Belmont Cove, is located at 656 E 176th Street in the Tremont neighborhood of The Bronx, features amenities like a shared laundry room, bike storage lockers, a playground, a recreation room, an outdoor terrace, and even a storage room.
Scenes of love at Bronx Pride
This past Saturday, The Bronx celebrated its annual LGBTQIA+ pride festival at The Hub hosted by Destination Tomorrow, the borough's official pride center. The day started with a march that began on the Grand Concourse at 161st Street in front of Joyce Kilmer Park where Bronx artist Lovie Pignata painted a pride crosswalk thanks to the support of Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson.
Welcome2TheBronx Launches Mission-Driven Merchandise Brand to Support Local Community
Over the past years, Welcome2TheBronx has been nurturing a dream—one that not only celebrates the vibrant culture and rich history of The Bronx but also gives back to the community that has given so much to us. Today, that dream becomes a reality with the launch of our highly anticipated merchandise brand.
Apply now for truly affordable housing in The Bronx with rents as low as $616 a month
It's been a long time since we've seen a truly affordable housing opportunity on New York City's Housing Connect portal but that has finally changed. A new housing lottery has been launched for 135 brand new residential units at 1600 Grand Avenue in the Morris Heights section of The Bronx with rents as low as $616 a month for one bedroom units.
DON'T PANIC: No, the giant, "flying" Joro spiders heading to NYC aren't dangerous or deadly
By now, if you happen to inhabit any social media space, you may have seen a sensationalist headline declaring that "GIANT VENOMOUS FLYING SPIDERS ARE HEADING TO NY," and perhaps (especially if you're arachnophobic), you may have been sent into a panic.
SEE IT: NYC's most expensive townhouse hits the market for $85 million
While Welcome2TheBronx is a news site dedicated to reporting on what's going on in The Bronx, occasionally something comes up across New York City that's worth mentioning. It's not every day that a townhouse in New York City of this size and grandeur comes on the market and when the price is of historic proportions, we are compelled to write about it.
Hochul sorry after being slammed for saying 'Black kids in The Bronx don't know the word computer'
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul came under fire yesterday for saying that, "right now we have young Black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word ‘computer’ is”, at the Milken Institute Global Conference in California where the governor was speaking about her new $400 million Empire AI initiative .
The Bronx General Post Office is for sale again; Developer asking for over $70 million
The Bronx General Post Office is back on the market with hopes to sell the property for well over $70 million. Back in 2013, Welcome2TheBronx broke the story that the landmark Bronx General Post Office on the Grand Concourse at 149th Street was being sold off by the United States Postal Service.
With Congestion Pricing coming this summer, the MTA needs to drop Metro-North fares for The Bronx
With congestion pricing set to start in two months on June 30th this summer, it's time that the MTA seriously considers reducing fares for Bronx residents who will seek alternatives such as Metro-North commuter rail to enter the congestion zone in Manhattan.
More residential units were completed in the South Bronx in 2023 than anywhere in New York City
The Bronx beat Brooklyn in terms of new housing units completed in 2023, according to a new report issued by the New York City Department of City Planning, and it's the first time to do so since 2011.
The South Bronx will lose its last movie theater next month leaving the borough with just one
After serving the residents of the South Bronx for over 30 years, Concourse Plaza Multiplex has announced that it will close its doors for good next month on May 28th. The closure will leave The Bronx—a borough of 1.4 million residents—with just one movie theater, the AMC Bay Plaza Cinema in Co-op City.
The Bronx needs to think big to combat the affordable housing crisis
New York City is facing an affordable housing crisis and nowhere is this more apparent than in the northernmost borough of The Bronx. While the borough traditionally has had and continues to have some of the lowest median rents in the city, it is also a borough beset with economic hardships.
Every Day is Earth Day in The Bronx
As millions of Americans across the country engage in Earth Day activities and celebrations to raise awareness on environmental issues such as pollution, environmental justice, and even more so as of late, climate change, The Bronx, unfortunately, takes center stage with being the borough that is plagued with many of these issued more disproportionately than any of the other five boroughs that make up New York City.
Hope for connecting The Bronx directly to Queens & Brooklyn via the Interborough Express is revived
A decades-long dream to connect The Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn directly by a subway or rail was derailed last year when Governor Kathy Hochul dissed The Bronx by mandating that the Metropolitan Transit Authority begin an environmental review for the Interborough Express but only to connect Queens and Brooklyn.
Historic $1 billion donation made to The Bronx's Albert Einstein College of Medicine to provide free
In what is believed to be the largest donation to a medical school in the United States, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Morris Park neighborhood of The Bronx, has received a $1 billion gift from a former professor at the institution.
New York City's FIRST public observatory is opening in The Bronx this Spring!
In a city as great as New York, it's hard to believe that we don't actually have a public observatory for the average resident to be able to stargaze and enjoy the heavens above. But that won't be the case for much longer.
After 701 days, New York City finally sees at least an inch of snow in a day
Residents across The Bronx and New York City woke up this morning to a city blanketed in light snow with an inch of accumulation since midnight and finally ending the longest dry-spell of significant snow in history falling in a single day.
Apply now for brand new affordable apartments as low as $617 for a 1 bedroom in Mott Haven
A brand new development in the Mott Haven is now accepting applications for affordable apartments. Located at 405 E 146th Street at Willis Avenue, Betances VI Family Apartments was constructed on NYCHA property that is part of the 1,000 plus unit Betances Houses of Mott Haven and replaced an underutilized 1 story commercial building was demolished to make way for the 15 story, 103 unit residential building.
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