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Yayoi Kusama’s polka-dot pumpkins are coming to the New York Botanical Garden
Kusama with Pumpkin, 2010 ©YAYOI KUSAMA. Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo / Singapore / Shanghai; Victoria Miro, London; David Zwirner, New York Over the next year, celebrated Japanese artist Yayoi...
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328 new affordable apartments available at Compass III residences in the...
The larger Compass Residences via Dattner Architects The lottery has just launched for 328 newly-constructed Compass III residences at 1560 Boone Avenue, Crotona Park East and 101 East 173rd Street in...
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Construction of affordable housing complex on former juvenile jail site in...
Rendering courtesy of WXY Architecture + Urban Design and Body Lawson Associates The first phase of a project that will bring more than 700 units of affordable housing to the Bronx neighborhood of...
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A Bronx street will be renamed in honor of comic book legend Stan Lee
Google Street View of Stan Lee’s childhood home at 1720 University Avenue in the Bronx Stan Lee—the comic book writer and Marvel publisher who brought us Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, and the...
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This weekend, take a trolley tour of the Bronx’s breweries with Woodlawn...
Photo via Bronx Brewery Tours of breweries in NYC are nothing new. But if you’re looking to shake things up, consider taking a tour of Bronx breweries that takes place on a trolley and starts at one of...
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Did you know the country’s only floating pool is in the Bronx?
Photo by Danny Avila for NYC Parks Although it’s technically safe, you may not want to swim in the East River. Swimming on the East River, however, is an entirely different story. The Floating Pool...
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Lottery launches for 169 affordable units near Fordham University, from...
Photo by Kristine Paulus on Flickr Applications are currently being accepted for 169 newly constructed affordable apartments in the Bronx neighborhood of Fordham Manor. Located at 2519 Creston Avenue...
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As Hart Island nears capacity, city seeks new public cemetery sites
Photo by cisc1970 on Flickr The city is looking for land to build a new public cemetery for residents who were unclaimed or unable to afford a burial. The city’s Human Resources Administration on...
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Live near Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, from $1,075/month
Photo by Steven Pisano on Flickr A lottery will launch next week for 36 middle-income units in the Kingsbridge neighborhood of the Bronx. Located at 3470 Fort Independence Street, the newly...
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Plans for new Metro-North stations in the Bronx move forward with first...
Aerial view of Co-op City via Wiki Commons Plans to develop four new Metro-North Railroad stations in underserved areas of the Bronx are moving forward and beginning to engage the local community in...
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Old-world Victorian decor fills every inch of this $325K Bronx co-op
Listing photos courtesy of Halstead Real Estate Located in the University Heights section of the Bronx, this co-op could easily pass for a Victorian period museum. From House of Hackney wallpaper to...
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Take a 102-year-old subway to playoff games at Yankee Stadium this weekend
Photos by Marc Hermann, Courtesy of the New York Transit Museum New York Yankee fans headed to the Bronx this weekend can get to the stadium on trains that were in service during Lou Gehrig and Babe...
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The East River prison barge, intended to be temporary, draws ire amid plans...
Photo via Wiki Commons The Vernon C. Bain Center, an 800-capacity floating jail in the East River, costs $24 million a year to operate and was supposed to be permanently shut down decades ago. Opened...
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400 bus stops in the Bronx to be cut as part of major network redesign
Photo by Adam Moreira on Wikimedia Four hundred local bus stops in the Bronx will be cut as part of a major system redesign, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Tuesday. The large...
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94 affordable units up for grabs in the South Bronx, from $748/month
Photo by Fletcher6 on Wikimedia Ninety-four newly constructed units are up for grabs at 985 Bruckner Boulevard in Woodstock, the Bronx. Non-profit Community Access worked with Think! Architecture and...
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Lottery launches for 57 low-income units for LGBT seniors across the street...
Photo via CC on Wikimedia Seniors who identify as LGBT often experience housing discrimination, but dozens of affordable openings at one of New York City’s first subsidized developments targeted to...
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Apply for 52 mixed-income units near Lehman College in the Bronx, from...
Photo by Tdorante10 on Wikimedia A housing lottery launched this week for 52 mixed-income units in the Bronx neighborhood of Bedford Park. Located at 16 East 204th Street, the building, dubbed “Villa...
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Affordable housing complex at former Bronx juvenile jail site breaks ground
Rendering by BLA and WXY The city on Monday broke ground on a five-acre mixed-use project that will bring more than 700 affordable apartments, open space, and manufacturing space to the Bronx. The...
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Best of the Bronx: What to do and see in the northernmost borough now
You’re probably familiar with the big attractions in the Bronx: Yankee Stadium, the New York Botanical Garden, and the Bronx Zoo. But the borough has a lot more going on, from historic and cultural...
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$52M supportive housing complex with health-focused amenities opens in the...
Rendering by Peter L. Woll Architect, P.C; Courtesy of Community Access An affordable housing complex with health and wellness perks officially opened in the South Bronx on Tuesday, after breaking...
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