Six things you didn’t know about Arthur Avenue and Bronx Little Italy
Photo by Chris Goldberg/Flickr This post is part of a series by the Historic Districts Council, exploring the groups selected for their Six to Celebrate program, New York’s only targeted citywide list...
View Article$700M proposal calls for NYC’s first soccer stadium and 550 affordable...
Rendering via Rafael Viñoly Architects New York City could be getting its first soccer stadium if a proposal for the project led by Related Companies gets chosen by officials. A partnership made up of...
View ArticleLottery launches for five middle-income units in Parkchester, from $1,700/month
The Aileen B. Ryan Oval fountain sits in the center of Parkchester; photo via Wikipedia A housing development located in the Bronx’s Parkchester neighborhood has five middle-income apartments up for...
View ArticleLottery opens for 15 affordable apartments in Riverdale, just across from Van...
Photo of Van Cortlandt House Museum via mtchlra via photopin cc If you’re looking for a bit of the suburban lifestyle without leaving the boroughs, this affordable housing lottery in the Bronx may be...
View ArticleLottery launches for 250+ mixed-income apartments in East Tremont, from...
Rendering via Mastermind Development The Tremont Renaissance housing complex this week launched a lottery for 255 apartments, part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s affordable housing plan aimed at bringing...
View ArticleNYC neighborhoods made for workers: The history of Queens’ Steinway Village...
While immigration, urban planning, and the forces of gentrification are certainly key factors in how NYC’s neighborhoods have been shaped, New Yorkers’ patterns of work, their unions, and in some...
View Article7 chances to live across from Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx, from $1,600/month
Photo via NYC Parks A newly constructed rental in the Bronx has launched a lottery for seven middle-income apartments, located across from the city’s largest public park, Pelham Bay Park. The park...
View Article750 mostly affordable apartments coming to the South Bronx near Yankee Stadium
Photo via Wiki Commons The South Bronx’s building boom is continuing with the announcement of a pair of developments near Yankee Stadium that will bring 750 mixed-use residential units to the area. As...
View ArticleTwo buildings near Crotona Park in the South Bronx launch lotteries, from...
Photo of Crotona Park via NYC Parks Sixteen moderate-income apartments are up for grabs in two buildings located in the Claremont and Morrisania neighborhoods of the South Bronx. The buildings,...
View ArticleYou can own an affordable co-op in the South Bronx for just $92K
Photo via Dan DeLuca’s Flickr Applications are now being accepted for three newly renovated co-ops in the Longwood neighborhood of the South Bronx, part of the city’s initiative to make affordable...
View ArticleLottery for 218 affordable units opens in new Bronx building with yoga...
Rendering courtesy of Dattner Architects Nearly a year ago, L+M Development Partners and Hornig Capital Partners broke ground on a $156 million, mixed-use development on the St. Barnabas Hospital...
View ArticleFour $2,425/month two-bedrooms near Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx up for grabs
Van Cortlandt Park via NYC Parks While this housing lottery won’t save you a ton on rent, the four middle-income units available do sit in a prime location– near the beautiful and historic Van...
View ArticleFormer home of Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia lists for $3.5M in Fieldston section...
A stately English Tudor mansion in the historic Fieldston neighborhood of Riverdale, considered one of the city’s best preserved early 20th century suburbs, has just hit the market for $3.5 million,...
View ArticleAn open-air night market with diverse grub will open in the Bronx next month
Images via Bronx Night Market Move over, Queens. The Bronx is getting an open-air, night market next month, the first of its kind to come to the borough. Setting up shop in Fordham Plaza, the festival...
View ArticleDockless bike-share pilot will roll out in four boroughs outside of Manhattan...
Photo via mamojo Four outer-borough neighborhoods undeserved by Citi Bike will host dockless bike-share programs this summer, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Thursday. In July, the city’s pilot...
View Article13 middle-income apartments up for grabs right near the Bronx Zoo
The Bronx Zoo, courtesy of Julienne Schaer on NYC &C Company With the warm weather officially here, living just a couple blocks from the Bronx Zoo and a short walk to the Crotona Park Nature Center...
View ArticleApply for 3 middle-income apartments next to the Harlem River in Highbridge,...
Photo via Wikimedia A lottery launched this week for three middle-income apartments in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx. Located at 1072 University Avenue, the newly constructed building sits...
View ArticleWhy is Woodlawn Cemetery carving its trees into animals?
Photos courtesy of William Christ Opened in 1863, and long known as the final resting place of some of history’s most notable figures— Irving Berlin, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Robert Moses, F.W....
View ArticleTorn off by a fan in 1973, a right field sign from the old Yankee Stadium...
Photo via Clean Sweep Auctions On September 30, 1973, during the last home game at Yankee Stadium before the historic arena underwent two years of renovations, diehard baseball fans came wielding...
View ArticleLive in the Bronx for just $1,100/month and get to Midtown in 40 minutes
Photo by Axel Drainville on Flickr Three middle-income units are up for grabs at a newly constructed building in the East Tremont neighborhood of the Bronx. Located at 1779 Weeks Avenue, the rental...
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