Bronx Memorial Day 2026: Van Nest’s Century Mark and City Island’s Island March
The Bronx marks Memorial Day 2026 with Van Nest’s centennial monument ceremony at noon and City Island’s parade from 2–4 pm. Here’s where to go and how to get there.
The BX Factor: How One Pitch Competition Is Fueling Bronx Small Business
Every May during Bronx Week, something unusual happens at a pitch competition that does not feel like a typical startup pitch event. There are no venture capitalists looking for unicorns. The businesses presenting are not chasing billion-dollar exits. They are Bronx entrepreneurs — people who grew up here, work here, and want to build something […]
BronxWorks at 54: The Bronx’s Largest Human Services Engine
BronxWorks has run 60 sites across the Bronx since 1972 — serving 534,000 meals, housing 559 people, and placing 280 adults in jobs in 2025 alone. This is what 54 years of community-rooted work looks like.
Bronx Weekend Preview: Wave Hill, Botanical Garden, and What to Do Without the 4 Train
The Bronx is at its greenest this Memorial Day weekend, and two of its best destinations — Wave Hill and the New York Botanical Garden — are exactly the kind of places that reward the people who stayed in the city while everyone else drove to the Hamptons. There is a subway disruption to plan […]
Throggs Neck Spotlight: The Bronx’s $4B Casino Project, Explained
Bally’s bought its Throggs Neck site for $156.6M and is targeting a late-summer 2026 construction start. Here’s what the $4 billion casino complex means for this corner of the Bronx.
State Kills Cross Bronx Highway Expansion: What Bronx Residents Should Know
After two years of community organizing, public testimony, and sustained opposition from Bronx residents and elected officials, New York State has canceled plans to widen five bridges along the Cross Bronx Expressway. The state Department of Transportation announced on Monday, May 18, that it is suspending the Cross Bronx Expressway Five Bridges Project entirely and […]
Bronx Food News: A City-Owned Grocery Store Is Coming to Hunts Point
The most significant food-access news the Bronx has seen in years landed on Monday, May 18: Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced that Hunts Point will be the site of New York City’s first city-owned grocery store, expected to open by the end of 2027. Here’s what Bronx residents need to know — including what it means […]
Bronx CB8 Public Safety Meeting Tonight: Come to the 50th Precinct
Riverdale, Kingsbridge, and Fieldston residents have a community board meeting to know about tonight. Bronx Community Board 8’s Public Safety Committee convenes on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM at the NYPD 50th Precinct, 3450 Kingsbridge Avenue. This meeting is in-person only — no Zoom option — so if you have public safety concerns […]
After 52 Years, a Bronx Institution Becomes ‘Our Bronx’
For more than five decades, the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition was one of the borough’s most effective organizing forces — fighting for affordable housing, economic justice, and community power in neighborhoods that stretched from Fordham to Kingsbridge. In February 2026, the organization announced it was ready for a new chapter: a new name, […]
After 52 Years, a Bronx Institution Becomes ‘Our Bronx’
For more than five decades, the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition was one of the borough’s most effective organizing forces — fighting for affordable housing, economic justice, and community power in neighborhoods that stretched from Fordham to Kingsbridge. In February 2026, the organization announced it was ready for a new chapter: a new name, […]