Wave Hill: The Bronx’s Most Beautiful Hidden Garden
There is a 28-acre public garden in the northwest Bronx that sits on a bluff above the Hudson River with views of the Palisades across the water, and most New Yorkers have never been. Wave Hill at 4900 Independence Avenue is one of the city’s genuinely great outdoor spaces — a place that earns the […]
Bronx This Weekend: Bronx Week Closes Out With a Ball and a Grand Finale Concert
Bronx Week 2026 closes out this weekend with the Bronx Ball on Saturday (6–11 p.m., Bally’s Ferry Point) and a free Grand Finale Concert and Food and Arts Festival on Sunday at Mosholu Parkway.
Van Cortlandt Village Spotlight: The Bronx Neighborhood Fighting to Stay Itself
Van Cortlandt Village is one of the Bronx’s most unusual neighborhoods — English cottages, stair streets, and a park the size of a small city. Now new construction is raising the question of what kind of change the community wants.
The Bronx Leads: NYC DOT Drops 75 Official Street Signs for the Borough
The city made it official on May 12, 2026: the Bronx has its own street sign, and you can own a piece of it. The New York City Department of Transportation released a limited batch of authentic “Welcome to the Bronx — The Bronx Leads” street signs as part of its monthly sign drop program, […]
Wonder’s Digital Food Hall Arrives in Parkchester, The Bronx
Parkchester has a new food hall, and it is not a small one. Wonder opened its first Bronx location at 1498 Metropolitan Avenue on April 23, bringing a 4,400-square-foot multi-cuisine operation to one of the borough’s busiest residential neighborhoods. If you live in Parkchester or the surrounding area and have not stopped in yet, here […]
BronxWorks Lifting Lives Gala Is Tuesday—Here’s What to Know
BronxWorks is holding its 2026 Lifting Lives Gala this Tuesday, May 12, at 583 Park Avenue in Manhattan — and there is still time to grab tickets, bid in the online silent auction, or simply learn more about an organization that has been one of the Bronx’s most essential community institutions since 1972. The gala […]
Wave Hill and the Art Deco Concourse: Two Bronx Walks
Wave Hill’s Hudson River gardens and the Grand Concourse’s Art Deco architecture are two of the Bronx’s best walking routes — and most New Yorkers haven’t done either.
Bronx Art & Book Festival at Grand Concourse This Saturday
The Bronx is getting its first-ever dedicated art and book festival this Saturday — a free, afternoon-long event at the Bronx Museum of the Arts that brings together visual artists, authors, zine makers, and book lovers from across the borough and beyond. If you have been sleeping on cultural events in the Bronx, this is […]
Mott Haven Spotlight: The South Bronx Neighborhood Rewriting Its Story
For decades, Mott Haven carried a reputation built on decades of disinvestment, poverty, and neglect. In the 1970s and 1980s, the South Bronx — with Mott Haven at its center — became a national symbol of urban decline. Today, that reputation is genuinely outdated, and 2026 finds Mott Haven in the middle of a transformation […]
The Fight Over the Cross Bronx: $900M Plan Sparks Health Debate
A $900 million state plan to rehabilitate five sections of the Cross Bronx Expressway has ignited a fierce debate over highway widening, air quality, and the health of Bronx communities that have lived alongside the road for 70 years.