Bronx Spotlight

Photo Credit: Linda Rosier Spending time in the water has always been comforting and natural for Rima Izquierdo. But sharing that experience with her children was a different story. The Bronx mom, who has two young sons on the autism spectrum, searched high and low for a swim program that accommodated their needs with no success. Finally, Izquierdo found the Bronx Y and its adaptive swim program. More importantly, she

NYU student Fahad Faveed recently shared some an interesting film on composting in the Bronx. Kelly Street and River Garden are two of a growing number of Bronx-based gardens that are composting. Today, as many as 53 community gardens in the borough are actively composting, estimated Kathy Vazquez, the NYC Compost Project’s project coordinator. See the rest of the article here and see the film below. The film is part

Photo: Brick Underground   We’re excited to once again be acknowledged by Brick Underground as one of the best Bronx neighborhood blogs along with Welcome 2 The Bronx. We’re beyond grateful for the mention: Welcome2TheBronx With the Bronx steadily gathering developer-backed hype as the next hot destination for the young, hip, and artistically-inclined, Welcome 2 the Bronx blogger Ed Garcia Conde has held fast as a no-B.S. source of local news separating fact

Bronx represent! The Dudley family from the Bronx was recently one of the three families who won the Chrysler Brand PacifiKids Ultimate Field Trip contest. The family was provided a 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Limited Platinum edition minivan and $100 gasoline gift card, and sent them on a one day field trip to Sports Domain Academy. Now, they have a chance to actually win the minivan, they just need your help to

  Woop Woop!   Yeoman 3rd Class Takeisha Dennis was recently named Sailor of the Day aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. Dennis hails from Bronx, New York and is originally from Trinidad. She is a 1998 graduate of El Dorado Secondary School and attended Ross Community College. Dennis received the award because, as one of Ike’s Engineering Department’s Yeoman, she has processed the paperwork for over 20 transferring Sailors since