Bronx
On This Day in NYC History, December 3: Jonas Bronck Bought the Bronx in 1641
This is a map of Broncks’ New York from 1639 by Cartographer Johannes Vingboons. Notice the spelling of “Staten Eylante.
Daily What?! Bronx Schoolkids Discover Indian and African Slave Grave in Joseph Rodman Drake Park
Fourth and fifth graders in Bronx Public School 48 have uncovered a long forgotten chapter of Bronx history: a slave
Daily What?! Van Cortlandt Park Vaults From 1776 Hid NYC’s Important Records During the Revolution
Our very own history editor, Benjamin Waldman, happened across these mysterious vaults in Van Cortlandt Park dating from New York
Daily What?! There Were Ebling Beer Caves from Prohibition in The Bronx
During one of Mayor Bloomberg’s major rezoning efforts in 2009 came a quirky find in the Melrose section of
The Bronx Gets Painted Fluorescent Pink in Tony Feher’s Retrospective at The Bronx Museum of the Arts
A special public art installation is on display in the lot beside the Bronx Museum of the Arts consisting of
Daily What?! Columbia University Has a Mobile Dentistry Center on a Bus
This is a pretty amazing thing and possibly the polar opposite of the Who’s Your Daddy paternity trucks in
Banksy in NYC Day 21: Ghetto 4 Life in the South Bronx
Today, Banksy heads to the South Bronx with some sharp social commentary in the stencil work. A butler-like man
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Abandoned NYC: Getting Lost on North Brother Island [Photos]
Most New Yorkers have never heard of North Brother Island, but they should take comfort in the fact that new
Banksy in NYC Day 16: “Shoe Shine” A Sad Ronald McDonald with Enormous Shoes in the Bronx
Image via Banksy’s Instagram For Day 16, Banksy has created a fiberglass replica of a sad Ronald McDonald having
8 Architectural Gems along the Bronx’s Grand Concourse: County Courthouse, Post Office, Loew’s Paradise Theater, Poe Cottage
Photo by Lynn Lieberman/AFineLyne The Grand Concourse has been compared with grand boulevards from the Champs Élysées in Paris
10 Man-Made Areas of NYC: From Governor’s Island to Battery Park
It’s easy to think that the place you’ve lived in has always been the same–that New York
History of NYC Streets: Grand Concourse Was a 20th Century Attempt to Make Bronx More Like Paris
The Grand Concourse is a major thoroughfare in the Bronx that spans more than four miles in the western part