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The Bronx

  1. under a million
    An Alcove Studio With a Very Greenwich Village View for $585,000Plus a Tudor house in Kingsbridge and a Beekman Terrace studio with a lovely picture window.
  2. eating new york
    Where to Find Real Carnitas in New YorkCrunchy, crispy, tender, long-simmered carnitas are to the Chipotle stuff as wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas are to Domino’s.
  3. war at home
    Feeling Exposed in Little YemenMembers of a Bronx mosque met with the NYPD to talk about protecting their community. And why police seem to ignore their calls.
  4. talking to
    The Barber Who Moonlights As a Salumi MasterDominic Pellegrino makes the best soppressata you can’t buy.
  5. great rooms
    The Entirely Affordable, Cheerfully Modernist El Borinquen in the BronxNonprofit developer Comunilife teamed up with Alexander Gorlin Architects.
  6. great rooms
    Móyòsórè “Moyo” Martins Makes Art At Night In A Former Bronx Furniture FactoryHe painted the skylights black and has furniture from Tim Burton’s Batman movie.
  7. great rooms
    This Maximalist Bronx Condo Is All About FreedomAt home with John Goodman. An excerpt from Bryan Mason and Jeanine Hays’s new book, AphroChic.
  8. neighborhoods
    Take a Trip Around Little Yemen“I’ve been in the Bronx for 20 years — I never expected that this would happen.”
  9. takeovers
    How the Young Lords Brought the Revolution to Drug TreatmentThe acupuncture-based detox the civil-rights group developed is still used today.
  10. street view
    La Central May Be the Best Affordable Housing Your Taxes Can BuyAnd that’s a problem.
  11. labor fights
    Inside the End of the Hunts Point Produce Market Strike“When it was your time to stand up, you stood up and did the right thing.”
  12. strikes
    What’s Happening at the Hunts Point Produce Market?Workers are on strike, and some experts warn it could affect the city’s produce supplies.
  13. space of the week
    A Creative Community in a Former Paper-Clip Factory in the BronxThere are about 50 artists, furniture-makers, ceramicists, and architects in this Port Morris building. We visited 13 of them.
  14. space of the week
    A Design Insider’s Striking Loft in the BronxIn Rio Hamilton’s home, luxurious design meets industrial history.
  15. covid diary
    Eight People, Sheltering in 900 Square FeetSince the middle of March, four generations of Shawn Davis’s family have been quarantining together in her apartment in Hunts Point, the Bronx.
  16. look book
    The Look Book Goes to the Hebrew HomeAnd the adjoining RiverWalk apartments and RiverSpring Assisted Living in Riverdale, the Bronx, where we spoke, post-lunchtime, to the residents.
  17. crime
    16-Year-Old Girl Reportedly Admits to Staging Her KidnappingPolice sources say Karol Sanchez orchestrated the abduction.
  18. flooding
    No Coastal Flooding Protections in Store for City’s Largest Food HubLocal critics say de Blasio administration plan for Hunts Point Food Distribution Center only focuses on half of the resiliency equation.
  19. immigration
    Immigration, Asylum, and the Restaurant That Hangs in the BalanceTalking with activist Marco Saavedra at his family’s Bronx restaurant.
  20. problem solving
    31 Ideas for Renting an Apartment in New YorkCraigslist is a wasteland, Zillow owns everything, so try these slightly off-kilter, in-the-side-door tips instead.
  21. look book
    The Ideator Who Has to Be on the Lookout for Scammers“It was like my own personal Fyre Festival.”
  22. the city
    Shafted: NYCHA Elevator Chief SuspendedPosters went up barring Ivo Nikolic from NYCHA properties in an ongoing probe into elevator maintenance in the city’s sprawling public housing system.
  23. profile
    Tyshawn Jones Is the Future of Skating — So Why Did He Just Open a Restaurant?“Last of a dying breed, they call him. The king of New York! There’s no one like him.”
  24. the underground gourmet review
    At Çka Ka Qëllu, Albanian Cooking Gets a Long Overdue ShowcaseIt’s that rare species of the New York restaurant world: an Albanian restaurant that serves Albanian food.
  25. crime
    An Oral History of New York’s Largest Gang BustTwo years after law enforcement arrested 120 gang members in the Bronx, the community is still debating whether it made them safer.
  26. grub guides
    15 Terrific Versions of Linguine and ClamsGood morning to clam sauce and to clam sauce only.
  27. Best of New York
    The Absolute Best Mole Poblano in New YorkWhere to find superior versions of the saucy, celebratory Mexican dish.
  28. best bets
    Pretty Brooms, a New Bronx Bookstore, and a Bedding Start-Up in SohoWhat’s new in New York stores.
  29. profiles
    Chef Malcolm Livingston II Wants to Be a Force of ChangeChef Malcolm Livingston II wants to be a force of change in his home borough.
  30. reasons to love new york
    A Reason to Love New York for Every Day of 2017 (So Far)In an attempt to prove it hasn’t been such an awful year after all…
  31. the chain gang
    Bronx McDonald’s Manager Ran Thriving Cocaine Side Business From Store’s CounterNYPD called it “so blatant, it would be comical” if it weren’t a serious narcotics crime.
  32. Firefighter Killed After Possible Drug Den Explodes in the BronxMore than ten people were injured.
  33. best of new york
    The Absolute Best Latin Food in the BronxNew York’s northernmost borough is where you should go when a mofongo craving or lechon hankering strikes.
  34. Sanitation Truck Falls Into Sinkhole In BronxThe hole has been there for years.
  35. 1 Dead, 13 Sick in the Most Recent Wave of Legionnaires’ DiseaseFifteen cooling centers have also tested positive for the Legionella bacterium in the Bronx.
  36. outbreaks
    3 More People Have Died of Legionnaires’ Disease in the BronxMore than 80 people have been infected so far.
  37. Street Food
    NYC’s Most Soulful Puerto Rican PorkThe story of Lechonera La Piraña, a South Bronx destination you need to know about.
  38. very sad things
    Teen Who Fell Off Bronx Rooftop While Fleeing Cops DiesAwful.
  39. crimes and misdemeanors
    Bronx Teaching Assistant Accused of Raping Mentally Disabled TeenShe has been fired.
  40. horrible things
    Kids From Africa Beaten and Called ‘Ebola’ in the BronxToday in “teens are the worst.”
  41. early and awkward
    Andrew Cuomo Is Losing the Coveted Sopranos Cast Member Vote“And they call me Big Pussy?” says the man who played Sal Bonpensiero.
  42. very sad and scary things
    Bronx Man Decapitates Himself in PublicA “spectacularly gruesome suicide.”
  43. messing with texas
    Ted Cruz Just Lost the BronxNot that he ever had it to begin with.
  44. new york’s finest
    Cop Arrested for Drunken Break-in and BeatingThis happened just a few hours after he won a policing award.
  45. scary things
    Security Camera Captures Terrifying Bronx Bodega ShootingThe suspect hasn’t been caught yet.
  46. awful things
    Bronx Man May Have Been Killed While ‘Elevator Surfing’Though his girlfriend says he was just trying to get out of a stuck car.
  47. only in new york?
    New York Tourist Boat Comes Across Sight That Customers Probably Can’t Un-SeeCops pulling a dead body out of the water.
  48. crimes and misdemeanors
    Charges Reduced for Bronx Teen Who Fatally Stabbed Former Friend14-year-old Noel Estevez will not be tried as an adult.
  49. very sad things
    14-Year-Old Stabbed Classmate After BullyingNoel Estevez was charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter on Thursday.
  50. crimes and misdemeanors
    Cop Shot Through Hat, 15-Year-Old Shot in Back During Gang ClashAn ugly night in the Bronx.
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