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It Happened One Weekend: NYT Discovers South Bronx; Lady, Dog, Cat Rent on UES
2015-03-28 21:59:30| Real Estate - Topix.net
Citing a drastic drop in crime and recent revitalization efforts , the area is surely ripe for gentrifyin', which, we are told, residents "should embrace." But don't take the Gray Lady's word for it; frontierswoman/PR person Rachael Lyon recently moved to Mott Haven, and she just loves the place.
Two NYPD Officers Shot in the Bronx
2015-01-06 06:37:15| Railroads - Topix.net
Sources tell NY1 it was a drive-by style shooting made from a rental car. They say the shooter abandoned the car and that the weapon has been recovered.
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Bronx Community College fuels up with new partnership
2014-12-18 09:18:56| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Bronx Community College is revving its engines thanks to a partnership with a family-owned company with 23 car dealerships in the tri-state area. Students in the school's automotive technology program, the only program of its kind in the CUNY system, will receive paid internships at dealerships owned by the BRAM Auto Group and the company will donate cars to the school to be used for in-class training.
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Economic Development Group Calls for Citi Bike, Wetlands in South Bronx
2014-11-28 02:44:41| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
A barren stretch of The Bronx's Harlem River waterfront needs a walkway, Citi Bike and a bowling alley to thrive, according to a local economic development group. SoBRO , a nonprofit group dedicated to improving quality of life in the South Bronx, recently released a study that envisions bringing about 4,000 new units of housing and 3.3 million square feet of commercial and community development to a portion of the borough's waterfront stretching from the Third Avenue Bridge to East 149th Street.
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'Environmental Racism' And The Fight For Green Space In The South Bronx
2014-10-09 21:14:48| Real Estate - Topix.net
An undeveloped area couched between a waste transfer station and a FedEx shipping facility with the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge passing overhead is just about as wild of a place as exists in New York City. It's the site Mychal Johnson, an environmental activist in the South Bronx, wants to turn into a waterfront park.
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