Critics contend that the city’s announcement earlier this summer that it wants to sell a building in Port Morris to developers for $14.3 million shows that the mayor’s vow to preserve manufacturing jobs is insincere.

The freshly-baked Cuban style bread and hot breakfast options attract former Bronxites returning for a taste of home, teachers from surrounding schools, construction workers and cops, among others.

Retail mall opens in the Hub After much fanfare, a new 88,000 square-foot retail facility, opened in July at 149th Street between Bergen and Brook avenues. The two-story development is home to Vistasite Eye Care, DaVita Dialysis Center, Brightpoint Health, Metropolitan College of New York, Boston Market, Dunkin Donuts, a Fine Fare supermarketRead More

Port Morris startup helps low-income residents log on A Port Morris startup is looking to ensure that low-income Bronx households aren’t left behind by the area’s technology boom. Neture Inc. was founded in 2014 by Marlin Jenkins, a 42-year-old Peekskill, NY native, with a guiding hand from another local business, MetaBronx, whichRead More

Trendy restaurants are opening and finding a way to thrive in Mott Haven and Melrose, concurrently with a spate of new housing developments all around the neighborhood.

The Bronx Brewery, which opened in Port Morris in 2014, has since expanded to offer more than a dozen craft brews at any given time in this tucked away industrial enclave. When the warm weather begins, the beer garden will be open to the public. Watch a video about the life and times ofRead More

The Mott Haven-based owners of Lil’ Kitchen, Big Appetite, say they will deliver homemade Southern food to residents who long for consistency, in the neighborhood and across the city.

A new gourmet coffees shop is scheduled to open soon at the corner of 134th St. and Third Avenue. Its owners say their ultimate goal is to provide a community gathering space for Mott Haven.