The Bronx is a hand reaching down to pull the other boroughs of New York City out of the harbor and the sea. Its fellow-boroughs are islands or parts of islands; the Bronx hangs on to Manhattan and ...

Angel Hernandez is the new Bronx historian, taking over from Lloyd Ultan who held the position for 26 years and now holds an emeritus title. Hernandez doesn’t really see himself as replacing Ultan, ...

Lloyd Ultan. Even the name sounds historic. That’s what stuck with me after meeting Ultan, the Bronx borough historian, for the first time back in 1998 while I was a reporter at the Daily News. Ultan ...

A new podcast aims to highlight the historic Bronx native, Battling Bella Abzug, a civil rights activist, political ...

BRONX (WABC) -- The images do evoke a reaction. The pictures are worth a thousand words, from an era that's often summed up in four: the Bronx is burning, a narrative thrust onto the national stage by ...

The Museum of Bronx History is an excellent destination for tourists interested in exploring the rich history of the Bronx. The museum boasts a collection of over 3,000 artifacts and photographs that ...

“Beacons” (2018) at 167th Street Station, commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts & Design; J. Gil Scott-Heron portrait derived from a ...

Bronx County Historical Society displays artifacts from Latino history in the Bronx. The Bronx’s growing Latino population has played a major role in the borough’s history. Now, the Bronx County ...

Mott Haven’s 20 Bruckner Boulevard is perhaps best known to New Yorkers as the History Channel building, even though the 15-year-old billboard was replaced by an iHeartRadio sign last summer. But the ...

Last month, Zohran Mamdani swept the election with an ambitious, people-centered vision: safe streets, world-class public ...