Alexander Avenue in the South Bronx is home to the borough's oldest townhouses

… behind a rampart of expressways Now things may be turning around Recently the New York Times Travel section chose the … is happy with the attention Brooks bought a house just around the corner from Alexander Avenue 15 years ago and … the same time that people work to protect what is already here … The South Bronx was once the North Side  … On New …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 3, 2017 - 3:00PM
Bertine Block : A small street in the Bronx that offers a window into 19th century NYC

… his inherited land on the Harlem River at Third Avenue to Jordan L Mott Mott the inventor of a coalburning iron … his new fiefdom he laid out a canal that allowed boats to travel as far inland as 138th Street By the end of the 1800s …

By Marjorie Cohen |December 22, 2016 - 9:12AM