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

… known   More than 100 years later  some of those houses are still standing many nearly unchanged on Alexander Avenue … Board of Trade a group of businessmen and professionals who lived in the area and promoted it with vigor set up shop at … and its bridge were named in honor of Edward Willis who lived at 280 Alexander Ave Willis was a real estate …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 3, 2017 - 3:00PM