EDC Provides Recap to Bronx CB7 on Kingsbridge Armory Project as Future Use Ideas Flourish

  Representatives from New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) provided a recap to Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7) residents on the latest discussions around the future use of the Kingsbridge Armory during the Bronx CB7 general board meeting held Feb. 22, following EDC’s presentation to the board’s land use committee on Feb. 14. It […]

MTA To Perform Structural Repairs On D Line Between Bedford Park Blvd and Kingsbridge Rd

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced on Monday, March 13, that structural repairs will begin on the middle track of the line this spring between Bedford Park Boulevard and Kingsbridge Road, resulting in weekday express train service to be suspended from 4.45 a.m. on Monday, March 27, through 5 a.m. Friday, April 28.   This […]

Op-Ed: Bronxites Will Create New Kingsbridge Armory

I live on Aqueduct Avenue with my 4-year-old son, Nori, and my husband, Nelson, close to the landmark Kingsbridge Armory that is now 514,000-square-feet of nothingness, thanks most recently to a failed plan to fill it with nine ice hockey rinks.   I’m 34, in my second year at Bronx Community College, and have been organizing […]

Fordham Manor/Kingsbridge Heights: Valentine’s Day Vigil/Rally Held Following Shooting of Man, 30

A Valentine’s Day vigil was organized by violence interrupters, Bronx Rises Against Gun Violence (B.R.A.G.) on the evening of Feb. 14 in response to the non-fatal shooting of a young man on Saturday, Feb. 11, on the Fordham Manor / Kingsbridge Heights border. The event was attended by District 14 City Council Member Pierina Sanchez.   […]

Envisioning Process for Kingsbridge Armory Continues

The envisioning process to decide on the future use of the Kingsbridge Armory, located at Jerome Avenue in Kingsbridge Heights, is continuing, and follows previous updates on the project. Envisioning workshops took place on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, and again on Saturday, Jan. 21, but those involved with the “Together for Kingsbridge” working group as […]