Laid out c. 1910 in the Hunts Point neighborhood, Joseph Rodman Drake Park and Enslaved People's Burial Ground is a New York City park containing two colonial-era cemeteries one for the Hunt-Willett-Leggett families and their descendants and the other for the enslaved people who worked for them.
Designed by George Keister and developed by George M. Cohan, this Italian Renaissance Revival-style theater and commercial building featured Broadway acts in its early “Subway Circuit” years before hosting a succession of
clubs that were central to the Bronx’s innovative and influential Latin music
Designed by notable New York architects Herts & Tallant and built in 1908 prior to the adoption of the standardized Model Fire House Plan, the Engine Company 88/ Ladder Company 38 Firehouse is a rare example of the firm’s work in civic architecture and the only known example of Prairie School- in NY
This architecturally significant Italian Renaissance Revival-style building, designed by Frank J. Helmle in 1913, served as the Bronx Central Office of the FDNY’s Fire Alarm Telegraph Bureau beginning in 1923 and continues to play an active role in fire communication in the Bronx.
The Mayor's Press Office releases information about notable events and actions taken by the Mayor, as well as transcripts of all media conferences, radio shows, and ceremonies that the Mayor attends.
Adams Administration’s Nation-Leading Work to Reconnect Communities Divided by Highways Comes to Major Deegan Expressway, Which Separated Bronxites From Harlem River Nearly a Century Ago. Seven-Mile Route Will Restore Waterfront Access for Bronxites and Connect Van Cortlandt Park to Randall’s Island
Adams Administration’s Nation-Leading Work to Reconnect Communities Divided by Highways Comes to Major Deegan Expressway, Which Separated Bronxites From Harlem River Nearly a Century Ago. Seven-Mile Route Will Restore Waterfront Access for Bronxites and Connect Van Cortlandt Park to Randall’s Island
The Mayor's Press Office releases information about notable events and actions taken by the Mayor, as well as transcripts of all media conferences, radio shows, and ceremonies that the Mayor attends.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces that the city has hit a key milestone in the project to uncover Tibbetts Brook and extend the Putnam Greenway in the Bronx.