The Bronx Ink

The Luis Jimenez Radio show, which broadcasts out of the Univision headquarters in Manhattan on 96.3 F.M.  rarely plays Mexican music.  Its audience, like its staff, is mostly Puerto Rican and Dominican, so the show sticks to salsa, bachata and reggaeton. Jimenez seems to enjoy Cinco de Mayo, however.  And his co-hosts are intent on […]

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An item emblematic of Mexican sports fans hangs from one of the racks of Gregorio Castro’s sporting goods store in Belmont. It’s a green wrestling mask with white borders around the eyes and a small Mexican flag sown on its forehead. “Fans use those when they go to the national [soccer] teams’ games” says the […]

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By Manuel Rueda Cinco de Mayo is usually a busy day for Damaris Hernandez and her Mexican dance group, the Ballet Nuestra Señora del Refugio (Our Lady of Refuge Ballet). “We usually dance in Fordham Plaza for the President of the Bronx,” says Hernandez, referring to the Borough President. “But this year we are going […]

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by Mehroz Baig Omar Corona, 28, works as a cook at the newly opened Metate, a Mexican restaurant in Riverdale. Originally from Mexico City, he moved to the United States when he was 15 years old and he’s been a Bronxite for the last six years. For Corona, keeping Mexican traditions alive is important, and […]

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Murals like the one of fallen firefighter Peter Bielfeld remind Bronxites of the terrorist attack that Bin Laden masterminded nearly 10 years ago.

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Residents’ reactions to a city program that’s aiming to clean graffiti from New York’s streets.

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Michael Max Knobbe is Bronx Net.

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Chancellor Dennis Walcott said the transfer school “has not done the job”

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