The Bronx Ink

St. Mary’s Orthodox Church in the Bedford Park neighborhood mainly serves an Indian community of worshippers. It was established in 1972. As time passed, members of the congregation gradually moved to New Jersey, upstate New York, or Pennsylvania. But distance did not cut their ties to the church. On Apr. 17, they gathered again for Palm Sunday. See the slideshow.

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By Shlomo Sprung Terrel Bailey walked out of a red painted apartment building on E. 163rd St. in Morissania and asked if anyone had a cell phone he could borrow. The 16-year-old student at Harry S. Truman high school was tired of the Samsung Seek phone and decided he wanted a BlackBerry. He planned to […]

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Former Bronxites turn to the Internet and digitized records to find their family histories and discover past eras of the Bronx.

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By Alex Eriksen It isn’t only the Yankees that are out of spring training. Baseball bloggers have taken the virtual field and nowhere in greater numbers than to cover the New York Yankees. “The Yankees are the most watched and reported team in baseball,” says Lenny Neslin, the one-man operation behind Lennysyankees.com. Neslin, a sophomore […]

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Video Q&A: Clairisel Gonzalez founder of the Bronx Blogging Network

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By Manuel Rueda Gonzalo Venegas and his brother Rodrigo have been rapping about social inequalities since the 1990s. Based in the south Bronx—the cradle of the hip-hop movement—the two brothers use the Internet to share their work with fans across the world. Known in hip-hop circles as the Rebel Diaz duo, the Venegas brothers blend […]

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Concern about online bullies has prompted the Bronx D.A. workshops

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Bronx Ink selected our favorite YouTube music videos highlighting the Bronx. Vote for yours.

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