Take a look at the people and places that make up the Bronx’s unique nautical community.
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City Island: A Coastal Community in the Bronx
Posted on 19 May 2010.
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Moshe Piller: How a New York Landlord Works the System
Posted on 18 May 2010.
After 18 months of rehabilitation for a broken hip, all that Eta Eckstein wanted was to go back home to her Brooklyn apartment. The 92-year-old Holocaust survivor had lived at 8750 Bay Parkway for 40 years, but when her son visited her apartment while she was still at the Shore View Rehabilitation Center, he found a red eviction notice on the door.
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Characters of softball, the real Bronx pastime
Posted on 17 May 2010.
In the 1980s, Bronx softball games could attracted crowds of hundreds and $10,000 worth of bets. One team was particularly adept at taking that cash: a crew known as The Bandits. Last year, they reunited.
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A Challenger Emerges for Bronx Senate Seat
Posted on 14 May 2010.
Soundview native (pictured left) is confident the voters will not hold his past life against him.
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Bronx Week to Offer Glimpse of a Greener Future
Posted on 13 May 2010.
New Yorkers can tour five “green roofs” overlooking the borough during Bronx week.
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Burek: From the Balkans to the Bronx
Posted on 13 May 2010.
This Albanian mom-and-pop joint in the Bronx makes burek like no other.
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Video – Just Missing One Thing
Posted on 11 May 2010.
Felix Castro, 17 is a blind student at The Institute for Special Education in the Bronx. He loves playing Goalball, a paralympic game for the blind. The ball has bells in it that make dependency on hearing crucial to win.
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Video-A Sunday in the life of a storefront church
Posted on 11 May 2010.
Every weekend, Hallelujahs flow onto White Plains Road from the 50 places of worship along its blocks. Spend a Sunday inside one of them.
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