Posted on 01 December 2011.
This interactive map displays the 2010 unemployment rates for each Bronx neighborhood. The darker shade green represents a higher rate of unemployment. Click on each neighborhood to see its statistics and poverty rate. SOURCE: 2010 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates
Read the full story
Posted in Unemployment by the numbers
Posted on 01 December 2011.
Report problems to embedding@chartle.net The chart above shows the effects of the 2008 recession on the soaring unemployment rates experienced in the Bronx, NYC and the nation at large, as well as the gradual economic recovery during the last year. Although the Bronx mostly mirrored economic trends taking place in the rest of the country, […]
Read the full story
Posted in Unemployment by the numbers
Posted on 01 December 2011.
iChart:bronxunemploymentbyage Tags:
Read the full story
Posted in Unemployment by the numbers
Posted on 13 October 2011. Tags: Cigarettes, Department of Health, highbridge, menthol, smoking
Smokers in the South Bronx are still lighting up as much as ever since 2007. Are cigarette ads to blame?
Read the full story
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Life, Featured, Health Care Reform, Southern Bronx
Posted on 09 December 2010. Tags: besant, coqui, coqui mexicano, diego, Food, nazario, pearson, Taco, tacos, third avenue
A mom-and-pop restaurant waits for neighborhood revitalization.
Read the full story
Posted in Bronx Life, Food, Food and Beyond, Money, Special Reports
Posted on 07 December 2010. Tags: Bloomberg, calories, diabetes, food stamps, health, medicine, obesity, policy, science, SNAP, soda ban
At some Bronx grocery stores, drinks like Coca-Cola Classic, Fanta Orange, Nestea and Seagram’s Ginger Ale are cheaper than water.
Read the full story
Posted in Bronx Life, Food, Food and Beyond, Special Reports