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The Bronx on the Web: Community

Getting Started

Each public library in the Bronx has a web page with detailed information about the surrounding neighborhood.

Search for neighborhood not-for-profit agencies and organizations using the Directory of Community Services.

Web sites of many Bronx high schools and colleges also provide information about their surrounding neighborhoods.

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Blogs

NYC Bloggers > Blogs by Borough: Bronx
Directory of weblogs based in the Bronx, organized by subway stop.

Neighborhoods

A Guide to City Island
Provides links to area businesses, restaurants, and community organizations. Of particular interest is a unique listing of nautical Web sites that offer information about shipbuilding, chartering, and navigation. In addition, this site provides access to a bulletin board that enables users to post and read messages that pertain to interests and issues of City Island residents.

Arthur Avenue
Provides information about Belmont, the Little Italy section of the Bronx, including local theater, cultural and religious institutions, people and festivals, and local merchants.

Books About Bronx Neighborhoods
See also: The Bronx on the Web: Books and Videos About The Bronx (Neighborhoods and Landmarks).

Bronx Branch Libraries
Each branch Web page includes a link to community information about the surrounding neighborhood.

Bronx Colleges and Universities
Web sites of many Bronx colleges and universities provide information about their surrounding neighborhoods.

Bronx High Schools
Web sites of many Bronx high schools provide information about their surrounding neighborhoods.

Bronx Mall
Comprehensive Web site that contains links to Bronx based businesses, professional services, community organizations, and cultural events.

Bronx View
Provides information about local history, shopping, economic revitalization, and merchant associations for several Bronx neighborhoods. These include Bathgate/East Tremont, Belmont, Hunts Point, Port Morris, and University Heights. Also provides links to cultural institutions and artists.

Highbridge: Da Bronx
This site is composed of a series of pages that are the outgrowth of Highbridge residents working to re-establish their neighborhood as a viable, meaningful and safe haven for all who reside there. Here you will find parts of the story "Collective Inspiration" written by Highbridge residents ranging from 13 to 90 years of age. Also available are articles about Highbridge as well as historical and present-day photographs of the neighborhood.

Pelham Parkway Mall
Created by the White Plains Road Business Improvement District. Lists addresses and telephone numbers for local stores, restaurants, and medical offices. Scroll to the bottom of the page for links to government officials, local resources, and history.

The Bronx Board
Users must register in order to post messages to the Bronx Board. Other features, including photo galleries, school alumni databases, polls and surveys about Bronx related topics, do not require registration.

The Pelham Parkway Times
Focus on those who grew up in the Pelham Parkway neighborhood from 1930 to 1960. Some portions of the site, including a message board and a chat room, require registration. Other features, including links to photo albums of the Pelham Parkway neighborhood, class pictures, and area high school Web sites, do not require registration.

Zip Code Map
Provided by the Bronx Mall Web site.

Services and Organizations, Government

Government Resources

Services and Organizations, Health

Health Care Facilities
From the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) Directory of Health Care Facilities. Includes links to adult day care facilities, certified home health agencies, diagnostic and treatment centers, hospices, hospitals, long-term home health agencies, and nursing facilities.

Hospitals
Links to hospitals in the Bronx from NOAH (New York Online Access to Health).

Hospitals and Medical Centers
A listing from Yahoo! Yellow Pages.

Services and Organizations, Housing

East Side House Settlement
Through responsive programs and services in a safe and supportive environment, East Side House empowers people of all ages in the South Bronx to improve the quality of their lives.

Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation
Established by local tenant and neighborhood leaders in 1980. Formed to prevent the spread of housing deterioration so prevalent in other parts of the Bronx and NYC at the time, the Housing Corporation now provides management and oversight for more than 70 tenant and community controlled buildings with 1400 affordable apartments.

University Neighborhood Housing Program
Founded in 1983, UNHP works to create, preserve, and finance affordable housing through community lending, neighborhood organizing around issues that impact affordable housing, and by providing technical assistance to tenant and not-for-profit housing groups.

Services and Organizations, Legal

Bronx Legal Services
Non-profit corporation that provides low-income residents and the elderly of Bronx County with legal representation in civil matters at no charge.

Legal Information: Bronx County
Contact information for the Bronx County Bar Association, lawyer referral services, the attorney grievance process, local legal services, pro bono organizations, and area law schools.

The Bronx Defenders
Founded in 1997, the Bronx Defenders is staffed by more than thirty criminal defense lawyers. Their staff of attorneys, social workers, investigators, administrative support, and community developers is committed to working with their clients, their clients' families, and their communities to address the problems that drive many into the criminal justice system

Services and Organizations, Other

Bronx Community Paper Company
An innovative effort to harness New York City's urban forest, which includes the 1.2 million tons of paper the city throws out every year, by building a paper de-inking and newsprint production facility in the city.

Bronx Information Network Consortium
A non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and coordinate the collaborative and cooperative use of technology among non-profit organizations based primarily in the Bronx or surrounding communities.

Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition
Community organization with a 25 year history of fighting for the northwest neighborhoods of the Bronx.

South East Bronx Neighborhood Centers Incorporated
The South East Bronx Neighborhood Centers (SEBNC), is a not-for-profit multi-service agency, with strong community roots that has been serving the Morrisania area of the Bronx since 1929. SEBNC provides a series of programs and services that focuses on youth, children, seniors and families using education, counseling, training, recreation, and day treatment as primary service delivery strategies.

The Point Community Development Corporation
THE POINT is an emergent non-profit organization dedicated to youth development and the cultural and economic revitalization of the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx.

United Bronx Parents, Inc.
Not-for-profit community-grown human services agency providing a variety of social services in the South Bronx community and on a city-wide basis.