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Representative James Vacca

Representative Charles Rangel

Representative Jose Serrano

Representative Eliot Engel

Representative Annabel Palma

State Senator Eric T. Schneiderman

State Senator Efrain Gonzalez, Jr.

State Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson

Assemblymember Aurelia Greene

Assemblymember Michael Benjamin

Assemblymember Naomi Rivera

Assemblymember Michael Benedetto

Assemblymember Carmen Arroyo

Assemblymember Luis Diaz

Provides links to area businesses, restaurants, and community organizations. Of particular interest is a unique listing of nautical Websites 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.

The MTA's door-to-door paratransit service for people with disabilities.

An extensive archive of photographs, prints, and drawings that users may search by topic. Try "Bronx" or a particular site or neighborhood in The Bronx.

Here you can find various Bronx restaurants.

Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance-"A funky and welcoming performance space." -The New York Ti mes The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance was created by Bessie Award-winning dancer/choreographer, Arthur Aviles along with the help of the Point Community Development Corporation. For the first part of the project, they worked with the building owners to convert 9000 square feet of raw warehouse space into a performance/workshop space, and artist's studios. The performance area (3500 sq. ft.) houses BAAD!

Historian Bill Twomey's ongoing feature celebrating the glory of the Bronx.

Includes voter registration and election statistics by county and links to federal and state election laws.

A professional performance ensemble with a year-round schedule of chamber music and orchestral concerts, as well as special programs for families and a full music and arts-in-education program for schools.

Includes links to books, cemeteries, churches, family history centers, microfilm records, newspapers, vital records, and more.

Catholic elementary/middle schools in the Bronx.

Names of representatives and contact information for all Bronx community boards, with links to more specific information such as maps, demographics and a calendar of meetings.

851 Grand Concourse, Room 124
Bronx, NY 10451
(718) 293-5600
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

The Bronx County Historical Society was founded in 1955 to preserve the heritage of this thriving community. The Society administers the colonial era Valentine-Varian House, which serves as the Museum of Bronx History The Bronx County Archives an extensive Research Library and Poe Cottage, the final home of America's great 19th century poet and author, Edgar Allan Poe.

Links to a full-text searchable database of decisions, calendars, official court rules, judicial biographies, jurisdiction and history, and phone directories.

Websites of many Bronx high schools provide information about their surrounding neighborhoods.

An overview of Bronx history from 1609 to the 1990s.

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

Includes Bronx Empowerment Zone and information on special loan programs and services.

Local News from the Bronx with custom views for Throgg'sNeck and Morris Park

The mission of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID) is to promote educational equity and excellence for students with disabilities while ensuring that they receive the rights and protection to which they are entitled assure appropriate continuity between the child and adult services systems and provide the highest quality vocational rehabilitation and independent living services to all eligible persons as quickly as those services are required to enable them to work and live independent, self-directed lives.

Welcome to the City Island Historical Societys new Website. We are delighted to be able to introduce you to one of the most interesting communities in New York City, a small island with a rich nautical history.

You can search for city parks in the Bronx using this site.