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Nas, LL Cool J, Fat Joe and More Break Ground With the Universal Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx

On Thursday, May 20, several Hip Hop legends hit the Bronx to break ground on the first phase of Bronx Point, where the “Universal Hip Hop Museum”  will be located. Nas, LL COOL J, Fat Joe, Lil Kim, Naughty by Nature, Grandmaster Flash, Slick Rick, Michael Bivins (of Bell Biv DeVoe) and EMPD all joined Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. for the ceremony alongside Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, City Council Member Diana Ayala and other city officials. LL COOL J said: “Hip Hop is one ...

The hoi polloi of the New York hip hop scene turned out to break ground for Bronx Point, an apartment development that will include a permanent home of the Universal Hip Hop Museum. The $349 million mixed-use project at 50 East 150th Street in along the Harlem River waterfront in the South Bronx is being developed by L+M Development Partners and Type A Projects. Bronx Point’s first phase will deliver 542 permanently affordable apartments to the Lower Concourse neighborhood, along with approxi...

City council rejected a proposal to allow alcohol to be consumed in the general seating of CN Centre, Monday. Currently liquor can be consumed in the Lower Concourse (Ice Lounge), private suites, meeting rooms, designated sections of the main concourse and floor area of cabaret shows. City staff estimated, based on the experience of similar-sized arenas, it would increase revenue for CN Centre by 175 per cent after the cost of additional security. “We’ve dared to be different and not serv...

Dec. 23, 2020 10:00 am ET A major mixed-use development on the Bronx Harlem River waterfront is scheduled to start construction next month, with developers expected to close on about $349 million in financing next week following months of delay because of the new coronavirus pandemic. The project, Bronx Point, will encompass 542 units of affordable housing on a former industrial site in the borough’s Lower Concourse neighborhood. The development will also house several community and c...