Neighborhoods in the Bronx

population faced an enormous amount of poverty (Poverty’s History). The poor earned unbelievably low wages and lived in tenement apartments, known to be in trash-filled areas. Poor families had no other choice but to live in these crowed apartments and neighborhoods. This type of housing also led to the spread of diseases, use of alcohol, and high crime rates within the area. Since this time period the city has come a long way. The city placed many labor and housing laws in order to deal with…

Inequalities, the author, Jonathan Kozol, writes about public schools not having the same consideration as suburban schools. Through the years of 1988 to 1990, Kozol went to cities like East St Louis, the Bronx, Chicago, Harlem, Jersey City, and San Antonio. He went to 30 different neighborhoods to visit schools. The conditions of these schools are very horrible; They lack heat, have limited supplies, no lab equipment, toxic fumes, and sewer backups. These conditions often lead to schools…

How do two men who grew up in the same neighborhood, with the same last name, end up with two completely different life paths? The boys’ lives begin similarly in a poverty stricken neighborhood. They were exposed to violence and drugs, and both grew up without a father. One was able to overcome his life circumstances, and the other became another statistic. Being in a challenging situation is a way to test one’s character, and often your ability to be a leader. The common read, The Other Wes…

Based on her appearance in the Guyanese community and growing up in Guyana, Ramona was and is perceived to be Indian. In the United States, she remarked that people thinks that she is Dominican, for her “dark skin and those features and I live in the Bronx, so automatically I’m Dominican.” In Florida, where she currently resides with her husband and three sons, she stated that “They are confused about me until I open up my mouth to speak. And they are like, “Oh, wait a minute. She’s from…

Events such as Repack the Bronx, where I packed meats and various foods for families in need. Including, participation in Baby Buggy in which I packed baby clothes for mothers in need who could not afford clothes for their children. One charitable moment that will always remain memorable…

Bronx-born natural singer Jessica NYC has a sultry wide range versatile voice with just a touch of heat~ a perfect match for genres of House, Jazz-Fusion, Neo-Soul music. In the mid 90's she was backup singing in Soho studios and co-writing songs with emerging talents. 
 Jessica NYC is a true New York City Girl that has partied at many of our beloved House and R&B nightclubs~ Underground, Danceteria, Palladium, Fun House, Webster Hall, Roxy, Tunnel, Zanzibar, Limelight, Bentleys, Bonds…

neurotics, David Berkowitz was an astute yet vexed kid growing up. He was near his mom, and he was profoundly influenced by her demise when he was a teenager JuBerkowitz started his slaughtering spree by murdering two adolescent ladies outside of a neighborhood Bronx flat unpredictable. The two ladies were Donna Lauria and Jody Valenti. Ms.Lauria and Ms. Valenti was in a slowed down auto outside of one of the individual's home when David Berkowitz shot slaughtering Donna yet fundamentally…

enjoyable curriculums. Kozol says, “ In a Seattle neighborhood that I visited in 2002, for instance, where approximately half the families were Caucasian, 95 percent of students at the Thurgood Marshall Elementary School were black, Hispanic, native American or of Asian origin” (p6). Neighborhoods are even segregated, we have seen this all the time, there are neighborhoods that are only for hispanics, blacks, asian, white. Making the schools in these neighborhoods diverse but not equal.…

In his novel, fist stick knife gun, Geoffrey Canada outlines a short history of the escalating violence in our cities. Taking place particularly in the South Bronx, his recounting of the virtually obligatory acts of violence that he witnessed committed on the streets of New York is truly an eye opener. He provides an earth shattering account of the truthful conditions and causes behind the atrocious acts committed by today's poverty-stricken youth, and offers the well-thought out…

breakdown the psychosocial side of Jon Gotti. Despite the things that Gotti has done, I would like to share my side as to why he was the man he was and what was the reason behind the activity. John Gotti was born in the Italian Harlem side of South Bronx, New York. He was the fifth child born to Joseph and Fannie Gotti. John’s father Joseph came to the united states in 1920 and ended up having thirteen children. Sadly, two of them died when they were born. John and all his brothers, Vincent,…