By Land, Sea or Bike Path: How the Bronx Is Reinventing Its Transit Map

Noah Kaminsky knew all along that he wanted to find a place of his own in the Bronx, but it was a speech from Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr. at a cycling event, of all places, that sealed the deal.

“I grew up in the Bronx, and it was affordable, so I could purchase a [co-op] apartment,” said Kaminsky, a 28-year-old high school science teacher who works on the Upper East Side. But when Díaz “said, in front of everybody, that that he’s for development but he’s also supportive of not losing the culture and the vibe that the Bronx has maintained, his words really resonated with me — and also that he hopped on a bike and did the Tour de Bronx with us.”