The Uptown Bridge

The Uptown Bridge exists to connect people who have called the Bronx and Uptown home with native friends who share similar values, mentors who work in your field of interest, and a community that understands where you come from.

We all play the cards we're dealt — but the cards given to Bronx and Uptown people are different from the rest of the city.

• The Bronx ranks low in household income — median around $37,400.
• The Bronx has been ranked the "least healthy county" in New York State for multiple years.
• The Bronx has the highest poverty rate in NYC at 26.3%.

Chasing your ambitions can feel isolating — like you're doing it in the dark with no blueprint. And once you finally make it out, you might look around and realize you're the only Uptown native in the room. You might not even feel at home in Uptown the same way anymore.

"You can take me out the hood but you can't take the hood outta me, know the hood proud of me." — Lil Baby

At the end of the day, we’re all just trying to make something out of what we were given. Uptown Bridge is here so nobody has to grind alone, feel out of place, or lose where they come from while chasing where they’re going. We’re here to stand together, level up together, and put on for the place that raised us.