The Bronx Irish News Stand

download-54IrishNewsStand.com is a pretty impressive newsstand in Woodlawn, the Bronx. It is actually the largest retailer of Irish newspapers and magazines in America, and they have been at the service of the Irish community for almost 25 years. They not only offer hundreds of magazines and newspapers, but they also run thousands of original Irish products.

The neighborhood of Woodlawn is home to New York’s largest Irish community and this shop is the largest Irish deli around. They carry tens of thousands of genuine Irish products such as Irish crisps, candies, jams, cookies, CD’s, or chocolates. Let’s first take a closer look at the particular area where we’re located.

Little Ireland, Woodlawn, The Bronx

Woodlawn is a lower-middle-class Irish American neighborhood in the northern portions of the Bronx, just north of the cemetery that bears the same name. McLean Avenue is the north boundary (New York City-Westchester County line), and to the east, the Bronx River defines its territory that is to the south determined by Woodlawn Cemetery to the south, and to the west by Van Cortlandt Park.

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McDwyer’s Pub – The Last Irish Pub in Norwood

At McDwyer’s Pub (East 204th Street), little has changed since it opened its doors in 1966. The pub is owned by Eamonn McDwyer, and for decades, he’s been the familiar face of the pub. He is working his bar for some 50 years now from early morning to late afternoon, so Mr. McDwyer will probably still be the one who’s greeting you when you enter the pub. Eamonn McDwyer has run his Irish Pub since 1966 but now is close to ending his business.

Mr. McDwyer remembers very well that more than twenty-five years ago, Norwood’s streets were packed with all sorts of Irish pubs. He can (without any problem or hesitation) name more than 20 of these unique pubs, from the Bainbridge Cafe and Murphy to Maloney, and as McDwyer recalls, in those days, they were always full, all of them. These days, his bar is the only one left: McDwyer’s Pub.

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