Category: The Bronx

A new report from the state’s Department of Health found that 40% of Bronx adults — the highest percentage among the five boroughs — self-reported that they were “always, sometimes, or usually worried or stressed about having enough money to buy nutritious meals in the past 12 months.”  The research, conducted county-by-county throughout the state,…

Police from the NYPD’s 40th Precinct are searching for the crook who punched a Spanish-speaking man in Mott Haven and told him to “get out of my town,” according to the NYPD. Photo courtesy NYPD Police from the NYPD’s 40th Precinct are searching for the crook who punched a Spanish-speaking man in Mott Haven and…

A 5-year-old boy was killed in a fire that started in the basement of a three-story East Bronx building on Jan. 3, according to FDNY. File photo by Lloyd Mitchell The FDNY is investigating the cause of a fire that broke out in the basement of a three-story building in the Bronx that killed a…

The four individuals sought by police in connection to an incident involving a stabbing and beating of a 44-year old male at Mosholu Parkway station in Norwood on Dec. 24, 2023. Photo courtesy NYPD Stabbings on subways in the Bronx have become a reoccurring theme following a string of incidents at multiple stations throughout the…

Firefighters battle a three alarm fire at 920 Sumitt Ave. on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. Photo Lloyd Mitchell Six people were left injured after a three-alarm fire in the Bronx’s Highbridge section just before 7 p.m. on Jan. 2. FDNY personnel battled an intense blaze at 920 Summit Ave. that resulted in two residents with minor…

The final days of 2023 saw three apartment fire fatalities in the Bronx. Photo Lloyd Mitchell In the last days of December, three died in three different housing fires in the Soundview and Bedford Park neighborhoods. These latest incidents hit especially hard as next week marks the second anniversary of the Twin Parks fire that…

Montefiore’s first baby of the new year, Adam Alshawabkeh, born on Jan. 1, 2024, is pictured alongside hospital medical staff and his parents Fatima Alshawabkeh and Omar Ali Hamdan Alrawashdeh. Photo courtesy Tracy Gurrisi Just 11 minutes after the countdown clock ran out in Times Square on Jan. 1, perhaps even while people were still…

New paint, ramps and pavement aim to increase safety on the parkway, pictured on Dec. 28, 2023. Photo Emily Swanson Speedier bus service, reduced flooding, more trees, and safer roads are some improvements residents should notice now that the second phase of Pelham Parkway reconstruction — started in 2017 — is completed.  On Wednesday, the…

File photo/Lloyd Mitchell Bronx police officers were busy Friday night responding to simultaneous, separate shooting and slashing incidents on the same street that left three people hospitalized. Both incidents occurred at about 6:45 p.m. on Dec. 29 at two intersections along East 149th Street in the South Bronx, about 3/4 mile away from each other,…

Photo via NYC Housing Connect An affordable housing lottery is open in the Bronx with nearly 200 apartments available. The McClellan Apartments, located at 1160 River Ave. in the Concourse area of the Bronx, has 198 units in the lottery. The units are newly constructed through the Extremely Low and Low-income Affordability (ELLA) program of…