Category: The Bronx

Police found the victim with multiple stab wounds outside of 266 Willis Ave. in the Bronx on Monday morning. Google Maps Police are looking for the killer who stabbed a 23-year-old to death in the Bronx on Monday morning.  According to the investigation, NYPD officers arrived at the murder scene near 266 Willis Ave. in…

Three firefighters and one resident were injured on Sunday when a fire tore through a Bronx NYCHA building, FDNY said. Photo by Dean Moses Three firefighters and one resident were injured on Sunday when a fire tore through a Bronx NYCHA building, Fire Department officials said. According to FDNY sources, firefighters rushed to Mitchel Houses…

Police investigate after a man was found dead inside of a Bronx apartment building on Nov. 26. Photo by Dean Moses Detectives are investigating after authorities say a man was found dead inside of a Bronx apartment building on Sunday morning. According to police sources, cops made the grim discovery on Nov. 26 at around…

File photo. Photo by Dean Moses Cops cuffed a 28-year-old woman in the Bronx on Saturday afternoon for intentionally plowing into and killing a moped driver, authorities said. According to police sources, officers from the 41st Precinct rushed to Fox Street and Intervale Avenue on Nov. 25 at around 2:22 p.m. after they received reports…

Tayvon Gray, a popular Bronx kid, walked into the North Star Cafe on East Tremont Avenue in Crotona earlier this month after getting a haircut from a neighborhood barber shop. Dressed casually in a beige sweat suit, the 21-year-old watched Premier League European soccer on the cafe’s small TV while waiting for his strawberry and…

When the Barnes & Noble in Bay Plaza closed for good in 2016, it looked like bookstores in the Bronx were all but extinct, before Noëlle Santos opened the Lit. Bar in Mott Haven in 2019 to keep literacy alive in the borough. The opening of the Lit. Bar injected life into what seemed like…

The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation announced its rangers will begin leading tours of Hart Island. The effort to dispel negative perceptions of the mass graveyard starts on Nov. 21, 2023. Photo Camille Botello For decades the city’s public cemetery off the eastern coast of the Bronx has restricted people from its…

Bronx politicians are attempting to combat the proliferation of illegal cannabis. Photo ET Rodriguez Two Bronx smoke shops, one in Williamsbridge and the other in Westchester Square, are the latest to be hit by politicos and law enforcement for selling illegal contraband. The Sherriff’s Office and the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker…

Cynthia Aikens, a resident of 2309 Holland Ave., is assisted by Sofia Manzi and Lenore Grogan of the American Red Cross after a fire at her apartment building on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Aikens lost everything in the blaze that killed one tenant and injured five others. Photo Erin Edwards A mammoth fire that broke out last…

A Rendering of Hope House’s outdoor courtyard area. The project is expected to be completed in 2025. Photo courtesy EQ Architecture and Design The Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice celebrated the groundbreaking for an upcoming $13 million development in the Bronx’s Crotona Park, which will house individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) who were…