Category: The Bronx

Disney, Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” light trail runs at the NYBG through Nov. 30. Photo by Sadie Brown As dusk turns into night at the New York Botanical Garden, blue, green and magenta lights illuminate the pitch-black forest and smoke machines ominously fill the air while the soundtrack of Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare…

Project Pawn founders Chris Johnson and Abdul Sulaiman Jr. at the opening of their flagship chess center in Soundview on Sept. 20, 2024. Photo Emily Swanson Project Pawn, a youth chess program founded by Bronx natives Chris Johnson and Abdul Sulaiman Jr., opened a flagship space in the Soundview neighborhood on Monday, Sept. 23, offering…

Runners start off the line at the New Balance 10 Mile Run on September 22, 2024. Max Blease The streets of the Bronx came alive on Sunday as more than 12,000 runners participated in the sold-out New Balance Bronx 10 Mile, a premier event organized by the New York Road Runners (NYRR). The race, which…

A sign marking the Enslaved African Burial Ground site in Van Cortlandt Park was unveiled in June 2021. A newly-awarded grant from the Mellon Foundation seeks proposals to redesign the site. Photo courtesy of the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance A recently-announced grant will bring new prominence to the Enslaved African Burial Ground in Van Cortlandt…

Firefighters are working to contain a massive gas leak Sunday after an explosion sent a substance spewing into the air and locals running for cover, eyewitnesses and FDNY sources said. Photo by Dean Moses Firefighters in the Bronx are working to contain a massive gas line rupture Sunday after a blast sent noxious fumes into…

Kingsbridge community members attended the Sept. 15, 2024 street co-naming ceremony honoring Nicholas Dominici, the infant who was killed by exposure to fentanyl at his day care in 2023. Photo Emily Swanson Street co-naming ceremonies usually honor New Yorkers who led long, fruitful lives of service to their communities. But on Sept. 15, Bronx neighbors…

All Hallows Catholic high school celebrated its inaugural coed class this week. Courtesy of All Hallows high school. All Hallows, a Catholic high school on 164th Street in the South Bronx, recently announced its inaugural coed cohort of students. This is the first time the historically all-boys school has enrolled female students in its 116-year…

Suspect A knife-wielding man slashed the head of a 16-year-old boy on a southbound “2” train in the Bronx early Tuesday morning, police said, The teenager was seated on a southbound “2” train at around 2 a.m. as it was nearing the East 160th Street and Prospect Avenue station when an unknown individual approached him.…

The city has reached a $1 million settlement with Parkchester Preservation Management, after accusing the company of discrimination against renters who use subsidy vouchers.  Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) announced the settlement — the largest of its kind in city history — on Aug. 22.  The company…

The first day of school at Success Academy Unionport Middle School, which opened on August 12, 2024. Photo courtesy Success Academy Success Academy is in the process of opening three new schools in the Bronx, adding more options to the borough that has the city’s highest number of charter schools. Once all three are open,…