Category: The Bronx

Passengers wait for the Metro-North in July 2023. Photo Aliya Schneider Two of the Bronx’s top pols announced a $1.6 billion deal for the Metro-North’s Penn Access project last weekend — a feat that is set to bring four new Metro-North stations to the borough with a goal of reducing commute time to Penn Station…

Bike New York is holding their 12th annual free bike light giveaway with locations in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx. Photo courtesy Getty Images Since Vision Zero NYC was adopted in 2014 during the de Blasio administration, New York City has invested in several infrastructure changes to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries as part of…

Glassines filled with fentanyl and heroin found inside a suspected packaging mill operating out of a Bronx apartment on Nov. 1, 2023. Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor Eleven people were cuffed and some $4 million in fentanyl-laced heroin were seized in connection with the recent raid of an alleged Bronx drug packing mill, law…

The city Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez’s wife, a high-ranking official with the city Department of Education, and their two daughters filed a lawsuit against the ritzy Ethical Culture Fieldston School in another instance of alleged racial discrimination at the scandal-scarred school. The explosive lawsuit, filed in federal court by Cristina Melendez, a director with the…

The Spicebush is the Bronx’s nominee to be New York City’s official wildflower. Tuesday marks the last day to vote in the WildflowerNYC, a competition to establish an official wildflower of the Big Apple.  The competition to find a flower to represent the city kicked off in March in line with a greater movement aimed…

Police are searching for this suspect allegedly involved in a string of Bronx robberies last month. NYPD One person has been cuffed and another remains on the lam in connection to a string of Bronx robberies which occurred throughout October, police said. According to police sources, 35-year-old Adrian Fendley was arrested for a succession of…

Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center on Bainbridge Avenue was the site of antisemitic vandalism on Halloween night. Photo courtesy Google Images As the war in Israel still wages on between Israelis and Palestinians, the issues of antisemitism continues to hit home as a Jewish Center in Norwood was defaced in an apparent Halloween prank taken way…

Two snow leopard cubs were born at the Bronx Zoo over the summer. Photo: Julie Larsen/WCS Two snow leopard cubs are making their debut at the Bronx Zoo. Often referred to as “the ghost of the mountains,” snow leopards are among the world’s most elusive big cats and are rarely seen in the wild. The…

Bronx Point includes 542 units in a mixed-use development ranging from 15 to 22 stories. Photo Sylvester Zawadzki Elected leaders and city officials cut the ribbon last month on a 542-unit affordable housing complex located by the Harlem River that includes a waterfront esplanade and the future home of the Universal Hip Hop Museum. The…

From April to October for the past seven years, thousands of locals flocked to Fordham Plaza on the last Saturday of each month for the Bronx Night Market. There, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., visitors consumed live music, artisanal products and a diverse cornucopia of food. From the Mexican-run Perros Locos to the Colombian-owned…