Category: The Bronx

New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge watches his solo home run ball during the second inning of Game 5 of an American League Division baseball series against the Cleveland Guardians, Oct. 18, 2022, in New York. Photo courtesy AP/Frank Franklin II Aaron Judge was working out at home in California along with wife, Samantha, on Oct.…

The 38th Annual Bronx Halloween Parade was considered a raging success by all who attended on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. Victor Taveras, who has been organizing the parade for five years, said, “This community is sometimes forgotten, and I come from this community. I used to attend the parade as a child, so it’s very…

The Grand Central Stones have been sitting at Van Cortlandt Park for more than 100 years and this month, they are getting a makeover. Photo ET Rodriguez After a brief hiatus, “Did You Know” is back. Test your knowledge of Bronx history with our monthly column, featuring interesting and otherwise unknown tidbits that expand on…

Anti-war protesters took to the streets in support of Palestine, while chanting “Israel is not a Jewish state,” at a protest held on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, outside the office of U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres in the Bronx. The protesters are critical of Torres for his support of Israel. Photo ET Rodriguez The ongoing feud…

Two motorcyclists died in crashes on Friday in the five boroughs. Photo via Getty Images Two motorcyclists were killed in separate traffic collisions in Manhattan and the Bronx on Friday night, police say. Just after 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 27, police responded to a crash on the Henry Hudson Parkway near West 112th Street in…

File photo by Lloyd Mitchell Bronx detectives are working to find the suspect who shot a man dead following a dispute on Friday night, law enforcement sources said.  Police said the homicide happened at about 8:07 p.m. on Oct. 27 at an apartment building at 1285 Washington Ave. in Morrisania. Officers from the 42nd Precinct,…

Over the past month, city Department of Sanitation (DSNY) officers have cracked down on unlicensed street vending in the Bronx’s Allerton neighborhood. The bustling Allerton commercial strip of Allerton Avenue between White Plains Avenue and Boston Road is home to some 200 small businesses and a few chain stores alongside a handful of street vendors, who hawk…

According to the investigation, NYPD officer Grace Rosa Baez, 37, and boyfriend Cesar Martinez, 43, had “numerous conversations” about wholesale narcotics trafficking. File photo/Dean Moses An NYPD officer and her boyfriend were busted last week for allegedly conspiring to distribute drugs, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York.  According to the…

Mexzzarella Pizza, located at 553 Soundview Ave., was the site of an alleged drug trafficking scheme. Photo Erin Edwards Three people were arrested and charged for allegedly operating a drug trafficking scheme out of a Soundview pizzeria in the Bronx, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced this week, after recovering more than 100 pounds of…

Customers line up at Statis, the Bronx’s first legal recreational dispensary, in early July. Photo ET Rodriguez A proposal for a recreational marijuana dispensary in Pelham Parkway received unanimous approval from Community Board 11’s Economic Development Committee last week, paving the way for the full board to vote on the application this Thursday. The hybrid…