Category: The Bronx

Officer Ramon Santos fought to have his friend Officer Richard Lopez remembered with a street renaming in the Bronx Photo courtesy of NYPD Richard Lopez was tough as nails, according to his NYPD colleagues — something, they say, was exemplified in the Bronx resident’s final years during his battle with 9/11-related cancer. On Friday Oct.…

The scooter-riding suspect who shot a teenager in the Bronx on Oct. 21, 2023. Photo courtesy of NYPD Police in the Bronx are looking for the scooter-riding suspect who shot a teenager on Saturday afternoon. Law enforcement sources said the shooting occurred at about 11:20 a.m. on Oct. 21 at 1001 Soundview Ave. in Soundview,…

Narcissus, an Ancient Greek hunter, was so beautiful that when he saw his reflection in a pool of water, he fell in love with it. He spent day and night lying by his reflection until his death. In his place sprouted the Narcissus flower, with petals so brilliantly yellow — today, this flower is commonly…

Allison Zuckerman’s “Woman at her Toilette” (2017) is one of the 60 works of art being showcased at Lehman College Art Gallery’s latest exhibit, “Framing the Female Gaze: Women Artists and the New Historicism.” Photo courtesy Lehman College Art Gallery As a response to the idealized portrayal of women in literature and the arts as…

The NYPD is investigating a stabbing in a Bronx apartment building that left one man dead. Photo via Google Maps The NYPD is investigating the death of a man who was found stabbed in the Bronx on Saturday night. According to police, at 8:08 p.m. on Oct. 18 officer from the 43rd Precinct responded to…

ALDI’s fourth Bronx location is located at 845 White Plains Road in Castle Hill. A ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the supermarket is planned for Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. Photo Steven Goodstein A popular no-frills supermarket chain opened its fourth Bronx location earlier this month offering low-cost food items, home goods and an array of exclusive…

Alex Silecchia, left, a marijuana “budtender,” also known as a sales associate, serves a customer at Statis Cannabis Company dispensary in the Bronx on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews Community Board 11 is scheduled to deliberate on a new cannabis player in the East Bronx at its Economic Development Committee meeting tonight.   Freshly…

The Tour de Bronx will kick off from 161 Street and Grand Concourse on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023 at 11 a.m. File photo/Bronx Times The Tour de Bronx is back for its 29th annual ride.  The ride, New York state’s biggest free cycling event, is taking place this Sunday, Oct. 22, and is open to…

Rat sightings in the Parkchester area of the Bronx led the city’s “rat czar” to pay a visit. Currently, the Grand Concourse is the only current location identified in the borough as a rat mitigation zone due to an influx of the vermin. Photo courtesy Getty Images The city’s first-ever “rat czar,” who has taken…

Ninoska Carolina, Mott Haven Film Festival founder and executive director, left, presents filmmaker Ali Keller with “Best Screenplay” award at the 2022 festival. Photo courtesy Mott Haven Film Festival It’s film festival season again in New York City, with several taking place across the five boroughs, including the 61st annual New York Film Festival, the…