Category: The Bronx

Carlisto Acevedo Brito attempted to evade press cameras as he was escorted out of the 52nd Precinct by detectives on Sept. 17, 2023. Acevedo Brito was arrested for his role in the drug operation being run out of the Divino Niño Day Care in Kingsbridge. File photo/Dean Moses Following the shocking fentanyl-related death of a…

Radio Diaries and Radiotopia are launching a new podcast called “The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories from Hart Island.” Pictured, Susan Hurlburt visits her son’s grave on the island. Photo Andrew Lichtenstein/Radio Diaries Stephen used to sit on the same bench at Riverside Park in the Upper West Side nearly every day. But after his body turned…

“Oh man, the score,” said Allen Guzman, 17, of what attracts him to “Star Wars.” He was dressed as a Jedi on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, and cosplaying with his little brother Adrian, 11. Photo ET Rodriguez The force was strong in Van Cortlandt Park on Friday as Siths, Jedis and Baby Yoda battled it…

Thirty-six-year-old Grei Mendez, owner of Divino Nino daycare was taken out of the 52nd Precinct by detectives to face arraignment on Sept. 17. Photo by Dean Moses The husband of Grei Mendez, the owner of the Bronx daycare that was used to store several kilos of fentanyl and served as a grim crime scene after…

A 67-year-old man died after being struck by a stoned driver in the Bronx Monday night. File Photo by Lloyd Mitchell A 67-year-old man is dead after being struck by a drugged-up motorist in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx Monday evening. Police say Soundview resident Mohammed Rahman was killed while crossing Castle Hill…

Police uncovered a secret compartment beneath the floor of the day care’s playroom where the children apparently slept. NYPD Police investigators executed a new warrant on Wednesday at the Bronx day care where a 1-year-old child was killed and three others injured last week and uncovered a new stash of drugs hidden beneath where the…

Artist Kamille “OG Millie” Ejerta poses with Dunkin’ Donuts staff after painting a mural celebrating a new collaboration with Bronx-born rapper Ice Spice on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 at a Fordham location. Photo Erin Edwards — Camille Botello contributed to this report For more coverage, follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @bronxtimes Read the…

A new bike path and planted median along Grand Concourse is part of the latest in a slew of upgrades to the major thoroughfare. Photo courtesy DDC Four out of six phases have officially been completed for one of the Bronx’s busiest thoroughfares. City agencies, including the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT), the NYC Department…

The International Cricket Council announced on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, that it had selected Eisenhower Park in Long Island as one of three host sites for the T20 World Cup. One of the proposed locations had been Van Cortlandt Park, pictured. Photo ET Rodriguez Local Bronx organizations and politicians opposed to a temporary 34,000-seat cricket…

A NYPD cruiser was sent careening into a train station support beam after it was struck by another vehicle on Sept. 19. Photo by Dean Moses Two officers were injured in the Bronx on Tuesday after a car struck their vehicle, sending them careening into a steel beam used to support the subway, police said.…