Category: The Bronx

The International Cricket Council is hoping to host next year’s T20 Cricket World Cup in Van Cortlandt Park. Photo ET Rodriguez Despite visions of grandeur from the Adams administration of a temporary 34,000-person cricket stadium in Van Cortlandt Park, legislative obstacles could derail the project before it even begins. The International Cricket Council (ICC), based out of…

The MTA chose a developer to create the first electric bus charging station in the Bronx, though it’s unclear what else is planned for the site. Photo Marc A. Hermann, MTA The MTA has chosen a developer to construct the first electric bus charging station in the Bronx on unused land adjacent to the Gun Hill…

Bronx Community Board 10 is hosting a hearing on Wednesday to consider a proposed cannabis dispensary for Pelham Bay. Photo ET Rodriguez A cannabis dispensary could replace the empty 7-Eleven near the top of the 6 train. Dragan Ristovski and Edwin Ripoll want to open a recreational dispensary at the 3220 Westchester Ave. location of…

Security camera footage released Tuesday shows the man, cops say, robbed a woman at gunpoint inside a Bronx hotel earlier this month. NYPD Police are still looking for the perpetrator who robbed a woman at gunpoint inside a Bronx hotel earlier this month. At around 4:20 a.m. on July 5, a 37-year-old woman was approached…

The NYC Department of Transportation, Con Edison and FLO, an electric vehicle company, pilot a program to bring 100 curbside public charging ports for electric vehicles to more than 20 neighborhoods in New York City in 2021. Photo courtesy NYC DOT In the latest push for a greener Bronx, U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres and officials…

Bronx native Amber Corbett will represent the USA in this year’s Miss Intercontinental pageant. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann A Black woman will represent the United States at the Miss Intercontinental beauty pageant this October for the first time in the competition’s 51-year history. New York native and Bronx resident 23-year-old Amber Corbett had her official crowning…

Getty Images Cops are looking for the gunman responsible for a triple shooting in the Bronx early Monday morning. Officers responded to a 911 call of a shooting near the intersection of East Burnside Avenue and Anthony Avenue in Tremont at around 2:44 a.m. Upon arrival, police found a 34-year-old man with a gunshot to…

On Thursday, July 20, 2023, VillageCareMAX held a ribbon-cutting celebration for the grand opening of its first Bronx location on Southern Boulevard and Longwood Avenue. Photo ET Rodriguez The motto of VillageCareMAX is “see what happens when healthcare becomes personal,” and on Thursday, officials brought that personal touch to the corner of Longwood Avenue and…

Police arrested 20-year-old Angel Hernandez for allegedly shooting into a crowd that injured four people, including 2 children. Photo by Dean Moses Two gunmen were cuffed Wednesday night for allegedly shooting two children in the Bronx last week, police said. A 16-year-old boy (whose name has been withheld due to his age) and 20-year-old Angel…

Despite efforts to get back on schedule, the Penn Access project is delayed by 6-9 months. Photo Camille Botello Despite efforts to speed up construction, the Penn Access project is still behind schedule, and the MTA blames Amtrak for not providing the resources required to stay on “track.” The Penn Access project will bring four…