Category: The Bronx

An FDNY spokesperson told the Bronx Times that there have been 113 lithium-ion battery-related fires in 2023, resulting in 71 injuries and 13 deaths. File photo/Dean Moses FDNY officials attribute the cause of an apartment building fire that injured nine people in the Concourse Village section Wednesday to a lithium-ion battery. An FDNY spokesperson told…

crime scene (file photo) File photo/Lloyd Mitchell Two men were shot, one fatally, in the Bronx early Thursday morning, police said. Cops responded to a 911 call of shots fired in the vicinity of East 213rd Street and Holland Avenue and discovered a 34-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his right leg. The victim…

The Bronx Independent Cinema Center is launching an annual series of outdoor films in the borough. The first event kicks off this Thursday. Photo courtesy Getty Images If you’re feeling a movie night this week, ditch the herds at the big-budget blockbusters and opt for something more unique — not to mention free. At 8:30…

Police are looking for a group of teenagers who were involved in a gun battle in the Bronx Saturday. The NYPD is looking for several teenagers who were allegedly involved in a gun fight in the Bronx Saturday that left a 17-year-old wounded. Cops say that two groups of teens exchanged fire at around 7:45…

A couple was indicted after the woman’s daughters were discovered locked in a room in inhumane conditions. Photo courtesy Getty Images A Bronx woman and her boyfriend were indicted by a grand jury for neglecting two young girls who were found by police eating bits of a foam mattress, locked in a filthy room with signs…

File photo. Photo by Dean Moses Three men were shot, two fatally, inside a Bronx apartment building Tuesday afternoon, the NYPD said. While police sources state that the incident remains extremely preliminary, officers from the 41 Precinct rushed to 936 Rev. James A Polite Ave. in the Longwood section of the Bronx at approximately 12:17…

Four Rikers Island inmates were indicted this week for allegedly assaulting another detainee to the point of hospitalization. Photo courtesy Getty Images Four Rikers Island inmates were indicted earlier this week for assault after allegedly beating another detainee to the point of hospitalization, according to an announcement from the Bronx District Attorney’s office. Moquease Mendez,…

An abandoned infant was found near this nail salon on Eastchester Road near Mace Avenue. Photo courtesy Google Maps Just before 6 a.m. Friday morning, an infant estimated to be four months old was found left alone in a stroller in front of Judy’s Nails on Eastchester Road in the Pelham Gardens section of the Bronx.…

WIN Photo courtesy of The Fox & King A Bronx musician is taking the stage this weekend as a part of the highly anticipated Bronx Summer Jam. WIN is a local musician under the Bronx’s homegrown The Fox & King label and the CEO of Buildin Records. Music has been a big part of WIN’s…

Yanely Henriquez stood in front of University Prep Charter School on St. Ann’s Avenue in the South Bronx wearing a long floral skirt, bright teal top, teal eyeliner and a jeweled pin. But she was not there to celebrate the end of her daughter Angellyh Yambo’s sophomore year. Rather, she dressed in tribute to Angellyh,…