Category: The Bronx

A fatal motorcycle incident on the Major Deegan Expressway last week marked the 13th motorcyclist to die on a Bronx highway since 2019, according to information from the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT). A man was thrown off a Suzuki motorcycle after striking a barrier on the Major Deegan Expressway on Tuesday, May…

Police are looking for this man who allegedly pushed a straphanger on the tracks at a Bronx subway station (NYPD) Police are looking for a crazed man who allegedly pushed a straphanger on the subway tracks at a Bronx subway station Tuesday. The victim, a 42-year-old man, was standing on the B/D platform at the…

New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) officials postponed Thursday’s Cross Bronx Expressway workshop, which was a common theme on Wednesday due to the smoky and hazy conditions brought on by wildfires raging in Canada. DOT made the move to cancel the much-anticipated workshop due to an Air Quality Health Advisory in New York City.…

This summer marks the golden anniversary of hip-hop and Yankee Stadium will be home to a star-studded hip-hop concert on the day that the genre took shape 50 years ago — Aug. 11. The event features hip-hop legends Run-D.M.C  Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube as headliners. The venue will include other additional live performances…

Police are looking for this man who allegedly punched a 79-year-old woman on a Bronx street on Sunday (NYPD) The police are looking for a man who allegedly punched a 79-year-old woman in the face Sunday while she was walking along a Bronx street. The woman was punched while she was walking on Gerard Avenue,…

Aetna, EmblemHealth, Heart to Heart Home Care, Village Care Max and other health care organizations came together Saturday at St. Mary’s Park in Mott Haven to teach Bronxites about managing diabetes. Organized by Velazquez Consulting, the Diabetes Health Festival offered attendees free health screenings, cooking demonstrations and nutrition and exercise exhibitions. Laura O’Connell, the senior community…

The High Bridge celebrated its 175th anniversary on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, with several local politicos, performances by local schools, an FDNY fire boat and cookies. Photo ET Rodriguez A birthday celebration on Tuesday united Bronxites and Manhattanites, but it wasn’t for any particular person. Instead, it was the 175th birthday celebration for the city’s…

File photo by Kevin Duggan A subway rider was shoved onto a Bronx train track on Tuesday morning in the third such attack across the city this past week. According to police sources, the incident happened at approximately 6:15 a.m. on June 6 at the 174th-175th Streets station in Mount Eden. Sources familiar with the…

A Fordham University alumnus filed a lawsuit against the school on Monday, alleging that the institution failed to protect him from a sexual abuser more than a decade ago. Francis “Frank” Austin, a former Fordham University Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) student, alleges that his sophomore year roommate Patrick Sweeney violently raped him in…

Beginning June 5, Schneps Media and PoliticsNY will be hosting a series of key debates for the New York City Council primary elections. The virtual debates, to be conducted over Zoom, will begin the evening of Monday, June 5, and will be moderated by a member of the Schneps editorial team. The schedule is as follows (Click the links to register to…