One person dies and two more are injured in a fire registered in an apartment building in the Bronx. The flames started at the home located on Evergreen Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood around 2 p.m. yesterday. One person was pronounced dead at the scene and two others suffered minor injuries. Firefighters indicate that the … Read more
Harlem residents reject plans to build a commercial truck depot in their neighborhood. The developers had originally planned to build a complex west of 145th Street, which would have included hundreds of affordable housing units. That plan stalled when Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan objected. The developers changed their plans and opted for a truck depot … Read more
A teenager who was shot while leaving a basketball court is now saving lives through organ donation. Josué López-Ortega, 15, was shot in the head outside the Police Athletic League in Longwood on January 19. IT MAY INTEREST YOU: The LiveOnNY organization says Josué saved the lives of seven people who needed transplants. “It’s rare … Read more
NEW YORK — Firefighters and utility crews flooded a Bronx intersection en masse Friday amid reports of a large gas leak in the area, according to footage from the scene. Details about the response at the intersection of Park Avenue and East 189th Street were not immediately available. The area was packed with personnel after … Read more
What to Know A 15-year-old boy was allegedly strangled to death in the Bronx, authorities said Tuesday, and they are now questioning the teen’s stepfather in the case. New York City Police officers found the boy, whom they identified as Corde Scott, unconscious when they responded to an emergency call. Later investigations indicated that Scott … Read more
NEW YORK — The New York City Police Department opened an investigation Thursday after a fatal shooting erupted in a Bronx neighborhood Thursday that left a 16-year-old wounded and killed a young man of 15 years The shooting broke out at approximately 8:52 p.m. near an apartment building located at 998 Longwood Avenue. Police arrived … Read more
A 15-year-old boy was killed and another teenager wounded in a shooting Thursday night outside a Police Athletic League facility in The Bronx. According to police, the teens were leaving a community basketball game organized by police around 9 p.m. Thursday when an argument broke out between two groups of people. Police said a person … Read more
With enthusiasm and optimism, the South Bronx community officially launched the DREAM Charter School. A new school located in a historic brick industrial building at 20 Bruckner Boulevard in the Mott Haven neighborhood. “We need schools like this and space for children so they can learn, so they have everything they need. All the resources … Read more
What to Know Six members of the Trinitarios gang were sentenced to prison for their role in the brutal stabbing of Lesando “Junior” Guzmán-Feliz in 2018, ending the case that rocked an entire community. Supposedly, according to testimony, the members were in two vehicles when they encountered Junior and chased him to a warehouse where … Read more
“I see a lot of things that hmmm…I put up with it until I get home.” Jennifer Rojas takes the D train daily at Yankee Stadium’s 161 Station and doesn’t seem to like the idea that the MTA reopened at least 18 restrooms in nine subway stations this Monday, two of them on this very … Read more