#bronx

#bronx

The Bronx has the second-highest ratio of bodegas to supermarkets among the five boroughs, with neighborhoods like Fordham/University Heights having 20 bodegas for every supermarket. This disparity highlights the challenges residents face in accessing fresh food options.

The FDNY is committed to empowering our communities with the knowledge and tools to prevent fires and protect lives, emphasizing education and resources in at-risk areas.

The motorcycle driver, identified as 32-year-old Andy Peralta, made a left turn onto West Mosholu Parkway South after traveling northbound on Jerome Avenue, driving against traffic before colliding with the bus.

Congestion pricing has been a once-in-a-lifetime success story, leading to cleaner air, better transit and faster and safer traffic throughout the city. We knew that to do this right, we had to bring real air quality improvements directly to parts of New York City that have been neglected for far too long.

The 25-year-old was slashed in the neck around 6:10 a.m. on March 21 after a verbal dispute in front of 1201 Castle Hill Avenue. Police say the suspect ran off on foot and remains unidentified.

Tashaun Normand, 42, constructed and deployed Molotov cocktails, throwing them at a vehicle and in the direction of a residence, causing significant fires.

These are Scilla sardensis, the common name is Glory-of-the-Snow. They are native to the mountains of Western Turkey but are really comfortable growing in almost any condition, as you can see. They are, for us, the real harbingers of spring. We know that once we start to see this electric blue color, the season is starting for us.

Law enforcement officials seized approximately three kilograms of fentanyl and heroin during a raid on an alleged drug packing mill in the Bronx, valued at $500,000.

Every day, he brings the needs and voices of his community to the halls of Congress with integrity, energy, and purpose, Pelosi said.

Police say that on March 2, approximately 60,000 pounds of shelled walnuts were stolen from two 52-foot trailers in the Hunts Point area of the Bronx. The shipment, valued at approximately $50,000, contained palletized boxes of packaged walnuts intended for commercial distribution.

Video posted to social media shows people screaming and running as police officers wrangled with members of the baby-faced mob outside the mall, with some appearing to resist and fight the cops. Other youngsters - who had the day off from school for Presidents' Day - were spotted whipping out their cellphones to film the chaos.

Police said the shooting erupted at 1061 Home St., the site of the El Palenque nightclub, in Longwood just before 2 a.m. on Feb. 14. Officers from the 42nd Precinct responded to the location after receiving calls about gunfire. When they arrived, they located two victims: a 36-year-old man shot in the stomach, and a 38-year-old man who was shot once in both legs.

Association founders Matt Kluger and Cary London said a major part of their drive to start a new group for Jewish lawyers who practice in the city's northernmost borough was their frustration with major legal organizations' responses to the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel and with they see as a lack of unity among Jewish lawyers. To combat antisemitism that's a main goal, said Kluger, who now serves as the Bronx County Jewish Bar Association's first president.

Bronx residents are more likely to experience systemic challenges that impact pregnancy, from living below the poverty line to limited access to healthy food and prenatal education. Yet the most preventable cause of maternal deaths is discrimination during hospital care. The maternal mortality rate is twice as high if the mother is Black, when compared to white moms. Over 71% of mothers who died during childbirth in the Bronx, were Black and Hispanic, according to the 2021 Health Department report.

It is no secret to many of the 1.4 million people who call the Bronx home that they have felt as if the rest of the city had seen the Bronx much as Mayor Mamdani said, a "forgotten borough," over the last six decades. Being forgotten often leads to ignorance of needs critical to a community. "Undersourced" is a term often used by Bronx residents, community advocates, elected officials, and others to describe critical issues such as police protection, air pollution, education, healthcare, and business opportunities.

A man believed to be a Port Authority Police Department officer allegedly shot his sister dead and wounded his senior mother, then turned the gun on himself, in a horrific Bronx murder-suicide attempt on Thursday morning. Police sources said the carnage unfolded inside a ground-floor apartment at 2500 Johnson Ave. in Spuyten Duyvil just before 8 a.m. on Jan. 22.

Police are investigating after a woman was found dead inside her Bronx apartment on Saturday morning. According to authorities, cops from the 46th precinct were called to an apartment located at 38 Featherbed Lane at around 9:39 a.m. on Jan. 17 after family members of a 50-year-old woman asked for a wellness check. Upon arrival, cops discovered Susan Longton face up in her bedroom.

Bronx detectives are investigating the death of a four-year-old girl on Friday morning. Officers from the 49th Precinct responded to a location near Barnes and Adee Avenues in Williamsbridge at about 9:17 a.m. on Dec. 26 after receiving a 911 call for a female in need of assistance. Upon arriving at the scene, the officers found the four-year-old girl, who was unconscious and unresponsive.