There have been five domestic homicides in the South East Bronx this year. Last year there were none. Experts point to high unemployment and rising rents in the borough.
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Domestic violence and housing linked to homicides in the South East Bronx
Posted on 15 October 2018.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Community Resources, Crime, Featured, Front Page, Housing, Money, Police0 Comments
Let there be light on Broadway
Posted on 15 October 2018.
At long last, Broadway pedestrians will soon walk in the light between 230th and 236th Streets in the safest precinct in the Bronx. The road to light has been a ten-year slog, said the Kingsbridge Business Improvement District.
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Father arraigned for concealing his baby son’s corpse
Posted on 15 October 2018.
James Currie allegedly threw his baby son’s corpse into the East River before fleeing to Thailand.
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Still awaiting the return of Barnes and Noble
Posted on 15 October 2018.
When Barnes and Noble closed in December 2016, leaving the Bronx without a single general-interest bookstore, it promised to return within 24-36 months. 22 months later, the retailer shows no signs of progress toward this benchmark.
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Disabled in the Bronx? Good luck finding a subway station
Posted on 13 October 2018.
The new MTA chief pledges to fast forward plans to make NYC subway stations accessible to the disabled. In the Bronx, a full 83 percent violate federal law. “We are one of the least accessible cities in the country,” Susan Dooha, disabled advocacy group director.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Life, Community Resources, Featured, Money, North Central Bronx, Northwest Bronx, The Bronx Beat, Transportation0 Comments
Albany is listening, but legal marijuana advocates remain skeptical
Posted on 10 October 2018.
The public meeting on whether or not New York should legalize marijuana hadn’t even started yet, and things were already getting heated. “Who here loves pot?” a large, bearded man shouted as he walked into the Jamaica Performing Arts Center in Queens, the site of a Sept. 24 listening session. It was the latest on […]
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No “Big Apple” in the Bronx
Posted on 09 October 2018.
Morrisania in the South Bronx has long been known as a “food desert” for its lack of fresh produce — the local Youthmarket is trying to improve the situation.
Posted in Community Resources, Featured, Food, Health, Morrisania, The Bronx Beat0 Comments
Building the world’s largest collection of hip-hop memorabilia, one piece at a time
Posted on 02 October 2018.
The Bronx’s soon-to-come Universal Hip-Hop Museum is set to open in 2022, but the effort to curate the world’s largest collection of hip-hop memorabilia is well underway.
Posted in Arts, Culture, Featured, Southern Bronx0 Comments