Bronx Blog
Characters of softball, the real Bronx pastime
In the 1980s, Bronx softball games could attracted crowds of hundreds and $10,000 worth of bets. One team was particularly adept at taking that cash: a crew known as The Bandits. Last year, they reunited.
On Day of Census Snapshot, 37 Percent of Bronx Has Responded
What did the Bronx look like on April 1? The answer could resonate for years.
Food Distributors Struggle With Thanksgiving Meals
Hard times had some food distributors coming up short this Thanksgiving.
Heather Mills Picks Up the Check for a Vegan Cafe in Hunts Point
Paul McCartney’s ex-wife hopes free food will encourage Hunts Point residents to skip meat.
Theater with a Latin Twist Thrives in the South Bronx
What if Pinocchio were Mexican and immigrated to the U.S.?
An Election, Or Something Like It
Voters didn’t turnout on election day. Neither did candidates during the campaign.
Gourmet Tacos in a Truck
A shining, silver oasis of food, Taqueria Guadalupe sits where Manor and Westchester Avenues meet.
Vanishing Post Offices
The US Postal Service slated seven post offices in the Bronx for closure; Crotona Park Station Post Office along with Botanical, Clason Point, Hillside, Melcourt, Oak Point, and Van Nest post offices.
Hunts Point Celebrates the Folked and the BAAD
It´s hard to imagine that too many South Bronx neighborhoods are staging cultural events that look and sound like BlakTino, a series of performances that interweave the cultures of African-Americans, Latinos and gay New Yorkers.
An Unwitting Pet Sanctuary
by Mamta Badkar
You know times are tough when people don´t have enough money to feed their hamsters. Last winter, 11 of the cute, furry rodents were left in a box outside the Petland Discount store on Broadway, the main thoroughfare in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx. Some froze to death before the employees showed [...]
Visions of Poverty
I have stood inside tin shanties in South Africa, but when I picture poverty, I see Justina Turull’s apartment in the Bronx.
cinct. Rivas, who suffers from Alzheimers disease, left his home at 674 E. 149th St, he is approximately 5′5″ tall and weights 150 lbs. If you have any information, please call Crime stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
Elia (15) and Genesis (16) Rodriguez are reported missing. They were last seen at their home on 1609 East 174 St. on Friday April 9 around 5 a.m. Both sisters are five feet eight inches tall, with brown eyes and curly black hair.
They are of thin build and in good mental and physical condition. Genesis was last seen wearing a white sweater, a blue tee-shirt, blue jeans, black sneakers and carried a green bookbag. The NYPD requests that anyone with information call Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
Lorrell Waddell, 64, was last seen on Monday April 12 around 2:45 p.m. at his home located at 801 Co-Op City Blvd. He is five feet eight inches tall, 170 lbs, with salt and pepper hair. Anyone with information call Crime Stoppers Hotline (NYPD) at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
Police arrested Joseph Roman, 23, for a 2008 murder in the Bronx. The fugitive was arrested in Las Vegas and returned to New York today.
