Posted on 05 January 2012. Tags: bedford park, contamination, Department of Education, P.S. 51
A report published in City Limits magazine by Bronx Ink reporters examines why a toxic contamination inside a Bronx School went undetected possibly for years, endangering the lives of the staff and students. The school, P.S. 51 in the Bronx, was shut down last summer because of the contamination. Since then, students, staff and parents [...]
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Education, Featured, North Central Bronx, Special Reports, Toxic Schools
Posted on 15 December 2011. Tags: Crime, Prostitution, real estate
Real estate prices prevent homeowners from leaving Fordham and Kingsbridge despite the rising rate of crime and prostitution.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Featured, Front Page, North Central Bronx
Posted on 14 December 2011. Tags: bedford park, Bronx High School of Science, diversity, Education, Queens, race, SHSAT, SHSI, specialized high schools
The elite high school in Bedford Park once drew more than 90 percent of its students from the borough. Today only 14 percent come from the Bronx.
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Posted in Education, Featured, North Central Bronx
Posted on 13 December 2011. Tags: 48th Precinct, Crotona, East Tremont, House of Healing
The 48th precinct has had a slew of shootings in the last four months. Two local pastors offered their community a house to heal in.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Multimedia, North Central Bronx, Video
Posted on 13 December 2011.
A less confident artist would have considered it a horror scene. The room was packed with more than 100 people watching him. He looked ready to roll with his Mohawk and shades. But the night of Nov. 10 did not play out well for KāConeil Barron, 27, as he performed covers of R&B hits from [...]
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Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Culture, Multimedia, North Central Bronx, Video
Posted on 12 December 2011. Tags: mosque, Parkchester, Synagogue
A Bronx Muslim center houses an ultra-Orthodox synagogue in a model of community tolerance.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, North Central Bronx
Posted on 09 December 2011. Tags: Bangladesh, Bengali, immigration, Islam, mosque, Muslim, Norwood, South Asian
Norwood is becoming an attractive destination for Bangladeshi immigrants in New York City, with plans to build a new $2 million, four-story mosque in a few years.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, North Central Bronx
Posted on 08 December 2011. Tags: church, congregation, Korea, Korean, religion
A church in the Bronx holds two separate congregations, after a conflict between the English and Korean speaking congregation members.
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Posted in Multimedia, North Central Bronx, Video