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.
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Disabled in the Bronx? Good luck finding a subway station
Posted on 13 October 2018.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Life, Community Resources, Featured, Money, North Central Bronx, Northwest Bronx, The Bronx Beat, Transportation0 Comments
Jerome Draft Publication Brings Affordable Housing Battle to Bronx
Posted on 17 September 2016.
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s battle to build affordable housing in New York will echo under the girders of the Jerome Avenue railroad in the months to come, amid local concerns about rent rates and tenant displacement.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Featured, Front Page, Northwest Bronx, Politics, Southern Bronx, Video0 Comments
Young Bronxites Head to the Cemetery for Creative Job Training
Posted on 16 September 2016.
A unique vocational program puts youngsters from the Bronx and Brooklyn on the fast track to labor union membership and a longterm career. First stop, the graveyard.
Posted in Culture, Education, Featured, Northwest Bronx0 Comments
The Kingsbridge Armory: 100 Years of History, 20 Years Empty
Posted on 24 August 2016.
KINGSBRIDGE, BRONX — The Kingsbridge Armory has been all but empty for twenty years now. It stands, silent, sentinel, a fairytale castle in an otherwise bustling West Bronx neighborhood. Even now, plans to make an ice rink seem to be stalling. As city and developer feud over funding, the Bronx Ink profiles this charismatic building.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Featured, Front Page, Multimedia, Northwest Bronx, Politics0 Comments
Bronx Voters Flocked to the Polls in Spite of Sandy
Posted on 06 November 2012.
Flooded basements and last-minute polling site changes did not seem to deter Bronx voters from going to the polls.
Posted in East Bronx, Featured, Northwest Bronx, Politics0 Comments
Sounding Off On Stop and Frisk
Posted on 16 October 2012.
Bronx Ink reporters fanned out over 12 neighborhoods last week to capture the stories and thoughts from Bronx residents about law enforcement tactics.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Featured, Morrisania, Multimedia, North Central Bronx, Northwest Bronx, Sizing up Stop and Frisk, Southern Bronx, Special Reports2 Comments
Fordham Residents Flee Raging Fire in Hazardous Apartment Building
Posted on 15 September 2012.
Fire injured 14 in a Fordham apartment building cited for 21 hazardous violations, including inadequate fire escapes.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Featured, Housing, Multimedia, Northwest Bronx0 Comments
West Bronx community rallies to rise again
Posted on 13 December 2011.
Longtime residents have watched pockets of Morris Heights become riddled with separation and tension, marked with stories of shootings and weeping mothers. Now some are fighting back.
Posted in Crime, Northwest Bronx0 Comments