Archive | Bronx Neighborhoods

Struggling to keep Soundview healthy

Nutrition support from Soundview Health Center saved this Bronx grandmother’s life. With the center under threat of closure, others might not be so lucky.

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Despite controversy, nun still calls Hunts Point home

Sister Thomas has been in the area for decades and she has no plans to leave now.

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Yemenis in South Bronx can’t forget the turmoil they left behind

As violence escalates in the Arabian Peninsula nation, Yemeni Americans worry about their families back home while dealing with the stigma of Yemen as a haven for terrorist organizations.

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Family and neighbors remember life of slain Eastchester teen

Simmons Jr. led the surrounding crowd in a prayer. “In Jesus name may we all pray that we get to see something beyond,” he said to the crowd. “Because this man was denied the greatest facets of life. Amen.”

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Fire in Soundview building leaves tenants with holes in the walls

Three workers believed to be hired by the Soundview building’s new owner, Gazivoda Realty Inc, may be responsible for the fire.

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Far from Occupy Wall Street, Bronx parks wait for their own clean-up

“If Bloomberg is interested in cleaning up parks,’ said resident Richard Garey, an architect, “he can start in the Bronx.”

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Occupy Bronx, Day One

“I was born and raised in the South Bronx,” said Maribel Vasquez, a Fulbright scholar. “It wasn’t until I left that I realized I was raised in the poorest congressional district of the United States.”

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Poe’s Cottage reopens

After a year of renovation, Edgar Allen Poe’s cottage in the Bronx reopened to the public on October 15.

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