Posted on 17 October 2019.
On March 13, 2005 Luis Rodriguez got up in the early hours of Sunday morning to catch the subway from the St. Lawrence Avenue Station near his Morissania home to travel to Pelham Bay for a fishing trip on his day off. The then-35-year-old HVAC technician and father of two was standing on the edge […]
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Posted in Money, Morrisania
Posted on 18 September 2019. Tags: ATMs, banking, BankNote Building, cash alternatives, cryptocurrency, immigration, Morrisania, South Bronx
Twenty-eight percent of residents in East Tremont and Morrisania have no bank accounts. One Bronx high school teacher believes cryptocurrency may be the answer.
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Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Featured, Money, Morrisania, Morrisania, south bronx, Southern Bronx
Posted on 14 September 2019. Tags: Boxing, culture, gentrification, gym, Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rico, South Bronx
El Maestro is no ordinary boxing gym, but now this vibrant cultural center is under threat.
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Posted in Culture, Morrisania
Posted on 17 October 2018.
Dennis Pentier, a 48 year-old Jamaican immigrant, has been homeless here in New York City for the past eight years. Ejected from a city shelter, he survives day to day from his makeshift outdoor shop on a block in the Tremont neighborhood that he currently calls home.
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Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Blog, Bronx Neighborhoods, Bronx Tales, Community Resources, Culture, Featured, Housing, Morrisania, Morrisania, North Central Bronx, Politics, The Bronx Beat, Unemployment by the numbers
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.
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Posted in Community Resources, Featured, Food, Health, Morrisania, The Bronx Beat
Posted on 17 September 2018.
An overpopulation of feral cats have been a long-term headache in the Bronx. Edith Georgia, 65, volunteers to save the lives of more than 25 stray cats in her Morrisania neighborhood.
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Posted in Bronx Life, Bronx Neighborhoods, Featured, Health, Morrisania, Morrisania
Posted on 07 September 2014.
Severe political disengagement in this district has allowed an intriguing race for state office to be met largely with shrugs.
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Posted in Featured, Morrisania, Morrisania, Politics
Posted on 21 September 2012. Tags: Bronx, Bronx Criminal Court, Christopher Dorsey, Ernesto Delgado, Morrisania, NYPD, Orlando Ramos, reynaldo cuevas, suspects
The Cuevas family of the innocent bodega worker who was shot and killed by an NYPD officer faced the robbery suspects charged with his death at the Bronx Criminal Court.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Morrisania, Morrisania