BMCA Gears Up for Yearly Flea Market

By JENNY SHARP Community groups employ a number of techniques to engage the public and fund their charitable operations. There are auctions, raffles, local concerts, and, in the case of the Bedford Mosholu Community Association (BMCA), flea markets. On Saturday, March 7 the BMCA will once again host its flea market fundraiser in the hopes of refilling its yearly budget. But it’s first relying on the public to donate knickknacks, tchotchkes and other items prior to the event held at St. Mary’s Orthodox Church, 360 Bedford Pk. Blvd. near Decatur Avenue. Everything, except clothing, is accepted and appreciated. At the BMCA Feb.

Housing Advocates Seek Community Input for Burgeoning Jerome Avenue Plan

BY JENNY SHARP New York politicians have turned their gaze to the west Bronx, unfurling plans to tap into the neighborhoods’ commercial and residential potential. And community stakeholders want in on the process.

New Related Properties In Bronx Put Spotlight on City Real Estate Investments

By DAVID CRUZ When Sally Dunford, executive director of West Bronx Housing, learned a multi-billion dollar conglomerate snatched up a portfolio of Bronx buildings through a city deal, she began scratching her head.

At Amalgamated Houses, a New Center for Teens Courtesy of MMCC

The Mosholu Montefiore Community Center (MMCC) teamed up with the Amalgamated/Park Reservoir Housing Development, to officially open a Boys & Girls Club in the Amalgamated Houses.

De Blasio Clears Way for Margaret Mack Triangle

By KIMBERLY JACOBS The de Blasio administration has honored the Norwood/Bedford Park community’s request to have a street renamed on behalf of a community activist who passed away last year.

Report Finds NYCHA Buildings in Disarray With Little Accountability

By ROSE ITZCOVITZ In a city of thousands of building landlords, a pair of Bronx lawmakers has pegged the New York City Housing Authority one of the worst landlords.

Inquiring Photographer – Passing the Mid-Winter Point

By David Greene This week we asked readers on how they’ve been coping with all the snow and how the city has dug itself out of a series of snowstorms. Hey, it’s a piece of cake; the city’s doing good. I’ve been getting along fantastic. I don’t own my own home, so I don’t have to shovel. It’s Mother Nature, that’s all. –Sean Slattery, Norwood I’ve been dealing with it the best I can as far as paying attention to the weather reports and getting out when I have to get there and get back when

By DAVID CRUZ 52nd Precinct Takes its First Official Homicide The 52nd Precinct’s streak of zero murders in 2015 ended last week following the death of a 52-year-old in University Heights. Police say the victim, identified as Delores Scott of Midtown Manhattan, was found with stab wounds to her chest and back in front of 20 West 190 St., a mentoring program, on Feb. 19. She was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital and was pronounced dead a day later. Following a description of a suspect, police would later arrest Brandi Simmons, charging him with assault, criminal possession of a weapon