Driver Causes Smash-Up Derby along Fordham Road

By DAVID GREENE

Video by LA Movie on Play via YouTube Several cellphone videos posted to social media captured a daylight police stop which resulted in mayhem on Fordham Road last Wednesday. The videos show armed police officers with their guns pointed at a car driver while the car is situated in heavy traffic. The car driver proceeds to smash into several surrounding vehicles before he mounts a crowded sidewalk to make his getaway, at least temporarily. According to NYPD spokeswoman, Detective Denise Moroney, the incident was reported by officers from the 46th precinct at 5:05 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 4. “Police

By DAVID GREENE

Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a woman who is wanted for questioning in connection to the stabbing of a 43-year-old man outside a bodega on University Avenue in Fordham Manor. According to police spokeswoman, Detective Denise Moroney, the incident occurred at 1:59 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 5, outside Jony Food Corp, located at 2487 University Avenue at the corner of West 190th Street. Moroney said, “Police responded to a 911 call of an assault. Upon arrival, officers were informed by a 43-year-old male victim he was stabbed in the abdomen by an unidentified individual, after

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance identifying the person seen in the attached video and photos who is wanted for questioning in connection to an assault that occurred in Fordham Heights in the 46th precinct. It was reported to police that on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, at approximately 7.55 p.m., inside 2080 Jerome Avenue, the individual punched a 66-year-old male victim in the face in an unprovoked attack. The victim refused medical attention and the suspect fled the scene on foot in an unknown direction. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked

By SHANIA DEGROOT & SÍLE MOLONEY

Editor’s Pick I’Raise Boys & Girls Intl in conjunction with the City of New York presents a North Bronx Homecoming Concert on Saturday, Aug. 21, from noon to 3 p.m. at Evander Childs Campus, located at 800 East Gun Hill Road, Bronx, NY 10467. Come and enjoy live performances, honor the past, celebrate the present and

By SÍLE MOLONEY

MTA Metro-North Railroad announced on Sunday, Aug. 8, that buses that have been substituting for the train service on the Port Jervis Line this weekend, Aug. 7 and 8, will continue to operate in place of trains on Monday, August 9. Buses are substituting for trains following the New York State Thruway Authority’s announcement late Thursday evening that, out of an abundance of caution, the agency should not operate trains on tracks that run below the Arden Valley Road Bridge, near Harriman, until repairs can be made to the bridge. Service Alternatives Port Jervis Line tickets will be

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying two individuals seen in the attached video who are wanted in connection to an assault that occurred in Jerome Park. It was reported to police that on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at around 5 p.m., in front of 3051 Valentine Avenue, located in the 52nd precinct, the two individuals assaulted a 35-year-old man, following a dispute. During the altercation, one of the men stabbed the victim in the back twice with an unknown sharp object. Both suspects fled the scene southbound on Valentine Avenue.

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

After an almost two-year wait, a new Chase Bank branch has opened at 7 E. Burnside Avenue, just east of Jerome Avenue on the border of Fordham Heights and Mount Hope, close to the University Heights border. A former Chase branch located at 5 W. Burnside Avenue closed in October 2019, serving a blow to the local community. The impact of that closure was compounded by the subsequent closure of a local Amalgamated Bank branch in September 2020, as reported. Elected officials, including Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15) and Assemblyman Victor Pichardo (A.D. 86) delivered remarks at the grand

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

Last spring The New York Times described Fordham Road as one of the city’s “retail zones [that] have bounced back.” The article included data that described the Bronx as a borough that had lost 40 percent of its businesses, had the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths, and an unemployment rate near 18 percent. Yet, the biggest shopping district in the Bronx, Fordham Road with its 175 storefronts, located between Washington and Jerome Avenues, has retained a 3 percent vacancy rate, the same as before the pandemic hit. The significance of the robust numbers is not lost on city

By DAWN CLANCY

With bullhorns in hand, about 20 parents and teachers from the Bronx rallied outside the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) offices in Manhattan on Monday, July 26, to push for a remote learning option for New York City public school students this fall. The rally, organized by the Bronx Parent Leaders Advocacy Group (BPLAG), follows Mayor Bill de Blasio’s announcement, on May 24, that all public schools which had closed for on-site instruction in March 2020, in efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus, will fully reopen in September without any option for students to learn remotely.