Crime Spree Thieves, Hitting Norwood Commercial Strip, Remain at Large

By DAVID CRUZ

Business at one of Norwood’s key shopping strips has returned to normal following a string of rare robberies and burglaries that shook up several establishments since January. Seven stores were randomly hit with cash stolen. In every incident, the suspects fled, leaving the question over whether the thieves are gone for good or plan to strike again. Troubling shopkeepers more is the rarity of these crimes in Norwood, a largely calmer community within the 52nd Precinct, whose jurisdiction falls within this neighborhood. Since then, patrols have been stepped up around the East Gun Hill Road area. “[W]e are proactively seeking

By JASMINE GOMEZ

Despite a surge in knife slashings across the city, Norwood businesses are shrugging it off, having pointed to their own internal protocols should someone seek to buy a blade. Tony Enamorado, an employee at Jerry’s Hardware doesn’t let his guard down. He told the Norwood News that before selling a box cutter or knife to a patron, the weapons of choice for the recent slashings, he always checks ID and their demeanor, to make sure that the person is not under the influence. Enamorado also pointed out that the surveillance cameras within the store offer an extra level of security. Police can

By DAVID GREENE

An out-of-control vehicle slammed against a light pole at a Norwood commercial strip, spooking bystanders and leaving the 81-year-old driver in critical condition. Police believed the driver might have suffered some type of medical emergency, causing the accident. Police and paramedics were called to the heavily congested intersection of Bainbridge Avenue and East 205th Street on Feb. 25 after the out-of-control vehicle jumped the curb at the northeast corner and slammed into the corner pole. Kirsis Lopez from the JSP Life Agency on East 204th Street was on the second floor having breakfast, when she heard, “a large crunching sound.”

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The corner of Webb Avenue and Kingsbridge Road was cordoned off for several hours yesterday after a resident of a Kingsbridge assisted-living facility threw themselves out the window at the height of the commuting hour. Witnesses heard the thud of the victim falling from a window at the Weinberg Gardens just as commuters from the James J. Peters Veterans Hospital drove or walked into work. A security guard from the home immediately draped the body with a blanket as commuters stopped to see what happened. The facility is part of the Jewish Home Lifecare. A spokesperson for the residence told

SEVERAL DOZEN BRONX park activists came out in support of their beloved green spaces at the 22nd annual Bronx Parks Speak Up held at Lehman College Feb. 20. The event drew volunteer groups representing parks from Norwood and Bedford Park, including Friends of Mosholu Parkway and Friends of the Williamsbridge Oval. The event was sponsored by the Bronx Coalition of Parks and Green Spaces, a grassroots organization that holds the yearly networking conference.

In Repeat of 2014, Two Bronx Legislators Back Espaillat for Congress

A pair of Bronx legislators are once again backing state Sen. Adriano Espaillat for the 13th Congressional District, which covers Norwood. But an endorsement from the Bronx Democratic County Committee appears unlikely. Espaillat, a Democrat, grabbed support from his Democratic colleague, Senator Gustavo Rivera, along with state Assemblyman Victor Pichardo, a Democrat. The endorsement is a familiar move, as both legislators backed Espaillat in both Congressional elections. His first order of business should he win: opening a Congressional office in the Bronx. “I think the people of the Bronx have been lied to,” said Espaillat, sitting alongside Rivera and Pichardo

By JASMINE GOMEZ

Fifth graders at a local school are gaining some real life skills, helping younger students while making money. Every school day for about one hour, a handful of students from the fifth grade class at P.S. 94 on King’s College Place tutor kindergarteners in different subjects such as math and reading. The Norwood school participates in the Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program, a program that’s typically implemented in junior high and high school. Older students are paired with younger students to teach them academic and personal responsibility in hopes of keeping them on a path to college. P.S. 94 is the

By DAVID CRUZ

At the tail end of a long-awaited community forum that assessed the dormant status of the Kingsbridge National Ice Center, Vera Navratilova finally got her turn to ask a pointed question left dangling for some time: when is the city going to release KNIC’s lease, and when is the groundbreaking? The question was directed at a dais of city officials and to John Neary, a principal of the highly-anticipated KNIC project, sitting at seven-member panel Feb. 17. The two-prong meeting put a sharp focus on the “unintended consequences” the large project could bring to the neighborhood but also asked where the