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

By JENNY SHARP Student debt is often deemed a looming financial crisis with no bailout in sight.

Artify Norwood Connects Business With the Arts

By MONICA MELTON An ‘Artify’ movement is coming to a neighborhood near you. And it starts in Norwood.

Neighborhood Notes

Edgar Allan Poe Cottage Hours The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage at 2640 Grand Concourse, is now open two extra days during the week–Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. An audio tour is available by calling (718) 971-2156. For more information call the Bronx Historical Society at (718) 881-8900. Flea Market Donations Sought The Bedford Mosholu Community Association, 400 E. Mosholu Pkwy. So., Apt. B1 lobby floor, seeks donations of new and used items (excluding clothing) for its flea market. Donations can be brought to the office on Feb. 25 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Feb. 28 from 1:30

Out & About: Celebrating Black History Month

EDITOR’S PICK Celebrating Black History Month at Bronx Library Center The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents the following programs in celebration of Black History Month. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

In State of the Borough Address, BP Diaz Jr. Touts Bronx on the Mend

By DAVID CRUZ In a State of the Borough speech packed with pomp, ambition and proposals, Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. talked of the Bronx on the mend, powered by a list of accomplishments and tempered gravitas.