UPDATE Fordham Heights: One Dead, 8 Injured including 2 FFs following Morning Fire

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

One person has died following a morning fire in Fordham Heights and 8 more have been injured in a residential fire which broke out not far from the Twin Parks residence in which 17 people, including 8 children, died in a fateful fire in January. The FDNY reported that they received a call at 9.05 a.m. on Tuesday, May 10, for reports of a 4-alarm fire and responded with 39 fire units comprising 168 fire and EMS personnel at 2194 Valentine Avenue at East 181st Street. Officials said the fire broke out in a 2-story building (100×50 square

By SÍLE MOLONEY & JULIAN NAZAR

The following story is an updated and extended version of the story that appears in our latest print edition. The tragedy of the Twin Parks housing complex fire in Fordham Heights on Jan. 9 that claimed the lives of 17 people, including 8 children, has made Bronxites both more fire conscious and more fire sensitive. Despite a wave of additional fire safety legislation enacted at all levels of government, along with an urgent and renewed focus on fire safety training since the fateful blaze, recent residential high-rise fires in the North Bronx are still accompanied by a certain, palpable sense

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance identifying the individuals seen in the attached photographs who are sought in connection to a shooting that occurred in the University Heights section of The Bronx. It was reported to police that on Monday, May 9, at approximately 3.15 a.m., in front of 140 West Fordham Road, the three unidentified individuals displayed a firearm and discharged it multiple times, striking a 28-year-old man twice in the leg. The victim was transported by private means to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call

By SILE MOLONEY

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)’s Job Corps program has launched a recruitment drive in New York, offering immediate openings and free career training for low-income students ages 16–24 in the nation’s leading industries. National director of Job Corps, Rachel Torres, said, “This is a great opportunity for young adults in New York who are trying to leverage a strong job market.” She added, “We are a gateway to skills, credentials and opportunity. Our students need Job Corps, and the workforce needs our students.” There are seven Job Corps campuses in New York: the South Bronx, Brooklyn, Cassadaga, Delaware Valley (in

By SILE MOLONEY

Building applications have been filed with the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) for a new, 11-story residential building at 1351 Jerome Avenue in the Mt. Eden section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY. Located between Marcy Place and Elliot Place, the lot is one block from the 170th Street subway station, serviced by the 4 train. Joseph Riegler is listed as the owner behind the applications. The proposed, 115-foot-tall development will yield 89,176 square feet designated for residential space. The building will have 131 residential units, most likely rentals based on the average unit scope

By SILE MOLONEY

A man was taken to hospital following a motor vehicle accident on the Bronx River Parkway over the weekend. Police said on Saturday, May 7, at 6.49 a.m., a Nissan traveling north on the exit ramp of the Bronx River Parkway at East Gun Hill Road [located in the 47th precinct] in the vicinity of Norwood / Olinville rear-ended a 2003 Ford who was stopped in traffic. The driver of the 2003 Ford was removed to an area hospital with minor injuries. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline

By SILE MOLONEY

A woman has been hit with a DWI charge following a collision in Kingsbridge over the weekend. The FDNY said on Friday, May 6, at 10.52 p.m., emergency units responded to W 230th Street and The Major Deegan Expressway following reports of a motor vehicle accident. Three patients were transported to Harlem Hospital and Jacobi Medical Center. Their genders/ages/conditions were unavailable. We asked for confirmation of how many vehicles were involved in the collision and police later confirmed there were two. A traffic alert issued by New York State on Friday night at around 11.33 p.m. referred to

By DAVID GREENE

The following story is an updated version of the one that appears in our latest print edition. A bee flying inside a moving car is said to be the reason for a single-vehicle accident that occurred on the Grand Concourse in Bedford Park, causing an unidentified driver to slam into a tree and the car to later burst into flames. According to the NYPD, on Saturday, April 30, at approximately 3.37 p.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding a motor vehicle collision on Grand Concourse at Miriam Street in the vicinity of Bedford Park. Upon arrival, officers were

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Thursday, May 5, that a Rikers Island inmate had been sentenced to nine years in prison for assaulting a Rikers Island medical clinic doctor, taking an assistant to a doctor hostage, and threatening to take another doctor hostage, in three separate events. According to the investigation, on Dec. 13, 2018, in the main medical clinic in the George R. Vierno Center in Rikers Island, the defendant, Peter Rodriguez, 31, attacked a doctor, who was treating him. The doctor suffered multiple muscle tears after Rodriguez pulled on his arm. The defendant then

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