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Lime Says “Break Up With Cars” but Not Everyone in Bronx Community District 7 Agrees

By SÍLE MOLONEY & JULIAN NAZAR
Lime e-scooter company is one of the many organizations hosting events this week to celebrate Earth Day and New York City’s Car Free Day. However, as previously reported, not everyone is on board when it comes to the impact transportation alternative programs like e-scooters and e-bikes are having on day-to-day living in The Bronx. Perhaps because of the additional focus on such green programs around Earth Day, the topic has heated up once again.   On Friday, April 22, Lime hosted a helmet giveaway at the Westchester Square Business Improvement District (BID)’s Earth Day celebration, which was focused on planting


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Tremont: Search for 30-Year-Old Man Last Seen on March 10

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance locating a 30-year-old man reported missing in Tremont. It was reported to the police that Jordan Washington, of 4275 Park Avenue, Apt 713 Bronx, NY 10457, was last seen on Thursday, March 10, at 2 p.m., inside his home. He is described as male, approximately 6 feet tall, weighs 300 pounds, is Black, has brown eyes, black hair, and was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt and gray sweatpants.   Anyone with information regarding this missing person is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA


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UPDATE Arrest Made in Fatal Shooting of 34-Year-Old Man in Norwood

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
Police have charged a 36-year-old man in the ongoing murder investigation following an early morning fatal shooting in Norwood.   On Friday, April 22, at approximately 1.28 a.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding a man who had been shot near the corner of East Gun Hill Road and Webster Avenue in Norwood.   Upon arrival, officers observed a 34-year-old man, unconscious and unresponsive, with a gunshot wound to the torso. EMS responded to the location and transported the victim to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.   A 36-year-old male, a person of interest, was taken


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Norwood: Fire on Decatur Avenue under Control, No Injuries Reported

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
The FDNY requested all hands to respond to a residential fire in Norwood on Friday which has since been brought under control.   Bronx All Hands Box 3544, 3224 DECATUR AVE, MULTIPLE DWELLING A, APT 7 — FDNYalerts (@FDNYAlerts) April 22, 2022   The alarm was raised regarding a fire in a multiple dwelling at 3224 Decatur Avenue in the Norwood section of the Bronx on Friday morning, April 22, at around 11.15 a.m.     Multiple fire trucks were later seen at the location, with firefighters using ladders to reach the third-floor (Apt. 7) apartment where the fire broke


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Weekend Lane Closures on Cross Bronx Expressway (Weather Permitting)

By SÍLE MOLONEY
 The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is advising motorists of lane closures on the Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95) between Noble Avenue and Boston Road in the vicinity of the Bronx River Parkway in the Bronx, on or about the weekend of April 23 through April 24.   A one-lane closure is scheduled for Saturday evening from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. A two-lane closure is scheduled for Saturday evening at 9 p.m. and continuing through Sunday morning at 9 a.m. Inclement weather could cause these closures to be rescheduled.   The lane closures are needed to facilitate work on


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UPDATE Citi Bike to Offer Free One-Day Passes to New Riders During Car-Free Earth Day

The Push to Get Citi Bike to the Bronx
By SÍLE MOLONEY
Lyft/Citi Bike will offer free one-day passes to new riders as part of New York City Department of Transportation’s Car-Free Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 23.   New riders will be able to use the code “CARFREE22” in the Citi Bike app to receive unlimited, 30-minute rides on a classic Citi Bike for 24 hours. Riders in The Bronx can also sign up at the Citi Bike tent at Roberto Clemente Plaza at 530 Willis Avenue in the South Bronx.   “More New Yorkers than ever choose Citi Bike for a fun, sustainable way to get from Point A


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UPDATE Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on Subway Safety following Brooklyn Mass Shooting

By DAVID GREENE
This week, following the recent mass subway shooting in Brooklyn, we asked residents if they feel safe riding the subway.   “At this point, I don’t feel safe. I don’t think anyone feels safe due to the system that we have. They had no cameras at the 25th Street station, still no cameras. They got him, of course. They got him, but that’s not the point. The point is you could have avoided this if you had the cameras because you’re supposed to have the cameras, no? With the rise in crime on the subways, you weren’t supposed to have


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Highbridge: Affordable Housing Lottery Launches for Units at 990 Woodycrest Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY
An affordable housing lottery has launched for units at 990 Woodycrest Avenue, a six-story, residential building in the Highbridge section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY. Designed by Infocus and developed by Yaniv Zohar under the Woodycrest Avenue LLC, the structure yields 20 residential units.   Available on NYC Housing Connect, the online portal for New York City Department of Housing, Preservation and Development (HPD), are eight units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $49,715 to $167,570.     Amenities include covered parking,* assigned parking spaces,* a shared laundry


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Earth Day with Jerome Gun Hill BID, play:groundNYC, PEN America, Bronx Bound Books & AM Dinowitz

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The Jerome Gun Hill Business Improvement District (BID), in partnership with Bronx Bound Books, play:groundNYC, PEN America, and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81), will be hosting an Earth Day celebration on Friday, April 22, from 2.30 p.m. to  5.30 p.m. at the Jerome Gun Hill BID parklet space located at 3498 Jerome Avenue.   The BID will be distributing Earth Day giveaways to help shoppers and residents use less plastic straws and other plastics in their day-to-day lives, such as reusable bags, water bottles, and straws. Bronx Bound Books mobile library will be distributing free, new and gently-used books, featuring books by


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