Throggs Neck: One Hospitalized following Motor Vehicle Accident

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The FDNY confirmed, on Thursday, a report of an overturned vehicle in the Throggs Neck section of The Bronx. They said they received a call regarding a motor vehicle accident at 13.39 p.m. on Jan. 13, at Harding Avenue and Revere Avenue in the Bronx. Citizen’s App users had earlier posted that one person was seen trapped inside a vehicle. FDNY confirmed to Norwood News that they responded to the scene and that one person was brought to the Albert Einstein Hospital (Jack D. Weiler Hospital) in the Bronx. Another motor vehicle accident was reported later on Thursday

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the two individuals seen in the attached photo and video who are sought in connection with an assault that occurred in Bedford Park. On Sunday, Jan. 9, at approximately 5.33 a.m., in front of 239 East 198th Street, a 28-year-old female victim was approached by two unknown men. One of the individuals displayed a sharp object and stabbed the victim multiple times to the back and torso while the second punched and kicked her. The suspects later fled on foot, eastbound, on East

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Congressman Jamaal Bowman’s amendment to support veterans in their transition to civilian life passed the U.S. House of Representatives as part of the Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act, it was announced on Wednesday, Jan. 12. The amendment, co-led by Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02), Jenniffer González-Colón (PR-AL), and Gwen Moore (WI-04), requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide newly transitioned veterans with information regarding the medical services they can access, including the mental health care and military sexual trauma (MST) support to which they are personally entitled. On top of the added burdens that come with

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Wednesday, Jan. 12, that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting a man in a subway station in 2019. In reference to the news, Clark said, “The defendant got into an argument with a man inside a busy Bronx subway station and heartlessly shot him in front of the victim’s five-year-old son and multiple commuters. The child has been deeply traumatized since the incident.” She added, “I send my condolences to the victim’s family, especially the young boy who

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Woodlawn Cemetery & Conservancy is calling all young people aged 18 to 24 who are looking for a meaningful career in construction, historical preservation, and skilled trades and who would love to work with their hands to apply by Jan. 28, to be paid interns and receive specialized hands-on training in masonry and restoration. Each spring, the Woodlawn Bridges to Crafts Careers Preservation Training Program selects 20 interns to receive specialized hands-on training in masonry and restoration under the guidance of a resident craftsman. The program includes a 10-week, paid, career training and job placement workforce development program which

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson announced on Wednesday, Jan. 12, that, in partnership with Congress Member Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), who represents parts of the Bronx and Northern Manhattan, Bronx Council Member Pierina Sanchez (C.D. 14), Bronx State Sen. Gustavo Rivera (S.D. 33), Bronx Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81) and Bronx Assembly Member Yudelka Tapia (A.D. 86), she will be hosting a COVID-19 home testing kit distribution event in the Kingsbridge neighborhood of The Bronx, on Wednesday. The event is part of a series of upcoming distribution events that take place this week organized by The Office of The

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance identifying the individuals seen in the attached video who are sought in connection with an assault that occurred in the vicinity of the Little Yemen section of the Bronx, located in the 49th precinct. On Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021 at approximately 9.55 p.m., a group of individuals got into a verbal dispute with a 50-year-old male victim inside a bodega, located at 685 Morris Park Avenue. The dispute escalated, at which point one of the assailants, a female, identified by police as Individual 1, displayed a hammer, which she used to

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance identifying the three individuals seen in the attached photographs who are sought in connection to an assault that occurred in Norwood, located in the 52nd precinct. It was reported to police that on Sunday, Jan. 9, at approximately 6.30 p.m., near the intersection of East 204th Street and Decatur Avenue, in Norwood, three male victims were walking in the area when at least four unidentified male assailants exited a dark-colored sedan and approached them. They proceeded to stab the victims with unknown sharp objects. One 20-year-old victim

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance identifying the individual seen in the attached video who is sought for questioning in connection to a forcible touching incident which occurred at a residential building on Valentine Avenue, located in the 52nd precinct. The exact address is not being shared in order to protect the identity of the victim. The 52nd precinct covers the neighborhoods of Bedford Park, Fordham, Kingsbridge, Norwood, Bronx Park and University Heights. On Dec. 26, 2021 at approximately 5 p.m., an unidentified male approached a 24-year-old woman and grabbed her breasts, crotch and buttocks. He then

Norwood News

Serving Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights

Archive

Throggs Neck: One Hospitalized following Motor Vehicle Accident

UPDATE Bedford Park: Search for Two following Vicious Early Morning Stabbing of Woman

Congress Passes Bowman Amendment to Support Veteran Mental Health

Bronx DA: Bronx Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Fatal 2019 Subway Shooting of James Cubille

Applications Open for Woodlawn Cemetery Bridge to Craft Careers Preservation Training Program

Bronx BP Gibson & Elected Officials Host Home Testing Kit Distribution Event Today

Little Yemen: 50-Year-Old Man Struck Repeatedly in Head with Hammer by Woman

Norwood: Four Sought in Multiple Stabbing Incident Involving Three Victims

North Bronx: Search for Suspect in Forcible Touching Incident