Out & About – Gearing Up for An Annual Flea Market

Editor’s Pick BMCA Flea Market The public is invited to a flea market sponsored by the Bedford Mosholu Community Association at St. Mary’s Orthodox Church, 360 E. Bedford Pk. Blvd. (at Decatur Avenue), on March 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call (718) 584-1900.

Digital Edition of the Norwood News Is Out!

By DAVID CRUZ In another day filled with snow, snow, and more snow the Norwood News hopes you stay warm, cozy and aware of the latest edition of our neighborhood newspaper. We have twenty pages full of community news you can use. We first begin with a plan by The Doe Fund to build Webster Green, a supportive/affordable housing at a prime piece of real estate on the ever-changing Webster Avenue, an area that seems to be pushing in different directions. Find out what community stakeholders have to say along with the developers of Webster Green. We also have an

It may be cold outside, but things are warming up at the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center (MMCC). Staffers are keeping busy planning for its spring programming, registering neighborhood kids for its swell of programs available for all ages.

Doe Fund Coming to Norwood

By DAVID CRUZ The corner of East 204th Street and Webster Avenue serves as a kind of marquee gateway into Norwood and Bedford Park’s small business community.

County Leader Search Continues The Bronx Democratic County leader post remains vacant…for now.

BMCA Gears Up for Yearly Flea Market

By JENNY SHARP Community groups employ a number of techniques to engage the public and fund their charitable operations. There are auctions, raffles, local concerts, and, in the case of the Bedford Mosholu Community Association (BMCA), flea markets. On Saturday, March 7 the BMCA will once again host its flea market fundraiser in the hopes of refilling its yearly budget. But it’s first relying on the public to donate knickknacks, tchotchkes and other items prior to the event held at St. Mary’s Orthodox Church, 360 Bedford Pk. Blvd. near Decatur Avenue. Everything, except clothing, is accepted and appreciated. At the BMCA Feb.

Housing Advocates Seek Community Input for Burgeoning Jerome Avenue Plan

BY JENNY SHARP New York politicians have turned their gaze to the west Bronx, unfurling plans to tap into the neighborhoods’ commercial and residential potential. And community stakeholders want in on the process.

New Related Properties In Bronx Put Spotlight on City Real Estate Investments

By DAVID CRUZ When Sally Dunford, executive director of West Bronx Housing, learned a multi-billion dollar conglomerate snatched up a portfolio of Bronx buildings through a city deal, she began scratching her head.

At Amalgamated Houses, a New Center for Teens Courtesy of MMCC

The Mosholu Montefiore Community Center (MMCC) teamed up with the Amalgamated/Park Reservoir Housing Development, to officially open a Boys & Girls Club in the Amalgamated Houses.