Culture

Armory Market Plan Boosted by Community Rally Ice Out

Brian Boggan stood nervously in the press box outlined with tape on the side of the St. Nicholas of Tolentine School gym in University Heights. Boggan had come to a rally, organized by the grassroots Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, with an opinion about plans for the long vacant Kingsbridge Armory. As a physical education teacher with a long history of ice skating, Boggan was ready to defend the Kingsbridge National Ice Centers’s bid to fill the empty armory with nine ice rinks.

Bronx Photos: The Haunted Pumpkin Garden

Check out these beautiful images of the New York Botanical Garden’s Haunted Pumpkin Garden. Carved by Master Carver Ray Villafane, along with Andy Bergholtz, Trevor Grove, Alfred Paredes and Chris Vierra, the beautifully spooky exhibit ended last week. (Photos By Diana Perez)

Bronx Photos: For The Eyes After The Storm

Although the Bronx was not hit as bad as Zone A sections of Brooklyn, Long Island, Lower Manhattan, and Queens, we did experienced our share of damages due to high winds that caused trees to collapse on cars, homes and power lines. The images in this slideshow were taken in the aftermath of of Storm Sandy by Bronxites and the Norwood News team, including Diana Perez, David Greene, Danilka Infante, Brittney Jackson and Alex Kratz. Please send your photos and storm stories to us at norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org!

Zombie Virus Outbreak at the ‘Bronx Haunted Warehouse’

This just in: A mutating zombie virus has contaminated a small section of the Bronx and is threatening to take over all of New York City. At the moment, all those infected are quarantined safely within the walls of a scary-looking warehouse on Commerce Avenue in the southeast Bronx. The public, or at least those brave enough, is welcome to come and see for themselves the severity of this virus. But, of course, they must enter at their own risk. No one is liable for any zombie bites, scratches or missing children.

Bronx Notes: Tour Van Cortlandt Park Cemeteries

Van Cortlandt Park is one of the largest parks in New York City. Not only does it have extensive facilities, but is also rich in Bronx and New York City history. Join Bronx Borough Historian, Lloyd Ultan on a tour through the park, highlighting the ancient burial grounds and more hidden treasures on Sunday, Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. This tour will meet on Broadway and West 246th Street. Please make reservations in advance! Take the #1 train to Van Cortlandt Park/West 242nd Street or Bronx bus #9, Westchester Bee Line bus #3, or Manhattan-Bronx MTA Express bus #3. This event is organized by the Bronx County Historical Society.

Bronx Photos: It’s My Park Day 2012 – Mosholu Parkway

These photos are from an It’s My Park Day event last Saturday, Oct. 20, on Mosholu Parkway. Members of the Bedford Mosholu Community Association partnered with about 25 young people from Christodora, a nonprofit environmental education group, and a dozen members (four generations) of Democratic Assembly candidate (80th District) Mark Gjonaj’s family. “It’s was a big success,” BMCA’s Barbara Stronczer in an email.

Bronx Notes: Literacy Connection

Improve your reading, writing and math skills and work toward your GED with the Literacy Connection, a free education and employment program for young adults ages 16 to 24. The program is offered at the Mott Haven, West Farms, and Bronx Library Center branches of the NYPL. For more information or to RSVP, call (718) 401-7453.