Education

Neighborhood Notes: Redistricting Updates, Affordable Housing Lotteries & More!

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Local People Reported Missing in Recent Weeks   A 68-year-old man was reported missing in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx. Click here for more details. A 71-year-old woman was reported missing from the Bedford Park section of The Bronx. Click here for more details. A 65-year-old woman was reported missing from the East Bronx. Click here for more details. A 13-year-old boy was reported missing in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx. Click here for more details. A 12-year-old girl was reported missing in the Allerton section of The Bronx. Click here for more details. A 21-year-old woman was


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New York City District Council of Carpenters Announces 25 Carpenter Apprenticeships

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York State Department of Labor announced on Friday, April 29, that the joint apprenticeship and training committee for New York City District Council of Carpenters will conduct a recruitment campaign from June 1, 2022 through May 3, 2023 for 25 carpenter apprentices.   Applicants must obtain a lottery card, in person, at the New York City District Council of Carpenters Training Center (NYCDCC Training Center), 395 Hudson Street (Clarkson Street entrance) New York, NY 10014, on the first Wednesday of each month, excluding Dec. 7, 2022 and January 4, 2023, during the recruitment period.   Lottery cards will


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Gotham City Panthers Founder Aims to Uplift Local Youth Through Basketball

By JULIAN NAZAR
51-year-old Eric King has observed that the parks near Fordham Manor aren’t as busy as they used to be. “When I was young, it was a different era,” King said. “The kids were outside playing freeze tag. People were playing basketball on the basketball courts.”   Nowadays, he sees kids walking down the street, cell phone in hand, texting. “Everyone in this computer age is comatose,” King said. “They are walking, living robots. The energy is not there to the level it was back in my time.”   To address this issue, in December 2020, King launched an amateur, youth


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TAKE 5 & Powerball Lottery Tickets Sold in The Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The New York Lottery announced one top-prize winning ticket was sold for the April 26 TAKE 5 drawing. The ticket, worth $38,443.50, was purchased at the 7-Eleven store 33318C, located at 3220 Westchester Avenue in the Pelham Bay section of The Bronx.   In addition, The New York Lottery announced one top-prize winning ticket was sold for the April 13 TAKE 5 EVENING drawing. The ticket, worth $40,287.50, was purchased at Soundview 99 Cents Plus Inc., located at 253-263 Soundview Avenue in the Clason Point section of The Bronx.   Last February, The New York Lottery announced that one top-prize winning ticket was sold for the February


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Fencing Classes at P.S. 340 a Hit with Students!

By SARAH HUFFMAN
Every Friday afternoon for the past few months, about 20 P.S. 340 students gather in the school cafeteria to learn the art and sport of fencing. Taught by an elite coach who has competed both nationally and internationally, the Kingsbridge Heights public school students are learning the basic terminology and footwork associated with the combat sport, all while donning impressive, protective fencing gear and getting to handle a sword, for fun!   The school’s new fencing program was made possible by Amy Turchiaro, the school’s psychologist, who pushed to find a way to bring fencing to the students. “A long


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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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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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New York Institute for Special Education Hosts Easter Egg Hunt, Celebrates Danny Award Honoree

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York Institute for Special Education (NYISE) held an Easter Egg hunt on Wednesday, April 13, for more than 100 preschoolers and kindergarteners.   Based in the Bronx since 1924, NYISE is currently located at 999 Pelham Parkway North in Allerton and provides quality programs for more than 250 students from New York City’s five boroughs, Westchester County and upstate New York, including more than 100 children from the Bronx, ages 3 to 5, who attend its preschool.   Staff at the institute, which was founded in 1831 as The New York Institution for the Blind, say it is


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Bronx Bound Books Bolsters Literacy in The Bronx

By SARAH HUFFMAN
Latanya DeVaughn loves books. Her love of books can be traced back to her childhood, from watching her grandmother read to neighbors who couldn’t, and from scouring yard sales for used books with her aunt. Years later, that love manifested in the mobile bookstore, Bronx Bound Books.