Bronx Film Week Returns for a Second Year Featuring 42 Films at 14 Locations

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx Film Week is back for its second year, running from August 13 to August 22. Kicking off with a community party on Aug. 13, at SoBro Garden, 26 Bruckner Blvd, Bronx, NY 10454, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., the event will feature filmmakers, Eif Rivera and Rashaad Ernesto Green, and will offer press, partners, and film lovers an early look at the week ahead.

Norwood: 69-Year-Old Senior Assaulted inside East 204th Street Store

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached video and photo who they say is wanted in connection with an elderly assault that occurred in the Norwood section of The Bronx.

Destination Tomorrow Offering Grants of up to $15,000 – Deadline July 31

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Destination Tomorrow, the Bronx’s dedicated LGBTQ+ center and nonprofit based in the South Bronx, has launched its LGBTQI+ Mini-Grant Program, and as preadvised, applications are open through July 31 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

Fordham Heights: No Injuries Reported after Car Ignites on Jerome Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A Chevrolet Equinox car seemingly ignited in flames on Sunday afternoon, July 26, in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx. Video obtained by Norwood News shows the vehicle in flames at the scene.

UPDATE Norwood: Three People Hospitalized after Car Crash at Decatur Ave & E 207th Street

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Three people were hospitalized following an apparent three-vehicle accident in the Norwood section of The Bronx on Sunday morning, July 26.

UPDATE Man Held on Rikers Island Dies

By DAVID GREENE

The NYC Department of Correction (DOC) announced on Friday, July 24, that a 29-year-old man who was detained at Rikers Island has died.

UPDATE Norwood: Foodtown LLC Plans to Build Multi-Story Apartments at 2023 Bainbridge Avenue Fire Site

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Ever since arson was confirmed by the NYPD as being the cause of the 4-alarm, devastating, nonfatal, commercial fire that ripped through seven one-story, small businesses at 3109-3123 Bainbridge Avenue in Norwood in October 2023, residents had long been waiting to find out what would become of the demolished and long abandoned site.

Ramp Closure Along Southbound Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95) for Pavement Repairs

By SÍLE MOLONEY

New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is advising motorists that the Exit 4B ramp from the southbound Cross Bronx Expressway (Interstate 95) to Rosedale Avenue in The Bronx will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday, July 24, until 5 a.m. Monday, July 27.

UPDATE Gloria Thomas Honored with Street Co-Naming

By DAVID GREENE

A few dozen friends and family members of community activist Gloria Thomas joined residents of University Heights for a street co-naming ceremony in her honor at the northeast corner of West 190th Street and Aqueduct Avenue on Monday, July 13. The street was co-named Ms. Gloria Thomas Way.