Roving Car Washes Pepper North Bronx Landscape

By DAVID CRUZ

At a sporadically busy section of Webster Avenue edging towards East Gun Hill Road, cars zip by Radame Jil. For drivers who visit Jil, they can expect one detailed car wash for $15, a fraction of the price when compared to what a brick and mortar car wash would charge for a 20-minute wash. Some days he’s paid only $40 for 11 hours, the equivalent of $3.67 an hour. Other days he makes more, though way below the minimum wage. His boss, barely around, finances the supply of cleaning equipment. Exploitation is not on Jil’s mind. Neither is the rate.

By DANIELA BEASLEY

With nice weather and the start of the unofficial summer season approaching the recognizable red signs that read “No Barbecuing in this Area” have been taken out of storage and officially put up along Mosholu Parkway and other neighboring parks by the city Parks Department. There are only a few red signs placed in obscure locations along the parkway, which was said to be a problem last year. This is the second year the signs have been installed before Memorial Day Weekend as opposed to past years when the signs weren’t put up until early July. Although illegal, year after

By TATYANA TURNER

A team effort by several Bronx institutions brought the arts to Norwood’s local hospital. The Healing Arts Department at Montefiore Medical Center hosted roughly 30 elementary students from P.S 280 in Norwood on May 18. Residents, including parents, gathered at the Grand Hall in the Moses Campus to watch several performances including dance, chorus, and African drumming. The department hosts several programs that use art and creativity to improve health outcomes and ease anxiety, primarily for hospital patients. Employees have taken part in art galleries to show off their creative side. Montefiore typically hosts community artists to showcase their

By ADRIANNA LOMBARDO

Getting a cab could get a lot smoother for the disabled in the Bronx. New York State Assemblyman Victor Pichardo traveled to Webster Avenue in Norwood to propose a bill calling for the creation of a dispatch system for New York taxis specific to customers on wheelchairs. Pichardo labeled his legislation a “better solution” to fixing a taxi service hole. Services for the disabled, including the ability to receive accessible car service, are mandated by law. Pichardo noted there is no citywide central dispatch service for wheelchair accessible riders resulting in the disabled having to call a regular car service to

The Spring 2016 edition of Bronx Youth Heard is out, with stories written by teens, geared for teens. This year we present seven stories crafted by these Bronx Youth Heard reporters, who spent twelve weeks learning the fundamentals of news reporting. They took those skills and crafted these stories we hope you enjoy! Bronx Youth Heard was made possible by Mosholu Preservation Corporation, which publishes the Norwood News. The stories appeared in the Vol. 29 No. 10 edition of the newspaper. The Norwood News wants to publicly thank instructor Matt Surrusco for leading the students towards the road of journalism.

Dear Loyal Readers, The latest edition of the Norwood News, covering all things northwest Bronx, is out with plenty of community news you can use. We begin, as always, on page 1 with an in-depth story on the 52nd Precinct’s newest commanding officer, Deputy Inspector Peter Fiorillo, who succeeds Inspector Nilda Hofmann. Read where Inspector Hofmann landed (it’s a very interesting place), and her thoughts on the borough she had once called home. Inside the cover you’ll read results on participatory budgeting, politics in the Bronx, and the latest in the Kingsbridge Armory saga. We’ll also bring you Bronx Youth

By NOAH BERMAN

Oh baby! In a combined initiative by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx (NCB) has been deemed “baby friendly.” “The ‘Baby Friendly’ designation demonstrates that North Central Bronx provides the highest levels of care to both mothers and babies,” acting hospital chief executive officer Maureen Pode said. “Patients are in the best hands from the moment they walk through our doors as we set the standard in supporting and maintaining excellence in maternity and neonatal care,” she said. The label was designed to recognize hospitals that demonstrate

For anyone who’s lived in the Bronx long enough, they’ll learn it can take an insane amount of time to fix a quality of life problem. So if it’s a busted fire hydrant, perpetually loud neighbors, an overpopulated cat colony, or a lost coin (it’s been known to happen), resolve is almost never instantaneous, a curse that bedevils anyone making a complaint through the city’s 311 hotline. The system, implemented in 2003 during the Bloomberg years, serves as the city’s official customer service line, though that depiction is a stretch, depending on who you talk to. It functions more as

Volunteers make the difference at St. Patrick’s Home Rehabilitation and Health Care Center located just at the tip of Norwood. We are blessed to have dedicated volunteers who give of themselves and their time to our beloved residents. On April 16, the home celebrated and recognized their Volunteers for National Volunteer Week with a Mass of Thanksgiving and brunch. A wonderful time was shared by all who attended and participated. The home is always seeking new volunteers to share their time, treasure and talent serving the residents and the facility. Volunteering in a nursing home can be a rewarding, life