UNHP Opens Northwest Bronx Resource Center

After nearly 30 years of service, the University Neighborhood Housing Program (UNHP) celebrated a new milestone with the opening of the Northwest Bronx Resource Center on Thursday morning.

4 Injured in Marion Ave. Apartment Fire

A fire late Tuesday afternoon at a multi-family row house in Bedford Park left four people injured, one very seriously. More than 60 fire fighters responded to a call about a fire at 2779 Marion Ave. shortly after 5:10 p.m. on Tuesday. According to the FDNY press office, the fire began in a second-floor apartment of the building and left one person with serious injuries and three people with minor injuries. They were transported to Jacobi Hospital. The case is currently under investigation by FDNY fire marshals. Today, a restoration crew was already starting to rebuild some of building, which

Bronx News Roundup, July 19

After a brief hiatus, the Breaking Bronx blog is back with a new edition of the Bronx News Roundup. Let’s get down to business, starting with the weather forecast: Oh, the SWEET RELIEF! High of only around 85 today with a chance of showers early this afternoon and overnight. Should be even cooler tomorrow.

Tenants in U-Heights Forced to Vacate After Fire Escape Fiasco

By JALEESA BAULKMAN

Days after being assured by her landlord that the broken window in her apartment was just damage from renovations, Cynthia Curry returned home from work on June 4 to find a notice saying she needed to vacate her University Heights building within 48 hours. An hour later, the notice was cut in half by the Fire Department, giving Curry, her two sons, her two grandchildren and her son’s girlfriend less than 24 hours to pack up their belongings and find someplace else to live.

Community Board 7 Launches Quality of Life Initiatives

Bronx Community Board 7 wants you to start improving your neighborhood by building community associations and they will help you do it.

Bronx Notes: Housing Resource Fair

Renters and homeowners experiencing financial hardship managing house or apartment can find solutions at the Community Resource Fair, Thursday, May 24, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Angels Parish school cafeteria, 2860 Webb Ave.

Bronx Notes: Community Board 7 Land Use Meeting Tonight

Community Board 7’s Land Use Committee meets tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the board office, 229A E. 204th St.

Concourse Tenants Score Victory for Workers

The unexplained firing of three longtime union workers just before the new year at a historically well-maintained building on the Grand Concourse in Bedford Park led to a furious battle between tenants and their landlord. But after months of heated exchanges and union protests, two workers were rehired and tenants continue to put pressure on their landlord.

Journalists Revisit Deadly DeKalb Fire, Reignite Housing Discussion

A decade after an electrical fire at 3569 DeKalb Ave. claimed the life of an 8-year-old Bronx boy, journalists and housing activists are still trying to find answers to the questions posed in the wake of his death–namely, how the city should enforce housing code violations and hold landlords accountable for conditions that put tenants at risk. That was the topic of a panel discussion held at Manhattan College last night, organized by the school’s Urban Affairs department, City Limits magazine and Jordan Moss, a former Norwood News editor. The event arose from an investigation into landlord practices and regulations