UPDATE University Heights: Fire in Residential Building Under Control at 103 West 183rd Street

By SÍLE MOLONEY

FDNY officials said firefighters have extinguished a fire which broke out in a multiple dwelling in the University Heights section of the Bronx on Friday evening, Feb. 24. The department officials said all hands were called at 6.31 p.m. to respond to the blaze which broke out on the 5th floor of a residential building located at 103 West 183rd Street in Apartment 52. REGISTER TODAY for the 1st Annual @FDNYFoundation Climb to SUMMIT brought to you by @SLGreen taking place at One Vanderbilt in New York City on Sunday, April 23, 2023. Funds raised will help purchase stair climbers

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

Angellyh Yambo was a 16-year-old high school student with dreams of becoming a doctor when she was shot and killed as she walked home from school with friends in Mott Haven on April 8, 2022. On Tuesday, Jan. 24, on what would have been Angellyh’s 17th birthday, her family and friends gathered at her mausoleum in Woodlawn cemetery to mark the official launch of The Angellyh Yambo Foundation. During the emotional event, different colored balloons were released into the air marking the exact moment of her birth, 17 years earlier. Later, the family confirmed that the foundation’s website was

By DAVID GREENE, SÍLE MOLONEY & SARA MARTINEZ

Norwood parents are gearing up for a fight to keep beloved St. Brendan Catholic School open following an announcement on Feb. 15 that the Norwood school, founded in 1908, will close its doors at the end of the 2022-23 academic year, along with 11 others across the City. Meanwhile four, additional Catholic schools in The Bronx will merge into two. The news follows the previous closure of six Catholic schools in The Bronx in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic due to declining income, as reported at the time. Of the twelve impacted schools set to close this year, six

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

At a ceremony attended by many local elected officials, judicial dignitaries, and well-wishers, Ischia Bravo, former district manager of Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7), was sworn in as the first woman and first Latina to hold the position of Bronx County clerk and commissioner of jurors on Feb. 9. The ceremony took place at Gould Memorial Library on the campus of Bronx Community College in University Heights, with Bravo sworn in by Rolando T. Acosta, presiding justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department. Among those in attendance for the occasion were NYS Attorney General

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Building applications have been filed with NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) for a new, 4-story, mixed-use building at 115 West 190th Street in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY. Located between Webb Avenue and University Avenue, the lot is near the Fordham Road subway station, serviced by the 4 train. Israel Frankel of Isra Holdings is listed as the owner behind the applications. The proposed 54-foot-tall development will yield 26,241 square feet, with 25,346 square feet designated for residential space and 895 square feet for community facility space. The building will yield 37

By DAVID GREENE

This week, we asked readers their thoughts on the Chinese spy balloon and the 3 additional “unidentified flying objects” shot down in recent weeks over North American airspace by the U.S. military. “As an American, I am very concerned about the security of our nation that has decreased over the years. I think the government is not as vigilant with security. I do believe that it was a spy balloon from China that was collecting data, and the other three balloons were also spy balloons. The U.S. government needs to do better in this area. We don’t need to

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

To mark Black History Month, we’re spotlighting the history and contribution of members of the Black community in The Bronx who are positively impacting the lives of others. In the early 1980s, Sean Ebony Coleman didn’t see much empathy for a community that was being ravaged by AIDS. “A lot of my friends were victims of the HIV-AIDS epidemic, so we were watching a bunch of our friends die [and we were] trying to figure out what we could do better,” Coleman said in an interview with Norwood News. Over time, the epidemic hit very close to home.

By SÍLE MOLONEY

An affordable housing lottery has launched for units at 4435 White Plains Road, a seven-story, mixed-use building in the Wakefield section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY. Designed by Marin Architects and developed by the Stagg Group, the structure yields 82 residential units. Available on NYC Housing Connect, the online portal for NYC Department of Housing, Preservation & Development (HPD) are 27 units for residents on 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $68,572 to $187,330. According to HPD, amenities include an accessible entrance and elevator, pet-friendly policies, 24-hour surveillance, a shared

By SÍLE MOLONEY

An off-duty cop was arrested in The Bronx on Monday on a DUI charge, police said. Police said that on Monday, Feb. 20, at around 8.46 a.m. Kenneth McNair, 43, an NYPD lieutenant assigned to Transit District 4, was arrested and charged in the 48th Precinct, which covers the neighborhoods of Belmont, East Tremont, and West Farms. It also covers Fordham University’s Bronx campus, Arthur Avenue, the Cross Bronx Expressway and Crotona Park. Transit District 4 covers Union Square Subway Station, 14th Street/Union Square West in Manhattan. McNair, who became a police officer in 2005, was charged with

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