Hochul Thanks North Central Bronx Staff and DoD Emergency COVID-19 Team during Visit

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Gov. Kathy Hochul joined NYC Health + Hospitals president and CEO, Dr. Mitchell Katz, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, and District 11 city council member, Eric Dinowitz, on Tuesday, Feb. 1, to thank the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) medical team for supporting health care workers at NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx (NCB), located on Kossuth Avenue in Norwood. Hospital officials said the DoD team is comprised of providers, nurses, army medics, respiratory technicians, and command staff. The team arrived on Tuesday, Jan. 25, were trained on hospital policies and procedures, and later began

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Building applications have been filed with NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) for a new, eight-story, mixed-use building at 1506 Southern Boulevard in the Crotona Park East section of the Bronx, close to the Charlotte Gardens neighborhood, as reported by YIMBY. Located between East 172nd Street and Jennings Street, the lot is two blocks north of the Freeman Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains, according to YIMBY, and Abdul Kayum is listed as the owner behind the applications. The proposed 74-foot-tall development will yield 20,104 square feet, with 19,480 square feet designated for residential space

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

Norwood News received a confirmed report of falling bricks at 200 West Tremont Avenue in the Morris Heights section of The Bronx on Tuesday, located south of Bronx Community College and the University Heights border. We reached out to New York City Department of Buildings for more information. A DOB official responded on Tuesday, saying, “Earlier today, DOB inspectors were called to the scene at 200 West Tremont Avenue, Bronx to investigate reports of bricks falling from the side of the building.” They continued, “Our investigation determined that an approximately 20 foot X 5 foot section of masonry

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Affordable housing units in an eight-story, residential building are still available at 2026 Walton Avenue in the Mt Hope section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY. Designed by Fred Geremia Architects & Planners, and developed by G & E Walton Developers, the structure yields 43 residential units. Available on NYC Housing Connect, the online portal for New York City Department of Housing, Preservation & Development, are 13 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $44,400 to $167,570. The attached chart by New York City Department of Housing Preservation

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES & SÍLE MOLONEY

The 52nd Precinct Community Council, the 52nd Precinct, and Bronx Community Board 7 held a joint Holiday Toy Giveaway on the grounds of the precinct located at 3016 Webster Avenue in Norwood on Dec. 20, 2021 to bring some holiday cheer to local kids and families. 52nd Precinct Community Council president, Brenda Caldwell-Paris, district manager of Bronx Community District 7, Ischia Bravo, Community Affairs Officer for the 52nd precinct, Officer Crystal Reveron, and many other volunteers worked together to ensure the event was a success. Highlights included a winter wonderland display, complete with snowmen, long-legged “toy soldiers” who

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

A flyer posted to the bus stop at East Gun Hill Road and Bainbridge Avenue in Norwood indicates that there is a temporary closure of the stop for the Bx10 bus (westbound) from Dec. 27, 2021 to March 26, 2022. Photos show a heavy amount of snow surrounding the stop. Norwood News reached out to the MTA for more information about the suspension, and were informed that they do not manage bus stops but suggested to contact NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) or NYC Department of Design & Construction (DDC) as the closure may be due

By SÍLE MOLONEY

State emergency officials reported that a motor vehicle collision, involving a school bus occurred on the Cross Bronx Expressway on Tuesday evening. Officials said the collision took place on Feb. 1, at 4.27 p.m. on the northbound lanes of the Cross Bronx Expressway, approaching Jerome Avenue. Norwood News reached out to the NYPD and an agency official said there was a report about a collision involving a trailer but he could not provide much further detail at the time. We also reached out to the FDNY. An agency representative later confirmed the department had nothing on file for

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Friday that an alleged gang member from Manhattan pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the second-degree for shooting at a Bronx man as two children ran for their lives on a Mt Eden street in broad daylight, last year. Clark said the defendant went up to the Bronx man and fired a dozen shots last June in the vicinity of the Mt Eden neighborhood in the Bronx. “A 13-year-old girl and her 5-year-old brother, on their way to a store, were caught between the defendant and his target,” she said. “Images

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Monday, Jan. 31, that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter for fatally stabbing his mother’s roommate in their Williamsbridge apartment in 2019. In the context of the announcement, Clark said, “The defendant stabbed the 60-year-old victim approximately seven times, causing his death. After the incident, the defendant confessed to the 911 operator and responding NYPD Police Officers that he had stabbed and killed the victim.” She said the defendant, Arian Medina, 26, last of East 220th Street in Williamsbridge,

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