Safety

Fordham Manor/Belmont: Queens Woman Sideswipes Bus, Charged with DWI

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Police said a 62-year-old Queens woman was arrested and charged with allegedly driving while intoxicated (DWI), after she collided with an MTA bus on the Fordham Manor-Belmont border.   When contacted by Norwood News about the incident, police confirmed on May 11 that the crash was reported at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, at the intersection of Southern Boulevard and East Fordham Road, across the street from the New York Botanical Garden. Police said a 62-year-old woman was behind the wheel of a 2004 Dodge Durango, when she struck the back of an MTA bus being driven by a


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Fordham Manor: Search for 14-Year-Old Missing Girl

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating a 14-year-old girl who has been reported missing in Fordham Manor. It was reported to police that Alexa Olivera, of 2444 Devoe Terrace, Apt. 4, in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx, was last seen at 100 Mosholu Parkway in Jerome Park on Thursday, May 12, at approximately 8.10 a.m.     Alexa is described as female, is 14 years old, is approximately 4 feet, 2 inches tall, is Hispanic, weighs approximately 80 pounds, has brown eyes and black hair. She was last seen wearing a gray sweater, black pants, and


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Fire Victim Critical after Kingsbridge Heights Blaze

By DAVID GREENE
Fire officials say one person was seriously injured after a fire broke out inside a 5th-floor apartment at 125 West 195th Street in Kingsbridge Heights.   According to the FDNY, the fire broke out at 2:55 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, inside a 7-story apartment building. The 2-alarm fire drew 106 fire personnel from 25 units to the location to bring the blaze under control.   Providing few details on the incident, an unnamed FDNY official told Norwood News, “One civilian [was] transported in critical condition at Jacobi Hospital.” The official added that the fire was brought under control at


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National Weather Service NYC Says Dense Fog Expected until Saturday, May 14 at 10 A.M.

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York City office of the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a dense fog advisory which is in effect until Saturday, May 14, at 10 a.m.   Visibility of one quarter mile or less is expected in portions of northeast New Jersey, southern Connecticut and in the southeast of New York State. Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility are also expected. Residents are requested, if driving, to slow down, use the vehicle’s headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of your vehicle.    

UPDATE Two Further Fires Reported in Fordham Manor and Hunts Point on May 10 – One FF Injured (Minor)

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
Two further fires were reported in The Bronx on Tuesday morning, May 10.   Norwood News had earlier reported on a 4-alarm, fatal fire on Tuesday at Valentine Avenue and East 181st Street in the Fordham Heights section of the borough, which resulted in one death and 8 other injured people. That fire is under control. FDNY Acting Chief of Operations Richard Blatus provides an update on this morning’s 4-alarm fire at 2194 Valentine Avenue in the Bronx. Read more: https://t.co/vb08bSAO2e pic.twitter.com/6V7Lj1NeP0 — FDNY (@FDNY) May 10, 2022   A second fire had already taken place earlier on Tuesday morning


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UPDATE Fordham Heights: One Dead, 8 Injured including 2 FFs following Morning Fire

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
One person has died following a morning fire in Fordham Heights and 8 more have been injured in a residential fire which broke out not far from the Twin Parks residence in which 17 people, including 8 children, died in a fateful fire in January.   The FDNY reported that they received a call at 9.05 a.m. on Tuesday, May 10, for reports of a 4-alarm fire and responded with 39 fire units comprising 168 fire and EMS personnel at 2194 Valentine Avenue at East 181st Street.   Officials said the fire broke out in a 2-story building (100×50 square


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Two Norwood Fires in Two Weeks Cause Two Injuries, as Certain Fire Causes Remain Elusive

By SÍLE MOLONEY & JULIAN NAZAR
The following story is an updated and extended version of the story that appears in our latest print edition.   The tragedy of the Twin Parks housing complex fire in Fordham Heights on Jan. 9 that claimed the lives of 17 people, including 8 children, has made Bronxites both more fire conscious and more fire sensitive. Despite a wave of additional fire safety legislation enacted at all levels of government, along with an urgent and renewed focus on fire safety training since the fateful blaze, recent residential high-rise fires in the North Bronx are still accompanied by a certain, palpable sense


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Norwood/Olinville: Man Suffers Minor Injuries in Motor Vehicle Collision

By SILE MOLONEY
  A man was taken to hospital following a motor vehicle accident on the Bronx River Parkway over the weekend.   Police said on Saturday, May 7, at 6.49 a.m., a Nissan traveling north on the exit ramp of the Bronx River Parkway at East Gun Hill Road [located in the 47th precinct] in the vicinity of Norwood / Olinville rear-ended a 2003 Ford who was stopped in traffic. The driver of the 2003 Ford was removed to an area hospital with minor injuries.   Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline


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Kingsbridge: 21-Year-Old Woman Charged with DWI, Three Injured in Collision

By SILE MOLONEY
A woman has been hit with a DWI charge following a collision in Kingsbridge over the weekend.   The FDNY said on Friday, May 6, at 10.52 p.m., emergency units responded to W 230th Street and The Major Deegan Expressway following reports of a motor vehicle accident. Three patients were transported to Harlem Hospital and Jacobi Medical Center. Their genders/ages/conditions were unavailable. We asked for confirmation of how many vehicles were involved in the collision and police later confirmed there were two.   A traffic alert issued by New York State on Friday night at around 11.33 p.m. referred to


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