Bronx Youth Journalists Report: What Should Fill the Bainbridge Fire Lot? (Video)

Two years ago today, on Halloween morning, a fire tore through a string of stores at the corner of Bainbridge Avenue and East 204th Street, reducing the 10 businesses housed there to little more than charred remains. Today, the space still sits empty, boarded up and strewn with rubble.

Friday News & Notes

Quick rapid fire version of Friday News & Notes today. — As you can see from the photo above, I attended the 52nd Precinct Community Council’s annual breakfast and love fest this morning. In addition to the folks above, other notable political guests included Comptroller John Liu (who’s been spending a lot of time in the Boogie Down lately), State Senator Gustavo Rivera, State Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson and Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz. — DA Robert Johnson was given an award at about the same time 16 NYPD officers and five civilians were arraigned for various offense stemming from the ticket-fixing probe

CB 7 Land Use Meeting Tonight

Apologies. Little late on this alert, but Community Board 7 is holding its Land Use/Zoning Committee meeting tonight at the board office, 229A E. 204th St., starting at 6:30 p.m. Some interesting items on the agenda, including: — A waterfront tour presentation by Khadejah Gully — A discussion on Bedford/Moshulu Rezone — And Kingsbridge Amory: the bike track suggestion

Diaz and City say ‘Cut the Crap’ to all ‘Pooper-trators’ (Video)

After a steady flow of complaints to the Bronx Borough President’s office, other elected officials, and community board offices, the city’s Sanitation Department (DSNYC) kicked off its “Don’t Be a Pooper-trator” campaign to crack down on negligent dog owners.

Opening of Poe Park Visitor’s Center Delayed Indefinitely

The edgy new $4.5 million, bird-shaped Poe Park Visitor’s Center, once on pace to open four months ago, remains shuttered and is not scheduled to open any time soon as the Parks Department scrambles to figure out how to staff it, according to an article today in the New York Times.

Free Women’s Health Screening

The Montefiore Medical Center will offer medical screenings and information at the fourth annual Dr. Edward S. Greenwald Women’s Health Screening on Saturday October 28 from 8 am – 12 pm. The screenings are open to all women in the community, with or without health insurance, and will include breast exams, Pap smears for women 18 and older and Mammograms for women 40 and older (eligible to women that have not received one in the last 12 months), as well as free education on how to perform a breast self-examination. All services will be provided free of charge for women

Comptroller Visits BCC, Highlights Bronx Unemployment Woes

Last week, City Comptroller took a little mini-tour of the Bronx.

Calling All Local Youth Leaders–Apply Now For Yankees Award!

The staff over at Community Board 7 is looking for local youths to nominate for the Yankees’ Youth Leadership Award, a $750 prize for upstanding young Bronx residents doled out each year by the Yankees Community Council. The deadline is Oct. 31. Each Bronx Community Board gets to submit the names of five nominees, and CB7 District Manager Fernando Tirado says they’ve yet to receive any applications. Applicants must reside within the district–for CB7 that means the neighborhoods of Bedford Park, Norwood, Fordham, Kingsbridge Heights and University Heights–and each youth selected is required to complete 50 hours of community service

New Bronx Documentary Center Highlights Work of Slain Photojournalist

This weekend marked the opening of the Bronx Documentary Center, a new gallery and educational space in Melrose showcasing works of photography, film and multimedia. The center’s first exhibit, titled “Visions: Tim Hetherington,” is a personal one, featuring a series of photos by Hetherington, an acclaimed photojournalist who was killed in April while covering the conflict in Libya. Bronx Documentary Center founder Michael Kamber, a distinguished photographer for the New York Times who owns and lives in the landmarked South Bronx building where the gallery is housed, was a close friend of Hetherington’s. In the Times’ “Lens” blog, Kamber writes