Stonecrest Management is about to demolish the gazebo in the courtyard at 3224 Grand Concourse. I have tried to discuss the matter with building manager Avi Finkelstein, but he refused. I also left messages for building owner Joshua Goldberg, but he has not replied. I am concerned because the building is in the Grand Concourse Special Preservation District and therefore [the gazebo] should be saved. It has received temporary shoring using stage scaffolding and steel I-beams, so it is in no imminent danger of collapse. There is no more unique and special architectural component in this part of the Bronx

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I just wanted to vent a bit regarding the graffiti problem along Bainbridge Avenue from East 208th to East 206th streets. Do these people graffiti up their own rooms, their mom’s room, their kitchen, living room and bathroom? If so, that’s fine, but why mess up everything outside their own home and ruin it for everyone else in the neighborhood? How do I convince my kids that this is so wrong, when it is in their face, in their building, on their block, all the time? Please tell me this is not a lost cause.  Annette Melendez

An RV, painted white with large blue letters reading “Mobile Mammography,” sat outside the Union Community Health Center on 188th Street and Valentine Avenue on May 1. The truck, which is owned by St. Barnabas Hospital, travels around the Bronx to raise awareness of the need for routine breast exams, and to provide them to the uninsured. Sister Maureen McCarthy, a nurse practitioner who performs the breast exams in the RV, says Mobile Mammography tries to “aim for the uninsured.” McCarthy added that most of her patients are immigrants. Earlier this year, McCarthy says, because of a mammography performed in

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A listing of programs, activities and events in the northwest Bronx and beyond.

A listing of events in the northwest Bronx.

After months of delay, speculation and rumors, city officials confirmed last week that the Related Companies, a major Manhattan development firm, has indeed been selected to redevelop the long-vacant Kingsbridge Armory into a retail shopping center.

“Build more schools! Build more schools!” about 100 Bronx residents shouted in unison at a rally on the steps of City Hall on April 24, three days after the city officially announced its selection of Related Companies to redevelop the Kingsbridge Armory. They hoped to send the message to the city and developer that a community benefits agreement still needs to be negotiated before construction begins.

Cheers erupted after a spoken word artist finished his poem, an impassioned plea for a change to how DeWitt Clinton High School handles its safety administration.