Search for Missing 17-Year-Old last seen in The Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a 17-year-old youth who was reported missing on Sunday, May 23, in the 42nd precinct. Jamel Martinez, 17, of 440 East 105 Street, Apartment 10D in Manhattan was last seen at 950 Jennings Street, in the vicinity of Charlotte Gardens in The Bronx, at 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 22. Jamel is described as being 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black sweater, gray sweatpants and multicolor sneakers. A photo is attached. Anyone with information

The NYPD confirmed an accident involving three vehicles occurred at Fordham Road and Webster Avenue on the border of Fordham Manor and Fordham Heights, last weekend. Police said the three impacted vehicles included a parked 2006 Acura, a 2021 Toyota, and a second 2006 Acura. According to eye witness reports, the accident happened on Saturday, May 15, at around 9.30 a.m. This was later confirmed by police. Eye-witnesses said a white SUV was traveling along a bus lane, and was about to park when another blue/gray SUV arrived on the scene and the two vehicles collided, causing the

By DAVID GREENE

Police are looking for the gunman who opened fire on two men as they walked along East Gun Hill Road in Norwood, in the 52nd precinct. According to one official at One Police Plaza, the shooting took place at 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 23, on the sidewalk outside 275 East Gun Hill Road, a six-story, occupied apartment building between Putnam Place and Perry Avenue. Later that same morning the police source told the Norwood News, “You have a 21-year-old male and a 19-year-old male – they’re walking when a black sedan approaches. Multiple rounds are discharged, and the vehicle

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD confirm that two men were shot at 182nd Street subway station (servicing the B & D lines) on the Grand Concourse in Fordham Heights in The Bronx on Saturday, May 22. Users of the Citizen’s App had reported that police said the incident unfolded on the mezzanine level of the station at around 6 p.m. on Saturday. Police later confirmed to the Norwood News by phone that both men are alive. “It was a robbery that went bad,” said an NYPD spokesperson. “The perpetrator got shot, as did the victim.” The spokesperson added that both were male

By DAVID GREENE

Family and friends paid their final respects to the Hon. Aurelia Greene, the former New York State assemblywoman and Bronx deputy borough president, who died on Saturday, May 8, as reported by Norwood News. The former deputy borough president lay-in-state in the Rotunda of the Bronx County Courthouse from Monday, May 17 until Wednesday, May 19. A service was held on Thursday, May 19, at the Bronx Christian Charismatic Prayer Fellowship at 1069 Morris Avenue, the same church where her husband, the late Dr. Jerome Greene, had been pastor. A homegoing service was then held on Thursday, May

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Local biking enthusiast and Bronxite, Kevin Daloia, recently re-formed the environmental group, Friends of the Hutchinson River Greenway. The volunteer group held its first clean-up of the greenway, located in the East Bronx, on Sunday, May 2, having postponed it by a week due to rain. Below is a selection of photographs from the clean-up. According to the group’s Facebook page, the Hutchinson River Greenway is a safe, clean and green, 3.5 mile, pedestrian and bicycle route from Brush Avenue to Einstein Loop. Based in the vicinity of Lehman High School, in the Pelham Bay section of the

Police have arrested an 87-year-old man following an incident at a care center in Co-op City during which an 83-year-old man died. On Friday, May 21, at approximately 7.16 p.m., police responded to a call regarding an aided person inside one of the rooms at Pinnacle Multi-Care Center, located at 801 Co-op City Boulevard in Co-op City, in the 45th precinct. Upon arrival, officers observed an 83-year-old man lying on the floor, inside the location. The man was unconscious and unresponsive, and had suffered trauma to his face. EMS responded and pronounced the victim deceased at the

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The housing lottery closes in four days for units at 1074 Washington Avenue Senior Housing, a 12-story, mixed-use building in Morrisania, The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY. Constructed through the senior affordable rental apartments and inclusionary housing programs of the New York City Housing Preservation & Development, the structure has 96 units available on the NYC Housing Connect portal for residents at 50 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $0 to $51,200. For more information on how to apply, visit NYC Housing Connect.

NYS Department of Labor: Five Boilermaker Apprenticeships Announced, Deadline May 16, 2022

The joint apprenticeship and training committee (JATC) for Boilermakers Northeastern Area, Local Union #5, Zone #5 will soon be recruiting to fill five boilermaker (construction) apprenticeships, the New York State Department of Labor (DOL) announced earlier this month. The five openings cover the committee’s three recruitment regions of New York City, Long Island, and Hudson Valley. Application forms can be obtained from JATC for Boilermakers Northeastern Area, Local Union #5, Zone #5, located at 24 Van Siclen Ave, Floral Park, NY, between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. on the third Monday of each month during the recruitment period which