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East Bronx slated for 7,000 new homes under transit-based rezoning: Here's what to expect
The Albert Einstein College of Medicine is seen in the Bronx's Morris Park neighborhood on Feb. 26, 2024. A plan approved by the City Council this week allows for major development near proposed Metro-North stations. [ more › ]
Two shot, including woman closing up smoke shop, in the Bronx: NYPD
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, the Bronx (PIX11) — Two people were injured, including a woman closing up her smoke shop, when shots rang out near a Bronx deli early Friday morning, police said. Cops responded to the shooting near 83 West Farms Rd. in University Heights at around 1:20 a.m. and found a 43-year-old man with a […]
Three people slashed after object thrown at car
MORRIS PARK, The Bronx (PIX11) — Police are looking for a man who they say attacked a group of people early Friday morning. A group of three people were sitting in a car at Williamsbridge Road and Sackett Avenue a little after 2:30 a.m. when a man threw an unknown object at their vehicle, according […]
This Bronx lot was supposed to house a charter school. Now it's an illegal dumping ground.
This vacant lot was supposed to be the location of a new charter school in the Bronx. Now, it's an illegal dumping site. Five years after developers abandoned the construction of a new charter school in the Bronx, the site has turned into an illegal dumping ground that's driving neighbors mad. [ more › ]
Long Island 14-Year-Old Has Been Missing For 10 Days
Police are asking for help in locating a Long Island teenager who has been missing for over a week.Edwin Palacios Umana, age 14, was last seen at his Lakeview residence on Wadleigh Avenue at around 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5. Umana is 5-foot-3 and 140 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Police said …
Yankees share Little League memories ahead of Sunday's game vs Tigers in Williamsport
CHICAGO – Having grown up in Toms River, New Jersey, where the youth baseball scene can be pro-level competitive, Mark Leiter Jr. is wistful about his Little League days. Before the talent truly separates, taking the better players to travel baseball, “I think there needs to be an emphasis on Little League and...
Bodies of Bronx mom, 10-year-old son found decomposing in NYCHA apartment
A Bronx woman and her 10-year-old son were found dead and decomposing inside their NYCHA apartment on Wednesday night, police said. The bodies of Sharlene Santiago, 39, and her son Brian—who had special needs—were found in a state of decomposition.
LOCATED: DC firefighter last seen in New York located, police say
WASHINGTON (7News) — The search for a 34-year-old Washington, D.C. firefighter last seen in the Bronx, New York on Monday is over. On Friday morning, D.C. police saidWilliam Virgil Jones III was located. Initially, police said he was last spotted in the500 block of 169th Street in the Bronx...
Cost of renting or owning a home in NJ is absolutely crushing us
Either way you slice it, it’s bad. Whether you’re a homeowner paying a mortgage and dealing with the highest property taxes in the nation folded in, or if you rent your home, you’re in a financial chokehold that’s likely killing you. According to a new study...
Inside Northwell’s push for robotic Whipple surgery in pancreatic cancer care
For a small fraction of the American population, a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer can feel like a death sentence. It is notoriously as difficult to detect as it is to treat, and of the roughly 66,000 Americans who develop pancreatic cancer this year, more than three-fourths will die of the disease. Only about one in 10 will live five years or longer.
Gloria Hindin Shapiro Oppenheimer, pioneering Green Acres realtor, dies at 95
The Green Acres and greater Valley Stream community is grieving the loss of Gloria Hindin Shapiro Oppenheimer, a long-time resident and pioneering Realtor who left a lasting impact on her neighborhood. Gloria, originally from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, died in Hewlett, where she spent her summers. She was 95. Gloria was born...
Glen Cove neighborhoods deal with chronic flooding
Glen Cove businesses, parks and neighborhoods flooded after being pounded by heavy rainfall last week, but residents of Woolsey Avenue are no strangers to the phenomenon, having seen over two decades of flooding. Over the years, almost every significant rainstorm has brought with it rising water that inundates Woolsey Avenue...
Game night brings Franklin Square neighbors together
A game of Monopoly, Yahtzee or Clue with friends and family is something of a forgotten pastime for many — but Jason Alvino, a Franklin Square native, felt inspired to start a community game night at the Franklin Square Public Library in 2022 to bring back some of the camaraderie that neighbors were missing.
Malverne Summer Theatre's "Shrek: the Musical"
Malverne neighbors grabbed their lawn chairs and packed their popcorn to enjoy Malverne Summer Theatre's third outdoor summer musical extravaganza. They performed Shrek The Musical under the stars. Admission was free for the whole family to enjoy the one-night-only production. “We wanted to give back to the community with a...
Yankees part ways with trade deadline acquisition after 2 weeks
The New York Yankees have struggled lately, and already seem to be admitting to failure with one of their trade deadline acquisitions. The Yankees on Wednesday announced that they designated pitcher Enyel de los Santos for assignment as part of a series of moves. The Yankees acquired de los Santos from the San Diego Padres... The post Yankees part ways with trade deadline acquisition after 2 weeks appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
Harris mocks Trump with media advisory promoting his speech
With former President Trump set to speak to reporters at a press conference in New Jersey on Thursday afternoon, Vice President Harris’s campaign released a media advisory mocking him for being set to “hold another public meltdown” and “deliver another self-obsessed rant.” “Not so fresh off [his National Association of Black Journalists interview], Florida, and…
MTA begins issuing fines for bus lane violations
The MTA has begun issuing fines to drivers who illegally stop along 14 bus routes across Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens. The MTA’s Automated Camera Enforcement, or ACE, program expands on the Automated Bus Lane Enforcement, or ABLE, program, New York City Transit Interim President Demetrius Crichlow said in June.
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