City’s first public school for dyslexic students opens in Mott Haven
The first public school in New York City focused on helping teach children with reading disabilities in now open in Mott Haven. The South Bronx Literacy Academy, a school for…
These Longwood empanadas make tourists salivate
Walk past Cancun Deli Grocery in Longwood on any given morning or early afternoon and chances are, crowds of tourists inside and outside are devouring empanadas. “I’ve tried Argentine empanadas…
Mott Haven residents respond to a week of shootings
South Bronx residents are feeling unnerved after a spike in shootings over the past week. Enriqueta Lopez, 71, was fatally injured on Sept. 14 on the corner of E. 139th…
Bronx workers and residents remember 9/11 in the wake of increasing first responder deaths
The storm outside the Engine 73 / Ladder 42 firehouse grew from a drizzle to a downpour as the ring of the silver bell honored the 343 firefighters who died…
Día de los muertos coming to Longwood Art Gallery
Día de los Muertos is coming to the Longwood Art Gallery on the Grand Concourse next month. The gallery, located at Hostos Community College, will celebrate the holiday that is…
Back-to-school event offers families relief from rising costs
Jose Muñoz had little time to spare as he darted between unloading boxes, setting up tents and keeping tabs on the growing line of people holding their kids and shopping…
Teen gets 15 years to life for slaying innocent bystander in 2022, as she walked home from school
An 18-year-old Bronx man was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for killing a 16-year-old girl in April 2022, while she was walking home from school. In August,…
NYCHA pressured to make its policies public. Tenants have just weeks to weigh in.
Residents of the city’s Public Housing Authority have long been forced to abide by a wide array of confusing rules and procedures about NYCHA policy that had never been made…