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January 14, 2011
Violent Robbers in the Bronx — New Ones
Cops are asking for help in finding the jerks responsible for a couple of violent robberies this week in the Bronx, one in the north and the other in Morrisania. On Monday, at about 5:50 p.m., a 74-year-old man was hit from behind by a scumbag at the corner of Park Avenue and Gouverneur Place in ... More >>
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January 14, 2011
Two Guys With a Shotgun Walk Into a Bronx Bodega . . .
Bronx cops are looking for a couple of heavyset, ski-mask-wearing, blue-jeans-drooping, tan-work-boot-clad thugs who robbed a bodega at 1888 Walton Avenue on January 7. They came into the store at about 10:25 p.m., showed everybody a shotgun to prove how tough they were, and ordered employees and ... More >>
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January 18, 2011
Angasha Sharras, 29, Shot to Death in the Bronx
A 29-year-old Bronx man was shot in the head and killed around 10:45 p.m. Friday on East 227th Street in Williamsbridge, cops say. Angasha Sharras was DOA at the scene. A 31-year-old man apparently with Sharras was shot in the hand; cops didn't identify him. Tipsters can call Crime Stoppers at ... More >>
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January 21, 2011
Cops Hunt Suspects in Xmas Shooting
Suspect in Bronx shootingStill baffled by a shooting in the northwest Bronx at the very end of Christmas Day, cops have released a photo that you would think would make little difference. Nevertheless, this guy, believed to be 16 to 18 years old, thin and wearing a blue "Varsity" jacket with beig ... More >>
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January 28, 2011
Guy Velella, 1944-2011, State Senator, Rascal, Stand-up Guy
Shiho Fukada/VVIt is October 14, 2000, and Guy Velella -- the ex-state senator and convicted felon who died yesterday at 66 -- is in his home base in the north Bronx practicing the fine art of retail politics. Nobody does this better, and the tell-tale silver-streak in his careful pompadour i ... More >>
News
February 2, 2011
Class Struggles at a Bronx Charter School
Bronx Success Academy 1 may not quiet its critics, but it's doing a good job making its kids shut up and pay attention
Blogs
February 3, 2011
Gun-Toting Robbers Attack in Parkchester
Cops are looking for three thugs who robbed at gunpoint and assaulted a man who let them into a Bronx building at 1580 Metropolitan Avenue about about 7:30 Sunday evening, January 30. Video released by the NYPD indicates that the 34-year-old victim, by the way he so freely opened the front door of ... More >>
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February 7, 2011
Mugger on the Loose in North Bronx. Look for a Guy in a Hoodie.
Bronx robbery suspectCops are looking for a mugger who pulled a knife on a 22-year-old man in Bronxdale on January 21 and robbed him of cash. This happened at about 10:30 p.m. in front of 2548 White Plains Road. The victim wasn't hurt. Tipsters can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2011
Murder in Mott Haven: Two Slugs in the Belly
Cops are looking for the killer of a man found just before 8 p.m. Wednesday, February 9, at the rear of the Patterson Houses, 360 Morris Avenue in Mott Haven, the Bronx. The guy, described as 25 years old and black, had been shot twice in the stomach and was DOA at St. Luke's Hospital. No leads ... More >>
Blogs
March 3, 2011
Do Resto P.R. People Have to Like the Food?; Chazz Palminteri Opens a New York Eatery in Baltimore
Bruce Buschel continues his rant about restaurant P.R., asking the age-old restaurateur question: does the publicist have to like the food? [NY Times] A California farm has recalled 64,000 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken and pork meals because the broccoli in the packages may be tainted with ... More >>
Blogs
March 9, 2011
NYC Traffic: The Worst in the Country
New Yorkers, it's time to rejoice in our misery and impatience! All of those long tedious hours stuck in standstill traffic are finally paying off. New York City was unfortunate to have two honors bestowed upon it: the worst single roadway in the country and the worst bottleneck in the countr ... More >>
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March 10, 2011
Cabbie Sting Reveals Well-Known New York Fact: Drivers Hate Leaving Manhattan
Take these people to Brooklyn!Because it's not enough to take the word of a bunch of Brooklynites or Bronx-goers, the city has employed a sting operation to prove that cabbies frequently refuse to go to boroughs other than Manhattan. They enlisted four college students after becoming concerne ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2011
Taxicab Confession: 'This Is a Gun. Give Me Your Money.'
It's not TV. It's not HBO. It's the Bronx.Cops are looking for this guy. It's a Bronx tale.
Voice Choices
March 16, 2011
DeVotchKa
It's not TV. It's not HBO. It's the Bronx.Cops are looking for this guy. It's a Bronx tale.
Blogs
March 29, 2011
Download: XXL Freshmen Class Member Fred the Godson's "Headbanger"
Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Bronx rhymebeast Fred The Godson is the only rapper representing the five boroughs on the cover of the XXL "Freshmen Of The Year" issue--and he's a hell of an ambassador. His rhyme style, a silky update ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
The Bronx Is the Most Unhealthy Place in New York
Major League Baseball has its opening day today, and the Yankees might want to station some ambulances outside the stadium for their fans. It seems that the Bronx has maintained its title of least healthy borough, out of the 62 counties of New York state, for the second year in a row, via a s ... More >>
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April 8, 2011
2 Killed in Bronx Barrage of Gunfire
Two people were killed in a barrage of gunfire Thursday night near Devoe Park in University Heights in the Bronx, cops say. One was 17, the other 22. The "hail of bullets," as the Post puts it, also caught a 40-year-old man, who was wounded in the leg. As of early this morning, cops hadn't releas ... More >>
Blogs
April 11, 2011
NYPD to Face Huge Ticket-Fixing Scandal?
DNAinfo reports that the New York Police Department is gearing up to face "a police scandal the likes of which the city has not felt in decades," which could very well be a huge overreaction, but still sounds thrilling. The reality is far less exhilarating than it first seems, but still might ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
JOY RIDE
Go trailblazing in the Bronx
Blogs
April 18, 2011
NYPD Ticket-Fixing Scandal is No Big Deal, According to NYPD
The New York Times chimes in this morning on the big (?), bubbling scandal at the New York Police Department in which around two dozen officers in the Bronx could face allegations of making traffic violations disappear for friends, family or otherwise important people. While it's likely that ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2011
Samuel Saunders Case: Hey, You Two, Cops Want a Word About His Turning Up Dead in the Bronx
Cops have released a video of two guys they want to question about an April 14 homicide in Parkchester. At 10:20 that morning at 2055 St. Raymond's Avenue, cops found Samuel Saunders, 42, shot in the head and DOA in his living room in Apartment 3B. Now, the NYPD says these two guys, seen here in t ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2011
The Midnight Eez Come Out Of The Demo-Tape Depths
2011's most un-hyped rap release has arrived. It's by a group so under-the-radar that even its record label, All City, or the photographer who shot the mysterious image on its album's cover, Sue Kwon, have no idea who the two people in it are--other than that the duo once went by the name The ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
NYPD Ticket Fixing Scandal: Third Prosecutor Added to Handle Expected Mass of Disciplinary Cases
The NYPD has transferred a third civilian attorney to its department advocate's office to handle disciplinary cases arising from the ticket fixing scandal -- which could envelope anywhere from 40 to 500 officers and union delegates, depending on various reports. In previous weeks, two lawye ... More >>
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April 30, 2011
The Big 4 Are Playing Yankee Stadium This September
via FacebookWho gave Mustaine the keys to the Photoshop demo? (Just kidding, Dave!)This is the news: The second concert event at the new Yankee Stadium has been announced, and oh boy is it a doozy. The metal deities Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax--d/b/a The Big 4--have announced, af ... More >>
Dining
May 4, 2011
Papaye, Uptown African Restaurant and Accra—Three Ghanaian Restaurants in Bronx Hill Country
How orange was my valley...
Blogs
May 6, 2011
Our 10 Best West African Restaurants in NYC
The peanut-dusted lamb kebabs called suya from northern Nigeria, available at Brooklyn's Buka In the late 80s, the typical Senegalese immigrant was a guy who furtively sold counterfeit watches and handbags on the street. He took his meals at temporary restaurants set up in SRO hotels rooms ... More >>
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June 7, 2011
Obscure European Aperitifs Are All the Rage; The Bronx Spawns New Beers
Little-known European aperitifs are all the rage these days, from Rabarbaro Zucca, a rhubarb-flavored amaro, to Becherovka, a cinnamon herbal liqueur from the Czech Republic. [NY Times] Jack Daniel's is tweaking the look of its iconic black-and-white label. For one, the "Lynchburg: Pop. 361" ... More >>
News
June 22, 2011
The Tranny Chaser Chaser
Gay guys who like straight guys who like guys dressed as girls
Blogs
June 23, 2011
Food Freaks to Feed New York Yet More Fancy Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Does New York have the appetite for yet another business peddling artisanally pimped-out grilled cheese sandwiches? Food Freaks Grilled Cheese certainly hopes so.
Blogs
June 29, 2011
Pop-Up Pianos Stolen, Vandalized
Esther ZuckermanThe Astor Place piano being installed. These are days the music died in the Bronx. Tragedies have struck two of of Sing for Hope's Pop-Up Pianos, whose installation we chronicled two weeks ago. This morning the Daily News reported that the piano at the Williamsbridge Oval was ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2011
How to Say Those Unpronounceable New York City Place Names
Thanks to the pronunciation experts at the New York Times City Room blog, who told us the right way to say "Van Wyck" just weeks ago -- a Netherlands native says it's "Fon Weg"; do with that what you will -- we now know how to say three other place names that previously likely befuddled and b ... More >>
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July 5, 2011
Bronx Pop-Up Piano Actually Taken by Parks Department
Friends of the Williamsbridge Oval Remember the case of the stolen Sing for Hope piano in the Bronx? City Room has found the thief, who turned out to be not so much a thief, but the city's Parks Department. A spokeswoman for the department fessed up, telling the Times that "parks workers unkn ... More >>
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July 15, 2011
Hit-and-Run Asshole Leaves the Scene of Accident, But Gets Caught on Tape
Neighborhood favorite Joey Boots took his camera down to the scene of a Bronx car accident last night just to survey the scene. Everyone appears safe, though a little shaken, while one of the cars involved, a Corvette, has its whole front end smashed and the battery removed. But that -- nor the came ... More >>
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July 25, 2011
Same-Sex Marriage, Bronx-Style
There were 42 marriage licenses given out Sunday in the Bronx, but wandering in and around the massive building, much of the courthouse crew seemed as indifferent to the historic day as the Yankee crowd had been on the train ride up. As much as I'd enjoyed the fanfare in Brooklyn and Manhat ... More >>
Blogs
August 8, 2011
Live: Grand Wizzard Theodore Brings It Back, Fred The Godson No-Shows At Simpson St. Block Party
Grand Wizzard Theodore, Illstyle and Peace Productions, Hip-Hop Kung Fu, and more Simpson Street, Casita Maria Saturday, August 6 Better than: Cowboys & Aliens. "Some of you might say I'm preaching to the choir," Jorge "Popmaster Fabel" Pabon, a former Zulu Nation member and our master of ... More >>
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August 11, 2011
Man and Woman Wanted in Bronx Scam
Suspect #1The police are looking for a male-female duo who pulled off a grand larceny confidence scam in the Bronx. The description of the crime is a bit convoluted, but in short, the pair convinced the victim, a 26-year-old woman, to take out money from her bank account and hand it over to them, ... More >>
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August 16, 2011
Police Seek Man In Bronx Shooting
Cops are seeking the public's assistance in finding a man suspected in an assault in the 42nd Precinct in the Bronx. On Monday, August 8th at around 5:10 p.m., police responded to a call at Freeman Street and Southern Boulevard and found a 22-year-old woman with a grazed gunshot wound to the chest ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
Police Seek Unsuccessful Bronx Robber
The NYPD wants the public's help in locating a man wanted in connection with an attempted bank robbery on Friday, August 12 a little before 1 p.m. in the Bronx. The suspect attempted to rob a Capital One bank at 557 Melrose Avenue, where he stood in line for the teller. When he got to the front, ... More >>
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September 2, 2011
Watch Some South Bronx Teens Make an Excellent Documentary About Bodegas
Bodega Down Bronx from the Center for Urban Pedagogy on Vimeo. Here's a good way to go into the weekend: a funny, engaging documentary about one of New York's most lamented food deserts, made by the teenagers who live there. Through a partnership with the Center for Urban Pedagogy, a group of Sout ... More >>
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September 7, 2011
10 Specials We Hope Bronx Restaurants Will Consider In Honor Of The Big Four's Impending Yankee Stadium Show
Mmm. wingy. A week from tonight, four titans of heavy metal—Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer—will come together at Yankee Stadium for The Big 4's East Coast concert. It's going to be great! The Bronx is pretty excited about the impending metal invasion, too, as evidenced b ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Female Subway Slasher Is Attacking 4 Train Riders
DCPICops and commuters are looking for a woman who's been attacking people at random on the 4 train in the Bronx. She's described as black or hispanic, between 17 and 25 years old, 5'5", and 165 pounds. The first reported attack happened on September 6 around 4:20 p.m. The attacker slashed a ... More >>
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November 1, 2011
Bronx Restaurant Week Starts; Red Apple Supermarket Opens
Starting today, The Bronx is hosting its first restaurant week, "Savor the Bronx," which will run for two weeks. [NY Post] Red Apple Supermarket has opened in Downtown Brooklyn after several delays, the first full-service supermarket in the neighborhood in years. [NY Post] Stockbox Grocers ... More >>
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November 5, 2011
Saturday's Body Count: 1 Stabbed, 1 Shot (So Far)
Saturday's murder count began just one hour and 44 minutes into the day, with the stabbing death of Elmer Augusto Lopez, 24, at 238 Knickerbocker Avenue in Brooklyn, pictured above. The NYPD's bulletin on the incident indicates just one stab wound to the torso, and no arrest has been made. ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 9, 2011
Slick Rick
Saturday's murder count began just one hour and 44 minutes into the day, with the stabbing death of Elmer Augusto Lopez, 24, at 238 Knickerbocker Avenue in Brooklyn, pictured above. The NYPD's bulletin on the incident indicates just one stab wound to the torso, and no arrest has been made. ... More >>
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December 12, 2011
Happy 75th Birthday, Henry Hudson Bridge!
The double-decker Henry Hudson Bridge, which links Manhattan to the Bronx, is 75 today! Originally designed for a casual jaunt in and out of the suburbs, the bridge became a thoroughfare once commuters started moving north. The Riverdale Public Library is celebrating the bridge's dodrascenten ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Kirsten Gillibrand Launches 2012 With a Call for Increased Food Stamp Money, Better Access to Fresh Food
Electeds like to talk -- but U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand came to the Bronx today to listen. That's what Gillibrand said at the launch of an event this morning at Hostos Community College, where she joined Rep. Joe Crowley for a "listening session" on an upcoming Farm Bill, which Congre ... More >>
Blogs
January 11, 2012
Armed Bronx Jacket Thief on the Loose
A man was robbed at gunpoint for his orange Marmot jacket in the Bronx recently, cops say. The sartorially minded scumbag (pictured here) approached a man on the corner of Hunts Point Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard on Dec. 14, pulled out a gun, took the victim's coat and nothing else, and th ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Religious Leaders and Electeds Protest Mike Bloomberg in the Rain Prior to State of the City
The rain didn't stop a group of religious leaders and elected officials from rallying outside Morris High School in the Bronx today before the mayor's State of the City speech. Around 100 protestors were fenced in a block away from the school chanting under a sea of umbrellas. They had trekke ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2012
Phone Fiend on the Lose in the Bronx, Cops Say
A young woman has become another victim of iPhone theft -- through a subway snatch-and-grab. (But hey, at least she didn't get shot in back over it, like this Bronx man.) Cops say that the 26-year-old woman was on the north-bound 6-train, at the Bronx's Whitlock Avenue stop around 8 a.m. ... More >>
News
February 8, 2012
House Arrest, Redefined
The NYCLU files suit over the NYPD's stop-and-frisk program for private property
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