Well, we all knew this was coming, so here it is: 1520 Sedgwick Avenue (the birthplace of hip hop where DJ Kool Herc spun some of the first rap records ever) has been sold.

Published by BoogieDowner on October 7, 2008.

...investment group. That group includes Mark Karasick, a real estate investor who has also purchased 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, a historic Bronx building, after a prolonged fight...

Published by New York Times on October 6, 2008.

A new owner took over the affordable-housing complex at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in Morris Heights.

Published by NY1 on October 3, 2008.

Rafael Castillo, Cesar Rios, Caridad Coste and the company that owns 234-236 E. 178th St. were indicted in March 2006 for carving up apartments into an allegedly illegal warren that trapped six Bravest in a blaze on Jan. 23, 2005.

Published by New York Daily News on October 2, 2008.

2337 Tiebout is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for 20 affordable housing rental apartments now under construction at 2337 Tiebout Avenue in the Fordham section of The Bronx. These buildings are being constructed through the Participation...

Published by Derivative Works on September 30, 2008.

A Bronx apartment building on 1520 Sedgwick, dubbed as “the birthplace of hip-hop” and home to DJ Kool Herc is going to sell this week. Residents and housing advocates filed a law suit in the State Supreme Court to prevent the sale. However, the court ruled in favor of the landlord last Friday.

Published by West Bronx Blog on September 29, 2008.

2415 Creston Ave., 3 Bedroom - $1350/month

Published by BoogieDowner on September 26, 2008.

Jennifer Lee of the NY Times is reporting that 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, where DJ Kool Herc spun some of the first rap records ever, is going to...

Published by BoogieDowner on September 26, 2008.

The current landlord group of the building, 1520 Sedgwick, is expected to withdraw the building from the city’s Mitchell-Lama moderate housing program...

Published by New York Times on September 26, 2008.

The county committee meeting will held at 6:30 p.m. in the Utopia Paradise Theatre, 2403 Grand Concourse.

Published by Riverdale Press on September 25, 2008.

According to police, the pair brutally beat De La Cruz, who was visiting his children in the Fordham section of the Bronx the weekend before last.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 22, 2008.

Gavin Scott is taken from the 52nd Precinct to Bronx Central Booking after his arrest.

Published by New York Daily News on September 22, 2008.

De la Cruz hosts the weekday morning talk show "Conexion Hispana" at WESX-AM in Chelsea, Mass., near Boston. He was visiting his children in the Fordham section of the Bronx. Police are looking for his attacker.

Published by WNBC on September 22, 2008.

The promising 20-year-old boxer's dad yesterday railed at his son's killer. "Nothing is going bring back my son," Vargas' father German Vargas, 52, said in his East Tremont living room, a virtual shrine to the young pugilist who turned pro last year.

Published by New York Daily News on September 21, 2008.

Pelagio de la Cruz - who hosts a Spanish-language talk show on WESX-AM in Chelsea, Mass. - was trying to get into his children's building in University Heights when the two men crept up behind him at 3:30 a.m., cops said.

Published by New York Post on September 20, 2008.

Back on August 16th, surveillance video captured the fight that left 20-year-old Ronney Vargas dead. The three-time Golden Glove champ was shot in the chest as he sat in his car outside a bodega in East Tremont.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 20, 2008.

Pelagio de la Cruz, 52 - who hosts a Spanish-language radio talk show on WESX-AM in Chelsea, Mass. - was in town visiting his three kids in University Heights when the two men crept up behind him around 4:30 a.m. as he tried to get into his children's building, cops said.

Published by New York Post on September 19, 2008.

“It’s like they’re paying you,” a recent post on the Web site proclaimed, lauding a one-bedroom apartment in University Heights that rented for $700 a month.

Published by New York Times on September 19, 2008.

Thirty-two-year-old Norwood resident Julio Flores has been charged with the gruesome murder of his ex-girlfriend, Jaritza Calderone, 28, who lived at 250 E. 176th St.

Published by Norwood News on September 18, 2008.

1849 Sedgwick Ave. 2 Bedroom $1225/mo

Published by BoogieDowner on September 13, 2008.

The three precincts with the highest number of cop-involved shootings were University Heights and Eastchester in The Bronx and East New York.

Published by New York Post on September 11, 2008.

Mr. Hauben’s newest commission, to be completed in 2011, is an ambitious undertaking for Bronx Community College, including 41 panoramic paintings of the Bronx, permanently adorning the walls of the new library.

Published by Riverdale Press on September 11, 2008.

I was the 9th person to vote at my polling station in Kingsbridge Heights at almost 9 a.m. Usually, people vote on their way to work and their way home from work, so the likelihood is that turnout will be minuscule. It will be interesting to see how few votes it takes for candidates to achieve victory today.

Published by West Bronx Blog on September 9, 2008.

"I used to take him to class with me at Fordham and on field trips," Toulouse added. "Students called him 'the little professor.'"

Published by New York Daily News on September 7, 2008.

"This weather's been messing me up all day," said Cliffton Ingram, 47, of East Tremont, the Bronx.

Published by New York Daily News on September 7, 2008.

A frightening situation at Bronx Community College unfolded Thursday night.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 5, 2008.

1768 Topping Avenue- 5 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, - $480,000

Published by BoogieDowner on September 3, 2008.

Last Thursday, the 46th Precinct held a block party Harrison Avenue at West Tremont Avenue. Local residents tucked into free food and danced to live music. Kids played games and got their faces painted. But away from the fun, the purpose of the event was to promote safe streets and draw attention to the evils of gun crime.

Published by West Bronx Blog on August 30, 2008.

A verse on late-summer harvests at the Tremont Community Garden in the Bronx.

Published by New York Times on August 29, 2008.

Certainly this area immediately north of Fordham Road can be a little rough around the edges, but you are close to great shopping on Fordham Rd. and great future shopping at the Kingsbridge Armory. You have the B/D at Fordham Rd. and the Concourse or the 4 at Fordham Rd and Jerome.

Published by BoogieDowner on August 29, 2008.

For example, the TA Parking Report calculates that in Riverdale the number is one space per unit, and in parts of Kingsbridge and Kingsbridge Heights that number ranges from 0.5 to 0.7 spaces per unit.

Published by Riverdale Press on August 28, 2008.

Bending to community pressure, the non-profit organization interested in building a small group home in Kingsbridge Heights has agreed to delay any movement on the project by a month.

Published by Riverdale Press on August 28, 2008.

P.S. 396 in the Bronx is getting a touch-up.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 25, 2008.

Doctors performed an emergency C-section on Donnette Sanz on August 14th to save life of her baby. Sanz was seven months pregnant when she was struck by a van in the Fordham section and pinned under a school bus.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 24, 2008.

Manhattan College alum and Kingsbridge Heights native Aliann Pompey, 30, reached the semifinals of the women’s 400- meter dash last weekend, as she represented Guyana at the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Published by Riverdale Press on August 21, 2008.

On Saturday, he wasn't fast enough to outrun at least two young men who became enraged when Vargas chatted with their girlfriends at the 2001 Delicatessen on Clinton Ave. in East Tremont about 3:30 a.m.

Published by New York Daily News on August 18, 2008.

When there were no calls, we cruised through Kingsbridge Heights. Officer Diaz kept his eyes on the road and Officer Ramirez kept his trained on suspicious activity. They’re looking out for kids, mostly: kids playing loud music, gang members making signs with their hands and others standing sentry for drug-dealers.

Published by Riverdale Press on August 14, 2008.

Mr. Espada’s residency has become an issue in his campaign to unseat incumbent Efrain Gonzalez Jr. in the Democratic primary election for his 33rd District seat. The district encompasses parts of Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights and Van Cortlandt Village and parts of the Northwest Bronx as far east as Bedford Park and Norwood and as far south as Mount Hope and East Tremont.

Published by Riverdale Press on August 14, 2008.

The Chase Bank on the corner of Burnside and Jerome Avenues was robbed this morning at approximately 10 a.m., witnesses say. Police are said to be looking for two men.

Published by West Bronx Blog on August 14, 2008.

Mr. Espada’s residency has become an issue in his campaign to unseat incumbent Efrain Gonzalez Jr. in the Democratic primary election for his 33rd District seat. The district encompasses parts of Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights and Van Cortlandt Village and parts of the Northwest Bronx as far east as Bedford Park and Norwood and as far south as Mount Hope and East Tremont.

Published by Riverdale Press on August 14, 2008.

Mr. Espada’s residency has become an issue in his campaign to unseat incumbent Efrain Gonzalez Jr. in the Democratic primary election for his 33rd District seat. The district encompasses parts of Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights and Van Cortlandt Village and parts of the Northwest Bronx as far east as Bedford Park and Norwood and as far south as Mount Hope and East Tremont.

Published by Riverdale Press on August 14, 2008.

A five-alarm fire tore through a row of stores and lit up the night sky in the East Tremont section of the Bronx -- injuring 15 firefighters.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 7, 2008.

KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS resident Aliann Pompey will compete in the Olympics for the third time, running the 400-meter race for her native Guyana. She routinely practices on the Van Cortlandt Park track.

Published by Riverdale Press on August 7, 2008.

East Tremont section late Wednesday night into Thursday morning.Fire officials say that more than 200 firefighters battled the blaze.

Published by WNBC on August 7, 2008.

The owners of the building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue say they intend to cancel the building’s participation in the Mitchell-Lama program by paying off the mortgage.

Published by New York Times on August 6, 2008.

Earlier this year, the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development had rejected the sale of 1520 Sedgwick, which is widely considered to be the birth place of hip-hop music, earlier this year to an investment group involving Mark Karasick, saying that the financing for the estimated $9 million purchase price is not viable under the current rent restrictions.

Published by New York Times on August 6, 2008.

Tenants want to turn the 100-unit building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue into a co-op for $7 million.

Published by NY1 on August 6, 2008.

Public School 64 sits between E. 170th and E. 171st Sts. in Highbridge, and drivers often don't realize a school is there when they come barreling down Walton Ave., said Principal Beverley Harrigan.

Published by New York Daily News on August 4, 2008.

The playground, on Walton Avenue at 177th Street, finally reopened earlier this month following a 2-year renovation project.

Published by West Bronx Blog on July 30, 2008.

Investigators say he grabbed a 22-year-old woman from behind and forced her into a car on Prospect Avenue in the Tremont section late last month.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 26, 2008.