Precinct 42
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Crotona Park
CBS 2 HD Goes After Bronx Slumlord
On Tuesday, CBS 2 HD brought you an exclusive story about tenants in the Crotona Park section of the Bronx suing their landlord.
Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 3, 2008.
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Hunts Point
Urban Studies | Doing Laps: The Sound of One Man Swimming
THE floating pool that sits out on a barge off Barretto Point Park in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx can hold up to 170 people at a time. But on weekday mornings between 7 and 8:30, it holds just one.
Published by New York Times on August 30, 2008.
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Hunts Point
Slow-to-pay customers may face colder winter
"If you are not a good payer, you won't get credit and you will have to pay COD [cash on delivery]. If you can't do that, you won't get oil," said Lloyd Rosenman, vice president of operations at Stuyvesant Fuel, an oil distributor in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx, which has signed up for the service.
Published by New York Daily News on August 28, 2008.
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Morrisania
The Neighborhood Vivero Lives On
The slaughterhouse sells everything from hens to goats and caters to both African Muslims and Caribbean Latinos.
Published by New York Times on August 27, 2008.
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Hunts Point
2 Plead Guilty in Operation of Gambling Ring in Bronx
Two men with reputed ties to organized crime pleaded guilty to participating in an illegal gambling ring run out of a wholesale produce market at Hunts Point.
Published by New York Times on August 27, 2008.
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1841 Boston
Property Values: What You Get for ... $900,000
The staircase, made of walnut, was salvaged from an 1841 Boston brownstone and rehabilitated by a friend of the owners’. Stained glass at the top of...
Published by New York Times on August 26, 2008.
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East 167th Street and Washington Avenue
'BRUTAL' POLICE ON VIDEO
The Police Department says Jefferson was busted for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after he "became irate" when officers stopped him for drinking alcohol outside a store at East 167th Street and Washington Avenue.
Published by New York Post on August 25, 2008.
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Morrisania
Sidewalk trash makes for a stinky summer
In Morrisania, where sidewalks ranked the dirtiest in the city last month, amNewYork recently found trash clumped around trees and atop catch basin crates.
Published by amNY.com on August 25, 2008.
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Morris High School
A Neglected Bronx Landmark Gets a New Life
Among the Bronx neighborhoods where he has awarded grants are Mott Haven, the Morris High School Historic District, and a stretch of Morris Avenue near Tremont Avenue.
Published by New York Times on August 25, 2008.
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Crotona Park
Dlouhy a doozie in GHI Tennis Classic (Sports Section)
Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic stole the show at the GHI Bronx Tennis Classic on Sunday, capturing both the men’s singles and doubles championships at the USTA-sanctioned professional tournament played at Crotona Park all last week.
Published by Riverdale Press on August 21, 2008.
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Crotona Park
The GHI Bronx Tennis Classic
The finals of the GHI (Group Health Incorporated) Bronx Tennis Classic, presented by Panasonic, are happening at Crotona Park.
Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 17, 2008.
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Crotona Park
Live Update from GHI Bronx Tennis Classic
It's knockout time at the GHI tennis tournament in Crotona Park and we've just received word via our intrepid sports correspondent that Russian Elena Bovina just defeated Estonian Margit Ruutel to move into the semifinals, which will be held tomorrow.
Published by West Bronx Blog on August 15, 2008.
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161st St and Washington Ave
Bronx August Events
LOCATION: OâNeil Park at 161st St and Washington Ave
Published by NY1 on August 15, 2008.
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Bronx
Dying Woman's Unborn Baby Is Saved
Donnette Sanz, 33, a traffic enforcement agent employed by the police, was hit by a 1986 Dodge while on duty at an intersection in the Bronx. Sanz, who was eight months pregnant, was then thrown into the path of a school bus, according to a police report.
Published by New York Sun on August 15, 2008.
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165th Street and Boston road
Bronx Teens Learn, Teach About Organic Foods
For six weeks every summer, the corner of 165th Street and Boston road in the Bronx becomes home to an organic market.
Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 14, 2008.
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Mount Hope
Home away from home (Political Arena Section)
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.
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Bronx International High School
Bronx Teens Learn, Teach About Organic Foods
"It's a beautiful experience," Shery Olivo, a Bronx International High School student involved in the program, said. "You get to plant it, you get to grow it, and you get to eat it – which is the fun part of it."
Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 14, 2008.
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MORRISANIA
One person dead in Bronx double shooting
MORRISANIA (WABC) -- A young man was killed -- and a 13-year-old was wounded in a double shooting in the Bronx overnight. Police are still looking for the gunman.
Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 13, 2008.
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Morrisania
Man Killed In Bronx Double Shooting
Police are investigating a double shooting that left one man dead in the Bronx on Tuesday night. A 20-year-old man was fatally shot in the head at E. 165th Street in the Morrisania section of the Bronx, according to police. He was found dead on a bench outside a housing complex.
Published by WNBC on August 13, 2008.
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730 E. 165th Street
Bronx Shooting Kills 1, Injures Teen Boy
The shooting occurred around 11:30 p.m. in front of 730 E. 165th Street.
Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 13, 2008.
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Crotona Park
A Bronx Artist's Ode to Street Life, in Glass
The Freeman Street subway station, a few blocks south of Crotona Park in the south-central Bronx, could not seem farther from the art gallery precincts of Chelsea, SoHo and Dumbo. So New Yorkers might be surprised to know that a series of colored-glass panels on the elevated subway station has been acclaimed as an exemplary work of public art.
Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.
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Hunts Point
Axelbank on the Radio, Baez Cuts Class, and More Bronx News of the Day for Aug. 13
According to a press release, tomorrow Axelbankwill focus on "community self-determination" and he’ll "take calls about the Yankee Stadium project, the Kingsbridge Armory, jails in Hunts Point, the water filtration project, and other issues on listeners' minds.”
Published by West Bronx Blog on August 13, 2008.
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Crotona Park
Top-notch tennis players return to the South Bronx (Sports Section)
The GHI Bronx Tennis Classic has become a staple of summers in Crotona Park in the Bronx, and Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión Jr., who is again the honorary chairman of this year’s tournament, has described it as “an additional jewel in the crown of Crotona Park, the borough’s own Central Park.”
Published by Riverdale Press on August 7, 2008.
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Public School 140
Screeching halt to traffic nightmare
In Morrisania, Public School 140 Principal Paul Cannon welcomed the imminent improvements.
Published by New York Daily News on August 4, 2008.
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Hunts Point
Shooting Outside Bronx Strip Club Wounds 3
Police said a dispute between two groups of men outside the Badabing strip club in Hunts Point ended in gunfire.
Published by WNBC on August 4, 2008.
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Hunts Point
Triple shooting outside Bronx club
Eyewitness News is told the triple shooting stemmed from an argument that happened right outside the club "Badabing" in the Hunts Point section.
Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 4, 2008.
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Crotona Park
Hot feet? You want a ticket with that?
But workers at St. Catherine's Park on the upper East Side and the Boxcar Playground in the Bronx's Crotona Park warned that tickets would be written to those going barefoot.
Published by New York Daily News on July 30, 2008.
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Hunts Point
Wild Edibles files for bankruptcy protection
Among the fish purveyor’s 20 largest creditors the filing listed several seafood distributors and suppliers based at the Hunts Point Fish Market in the Bronx.
Published by Crain's New York Business on July 29, 2008.
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Precinct 44
The Espada-Gonzalez Plot Thickens
But there's one post that we thought looked very familiar to a post written on the West Bronx Blog by Highbridge Horizon editor Tony Richards about citizen complaints at the 44th Police Precinct.
Published by West Bronx Blog on July 25, 2008.
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Hunts Point
Hunts Point smells relief in rezoning
For years Hunts Point residents have had to live with automotive junkyards, scrap yards and waste transfer stations that make their neighborhood look like a set from the movie about a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Published by New York Daily News on July 24, 2008.
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Crotona Park
African Day Parade
Here's some shots from the second annual African United Day Parade, held last Sunday in Crotona Park. The event was organized by the African People's Alliance, a Bronx-based group formed last year to bring Africans of all nationalities together, as well as to provide services to the borough's growing African population.
Published by West Bronx Blog on July 22, 2008.
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1085 Washington Ave
71 Affordable Housing Rental Apartments Available in Morrisania
1085 Washington Avenue Apartments is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for 71 affordable housing rental apartments now under construction at 1085 Washington Avenue in the Morrisania section of The Bronx.
Published by Derivative Works on July 21, 2008.
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Crotona Park East
At Busy South Bronx Pool, an Unlikely Team Keeps the Peace
But the pool, like the park it abuts, went into steep decline starting in the 1960s, as middle-class residents fled the surrounding neighborhoods — Morrisania, Crotona, East Tremont, West Farms — and poverty and violence took hold. Today the area has come far from its worst days, thanks in part to a citywide decline in crime and in part to the efforts of residents.
Published by New York Times on July 21, 2008.
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Crotona Pool
At Busy South Bronx Pool, an Unlikely Team Keeps the Peace
On this day, on the street outside the Crotona Pool in the Bronx, where hundreds of children wait to get inside, he wears the earrings and sunglasses, but does not have a gun.
Published by New York Times on July 21, 2008.
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Morrisania
At Busy South Bronx Pool, an Unlikely Team Keeps the Peace
But the pool, like the park it abuts, went into steep decline starting in the 1960s, as middle-class residents fled the surrounding neighborhoods — Morrisania, Crotona, East Tremont, West Farms — and poverty and violence took hold.
Published by New York Times on July 21, 2008.
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631 East 168th Street
Bronx Woman Recovers From Boyfriend's Alleged Stabbing
Officers found the 31-year-old woman Friday stabbed a number of times at 631 East 168th Street.
Published by NY1 on July 12, 2008.
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MORRISANIA
Two kids missing after deadly domestic dispute
MORRISANIA--Police say a woman was stabbed by her attacker, who then leaped off the roof of their Bronx building to his death -- leaving her two children missing.
Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 11, 2008.
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Hunts Point
Bronx Neighborhood Files Suit on Sewage Stench
Residents in Hunts Point say putrid odors coming from two sewage facilities infiltrates homes and schools, keeping them from enjoying their yards or hanging clothes out to dry.
Published by New York Sun on July 10, 2008.
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Hunts Point
Bronx residents sue city over stench in Hunts Point
Residents in the Hunts Point neighborhood complain that the stench from the plants infiltrates homes and schools, keeping families from enjoying their yards or even hanging clothes out to dry. At a local school, students don't go out to play when the odor hits.
Published by New York Daily News on July 9, 2008.
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Crotona Park
'If We Got Together We'd Be Causing a Commotion'
Bon Jovi may be taking center stage in Central Park, but the Bronx will have its own free concert series in Crotona Park. Up this week is the Latin music star Johnny Pacheco Y Su Tumboa. [WestBronx Blog]
Published by New York Times on July 9, 2008.
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Hunts Point
Bronx Residents Sue NYC Over Smelly Sewage
Residents in the Hunts Point neighborhood complain that the stench from the plants infiltrates homes and schools, keeping families from enjoying their yards or even hanging clothes out to dry. At a local school, students don't go out to play when the odor hits.
Published by WNBC on July 9, 2008.
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Hunts Point
BRONX RESIDENTS SUE OVER SMELLY SEWAGE PLANTS
Residents in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx complain that the stench from the plants infiltrates homes and schools, keeping families from enjoying their yards or even hanging clothes out to dry. At a local school, students don't go out to play when the odor hits.
Published by New York Post on July 9, 2008.
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Hunts Point
Hunts Point residents sue over smelly sewage plants
Residents in the Hunts Point neighborhood complain that the stench from the plants infiltrates homes and schools, keeping families from enjoying their yards or even hanging clothes out to dry. At a local school, students don't go out to play when the odor hits.
Published by Crain's New York Business on July 9, 2008.
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Claremont
Bronx, Queens lottery players to collect $84-million
After that presentation, a retiree from Claremont in the Bronx will received another Lotto prize check valued at $19,000,000.
Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 9, 2008.
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Hunts Point
NYC Residents Sue Over Smelly Sewage Plants
Residents in the Hunts Point neighborhood complain that the stench from the plants infiltrates homes and schools, keeping families from enjoying their yards or even hanging clothes out to dry. At a local school, students don't go out to play when the odor hits.
Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 9, 2008.
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Hunts Point
NYC Residents Sue City Over Sewage Plant Smells
Residents at the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx complain that the stench from the plants infiltrates homes and schools, keeping families from enjoying their yards, or even hanging clothes out to dry. At a local school, students don't go out to play when the odor hits.
Published by New York Sun on July 9, 2008.
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Hunts Point
Post Uncovers Shantytowns in Local Parks
The department’s biggest recent success stories include reviving parks in Harlem and the once vastly polluted Bronx waterfront, where significant improvements were made to Barretto Point Park, parkland along the Bronx River, Hunts Point Riverside Park and other green space.
Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 7, 2008.
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Hunts Point
Police Beat (Police Beat Section)
The four men were brought to the 50th Precinct where they were questioned for several hours. According to the district attorney’s office, the men maintained that they were picking up scrap metal that had been thrown away, and were planning to take it to Hunts Point.
Published by Riverdale Press on July 3, 2008.
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Hunts Point
Visit the "Floating Lady" this Holiday Weekend
The “Floating Pool Lady,” a seven-lane pool on a barge, opened on June 27 in Barretto Point Park in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx.
Published by West Bronx Blog on July 3, 2008.
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Crotona Park East
Child Lead Poisonings Reach Record Low
Of the remaining New York City children with lead poisoning, 22 percent lived in Queens, mostly in West Queens and Southwest Queens; 19 percent lived in the Bronx, mostly in Crotona, Tremont, Pelham, Throgs Neck, Fordham, Bronx Park, High Bridge and Morrisania; 13 percent lived in Manhattan, mostly in Washington Heights, Inwood, Central Harlem, Morningside Heights and the Upper West Side; and 4 percent lived on Staten Island, mostly in Stapleton, St. George and Port Richmond.
Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.