The 43rd Precinct covering Soundview and Bronx River showed a 100% increase - with six murders so far this year, compared to three in the same period last year.

Published by New York Daily News on July 8, 2008.

The 43rd Precinct covering Soundview and Bronx River showed a 100% increase - with six murders so far this year, compared to three in the same period last year.

Published by New York Daily News on July 8, 2008.

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.

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.

New York City just opened up a nifty floating pool in Barretto Point Park in the Bronx, which offers fabulous views of the East River, the Manhattan skyline and Rikers Island jail.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.

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.

She called U.S. Marshals and asked them to promise her son would be safe. A few minutes later, the 49-year-old Westchester man's three weeks on the run came to a halt when he rode a scooter to the police station in Southwick, Massachusetts.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 3, 2008.

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.

Keeping the tradition alive, Mayor Bloomberg jumped into the floating pool in Barretto Point Park in the Bronx to kick off the swim season. The pool served 50,000 children and adults during its inaugural summer last year when it was moored at Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Published by WNBC on June 27, 2008.

New York authorities say they've concluded a massive effort to crack down on unlicensed home improvement contractors. They've issued nearly 700 violations and seized more than 130 vehicles during a five-week sweep. The city's Department of Consumer Affairs conducted hundreds of routine and undercover inspections along with officials from Westchester and Nassau counties.

Published by SI Live on June 26, 2008.

6 express train service is running on the local track between the Parkchester Station and the 125th Street Station.

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

To participate in the Buying Club, residents must live in 10451, 10452, 10453, 10454, 10455, 10456, 10457, 10459, 10460 and 10474. Institutional buyers, including nonprofits that distribute food for the needy, can also take part.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 25, 2008.

To participate in the Buying Club, residents must live in 10451, 10452, 10453, 10454, 10455, 10456, 10457, 10459, 10460 and 10474. Institutional buyers, including nonprofits that distribute food for the needy, can also take part.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 25, 2008.

Principals credited factors like teacher quality, class size and curriculum. But they acknowledged the cash may have played a role. "I think it had a little bit of effect," said Principal Virginia Connelly of The Bronx's JHS 123, where 25.1 percent of seventh-graders improved in English and 27.6 percent improved in math.

Published by New York Post on June 24, 2008.

View from the deck of the Floating Pool, which is atop a barge moored at Barretto Point Park in the Bronx.

Published by New York Times on June 23, 2008.

Mr. Espada, a former Democratic state senator and one-time candidate for Bronx borough president, is strongly considering running again for the State Senate. However, Mr. Espada, who represented the Hunts Point and Bronx River sections (the 32nd Senate District), is now looking instead at running in the adjacent 33rd Senate District, which stretches from Kingsbridge to East Tremont. He would be challenging the incumbent, Efrain González Jr.

Published by New York Times on June 20, 2008.

What is the worst bottleneck location in the United States? Many New York drivers know the answer to that question all too well: the Cross Bronx Expressway at the exit for the Bronx River Parkway.

Published by amNY.com on June 18, 2008.

His 6-year-old female named Ginger was killed Thursday in a freak accident in the Soundview section of the Bronx.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 18, 2008.

Machin, who had been walking the dogs in the Soundview neighborhood Thursday morning, had the door to his Honda Civic open and was about to get inside with Ginger and his other terrier, Buster, when the sweeper struck the dog.

Published by New York Daily News on June 14, 2008.

A sanitation sweeping truck roaring down a Bronx street sucked up a dog and killed it as its owner held the leash.

Published by WNBC on June 14, 2008.

An out-of-control street sweeper killed a beloved Boston terrier in The Bronx, mowing down the pooch and sucking her up from her owner's leash, officials said yesterday. Robert Machin, 57, a retired transit worker, had just finished walking little Ginger and his other dog, Buster, also a terrier, at Randall and St. Lawrence avenues in the Soundview section at about 10 a.m. Thursday.

Published by New York Post on June 14, 2008.

Eyewitness News reporter Thalia Patillo has more from the Soundview section of the Bronx.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 13, 2008.

That will finally change on June 27 when the pool, known as the Floating Pool Lady, a 25-meter by seven lane oasis atop a barge, will open at the tip of Barretto Point Park.

Published by New York Times on June 13, 2008.

With not a single public pool in all of Community District 2, teenagers in Hunts Point take a chance by swimming in the Bronx River. A favorite spot is the boat dock at the end of Hunts Point Riverside Park.

Published by New York Times on June 13, 2008.

O'Connor, 46, is assistant pastor at Holy Family Church in Castle Hill, the Bronx.

Published by New York Daily News on June 9, 2008.

Ana Gonzalez and her husband Luis have been selling Puerto Rican flag-themed items for the last 15 years on this corner of Bruckner Boulevard and White Plains Road in the Bronx.

Published by New York Times on June 6, 2008.

A department store at 1469 Westchester Ave. on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, at 3:35 p.m.

Published by WNBC on June 4, 2008.

Ma Wrench, who will be honored by Soundview Health Center this week, shows off T-shirt that says, "It's a sin to look this good at 102."

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

Party Chairman Jay Savino tells us that political steamroller known as the Bronx Republican Party has picked former cop and Morris Park Realtor Dan Fasolino to challenge State Sen. Jeff Klein in the Nov. 4 election for his north Bronx/lower Westchester seat.

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

The city better hurry. Right now the people of Soundview in the South Bronx are involved in a fight to save a Key Food, the last big supermarket in their neighborhood, which is in danger of being evicted by its landlord, Vornado Realty Trust.

Published by New York Daily News on May 30, 2008.

Prosecutors say four men have been sentenced for assaulting an off-duty New York City police officer at a White Castle restaurant in 2006.

Published by New York Daily News on May 28, 2008.

It uses the highway footprint to create density without displacement, it connects the surrounding communities and our proposed new housing to the Bronx River and the Greenway, and at the same time addresses the issue of truck access to the industrial areas of Hunts Point."

Published by Gotham Gazette on May 27, 2008.

Two livery cabs collided at the intersection of Bruckner Blvd. and Bronx River Ave. in Soundview just before 4 p.m., causing one to hit a minivan. The other cab mounted the sidewalk and pinned an unidentified pedestrian to a wall on Bronx River Ave., police and witnesses said.

Published by New York Daily News on May 26, 2008.

6 Bronx-bound trains run express from Hunts Point Avenue to Parkchester from 4 a.m. Saturday to 10 p.m. Sunday.

Published by New York Post on May 23, 2008.

In 1999, a handful of activists paddled canoes down the Bronx River in a symbolic pilgrimage to demonstrate their continued determination to restore the river to health. A week ago, more than 200 canoes and kayaks took to the water for the ninth annual Amazing Bronx River Flotilla to celebrate the river's revival.

Published by Riverdale Press on May 22, 2008.

That's counter-intuitive for Larry Hogan, a Westchester resident who likes to use the greenways to roller blade.

Published by Riverdale Press on May 22, 2008.

Soundview residnts held a town hall meeting last night to discuss the possible closure of the area's largest supermarket Key Foods, in the face of rent hikes and dwindling supermarkets.

Published by West Bronx Blog on May 19, 2008.

Itty-bitty Bronx Borough President Malique Anderson, 11, a eighth-grader from Soundview who attends Bronx Mathematics Preparatory School, was concerened about education.

Published by New York Post on May 18, 2008.

A Bronx jury awarded $3.8 million to Janie Utsey, 83, who suffered the injury five years ago as she stepped off a bus at Westchester and Morrison avenues in Soundview.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

Janie Utsey was returning home after paying her cable bill in October 2002 when she fell into the crater at Westchester and Morrison Aves. in Bruckner. She sued the city over her injuries.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Celemi contends he was not only beaten, but then hauled off to the 48th Precinct stationhouse in handcuffs for following his traffic supervisor's order to remain at the scene and wait for an ambulance.

Published by New York Daily News on May 16, 2008.

Safety standards means there are not enough room for swings at the new playground at Public School 138 in the Soundview the Bronx.

Published by New York Times on May 15, 2008.

The Transit Authority says northbound No. 6 trains are running express from Parkchester to Pelham Bay. Southbound No. 6 trains are bypassing the Middletown Road station as the investigation continues.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 15, 2008.

BICYCLE SUNDAYS on the Bronx River Parkway will continue this weekend, with the next event scheduled for Sunday, May 18.

Published by Riverdale Press on May 15, 2008.

The tragic friendly fire death of a suburban police officer leads to a call for change in police training. Tuesday marked day two of weapons of mass destruction training for recruits at the Westchester County Police Academy. By contrast - recruits here get just a half-day training on so called off-duty confrontations - when on-duty officers respond to calls involving off-duty cops.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 13, 2008.

Soundview Rallies For Sean Bell

Published by West Bronx Blog on May 12, 2008.

Soundview Rallies For Sean Bell

Published by West Bronx Blog on May 12, 2008.

He pointed to neighborhoods like the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Long Island City and Flushing in Queens, Downtown Brooklyn and Dumbo in Brooklyn, and Soundview and Throgs Neck in the Bronx, saying he was concerned that residential construction in those places was outpacing new schools.

Published by New York Times on May 9, 2008.

The Bronx River Alliance invites local residents to watch a group of canoes and kayaks take a five-mile trip down the Bronx River, during the ninth annual "Amazing Bronx River Flotilla," on Saturday, May 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Published by Riverdale Press on May 8, 2008.

Louis R. Cappelli, a Westchester County builder, emerged as an unlikely potential savior after the federal government quashed a decades-long effort to bring casino gambling to the Catskills.

Published by New York Times on May 8, 2008.