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The NYPD is conducting investigations at bodegas throughout the city that are suspected of selling the cheap, dangerous synthetic drug knows as K2. An operation at four bodegas within the confines … more

By Shant Shahrigian | 9/24/15

Three shops on Riverdale Avenue - Mamajuana Cafe, Riverdale Gourmet Deli, and Delaj Studio - were robbed recently by thieves who entered through the basement of the establishments.

Three stores hit in early morning on Riverdale Avenue

Three Riverdale Avenue businesses were burglarized in the early hours last Friday. Mamajuana Prime Cafe, Riverdale Gourmet Deli and Studio Delaj were the targets of the burglaries that … more

By ERIC HARVEY | 10/13/23

March 30, 2017 crime round-up

1. Teen mugged by needy perp A man who reportedly robbed a 19-year-old on his way to a friend’s house apparently had his reasons for doing so. He was one of two men who … more

By Anthony Capote | 3/30/17

SAR High School students write letters to Israel Defense Forces soldiers on Monday. Some of the school’s alumni serve their country in Israel.

Synagogues, SAR mourn, pray, mobilize following Hamas attack on Israel

Rabbi Avi Weiss of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale — The Bayit found himself with family members in Israel celebrating his wife Toby’s 80th birthday last weekend. more

By GARY LARKIN | 10/13/23

July 21, 2016 crime round-up

Items in Police Beat are based on reports of crimes and arrests. Those arrested are not guilty unless a court convicts them. Police Beat does not include every crime in our coverage area. more

Bt Anthony Capote | 7/21/16

Community members and elected officials joined together in prayer on Simchat Torah, one day after the Hamas attack on Israel at the Bell Tower in Riverdale.

Israel-Hamas war reverberates in Riverdale

Simchat Torah should have been a day of joyous celebration, dancing and singing, but it was instead filled with grief, shock and mourning over the hundreds killed in Hamas’ strikes on Israel just a day prior. more

By ERIC HARVEY | 10/13/23

Teen, King's Wok robbed and more

1. Duo robs teen Police said two men robbed a 19-year-old male on Oct. 15 between 6 and 6:40 p.m. on the corner of Irwin Avenue and West 238th Street. They stole the … more

By Anthony Capote | 10/22/15

June 8, 2016 crime round-up

A man robbed a grocery store, making off with less than $250, there was a burglary at a construction site at 141 Van Cortlandt Park South and more. more

By Anthony Capote | 6/8/16

A bag containing Narcan remains in a bathroom sink at Divino Nino after emergency medical services technicians tried to revive the four babies who were poisoned by fentanyl. One-year-old Nicholas Feliz Dominici could not be saved.

Nicholas Dominici's father: ‘Open doors at your child’s day care’

The father of 22-month-old Nicholas Dominici of Kingsbridge Heights, the toddler who died of fentanyl poisoning while in the care of a Jerome Park day care center, has six words for parents of young children: “Don’t trust your day care center.” more

By GARY LARKIN | 10/13/23

A proposed cannabis dispensary, Erudito Herbals LLC, would be on 6677 Broadway, adjacent to Westhab Inc.’s proposed homeless shelter at 6661 Broadway. If not for a legal injunction preventing applicants from opening cannabis stores, the dispensary potentially would have acted as a temporary delivery location for a year.

First cannabis dispensary in Greater Riverdale halted for now

If it weren’t for a temporary court injunction, greater Riverdale would have already had its first legal cannabis dispensary on Broadway next to a proposed men’s homeless shelter. more

By ERIC HARVEY | 10/13/23

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50 Years on the Job

Building relationships simply by repairing one kitchen at a time

Felix Lam has been the superintendent at 2465 Palisade Ave., in Spuyten Duyvil for 50 years. The 81-year-old has made his home — and career — at the eight-story co-op since he was a young man. And how does that make him feel? “I’m very happy about it,” Lam said.

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