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To the editor: (re: “Neighborhood road design could impact commuters,” May 19) Regarding your recent story about plans to narrow Riverdale Avenue, I find the lamentations of Community Board 8 over the Metro-North Rail Link Bus to be absurd to the point of laughable. That bus is already incredibly unreliable, simply because the Metro-North bus operator is incompetent. more

6/19/22

City officials cleaned the site of a homeless encampment last week near the intersection of West 236th and Broadway, a stone's throw away from NYPD’s 50th Precinct in Kingsbridge.

Adams touts success of homeless cleanup

Ardina Seward first saw the assembly of shopping carts belonging to homeless occupants late last month on West 236th Street and Broadway in Kingsbridge. more

By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ | 5/21/22

Community Board 8 is accepting nominations for its Irving Ladimer Community Service Award. Ladimer was 72 back in the late 1980s when he joined first CB-8. He was a member of both the aging and the rules and ethics committees.He died at 102 in 2018.

Bronx CB8 seeks Ladimer award nominees

Community Board 8 is accepting nominations for its Irving Ladimer Community Service Award. more

By GARY LARKIN | 5/6/22

Stagg Group — one of the most active apartment builders in this part of the Bronx —received a stop work order last month from the buildings department after inspectors reportedly observed several violations at 3745 Riverdale Ave.

City puts brakes on new development

The city has forced real estate developer Stagg Group to pause on its development at 3745 Riverdale Ave. The work site was shut down after inspectors from the construction safety enforcement unit for the buildings department observed several violations at the site early last month. more

By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ | 5/6/22

Jolissa Mendez, left, and Hasnie Ahmetaj are two paramedics assigned to an EMS unit that will no longer permanently serve the greater Riverdale area starting in October.

Community: Leave our ambulances alone

Community Board 8’s public safety committee wants to keep its ambulances, pushing back on a city plan to remove some from service in this part of the Bronx by October. more

By SACHI McCLENDON | 5/1/22

(From Left) Hasnie Ahmetaj, Dawill Hernandez and Jolissa Mendez pose for a portrait as they begin one of their shifts on 27-Victor, an ambulance that will no longer permanently serve the Riverdale area starting in October.

And then they took away the ambulances

Hasnie Ahmetaj has responded to emergency medical calls in this part of Bronx for the past three years. She’s shocked hearts back to life in Kingsbridge. She’s revived patients who couldn’t breathe in Spuyten Duyvil. She’s treated dozens and dozens of COVID-19 victims in the back of an ambulance as it sped along Riverdale Avenue. more

By SACHI McCLENDON | 4/4/22

Some areas on Riverdale Ave seem almost impossible to either share a lane or take one away. If bike lanes are added on West 254th Street the road will be extremely tight. As traffic goes southbound and a slight merge of the highway to Henry Hudson Parkway is no shy cry away.

Does Riverdale Ave need to go on a diet?

The city’s transportation department has dredged up a six-year-old plan that would eliminate a travel lane on the very busy Riverdale Avenue between West 254th and West 263rd streets in the name of traffic safety. more

By STACY DRIKS | 4/3/22

Community members vented concerns about a proposed men’s homeless shelter at 6661 Broadway during a city contract services hearing last month. They are now reaching out directly to Mayor Eric Adams office to see if the new mayor will quell the deal in light of new unethical allegations made against the shelter’s provider the African American Planning Commission Inc.

Shelter operator yet to comply with contracting rules

When city officials raise concern over a city contractor’s business practices, it’s usually in the best interest of said contractor to address those concerns. more

By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ | 3/27/22

The prayer room window at Chabad Lubavitch of Riverdale was smashed by a vandal last year in what law enforcement officials described as a part of a series of hate crimes. Jordan Burnette has been charged with vandalizing this synagogue and at least three others — all within a short distance from his Spuyten Duyvil home.

Slow journey through court for accused vandal

It’s been 11 months since synagogues in and around Riverdale were terrorized by a serial vandal who some described as quite angry after seeing him in released security camera footage. more

By SACHI McCLENDON | 3/13/22

The Fordham Heights fire that claimed 17 lives and left 32 others hospitalized last in January was started by a space heater, according to investigators. However, those same fire officials also point out the blaze spread quickly through the East 181st Street apartment building because self-closing doors failed to close.

Rash of electrical fires push FDNY to teach better safety

The massive fires that seemed to engulf building after building in the borough back in the late 1970s and early ‘80s led many declaring the “Bronx is burning.” In fact, it almost felt unusual to not use the word “fire” in conjunction with “Bronx,” because the two had become so synonymous during that time. more

By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ | 3/7/22

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