Photo by David Greene
No injuries were reported, according to the FDNY, after a fire broke out at the MTA Mosholu Yard/Jerome Maintenance Facility on Saturday afternoon.
FDNY officials said they were alerted at 1.11 p.m. on Saturday, June 1, for a report of a track fire at the location. They said units extinguished the fire and the incident was closed out at 1.22 p.m. The said the cause is under investigation.
Photo by Síle Moloney
As reported, the MTA announced that they were heartbroken in August 2022 over the death of a female transit worker following an incident at the same maintenance yard that month. Norwood News previously asked, and has since followed up with, the Office of the City’s Medical Examiner for the cause of death. We will share any updates we receive.
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Welcome to the Norwood News, a bi-weekly community newspaper that primarily serves the northwest Bronx communities of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights. Through our Breaking Bronx blog, we focus on news and information for those neighborhoods, but aim to cover as much Bronx-related news as possible. Founded in 1988 by Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit affiliate of Montefiore Medical Center, the Norwood News began as a monthly and grew to a bi-weekly in 1994. In September 2003 the paper expanded to cover University Heights and now covers all the neighborhoods of Community District 7. The Norwood News exists to foster communication among citizens and organizations and to be a tool for neighborhood development efforts. The Norwood News runs the Bronx Youth Journalism Heard, a journalism training program for Bronx high school students. As you navigate this website, please let us know if you discover any glitches or if you have any suggestions. We’d love to hear from you. You can send e-mails to norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org or call us anytime (718) 324-4998.
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