Parks
Vote for the “Spicebush” and Help The Bronx and the NYBG Establish NYC’s Official Wildflower
Fifth Annual 48-Hour Film Challenge “Wraps” in the Oval
Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on Pilot Program Allowing Some Lightweight E-Bikes in Parks
This week, we asked readers their thoughts on the pilot program launched by the City’s Parks’ department in June 2023, as reported, which allows Class 1, 2 and 3 e-bikes and lighter-weight e-scooters on city park drives and greenways. A map is available at nyc.gov/parks/ebikes, showing the greenways and drives that fall under the program, along with a multilingual survey to obtain feedback.
UPDATE James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center Farmers’ Market Celebrates 3rd Anniversary
UPDATE: Kingsbridge Heights: Man & Woman Arrested in Baby’s Opioid-Related Death at Bronx Daycare Center
A 41-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman have been arrested following the fentanyl-related death of a one-year-old baby boy and the hospitalization of three other babies following an apparent multiple overdose situation on Friday, Sept. 15, at Kingsbridge Heights-based Divino Niño Daycare Center, as previously reported.
UPDATE Kingsbridge Heights: One Baby Dead, 3 Hospitalized after Medical Emergency at Daycare Center
Jeremiah Ryan Gets 15 Years to Life in Prison for Fatal Shooting of Angellyh Yambo
Jeremiah Ryan, who was charged last year with the 2022 murder of innocent bystander and high school student, Angellyh Yambo, 16, in the Mott Haven section of The Bronx, as well as the attempted murder of two of her friends as they walked home from school together, was sentenced on Friday, Sept. 15, to 15 years to life in prison in relation to the gang-related incident. Ryan, who was 17 at the time of the unintended killing of Angellyh and the shooting of her friends, who were all hit in crossfire, pled guilty on Aug. 4 this year to second-degree murder, avoiding the need for a trial.
New Yorkers for Parks Kicks off 22nd Annual Daffodil Project Distribution Honoring Lives Lost to 9/11 and COVID-19
New Yorkers for Parks announced on Wednesday, Sept. 13, the distribution points and times for this year’s Daffodil Project which, as New York’s largest annual volunteer program, gives people across New York City daffodils to plant as a living memorial to honor New Yorkers lost to 9/11 and COVID-19. Since the Daffodil Project’s inception in 2001, over 400,000 volunteers have planted more than 9 million daffodil bulbs.