Wakefield: Building Applications Filed for New, 4-Story Residential Building at 767 East 232nd Street

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Building applications have been filed with NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) for a new, 4-story residential building at 767 East 232nd Street in the Wakefield section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY. Located between White Plains Road and Barnes Avenue, the lot is closest to the 233rd Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Kol Zefi of East 232 Builders LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications, according to YIMBY. The proposed 52-foot-tall development will yield 5,854 square feet designated for residential space. The building will yield ten residential units, most

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson and the Bronx Economic Development Corporation (BXEDC) announced the launch of the first-of-its-kind environmental sustainability challenge on Monday, May 8. BXEDC representatives said the Bronx Green Action Challenge will award up to $1 million to a Bronx-based college or university for the development and implementation of a project or set of projects that improve campus sustainability, and reduce that institution’s environmental footprint. They said higher education is one of the borough’s strongest and fastest growing industries, with 12 Bronx colleges and universities serving 50,000 students. According to BXEDC, the grant will support improvements

By ARIEL PACHECO

The intersection of Bailey Place and Bailey Avenue in Kingsbridge Heights was officially co-named Angellyh Marieh Yambo Way on April 8, in honor of Angellyh Yambo, the 16-year-old teen who was born and grew up in the area, and who was tragically killed in broad daylight last year when she was hit by a stray bullet, shot by a 17-year-old male youth as she was walking home from school with friends in the Mott Haven section of the borough. The unveiling ceremony was held on April 8, exactly one year after the tragedy, and was attended by dozens of

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD launched a murder investigation after a 69-year-old man was found unconscious and unresponsive on the street in the Williamsbridge section of The Bronx, and died one week later. Police said that on Tuesday, April 25, at approximately 4.47 a.m., EMS responded to a report of an aided, unconscious man in front of 3212 Cruger Avenue in Williamsbridge. A police spokesperson said, “Responding EMS observed a 69-year-old unconscious male lying on the ground and transported the male to NYC Health & Hospitals/ Jacobi, where he was pronounced deceased on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.” Police said the deceased has

By DAVID GREENE

Police are looking for two men wanted in connection with a stabbing reported in front of 2527 Valentine Avenue, between East 196th Street and East Fordham Road on Tuesday, April 18. Police officials say the 28-year-old male victim was walking southbound at 2.25 a.m. when he was approached and stabbed by two assailants. The victim was stabbed in the abdomen and calf before the suspects fled the scene, an NYPD spokesperson said. “The victim was removed to St. Barnabas Hospital and was said to be in stable condition,” the spokesperson said. Police have not made any arrests in

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The Bronx Museum of the Arts Teen Council is organizing an exhibition of teen art and is inviting teenage artists to submit artworks that engage with the theme of community. Everyone has a different perspective of what community is; what community means for someone can be completely different from what another person considers community. The museum is hoping to share teens’ creative interpretations on this theme. Selected artworks will be shown at The Bronx Museum of the Arts from May to June 2023. Submission Information & Requirements New York City-based teens ages 13-19 are eligible to submit works. Each person

By ARIEL PACHECO

Concourse Village Elementary School held a memorial ceremony for former student Angellyh Yambo on March 30 during which the school’s art room, a place she loved to hang out, was dedicated to her. The former student, who spent much of her youth in Kingsbridge Heights, was tragically killed in broad daylight as she walked home from school with friends in Mott Haven on April 8, 2022. She was hit by a stray bullet shot by a then 17-year-old male youth. The private ceremony, which her family and friends attended, was held to honor and memorialize Angellyh who, according to

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson hosted her administration’s 2nd Annual Greek Heritage Month celebration in Kingsbridge on Friday, March 24, in conjunction with sponsors, Ponce Bank and the Bronx Terminal Market. There was food, cake, musical and dance performances, as well as the presentation of proclamations to a list of honorees. Held at St. Peter the Apostle Greek Orthodox Church, located at 3245 Kingsbridge Avenue, the event was emceed by mistress of ceremonies, Aravella Simotas, a former New York State assemblywoman who represented parts of Queens and alongside whom Gibson had previously served in the State legislature. The invocation

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The following is an extended version of the story published in our latest print edition. Following concerns by some Kingsbridge residents over plans by the International Leadership Charter High School (ILCHS) to open a new, 7-story, middle school at 306 West 232nd Street in Kingsbridge, one block away from its existing school site at 3060 Riverdale Avenue, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81), District 11 City Councilman Eric Dinowitz, and State Sen. Robert Jackson (S.D. 31) joined a group of local residents and members of the Construction and General Building Laborers union on Saturday, April 15, for a rally to oppose

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