Bedford Park: Two Sought for Assault on Female Subway Passenger

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance identifying the two people seen in the attached photo who department officials say are sought in connection with an assault that occurred in Bedford Park.

UPDATE FDNY Called to Tracey Towers for Electrical Incident

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Reports of a fire at Tracey Towers, a Mitchel Lama, residential housing complex located on the Bedford Park/Norwood border, on Saturday morning, July 15, proved to be unfounded, and the incident was later classified as an electrical issue, FDNY officials said.

Kingsbridge: Tandem Trailer Stuck under Elevated Subway for Hours

By DAVID GREENE

A tandem tractor-trailer recently got trapped under the elevated subway in Kingsbridge for several hours, as police and fire units blocked off traffic in the area and two dozen MTA employees attempted to free the truck with minimal damage to the subway line. According to an unnamed MTA official, the incident took place at 10:42 a.m. on Thursday, June 22, at the intersection of Broadway and West 231st Street. The truck, registered to S Auto Transport of Bunridge, Florida was still stuck under by 1:30 p.m. that afternoon. MTA officials said the overhead subway service was not impacted,

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

A 58-year-old scooter driver is in critical condition in hospital and a second 60-year-old male scooter driver was also injured after a collision in the South Bronx involving two scooters and an MTA bus on the morning of Juneteenth, June 19. An NYPD spokeswoman said the collision occurred at 10.28 a.m. when 58-year-old male scooter driver and and a 60-year-old male scooter driver were both traveling southbound on Third Avenue [between E 149th Street and Westchester Avenue]. “Both of the scooters collided with each other, and as a result, one of the scooters wound up colliding with an MTA

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

Regular riders of the Bx12 bus who complain that most days the buses are crowded, and that there are not enough of them can look to the latest findings from both the Metropolitan Transportation Administration (MTA) and NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) for confirmation. Officials from both agencies updated residents and Bronx Community Board 7’s Traffic & Transportation committee at the last committee meeting before the summer break on Thursday, June 1. Reading from a slide show presentation, one official said, “The Bx12 is the busiest bus route in The Bronx, and second busiest in NYC after the M15.”

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance identifying the person seen in the attached photo who is sought in connection with an assault that occurred in Allerton. Police said that on Monday, May 8, at around 3.35 p.m. a person got into a dispute with a 42-year-old, on-duty MTA employee, on a BX12 bus in the vicinity of Williamsbridge Road and Pelham Parkway. They said the person allegedly pushed the victim into the fare box and front partition of the bus. He then exited the bus and fled southbound on Esplanade Avenue, police said. “The victim was

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A SMASHED UP car is seen on Jerome Avenue by East 198th Street in Bedford Park after it reportedly collided with an MTA bus at 6.10 a.m. on Friday morning, May 12, 2023. Video courtesy of a local resident One man was hospitalized and two people allegedly left the scene of a reported two-vehicle road accident which occurred in Bedford Park early on Friday morning under the elevated train tracks of the 4 train. A police spokesperson told Norwood News the collision occurred at Jerome Avenue by East 198th Street in Bedford Park after on Friday morning, May

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s help identifying the three people seen in the attached photo who police say are sought in connection with an assault that occurred in Wakefield. Police said that on Sunday, April 16, at approximately 8.15 a.m., a 68-year-old male MTA employee became engaged in a dispute with three unidentified females on the platform of the Wakefield-241st Street subway station. “One of the individuals then struck the victim in the head with a broomstick, while the other two individuals punched him,” a police spokesperson said. “The individuals then fled out of the

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced on Sunday, April 30, that switch replacement work will begin on the and Sixth Avenue lines. These switches near West 4th Street in Manhattan will allow the and trains to move between the uptown local and express tracks. As a result, there will be changes to service on the and lines beginning Monday, May 15, at 5 a.m. through Monday, July 3, at 5 a.m. The MTA advises customers of the following service impacts: Between May 15 and July 3, customers should expect their uptown commutes on the and lines to take an