Parkside Housing Project

NY Lottery: Take-5 Top Prize Winning Ticket Sold in The Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York Lottery has announced that one top-prize winning ticket was sold for the June 21 TAKE 5 drawing. The ticket, worth $54,872.00, was purchased at Empire State Deli, located at 804 Burke Avenue, located Northeast of the Parkside Housing Project in The Bronx.   The 5 winning numbers for the TAKE 5 game are drawn from a field of one to 39. The TAKE 5 drawing is televised every day at 10:30 p.m. A lottery draw game prize of any amount may be claimed up to one year from the date of the drawing. The New York Lottery continues to


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Two Teens Sought After 17-Year-Old Male is Shot in Abdomen

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance identifying the individuals seen in the attached surveillance video regarding a non-fatal shooting/assault that occurred in the 47th precinct.   It was reported to police that on Sunday, March 14, 2021, at approximately 7 p.m., inside a residential building located at 3230 Cruger Avenue, between Gun Hill Houses and the Parkside Housing Project, a 17-year-old male victim was sitting down in the rear of the building with a group. One member of the group then discharged one round and struck the victim in the abdomen and right thigh. The suspect then fled on


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Parkside Housing Project: 37-Year-Old Man Shot in Head, Dies

By Síle Moloney
The NYPD reported that on Sunday, July 26, 2020, at approximately 3:10 a.m., police responded to a 911 call about a man who was shot in front of 2760 Bronx Park East, within the confines of the 49th precinct, in the Parkside Housing Project of the Bronx.   Upon arrival, officers discovered a 37-year-old man unconscious and unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head. EMS responded and pronounced the man deceased. There are no arrests and the investigation is ongoing.   Identification of the deceased is pending proper family notification.   Anyone with information with regard to this incident


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