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10 cooling towers in the South Bronx, including those at Yankee Stadium and Lincoln Hospital, have tested positive for L...
09/15/2026

10 cooling towers in the South Bronx, including those at Yankee Stadium and Lincoln Hospital, have tested positive for Legionella bacteria as the Health Department investigates the source of an outbreak that has killed one person and sickened nine others.

Several of the cooling towers are located atop of high-traffic sites, including Yankee Stadium, where the Yankees played a Subway Series game against the Mets over the weekend, as well as Lincoln Hospital, Cookie’s Department Store in the Hub and BronxCare Hospital Center.

24 cooling towers were tested in ZIP codes 10451 and 10456 as part of the investigation and 10 towers that tested positive were ordered to be cleaned and disinfected by Sept. 14.

“Every single one of the cooling towers that had a PCR positive result, they’ve been ordered to do the full drainage, the cleaning, and the disinfection of that tower,” said health commissioner Dr. Alister Martin at a Sept. 14 press conference with Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

📝By Marina Samuel

📸Courtesy of the New York Yankees and Emily Swanson

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Five people have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease and one has died in a likely cluster in parts of Melrose and ...
09/11/2026

Five people have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease and one has died in a likely cluster in parts of Melrose and Morrisania, health officials announced Thursday.

The city is investigating the cases in ZIP codes 10451 and 10456 and testing cooling towers in the area for Legionella, the bacteria that causes the disease and are awaiting results of additional potential cases.

“We are launching this investigation to act quickly and lower the risk of additional cases,” Health Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin said.

📝By Marina Samuel

📸By Jonathan Portee

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09/08/2026

Happy Tuesday!

This is our weekly roundup - where the Bronx Times highlights the stories shaping our borough. Our editor Lesley Cosme Torres, reporter Marina Samuel and intern Maurice Burbridge, discuss the latest headlines impacting our borough, from community-driven features to the issues that matter most to Bronx residents.

Each week, we’re bringing you the context behind the coverage and the voices behind the bylines. Tell us which story stood out to you - and what you want us covering next.

🎥: Edited by Aviva Stoken

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Members of the Van Nest community clashed with their local community board Thursday over its support for a bill that wou...
09/08/2026

Members of the Van Nest community clashed with their local community board Thursday over its support for a bill that would designate a four-block area of the neighborhood as a Yemeni cultural district.

Bronx Community Board 11, which represents Allerton, Indian Village, Morris Park, Pelham Gardens, Pelham Parkway and Van Nest, was considering a letter of support for the designation when members of the Van Nest Neighborhood Alliance and other residents voiced their opposition.

Sharlene Jackson Mendez, vice president of the Van Nest Neighborhood Alliance, said the organization first learned about the proposed cultural district in March, after the legislation had already been introduced.

“We’ve been trying to get someone to say, ‘Hey, you can’t do this and change the identity of an entire 134-year community, and they have no say in it. We have not been invited to the table ever, and that’s wrong,” Mendez said.

📝By Marina Samuel

📸By Marina Samuel

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Just a 10-minute ferry ride from City Island, Hart Island is home to the remains of more than one million New Yorkers. T...
09/04/2026

Just a 10-minute ferry ride from City Island, Hart Island is home to the remains of more than one million New Yorkers. The 101-acre island in the Long Island Sound has served as the city’s public cemetery for the unclaimed, unidentified and poor for more than 150 years.

But after remaining largely inaccessible to the public for much of its history, the city is working to open Hart Island to more visitors — a plan that could cost roughly $130 million. As the NYC Parks department expands public tours and visitation, the agency is seeking funding for capital projects aimed at preserving the island’s historic structures and improving visitor access.

The Bronx Times joined NYC Parks officials on a recent press tour of the island’s southern end, where the department highlighted Hart Island’s history and its vision for improving public access.

📝By Marina Samuel

📸By Lesley Cosme Torres

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Legendary New York Yankees closing pitcher and Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera made his NYC grocery store debut at the Bron...
09/04/2026

Legendary New York Yankees closing pitcher and Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera made his NYC grocery store debut at the Bronx Terminal Market Food Bazaar on Aug. 27, introducing his new Habanero Hot sauce line Mo’s Heat.

Fans had the opportunity to meet and greet Rivera, get merchandise signed, take photos-ops, and purchase the Mo’s Heat hot sauce line-up at Food Bazaar.

Mo’s Heat Habanero Hot Sauce combines authentic Panamanian flavors with hand-selected habanero peppers and all-natural ingredients from a 122-year-old family recipe.

“It was a combination of passion and love,” Rivera said.

📝By Rebecca Raghunath

📸 Courtesy of Mo’s Heat Sauce

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The final public commission by late Bronx artist Corinne Grondahl has been unveiled at the Mosholu Parkway subway statio...
09/02/2026

The final public commission by late Bronx artist Corinne Grondahl has been unveiled at the Mosholu Parkway subway station, building on an installation she first created nearly two decades ago.

MTA Arts & Design announced the completion of 78 new glass panels based on Grondahl’s artwork on August 31, which now surround the elevators on the station’s platforms and mezzanines.

“She had a remarkable ability to connect with people through color and motion, and expanding her installation at Mosholu Parkway lets that feeling reach even more riders,” said Tina Vaz, Director of MTA Arts & Design.

📝By Marina Samuel

📸By Nicholas Knight

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A solemn group of family, friends and street safety advocates gathered on August 28 to memorialize a beloved Bronx resid...
09/02/2026

A solemn group of family, friends and street safety advocates gathered on August 28 to memorialize a beloved Bronx resident who was fatally run down by a hit and run driver travelling east on Bruckner Boulevard.
The group of mourners watched with great sorrow as the white painted ghost bike was chained to a signpost and a metal sign with the inscription “Cyclist Killed Here” was bolted above the bicycle, high enough to be visible to drivers travelling along the busy roadway.

Etched on the back of the sign was Camara’s name, age, and the date of the tragedy.

Transportation Alternatives, a street-safety advocacy not-for-profit, says 16 cyclists have been killed in New York City so far this year.

📝By Jay Cole

📸By Jay Cole

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Getting accepted to college is just the first step. For some incoming freshmen, figuring out what comes next can be just...
09/01/2026

Getting accepted to college is just the first step. For some incoming freshmen, figuring out what comes next can be just as challenging.

Mia Rivera, an incoming freshman at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, was just as concerned about keeping up with her classes than she was about understanding the day-to-day experience of college and making sure she takes advantage of all the opportunities available to her.

Rivera got that preparation this summer through BronxWorks’ Center for Achieving Future Education (CAFE) Summer Bridge program, a two-week program designed to help incoming college freshmen make the transition from high school to college.

For BronxWorks CAFE program director Shaquantay McClinton, that kind of preparation is important because students can enter college without fully understanding what will be expected of them beyond the classroom.

“They’ll get accepted to a college and they think that’s it,” McClinton said.

📝By Marina Samuel

📸Photos courtesy of BronxWorks

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A new state-of-the-art advanced surgical microscope will be operating in the Bronx later this year.NYC Health + Hospital...
08/25/2026

A new state-of-the-art advanced surgical microscope will be operating in the Bronx later this year.

NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx announced on Aug. 12 that thanks to the support of Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson and City Council Member Eric Dinowitz, North Central Bronx Hospital received $600,000 in funding to purchase a new ophthalmology microscope.

The new Zeiss Opmi Lumera 700 microscope will produce detailed and distortion-free computer enhanced images, improving imaging, surgical workflow and allowing for enhanced ophthalmic care to Bronx patients.

Alfredo Jones, Chief Operating Officer of North Central Bronx Hospital, expressed thanks on behalf of patients and nurses who will be able to enjoy and execute technologically advanced care locally.

“What this reflects in our opinion is our partner’s partnership with us and the investment in our community. The investment in [the] community is to our patients, the investment in the community is also to our physicians, who have wanted this piece of equipment to take care of our patients,” Jones said.

📝By Maurice Burbridge

📸 Photos Courtesy of the Bronx Borough President’s office

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