King of Crotona
A rare run up to the Bronx for Forgotten New York, up to Crotona Park.
Remembering that I don’t write enough Bronx posts, I set off to parade around the near geographical center of the Bronx in the Crotona Park area.
Crotona Park, the neighborhood and the park, isn’t near the Croton Aqueduct, which runs through the western Bronx; it was named for a colony in ancient Greece famed for Olympic athletes. It was purchased from the estate belonging to Andrew Bathgate in the 1880s; a dispute with the Bathgate family prevented the new Crotona Park from being named for them. Bathgate Ave. today remembers these early Bronx gentry.
80-Year-Old Man Struck By Stray Bullet In South Bronx
CBS New York 2 days ago Syndicated Local – CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) The surge in gun violence in New York City contiues.
Monday night, an 80-year-old Bronx man was hit by a stray bullet. He was wounded while walking with his wife.
CBS2’s Natalie Duddridge spoke with her in Crotona Park East, where the shooting happened.
Surveillance video appears to show a suspect pull out a gun and fire into the street on East 174th Street near Vyse Avenue at around 4:30 p.m. Monday.
One man said he heard it from his window.
Maya Wiley Scores High Profile Endorsement As Candidates Hit Stump Ahead Of Fundraising Deadline
arrow Maya Wiley accepts endorsement from Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Brigid Bergin / Gothamist
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, the highest-ranking member of New York’s delegation, endorsed Maya Wiley for mayor on Sunday vowing to hit the stump with her through the final month of this heated primary battle to ensure New York City joins the ranks of cities across the country where Black women lead.
“Chicago has Lori Lightfoot. San Francisco has London Breed. Atlanta has the great Stacey Abrams. Los Angeles has Congresswoman Maxine Waters. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue has Vice President Kamala Harris and in New York City, we re going to deliver Maya Wiley for such a time as this,” Jeffries said joining Wiley at Restoration Plaza in Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn, standing beneath portraits of President Barack Obama and Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, the nation’s first B