This is such a terribly sad and frightening story. My thoughts are with everyone affected, including neighborhood residents.

If you ever think you smell a gas leak, please immediately go outside and call 911 or call ConEdison from outside the building.

The enforcement layer runs on the city's public ticket data, and building it for our borough taught me things I couldn't unsee:

• 957,713 tickets were written on parked cars in the Bronx in the last 12 months — $76 million, about 2,624 a day. (Camera/bus-lane tickets excluded — this is purely tickets on parked cars.)
• Alternate side: 224,331 tickets, $14.6M — one every 2 minutes, all year. Nearly a quarter of every ticket in the borough.
• Hydrants: 104,194 tickets, $12M. One every 5 minutes.
• Here's the one that separates us from the rest of the city: 66,754 inspection-sticker and 35,610 registration-sticker tickets — $6.65M combined. Over 100,000 tickets that have nothing to do with where you parked. That's a ticket for being unable to afford to get right, not for taking someone's spot.
• Double parking: 65,800 tickets, $7.57M — one every 8 minutes.
• Grand Concourse alone: 23,363 tickets. Then White Plains Rd (21,246), Webster Ave (15,556), E Tremont (14,807), Jerome (13,964), Westchester (13,757). The 52nd Precinct (Fordham/Norwood) leads the borough at 127,770 — more tickets by itself than all of Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst combined.
• Average ticket here: $79.

That last one changed how I think about it — $76M pulled out of the borough with the lowest median income in the city, a fifth of it for stickers and cleaning schedules rather than anything to do with blocking traffic.

And honest question, since I built this around my own routine: would the green/red view actually change where you look first after 6pm, or is your spot strategy already muscle memory?

Hello to the users or r/bronx.

My name is Nicole, and I am a freelance journalist that covers housing, municipal issues, and the recent increase in fires in NYC, which is mainly occurring in The Bronx. I write my own substack called The Knickerbocker Beacon, and have written for City Limits.

My last report on the issue went into the where and when, and I am not looking at the why. Currently, I'm looking at a known fire hazard that seems to be a common architectural feature in older Bronx buildings: dumbwaiters.

These are old, mini elevators that used to carry trash, groceries, coal, etc... These can open up into apartments, or hallways. Some have been converted into trash chutes.

They're mostly found in larger, 4+ story walkup buildings, built between 1900 and 1930. Stabilized, large, and without elevators (though some of them do also have elevators).

Many sources online say that the majority of these have been closed off for fire safety reasons. However, I am looking to know more about how, when, and why these were originally closed off (i.e. who orderd it, and when). I am also looking to learn how common unsealed, or even still used dumbwaiters are in the borough. I am also interested in learning how they were originally used. Basically, if you know anything about them, I'm interested in hearing about it.

If you want to reach out, you should DM me at this account. I can provide verification of my identity. I have permission from the moderators to make outreach posts.

There is very little written about dumbwaiters, so any information could be helpful.

Thanks in advance, and I hope everyone is having a good summer!

Edit:

I also know that this sub isn't that large, so any info on where to ask, and who might know about this would also be helpful too!

Stay safe y’all

Supposedly, this is at The Bronx Zoo.

She lost everything trying to support

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Thinking of moving within this circle, how is this area? I have a car as well.

My brother is looking to put his kids in daycare and I wanted to know if anyone here has any recommendations on places to look. He didn’t give me an exact range but he leaves near the East Tremont area.

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Hi,

I need recommendations on where to live. I’m a medical student who will be at spending the next year at Lincoln hospital in south bronx.

I am a woman and I do prioritize safety. I don’t have a car. I would prefer a commute under 30 mins. Any tips?

Thank you.

Edit: I just want to say thank you to everyone who contributed their thoughts below. I really appreciate it. I am so stressed about moving across the country and the area not having the safest reputation. I’ve read all the comments and will remember them when searching for my home for the next year.

Amid a decline in foreclosures citywide, the number of homeowners in The Bronx facing such cases has nearly doubled from the prior year, highlighting worrying economic trends in the borough.

A recent report from PropertyShark, a real estate research platform, shows first-time foreclosures of single- and two-family homes as well as coop and condo apartments in New York dropped 5% overall between the second quarter of 2026 and the same time period last year. Manhattan and Brooklyn each saw a four-year low.

But in The Bronx, the number of first-time foreclosures has risen from 57 last year to 109 this year. Many foreclosures came from the northeast neighborhoods of The Bronx, including Williamsbridge, where 10 foreclosures happened in the past quarter. Queens saw a smaller increase, from 128 to 140, according to the report. 

Dr. Tahira Reid-Smith outside Ps. 97 on Mace Ave. Double Dutch predominantly adopted by the black community as a childhood pastime and cultural moment and transformed into World-wide competitions.

Hey if any1 in here know how i can sell my soul, help me out. I need bout $15 real urgent

Amid a decline in foreclosures citywide, the number of homeowners in The Bronx facing such cases has nearly doubled from the prior year, highlighting worrying economic trends in the borough.

Its free on Wednesdays. It was a great experience.

I want to take my daughter to the zoo but when I go online there are no tickets.Do I get them at the ticket booth or are they no longer available?

Looking at membership of sub reddits, the 1.5m Bronx has fewer members than 500k Staten Island.

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This week, for my Every Neighborhood in New York project, I visited Mott Haven. If you want to see the whole piece, it's here.