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The Henry Hudson Bridge is one of a number thoroughfares into and out of Manhattan where drivers are subjected to a toll. Now that congestion pricing has passed, Bronx residents will no longer be subjected to the toll on that bridge, thanks to the efforts of Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz.

Bronx motorists catch a break on Henry Hudson Bridge

If you live in the Bronx and have an E-ZPass, it’s about to get a whole lot cheaper crossing the Henry Hudson Bridge. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 4/17/19

Dinowitz decries Holocaust/anti-vaxxer ties

The fight to push for removing religious exemptions from required vaccines and immunizations has already brought God into the fight — but now it seems to be pulling in the Holocaust as well. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 4/14/19

A pedestrian walks past the storefront for Riverdale Stationery & Candy, one of the last original stores in the Skyview Shopping Center in North Riverdale. The shop opened in 1963, and closed last month.

Decades-old Skyview biz falls victim to rent hike

As the final days of March slipped by, one of the last original businesses in Skyview Shopping Center reluctantly closed its doors. For good. more

By HEATHER J. SMITH | 4/14/19

Webster AV Management LLC might finally be in the clear after it reached a settlement with the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York about Riverdale Parc’s lack of accessibility features laid out in the federal Fair Housing Act. Webster has agreed to the retrofit the 2727 Henry Hudson Parkway apartment complex with features that will bring the building into compliance.

Developer settles claims HHP apartments not accessible

It still seems achingly cryptic, whatever happened at Riverdale Parc. more

By ZAK KOSTRO | 4/14/19

The Riverdale Press earned 10 awards at the New York Press Association’s 2018 Better Newspaper Contest, including runner-up for the Past Presidents’ Award for General Newspaper Excellence.

Press takes home 10 awards at annual newspaper conference

The Riverdale Press earned its place among more than 160 competing daily and weekly newspapers, picking up 10 awards from the New York Press Association’s 2018 Better Newspaper Contest in Albany last weekend. more

STAFF REPORT | 4/8/19

Aaron Vargas packs soil into a container in order to plant sunflower seeds in the basement garden at the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center. Gardening, both indoor and outdoor, is one of a number of community-driven activities at the center. With green space battling development projects in the city, some communities cling to their gardens.

Community, okra flourish in neighborhood garden

For Monique Hamilton, planting and harvesting in her urban garden verges on the sublime — from seeding to weeding to reaping vegetables, followed by winter’s lull, until frozen ground thaws and the cycle starts anew in spring. more

By ZAK KOSTRO | 3/31/19

A man tosses food to geese and ducks paddling in the lake at Van Cortlandt Park. While park rules already prohibit feeding wildlife, the city is looking to outlaw the practice, claiming it disrupts the ecosystem in parks throughout the city and ultimately fills the bellies of rats and raccoons.

Proposed ban on wildlife feeding earns jeers

A decades-old tradition in New York City parks could soon be no more. There’s always been an understanding that park visitors shouldn’t feed the wildlife. But that’s never applied to pigeons and other birds. Yet, under proposed rules by the city’s parks department, feeding any animal in Van Cortlandt Park or any other city park will be prohibited. more

By HEATHER J. SMITH | 3/31/19

A car turns left onto West 256th Street from Mosholu Avenue against traffic — apparently ignoring local laws stipulating no cars can turn onto the street during morning drop-off on school days at P.S. 81. Parents and neighbors have complained of rampant traffic problems during the early morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up rushes.

Neighbors, parents seek end to W. 256th traffic nightmare

Thursday morning was the usual scene of controlled chaos on West 256th Street between Riverdale and Mosholu avenues. A glut of hurried parents dropping children off at P.S. 81 Robert J. Christen School — both in vehicles and on foot — carefully navigated around each other. Lines of cars from both directions waited through several green light cycles to turn. Through traffic disregarded the no-turn signs on Mosholu, heading the wrong way through a line of double-parked vehicles. more

By HEATHER J. SMITH | 3/31/19

Cameras could help clear bus lanes

Cameras designed to immediately penalize improperly parked cars that slow down buses are coming — just not to the Bronx anytime soon. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 3/31/19

Heather Smith joined The Riverdale Press as the new education and transportation reporter on March 14, replacing outgoing Press reporter Simone Johnson.

Heather Smith gives up gems in return to community journalism

The Riverdale Press is welcoming a touch of the south to its newsroom. more

STAFF REPORT | 3/25/19

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