Oops, park planners created new infields for baseball, but left outfields, soccer pitches barren
The muddy terrain of the soccer field was no obstacle whatsoever for Babi Kruchin, even as parts of her boots sank into the ground. Playing a game of fetch on the open field with her dog, Tashi, was much more important.
Service changes could leave disabled denied a ride home
For a while, New York City was ahead of the game when it came to accessible transit. And it was all thanks to a lawsuit.
Say, would you like fries with that painting?
At first glance, some of the paintings looked like reasonable approximations of their source material. Others looked like they were forged in the fever pitch of a dreamlike trance. The painters were children. The source material was a drawing of Leonardo da Vinci’s oft-ballyhooed painting, the Mona Lisa. The setting was Yo-Burger.
State comes up a little short on budget: $6 billion
What are government budgets without political grandstanding, passing blame, and abdication of responsibility?
As of March 1, new rules for shoppers are in the bag
Winter’s barren branches are never truly empty as chill winds howl. Gone are the gentle, rustling leaves filtering soft green light upon the lawns (or concrete) below. But the Bronx instead has the tattered, flapping, tree-dwelling shopping bag to grace the otherwise arboreal wasteland.
Old guard keeps hold on reins at Dem club
Michael Heller won another term as president of the Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club, but not before welcoming what Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz later noted was the “largest turnout” in the club’s 60-year history, “and probably the largest turnout in many years of any political club.”
Straphangers get ready to say good-bye to 'Train Daddy'
Subways have arrived just a little faster over the last two years, and those trains have carried more passengers. New projects were developed, as was a different approach to getting people around, even if some — like the Bronx bus redesign — have met with mixed reactions from riders.
Despite protests, Waldo Ave project nears start
Timber Equities is about to go 2-for-2 when it comes to getting controversial construction projects out of the ground. Just weeks after clearing some of the final hurdles with the city’s building department to raze Villa Rosa Bonheur on Spuyten Duyvil’s Palisade Avenue, the developer with a Fieldston connection now has a green light to move forward with another apartment project at 3893 Waldo Ave.
BETTER LIVING
Harelick fires up not only ceramics, but young creativity
Dan Harelick arrived home from his job as design director for an advertising agency, and realized a total creative hole in his being. At 45, he was content, but not happy. Nor fulfilled.
SPORTS
Science routs nemesis Mott Haven in wild ‘West’ show
Bronx Science’s victory over KIPP last Thursday was barely in the books, but Sarang West was already looking ahead.
Taking a stand for mental health on MLK Day
It was the federal holiday set aside to honor civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But Hawk Newsome isn’t too fond of how this beacon of hope is remembered.
New tech provides new possibilities
There’s more to the Hebrew Home at Riverdale than just an assisted living facility. There is, of course, its popular art and history museum, an aviary, a shelter for abused senior citizens, and to the surprise of some, a high school.
Water will return
DEP reverses Jerome Park Reservoir plan — for now
Squeaky wheels get the grease, as the saying goes — or, in this case, water. After months of challenging the city’s environmental protection department over plans to keep Jerome Park Reservoir’s north basin dry indefinitely, its 50,000-odd neighbors got the news they’d been hoping for: the DEP will keep water in the basin.
GREEN SCENE
The ancient organisms that lived beneath ancient trees
In that faraway time when Eospermatopteris and Archaeopteris were growing mere miles from Riverdale, there were many other critters living in the same neighborhood.
Dinowitz will try, try again for a consumer advocate
Costs of living in New York City are high, and that’s no secret. Rent is expensive. Groceries are expensive. Taxes are expensive.
Opinion
Sports
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American Studies’ Senior Night win over Tuitt caps 2-0 week
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Science routs nemesis Mott Haven in wild ‘West’ show
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Senators squash Curie, eye Tuitt, Gompers
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Coach scores big victory against cancer in tourney
Wolverines ‘pressing’ as they head to postseason
Bronx Science had long since wrapped up the Bronx A Northwest Division championship when the 2019-20 Public School Athletic League season entered its homestretch last week. So all that was left for the Wolverines to do was use its final two games against Stevenson and Lehman as tune-ups for the upcoming playoffs.
Obituaries
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Musician, educator Lillian Rifkin, 95
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Fay Lewin really enjoyed life
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Schervier volunteer Betsy Moran
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Collector Francis Grosso Sr.
Daniel J. O'Connor Jr., Korean War veteran, 86
Daniel J. O’Connor Jr., 86, of the Bronx, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, with his daughters by his side.
Letters/Op-Ed
Police Beat
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Perp hauls off to break 5-0 record
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It's a step up from tire thefts, at least
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A new year brings new tire thefts here
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Masked burglars try a new year break-in
Back to school and taking up painting
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. But teach a man to fish, and he’ll likely break into your college to steal a shirt.
POLITICAL ARENA
Engel proud enemy of Citizens United
If there’s anyone fighting to end how political money is raised through the decade-old U.S. Supreme Court decision known as Citizens United, it’s U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel.