Fordham

Faith in a comfort zone

2005-04-06 00:00:00

A decade ago, a resolute R&B singer from New Jersey released her debut album on a fledgling music label run by a producer whom she heard would be big. That same year, she met -- and, nine days later, married -- a portly rapper from Brooklyn whom she...

Lehigh's 2013 football schedule: Lots of trips to NY and NJ

2013-03-12 16:22:05

Bronx Family Of 5, Including 3 Children, Injured In Apartment Fire

2012-06-09 14:25:00

Five members of a Bronx family -- including a 3-month-old boy - are in the hospital following a fire that broke out early Saturday morning in the kitchen of their Fordham Heights apartment. It happened around 3:15 a.m. According to police and eyewitness...

Scorching Heat Sends New Yorkers To Cooling Centers

2012-06-20 07:01:00

Those struggling in the heat in the Bronx head to the cooling center on East 181st Street in Fordham to find relief. As the temperature skyrockets, more and more cooling centers open up. Most can be found at community or senior centers throughout the...

Bronx Crash Funeral: Deep Tragedy Tempered By Generosity

2012-05-04 15:34:00

A processional of sadness drove up Castle Hill Avenue in the Bronx Friday morning. Seven hearses in a row carried three generations of one family, who'd perished in a horrific car crash last Sunday. Minutes before the start of the 10:00 A.M. funeral...

Concrete Barriers Installed Along Bronx Parkway Where 7 Were Killed

2012-05-02 15:53:00

Three days after 7 people were killed when their SUV broke through a guardrail along the Bronx River Parkway, the state announced plans to install concrete barriers along the outside lanes of the roadway. A speed-limit reduction for the route is also...

Hip Hop Stars, Athletes Make A 'Push For Peace' To Combat Street Violence

2012-04-30 14:34:00

In an effort to educate young people, giving them the tools to combat ongoing violence plaguing their communities, an array of famous faces converged in the Bronx this past weekend with one common goal. Called "Push For Peace," the positive show and...

Police Hunt Man Suspected Of Robbing, Stabbing Victim For Cellphone

2012-04-28 16:02:00

Police are looking for the man police say robbed another of his cellphone while he was sleeping on board a Manhattan-bound Number 4 train, then stabbed the victim after he caught him red-handed. This was early Saturday morning about 4 a.m. at the...

11-Year-Old Bronx Boy Struck By Stray Bullet

2012-01-06 10:02:00

An 11-year-old boy was hit by a stray bullet in his Fordham apartment Thursday night. According to the NYPD, three shots were fired just after 10:30 p.m. in the second floor hallway of 2735 Creston Avenue in the Bronx. One bullet went through the child'...

Man Stomped On Train "Because I'm White"

2011-07-18 14:09:00

"I asked them to lower their voices and then they started in on me, 'Shut the f--- up, white boy. We'll beat the s--t out of you, cracker.'" Jason Fordell, 29, of the Bronx, said that was the first exchange he had with three black men and a Hispanic...

Cops Searching For Suspects Who Fatally Beat Elderly Man

2011-11-03 10:06:00

Cops were on the hunt Thursday for two men who brutally beat a 59-year-old as he was in the middle of moving out of his Bronx apartment. According to authorities, Bimal Chanda succumbed to his injuries Wednesday, upgrading what started as a brutal...

On The Chopping Block: List Of Academically At-Risk Schools Out

2011-11-04 00:02:00

A new list of academically troubled New York City schools is out, and while parents and students citywide are wondering what their school's fate is, the new list is hitting one neighborhood particularly hard. The building that houses Wadleigh High School...

The NYPD investigate a triple homicide that occured inside of 2427 Webster Avenue in the Fordham section of the Bronx.

2005-09-21 00:00:00

A young mother and her two children stroll on East Fordham Rd in the Bronx past gift baskets prepared of Mother's Day items.

2005-05-08 00:00:00