The Bronx DA's office previously announced that the police officers who beat 19-year-old Bronx resident Jateik Reed in January weren't being investigated for committing a crime, despite the fact that authorities dropped the drug-related charges against Reed. That may change now that NY1 has obtained a surveillance tape that shows that police likely did not have reasonable suspicion to stop Reed, contradicting sworn police statements that Reed had bags of drugs that he threw on the ground. more ›

Two off-duty police officers were involved in a shootout with a 19-year-old in the Bronx last night. According to the NYPD the officers, who have not been identified, were off-duty and heading home after their tours around 8 p.m. when they say they noticed a young man firing a gun into St. James Park in the Bronx. When they approached him, he fled. Then, he reportedly turned around and fired at the officers. more ›

On Sunday, a minivan carrying a family of seven flew off the Bronx River Expressway and fell 60 feet, killing four adults and three children. Critics noted that there have been many accidents at that stretch of the BRE, and the AAA said the guardrails were inadequate. Yesterday, crews started to make improvements to the dangerous road. more ›

The NYPD is asking for the public's help in identifying 12 teenaged suspects accused of robbing and assaulting two other teen girls on a southbound 4 train in March. There was hair-pulling and French fries-stealing. more ›

Seven people are dead after a car plunged over 100 feet off the Bronx River Parkway and landed in a ravine early this afternoon. According to an NYPD spokesperson, the car was carrying four adults and three children and was traveling southbound on the Bronx River Parkway when it hit the median, swerved across all lanes of traffic and went over the railing, landing in a ravine just south of the Bronx Zoo. more ›

A 19-year-old Bronx teen is in critical condition after he was stabbed repeatedly during a subway fight over an iPhone early yesterday morning. Police have now arrested 22-year-old Victor Montalvo and 21-year-old Maritza Lopez in the stabbing of teen Alexander Herald; both have been charged with attempted murder, assault, criminal possession of a weapon, harassment and disorderly conduct. Below, you can see a surveillance video of the suspects. more ›

A 19-year-old Bronx teen is in critical condition after he was stabbed repeatedly during a subway fight over an iPhone early this morning. According to police, the incident happened at the Fordham train station just after 4 a.m. today—the victim is currently in critical but stable condition at St. Barnabas hospital after suffering multiple stab wounds in the face and body during the scuffle. more ›

Last week, a 26-year-old Bronx man on his way home from work was fatally shot by a robber who was after his iPhone. Now police have arrested two men in the death of chef Hwangbum Yang—and police got the break in the case either after someone tried to register the stolen phone, or actually used the phone. more ›

Just after midnight on Thursday, a 26-year-old Bronx man on his way home from work was fatally shot by a robber who was after his iPhone. Hwangbum Yang, a culinary-school graduate who taught Sunday school, had just started working at The Modern (the Danny Meyer restaurant at MoMA) in February. “He dreamed of becoming a famous chef here in New York so that he could go back to Korea and be very successful,” his mother, Hyun Sub Yang, told the Post through a translator. more ›

A 26-year-old Bronx man on his way home from work was fatally shot early this morning by a robber who was after his iPhone. Police say Hwang Yang was held at gunpoint by the suspect at the corner of Cambridge Avenue and West 232 Street around 12:30 a.m.—it's unclear what exactly happened, but the suspect shot Yang once at close range. According to the News, one witness heard the shot and "saw the thug walk up to Yang’s body, kick him over, rifle through his pockets and snatch his iPhone." more ›

A man was struck and killed by a car as he attempted to cross the Bruckner Expressway early this morning. Police responded to a 911 call on the expressway in the vicinity of White Plains Road at around 5:20 a.m. and found that a 36-year-old man had been attempting to cross the expressway from the south end to the north, and was hit by an eastbound 1998 Toyota Camry. The man was transported to Jacobi Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The driver was also transported to the hospital and treated for minor injuries. No criminality is suspected, and the investigation is ongoing. more ›

A former private school instructor at Riverdale Country School has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student. Richard Hovan, 30, who graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his undergraduate degree and from Columbia University for his master's, pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of criminal sex act and endangering the welfare of a child. However, prosecutors say Hovan's relationship with the student began when she was just 15. more ›

Tim Tebow, we warned you that New Yorkers hate you. But Tim Tebow got his first taste of NYC haterade during the Yankees-Angels game yesterday, when he was at Yankee Stadium. more ›

Over 200 firefighters responded to a four-alarm fire that broke out in a multi-family home in the Van Nest section of the Bronx yesterday. Eighteen firefighters were injured, including two who were inside the building when it partially collapsed. One resident said, "The fire was so huge. It was spreading. I was crying, screaming." more ›

Two pedestrians are in critical condition after being struck in a hit-and-run in the Bronx early this morning. Around 5:38 a.m. authorities found a male and female in their mid-20s lying in the intersection of White Plains Road and Bruckner Boulevard. EMS transported the pair to Jacobi Hospital. Police say that the vehicle involved was traveling westbound on Bruckner Boulevard, and has been described as a white or grey SUV. more ›

And after two years, we've got ourselves another solid daycare/drug den story. Yesterday the DEA recovered 122,000 illegal pills including Ecstasy, Percocet, Viagra and Xanax from four locations in the Bronx as part of a drugs-through-the-mail scheme. And, oh yeah, one of those locations was a home that also served as a day care center. After all, an important life lesson for tots is knowing your E from your Xanax. more ›

The so-called "Vaseline Bandit" has been busted. Police this morning arrested Luis Gonzalez, the 40-year-old man they say was behind a string of robberies in Inwood and Washington Heights. His MO, according to authorities, was to smear petroleum jelly on apartment door peepholes to obscure his face in case neighbors were watching before breaking locks. more ›

An assistant principal of a Bronx elementary school was arrested earlier today for two counts of sexual abuse. 59-year-old Joseph Ponzo, who has worked at PS 106 in Parkchester since 2008, allegedly fondled two students, ages 10 and 11, on their chests and over their shirts, on March 27. more ›

The knife-wielding woman accused of chasing a 20-year-old woman and causing her to fall 14 stories to her death was arraigned in court yesterday on murder and manslaughter charges. Sienna Edwards was trying to deliver birthday presents to her boyfriend's cousin's child on Thursday night when 23-year-old Kenya Edmonds (the mother of that child) allegedly attacked her. Edwards was able to call 911, the boy's father Carl Purcell, and her boyfriend as she was being chased: “She sounded really frantic and afraid,” boyfriend Timothy Smith told The Post. “She was saying: ‘They have knives to my neck’...I heard one of the girls say: ‘You’re leaving here in a body bag.’ ” more ›

Two city teachers were arrested Friday evening for DWI after police noticed one of them vomiting on the side of the road. more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] The NYPD and Coast Guard are searching the water under the Throgs Neck Bridge, which connects the Bronx and Queens, after a worker fell into the water this morning. The unidentified worker fell somewhere near the middle of the bridge around 8 a.m. Sources tell NBC New York he was changing his harness and the platform he was on gave way. more ›

Early this morning, a driver going south on the northbound side of I-95 crashed into a tractor trailer which was going north before 2:30 a.m. in the Bronx. The wrong-way driver was pronounced dead at the scene, and it turns out he was a Bronx resident and off-duty Mount Vernon cop. more ›

A jury of eight men and four women have convicted 28-year-old Michael Pena of three counts of predatory sexual assault, which carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. However, the jury remains deadlocked on the rape charge, and according to the AP, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Richard Carruthers instructed them to keep deliberating on other unresolved charges, including rape. The Post reports that the 25-year-old victim "burst into audible, gasping sobs" when the jury foreman announced that their deliberations kept resulting in deadlock. more ›

Decades ago the Andrew Freedman Home in the Bronx had a singular purpose: to keep wealthy people in the standard of living that they were used to in case they ever went broke. But now, rich people are all too big to fail so the giant mansion fell into disrepair. The Jewish Daily Forward documents the property's transformation into a community center and temporary art gallery. See if you can spot any of the ghosts of the "Cultured Poor" lurking in the decrepit hallways (hint: they wear monocles). more ›