Truck oops: Notify NYC sent out this message, "A vehicle struck a subway platform at 172nd St. and Southern Blvd. in BX. Disruptions on the 2 and 5 trains." And the MTA's NYC Transit Twitter says, "Crews working to cut trailer apart and away from the El @ 174th St & Southern Blvd (2,5). Hope to restore service soon after." But don't fear, 2 and 5 train riders, there is service...but there are delays: "2 & 5 restored in the Bronx between 149th St-Grand Concourse & E. 180th St. Truck removed, cables repaired. Expect delays." more ›

Cops in the Bronx fatally shot a man who had opened fire on them in the wee hours of yesterday morning. 31-year-old Oswaldo Sevilla had just gone out for a soda according to his roommate when police began receiving reports from neighbors in Longview that he had been firing a gun while walking on Southern Boulevard around 2:30 a.m. Two officers approached Sevilla while a crowd was gathered and he began walking away from them, clearly brandishing a weapon. As cops told him to drop it, Sevilla fired at them. They ducked behind a van just as two more officers were arriving on the scene. Both teams of officers shot back at Sevilla; witnesses claimed to hear over 30 shots total. As the cops undergo a routine inquiry by an internal shooting review board, one police source told the News, "This is as clean as it gets." Sevilla was a construction worker in Mott Haven who emigrated from Mexico as a teenager. A friend of his told the Times, “Something must have happened to him. That doesn’t sound like the man I know.” more ›

Fox 5 reports that over 140 firefighters are working to put out a three-alarm fire at a Bronx strip mall. Apparently the fire started at Urrego Alba Cleaners at 1105 Southern Boulevard and spread to other stores. Due to the FDNY activity, the 2 and 5 trains are suspended in both directions from 149th Street-3rd Avenue to East 180th Street, bypassing Jackson Avenue, Prospect Avenue, Intervale Avenue, Simpson Street, Freeman Street, East 174th Street, West Farms-East Tremont Avenue and East 180th. The MTA says customers should take the BX4, BX 19 or BX 21 bus for those stops--and to "Please expect delays in services on the 2 and 5 trains at this time." more ›