Bronx

In the early days of 2023, while nurses were striking at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, 4-month-old baby Noah Morton died while in the hospital’s care. He was suffering from a complex heart condition in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), but his parents always questioned the sudden death.   They believed their baby had been stable and even progressing....

More than a half-dozen people, most of them firefighters, were hurt Friday when a five-alarm blaze erupted at an apartment building in the Bronx, officials say. Dozens of families — about 150 people — are displaced. Authorities responding to a call about a fire on Wallace Avenue shortly before 2 a.m. found flames on the top floor of the six-story…

Romney Smith reports on the apartment building inferno in the Bronx.

Erica Byfield with the latest for NBC New York. 

Ida Siegal with the latest for NBC New York. 

Police are searching for a person who abandoned a newborn baby. A man found the baby girl wrapped in blankets inside a tote bag. News 4 New York’s Erica Byfield reports. 

Six people, including a 12-year-old girl, were shot Monday afternoon in the Bronx, according to the NYPD. In addition to the girl, her mother and four men sustained gunshot wounds and are being treated at a local hospital, police said. The shooting happened just before 5 p.m. at 3544 White Plains Road. Police officials said one of the intended targets…

A newborn baby was discovered over the weekend in the Bronx, abandoned and left inside a tote bag, police said. The baby was found early Sunday morning outside a home on Reverend James A Polite Avenue in the East Tremont neighborhood. The infant was wrapped in a blanket inside the tote bag, according to the NYPD. Authorities believe the baby…

People line up at historic Arthur Avenue to secure their holiday staples.

Intense video showed the damages caused by a huge water main break in the Bronx Monday night. The water main, which was installed back in 1890, ruptured along Webster Avenue — and it could take days to cleanup the mess left. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

An overnight water main break in the Bronx caused serious property damage to cars, businesses and ground-level apartments — and authorities warn it could take days to clear up. No one was hurt when the 48-inch main on Webster Avenue, from Bedford Park Boulevard to Mosholu Parkway, ruptured Monday night, but it took until 5 a.m. Tuesday, about nine hours,…

Tracie Strahan reports.

Here are the latest details after the drug bust in the Belmont section of The Bronx. 

Coach Dwight Downer had just parked his car and was taking the short walk home last weekend when he was hit and killed by a driver in a tragic crash. The youth football coach volunteered his time as a coach with the Bronx Buccaneers Youth Football Program and the teams at Dewitt Clinton High School. “I always say, I got…

A man who volunteered his time to coach youth football in the Bronx is being mourned by loved ones and players alike. Coach Dwight Downer had just parked his car when he was hit and killed by a driver. News 4’s Jessica Cunnington reports.

A man died Saturday after he was assaulted in the Bronx by his landlord, police sources told News 4. The law enforcement sources said the landlord beat his tenant, 30-year-old Kristopher Samaroo, over unpaid rent. The deadly assault happened at a home off the Throgs Neck Expressway. Samaroo died at a nearby hospital. The NYPD announced two arrests on Sunday….

Police said a little girl was outside with her mom, just steps from her home in the Bronx, when a man on a scooter hit the 3-year-old and leaving her with a fractured skull. The hit-and-run happened Friday afternoon in the Williamsbridge section of the Bronx. The family of Myli Rojas said they are hoping for the best after the…

A man is wanted for allegedly knocking a girl down outside her Bronx home the day after Thanksgiving, leaving her bleeding on the street. News 4’s Charles Watson reports. 

Officers shot a suspect who flashed a gun at them just blocks away from a playground in the Soundview neighborhood in the middle of the afternoon. NBC New York’s Chris Jose reports.

Two NYPD officers fired their weapons at a gun-wielding suspect in the Bronx, with one of the shots striking the man in the leg, according to a law enforcement source.