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2 days ago · We contacted the FDNY who kindly gave us the most recent statistics. In 2023, the FDNY responded to 9,522 fire call box alarms. Of those, 7,872 were malicious false alarms—almost 83%—and only ...
2 days ago · On neighborhood safety, 35.9% of Bronx respondents gave a rating of “Somewhat Safe” or “Very Safe” when asked about “walking alone in your neighborhood at night,” down from 52.1% in 2017. Bronx respondents who rated quality of life in NYC negatively, as “Poor,” increased from 16.5% in 2008 to 45.5% in 2023.
5 days ago · The five boroughs—The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island—were consolidated into a single city in 1898. With a population of approx 8,336,697 distributed over a land area of just 302.64 square miles, New York is the most densely populated major city in the US.
4 days ago · The Bronx. New York’s northernmost borough takes its name from a Swedish sea captain turned farmer, Jonas Bronck. Bronck purchased land and built a farmstead at what is now 132nd Street and ...
6 days ago · Five people were injured in an early morning fire in the Bronx, the FDNY says. Firefighters were dispatched to 1152 Arnow Ave. for a report of a fire in a cellar at around 6 a.m. Sixty fire and ...
4 days ago · 50 years ago the 23rd Street Fire, the second deadliest for the FDNY after 9/11 kills 12 firemen and consumes seven businesses near the Flatiron.
6 days ago · This was an amazing work of art," said Gov. Ned Lamont. Officials say the price tag on this project with cleanup and rebuild is $20 million. Sen. Richard Blumenthal says the federal government ...
