Bronx Times: Your neighborhood, your newsBronx Times: Your neighborhood, your news
  • Home Pros
  • Jobs
  • News
    • All
    • By Neighborhood
    • Arts
    • Business
    • Coronavirus
    • Development
    • Education
    • En Español
    • Health
    • Lifestyle
    • Police & Fire
    • Politics
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Transit
  • Best of
  • Things to Do
    • Local Events
    • Post an Event
    • Business Events
    • Games
  • Contact Us
  • Subscribe
  • Our Network
    • amNY
    • Bronx Family
    • Brooklyn Paper
    • Brownstoner
    • Caribbean Life
    • Gay City News
    • QNS
  • Digital Editions
  • Print Subscriptions
  • Webinars
  • Podcasts
Bronx Times: Your neighborhood, your newsBronx Times: Your neighborhood, your news
  • Home Pros
  • Jobs
  • News
    • All
    • By Neighborhood
    • Arts
    • Business
    • Coronavirus
    • Development
    • Education
    • En Español
    • Health
    • Lifestyle
    • Police & Fire
    • Politics
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Transit
  • Best of
  • Things to Do
    • Local Events
    • Post an Event
    • Business Events
    • Games
  • Contact Us
  • Subscribe
  • Our Network
    • amNY
    • Bronx Family
    • Brooklyn Paper
    • Brownstoner
    • Caribbean Life
    • Gay City News
    • QNS
  • Digital Editions
  • Print Subscriptions
  • Webinars
  • Podcasts
Bronx Times: Your neighborhood, your newsBronx Times: Your neighborhood, your news
  • News
  • All
  • By Neighborhood
  • Arts
  • Business
  • Coronavirus
  • Development
  • Education
  • En Español
  •  
  • Health
  • Lifestyle
  • Police & Fire
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Transit
  • Things to Do
  • Local Events
  • Post an Event
  • Business Events
  • Games
  • Our Network
  • amNY
  • Bronx Family
  • Brooklyn Paper
  • Brownstoner
  • Caribbean Life
  • Gay City News
  • QNS
  • Home Pros
  • Jobs
  • Best of
  • Contact Us
  • Subscribe
  • Digital Editions
  • Print Subscriptions
  • Webinars
  • Podcasts

About the Author

Marina Samuel

Marina Samuel is a Bronx native and reporter at the Bronx Times. A 2025 graduate of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, she blends data and storytelling to dig into the policies and issues shaping her borough. Her work has also appeared in THE CITY, City Limits, and the Mott Haven Herald.

Héctor Lavoe.
Arts & Entertainment

Raúl Carbonell returns as Héctor Lavoe for one-night concert at Lehman Center

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
City and elected officials, advocates, and community board leaders break ground on a major infrastructure prpject to rehaul the 161st Streer corridor near Yankee Stadium.
Sports

Mamdani administration kicks off bus lane overhauls near Yankee Stadium ahead of Opening Day

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Bus fleet at West Farms Bus Depot in the Bronx.
Transit

MTA defends bus safety after union flags brake defects on Bronx buses

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi joins Rep. Ritchie Torres, Borough President Vanessa Gibson, Council Speaker Julie Menin, former Council Member Jimmy Vacca and others for a Women's History Month event on March 1, 2026.
Politics

EXCLUSIVE: Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorses Rep. Ritchie Torres in NY-15 reelection bid

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Members of the Bangladeshi Muslim community buy clothes on Chaand Raat for Eid.
Community Celebration

Bangladeshi communities in Castle Hill keep Chaand Raat tradition alive in the Bronx

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
A male red fox
Outdoors

Rescued red fox stowaway finds temporary home at the Bronx Zoo

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Bad Bunny doppelgängers line up to compete for the $500 prize.
Community Celebration

Bad Bunny lookalike contest brings energy back to the Hub

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
bronxweek_gibsonandhero_2e9934
Community Celebration

Bronx Week back on after cancellation, Borough President Vanessa Gibson announces

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Reps. Ritchie Torres and Hakeem Jeffries held a fireside chat in honor of Black History Month on Feb. 15, 2026.
Politics

EXCLUSIVE: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries endorses Rep. Ritchie Torres for re-election

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaking at the Rental Ripoff hearing in the Bronx.
Housing

Hundreds of Bronx tenants air grievances at Mamdani Rental Ripoff hearing

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Gov. Kathy Hochul speaking at Bronx Day in Albany, alongside Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson and State Sen. Nathalia Fernandez.
Business

Bronx Day in Albany returns, Gibson announces Bronx Week will proceed

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Willie Colon playing his trombone in front of a Puerto Rican flag.
Music

Fans mourn Bronx-born salsa legend Willie Colón at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
A large truck is towed from Bruckner Blvd. near Pelham Bay Park
Police & Fire

Assembly member Michael Benedetto-funded NYPD heavy duty tow truck targets illegally parked vehicles

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
_BAV2342 (1)
Our Forgotten Borough

OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | How do Bronx commuters grin and bear slow cross-borough travel?

By Marina Samuel & Emily Swanson Conversation…
Bus fleet at the West Farms bus depot.
Our Forgotten Borough

OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | Are Bronx riders on unsafe buses? Union blames a breakdown in maintenance

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson attends the annual Bronx Week Parade on Mosholu Parkway on Sunday, May 19, 2024.
Community Celebration

Bronx Week put on hold for 2026, Borough President’s Office cites fiscal challenges

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
1 … 7 8 9 10

Jobs in New York

Add your job

  • MDG Design + ConstructionM/WBE Work Opportunity
  • Zwirko Ortmann & Hugo Architects, P.C.Architectural Designer Residential
  • Lancaster Youth Forum PASales Representative

View all jobs…

Things to do in the Bronx

Post an Event

Root your feet in the grass and look out
Tomorrow, 11:30 am

Yoga in the Garden
Wave Hill

PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE OF SUNDAY, OCTOBER
Tomorrow, noon

Bushwick Uncovered: Brunch, Street Art & Open Studios
GraffTours

Amy Frey’s new play follows Samuel Tread
Tomorrow, 2 pm

Intended by Amy Frey
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum

Join us for a Meet the Artist program wi
Tomorrow, 2 pm

Meet the Artists: Melanie Brewster and Noormah Jamal
Wave Hill

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts pr
Tomorrow, 4 pm

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts presents Aida Cuevas & Flor de Toloache – An exquisite night of women in Mariachi!
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts

Solo and group exhibitions at Glyndor Ga
Oct. 22, 2 pm

Public Gallery Tour
Wave Hill

Once a small members-only breakfast, the
Oct. 23, 8:30 am

Bronx Chamber of Commerce Legislative Summit on 10/23
Maestro’s Caterers

BronxWorks will host the annual BronxWor
Oct. 24, 10 am

BronxWorks Monster Mash Hunger Dash 5K Fun Run/Walk
Orchard Beach Promenade

View All Events…

News

  • Police outside the East Fordham Road office of U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres on Oct. 16, 2026, after aides were exposed to a suspicious powder sent through the mail.Suspicious powder sent to Rep. Ritchie Torres’ Bronx office in latest mail scare targeting New York Democratic pols
  • Third on Bankside overlooking the South Bronx waterfront and Galesi Group-owned land on the Harlem River Yards. South Bronx Unite fears Prologis could bring Amazon warehouse to former New York Post printing plant
  • Multiple Tower Ladders knocked down the main body of fire at 1717 West Farms Road on Thursday morning. FDNY takes on two-alarm blaze at vacant West Farms commercial building
  • NYPL, and HPD celebrated the additional funding at St. John’s House II, an affordable housing development near Melrose Library where Neighborhood Internet was recently installed. After Marble Hill shooting, Mamdani urges parking lot owners to keep ICE out
  • Mamdani2026 Governor’s Race: Mamdani steps up role in Hochul campaign with new attack ad on ‘bad apple’ Blakeman

Things to do in the Bronx

Home Pros

More from Around NYC

Beaches Turks and Caicos
New York Family

Beaches Turks and Caicos: A Caribbean Resort Made for Families

NYU Langone Breast Cancer Dr. Elizabeth Comen
amNY

Breast cancer is hitting younger women. An NYU Langone oncologist says don’t wait to get checked.

Schneps Podcasts

The Reading Institute with Founder Dr. Katie Pace Miles

Kal Penn (left) stars as Dr. Sandeep Kapoor in "Trust Me, I'm a Doctor"
Gay City News

Q&A: Kal Penn on his first time playing gay character in ‘Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’

  • Account
  • About Bronx Times
  • Contact Us
  • Networking Events
  • Home Pros
  • Advertise
  • © 2026 Schneps Media
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Sitemap
  • Sections
  • Jobs
  • Home Pros
  • Events