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Firefighters battle a three alarm fire at 920 Sumitt Ave. on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024.

UPDATED: Fire at three-story Highbridge building that injured six was caused by a lithium-ion battery

By Lloyd Mitchell and Camille Botello

Aaron Boone Greets NYPD Staff

Around Town

Yankees, NYPD’s 44th Precinct, Food Bank for New York City provide holiday groceries and toys to Bronx families

By Bronx Times

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Bronxites, Manhattanites celebrate the 175th anniversary of The High Bridge, NYC’s oldest standing bridge

By Robbie Sequeira

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Transit

Revel mopeds (partially) return to the Bronx following more than year-long suspension

By Aliya Schneider

NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue and Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson attend the ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly constructed Corporal Irwin Fischer Park alongside community members.

News

Empty lot in Highbridge transformed into Corporal Irwin Fischer Park

By Bronx Times

Tower Ladders 44 and 45 operates their streams to knock down heavy fire in two vacant buildings at 1041 and 1043 Odgen Avenue in the Highbridge section of the Bronx

Early morning fire breaks out at two vacant Highbridge buildings

By Lloyd Mitchell

More than 100 firefighters from 25 units respond to a fire in Soundview on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023.

Highbridge fires last week underscore traffic and accessibility issues for first responders

By Camille Botello

A surveillance photo shows a man who is wanted for shooting two men in a Highbridge robbery

Would-be thief shoots two in Highbridge robbery

By Emily Davenport

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Fire in Highbridge building kills one, injures three others: NYPD

By Emily Davenport

Surveillance photos show the man wanted for robbing and assaulting a woman in a Highbridge apartment building.

Man follows woman into Highbridge apartment building to rob and assault her: NYPD

By Emily Davenport

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AMNY

Suspect booked on murder charges after man, 62, found dead in Bronx basement

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AMNY

Bronx man fatally stabbed peacemaker who tried to break up fight over noise complaint, cops allege

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AMNY

SEE IT: Bronx shooters slay scooter-riding man in broad daylight

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Transit

High Bridge open until 10 p.m. through September following request from Gibson, Stevens and Manhattan pols

By Aliya Schneider

Highbridge, pedestrian bridge

Health

Highbridge sees second death in Legionnaires’ disease outbreak as bacteria source is now remediated

By Aliya Schneider

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Health

Legionnaires’ disease cases rise in Highbridge neighborhood as city health officials continue outbreak probe

By Christian Falcone & Robbie Sequeira

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