Longwood News – Bronx Times

Longtime friends Edgar Cruz and Leila Ramirez were laughing and dancing in the street Saturday, celebrating their shared Puerto Rican roots at the 2025 Longwood Festival in the South Bronx.

Community

2025 Longwood Festival: Salsa, Smiles, and Puerto Rican Pride

By Sadie Brown

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Housing

Permits filed for 4-story residential building with nine units in Longwood

By Ethan Marshall

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Courts

‘They took away all of her dreams’: Family grieves as teens sentenced for stray bullet death of 11-year-old Kyhara Tay

By Dean Moses

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Housing

Permits filed for 4-story residential building in Longwood

By Ethan Marshall

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Community

Council Member Salamanca holds budget oversight hearing on City’s housing goals

By Ethan Marshall

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Housing

Permits filed for expansion of 2-story Longwood residential building

By Ethan Marshall

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Community Service

CM Salamanca hosts coat and toy giveaway at NYCHA Bronx River Community Center

By Ethan Marshall

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Breaking

Bronx woman charged with abandoning newborn on Longwood doorstep

By Christian Murray

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Community Celebration

Infant found in tote bag in Bronx; police release video of woman who allegedly abandoned child

By Christian Murray & Emily Swanson

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Kids & Education

CM Salamanca cuts ribbon on new play space at his childhood school in Longwood

By Emily Swanson

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Kids & Education

CM Salamanca cuts ribbon to mark opening of auditorium at Longwood middle school

By Christian Murray

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Community

Council Member Salamanca Jr. hosts second part of 2024 Longwood Festival

By Ethan Marshall

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AMNY

Armed Bronx robbers sought for brazen summer stickup pattern

Crime scene in Bronx

AMNY

Bronx killer still at large for stabbing man dead during argument: cops

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Milkshake, beloved dachshund, dog-napped in Longwood

By Ben Brachfeld

New York City Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr. cuts the ribbon on the new laundry room at the Longwood Academy of Discovery on Friday, May 3, 2024.

Kids & Education

‘We saw an opportunity here’: Longwood elementary school opens laundry room for families in need

By Camille Botello

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