NYC students from K to 12 use Minecraft in the Battle of the Boroughs to design inclusive, green spaces and gain early experience in design and engineering.

“Kalaniyot” was the signature song of the wildly popular Israeli singer Shoshana Damari, who died in 2006. Designated as Israel’s national flower in 2013, it is usually translated as “poppy” in ...

A judge last week agreed to allow more time to determine whether a teenager accused of beating a 9-month-old baby to death in May is psychologically fit to stand trial. Martin … ...

1982 In memoriam On a Monday in mid-April when the sanctuary of Riverdale Temple is usually quiet, 600 mourners thronged to say farewell to David Stein, the founder of The Riverdale Press, … ...

New York City officials say the long-closed Van Cortlandt Park Stadium building is beyond repair and will require demolition, though funding and timelines for redevelopment of the historic Bronx site ...

Eliot Engel, the former Democratic congressman who represented Riverdale and other parts of the northern Bronx during his long political career, died April 10 at 79 years old.

Fourteen trafficked keel-billed toucans rescued at the U.S.-Mexico border have fully recovered at the Bronx Zoo, where conservation teams are also celebrating the birth of two endangered collared ...

Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy is hoping to add more spaces to the parking lots on its campus at the corner of West 254th Street and Palisade Avenue, but neighbors and the community board have not ...

At 10:03 a.m. Thursday, May 21, the New York Fire Department received a report of a fire at the Skyview apartment complex at 5900 Arlington Ave. in Riverdale. Dozens of people, along … ...

Spuyten Duyvil Shorefront Park has reopened trails after five years of restoration, with volunteers repairing trails, removing invasive species and improving public access to one of Riverdale’s most ...

Irma Clement celebrated her 105th birthday with Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters, marking 80 years of service, sisterhood, and a life lived with purpose.

Dedicated activists rallied outside a Citizens Bank branch on West 235th Street, urging the financial institution to divest from for-profit prison operators that run dozens of U.S. Immigration and … ...