Beware ring and robber

By Dan Gesslein

BRONX, NEW YORK, JULY 17- Pelham Bay residents are on the look out for a ring and robber.

Police released surveillance video of a woman they say pushed her way in to a home near Middletown Road. At around 1:30 p.m. on June 3, the woman rang the doorbell to a residence on Ericson Avenue. When the resident opened the door the woman forced her way inside. Cops say the suspect acted as if she had a gun and tried to remove property. The victim fought to woman off and she fled empty handed.

Investigators say the woman is a 28-year-old black woman with a thin build.

Anyone with information should call CRIMESTOPPERS at (800) 577-TIPS.

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto Crime Stoppers' website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577.

All calls are strictly confidential.

Pelham Bay News: Building the Future of Healthcare in the Bronx

Pelham Bay News: Building the Future of Healthcare in the Bronx: BRONX, NEW YORK, MAY 16- Simone Development Companies and Montefiore Medical Center joined local elected officials and communi...

Building the Future of Healthcare in the Bronx

BRONX, NEW YORK, MAY 16- Simone Development Companies and Montefiore Medical Center joined local elected officials and community leaders for a topping out ceremony marking the completion of the superstructure at Tower Two of Simone’s Hutchinson Metro Center.

The new tower, scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2014, is an 11-story, 280,000-square-foot building that Montefiore will lease in its entirety. It reflects an evolution in the delivery of healthcare, providing new space for multidisciplinary approaches to care and integrating technology that allows Montefiore to provide necessary treatments without the need for hospitalization.

"At our new Hutch Metro Center location, Montefiore will offer patient-centered, multidisciplinary care at a hospital without beds, bringing healthcare of tomorrow to patients from the Bronx and beyond,” said Steven M. Safyer, MD, president and CEO of Montefiore Medical Center. “We are reshaping outpatient care and expanding treatment options to improve results and speed recovery.”

Simone Development is using its healthcare expertise and specialized design skills to construct a building that meets Montefiore’s patient-focused specifications and unique structural requirements of the imaging and surgical floors. The state-of-the-art building will include an ambulatory surgery center, featuring 12 operating rooms and four procedure rooms; an advanced imaging center; onsite laboratory services and pharmacy; as well as new primary and specialty care practices. The initial lease agreement is for 16 years with the option to extend the lease or purchase the tower.

“Today is a great day for the future of healthcare. This topping out ceremony is major milestone on the path toward opening a truly revolutionary, first-of-its kind medical facility,” said Joseph Simone, president of Simone Development. “We are honored to partner on this project with a visionary organization like Montefiore, which will deliver world-class treatments through multidisciplinary teams right here in the Bronx”

The new tower will be adjacent to another building on the Simone Development site that is home to Montefiore’s Center for Orthopaedic Specialties. Together, this will create Montefiore’s fourth campus, to be called Hutchinson Campus, extending Montefiore’s care delivery network to a new area of the Bronx. This integrated network encompasses more than 130 locations, 50 advanced primary and specialty care centers, 19 school health clinics, a home health agency and four hospitals on three campuses, including the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and the recently opened Westchester Square emergency and ambulatory care center.

The new tower is another chapter in the continuing success of the Hutchinson Metro Center. The 42-acre suburban-style campus offers the finest Class A office space and a host of first-class amenities. The complex also offers free parking with more than 1,100 spaces and a complimentary shuttle service to nearby subway lines.

Pelham Bay News: Lehman High School baseball

Pelham Bay News: Lehman High School baseball: Lions Maul Kennedy Photo by Gerson Legend BRONX, NEW YORK, MAY 16- Lehman hosted Kennedy in a Bronx PSAL league game on Wed...

Lehman High School baseball

Lions Maul Kennedy

Photo by Gerson Legend

BRONX, NEW YORK, MAY 16- Lehman hosted Kennedy in a Bronx PSAL league game on Wednesday. The Pelham Bay high school beat Kennedy 5-2. Lehman has clinched a playoff spot finishing first in the Bronx A West.

Pelham Bay News: 1 Dead, 4 Injured in Country Club House Fire

Pelham Bay News: 1 Dead, 4 Injured in Country Club House Fire: By David Greene BRONX, NEW YORK, April 30- The fire marshal is currently investigating a house fire in the Country Club section that cl...

1 Dead, 4 Injured in Country Club House Fire

By David Greene

BRONX, NEW YORK, April 30- The fire marshal is currently investigating a house fire in the Country Club section that claimed the life of an
elderly woman and critically injured another.

Firefighters were called to the two-family home at 3205 Ampere Avenue at 7:40 a.m., on Tuesday, April 30. Within minutes of their arrival,
firefighters removed an 84-year-old woman and a 45-year-old male from the burning home.

Both were transported to Jacobi Hospital where the woman was pronounced dead and the man was reported to be in serious condition. The name of the victim was pending proper family notification.

According to the FDNY, three firefighter's suffered minor injuries.

According to one neighbor, the family had lived in the home for at least the last 30 years. The elderly woman, who had been sick recently, was somehow caring for her mentally disabled son.