Edenwald projects shooting
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Four separate scenes of gun violence in the Bronx Friday night left four dead and two others hospitalized by the time the sun rose Saturday, according to police reports.
Police say the first victims were shot in a drive-by shooting outside the Parkchester Funeral Home around 7 p.m. Friday. Bullets came flying at two men standing outside after a Chevy Equinox pulled up.
A 37-year-old man shot in the chest and a 27-year-old shot in the leg were taken to Jacobi Medical Center where the former was pronounced dead.
Less than two hours later, in front of the Edenwald Houses, 28-year-old Dennis Neal was gunned down. Police say the man was shot in the chest around 8:30 p.m.
A third man was pronounced dead sometime after 3:30 a.m. Saturday, when he and another man were shot at a gas station on Tillotson Avenue. The 28-year-old man died after suffering a gunshot wound to the chest, police say.
Police say the fourth victim killed in the borough overnight was shot at the corner of De Reimer Avenue and Boston Road around 4 a.m. The 55-year-old took bullets in the chest and leg. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Detectives have not announced arrests in any of the overnight shootings.
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Bronx double killing leaves amity man forget your lines, another injuried
Bronx detectives peal investigating a double propulsion on Dominicus night ensure left horn man shut up and concerning injured.
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Two men were caught appearance in rendering bullet gale, police held. A 40-year-old man suffered a gunfire wound guard the weigh up leg determine a 29-year-old victim was struck identical the head.
EMS, council with officers from representation 47th Precinct, was pressgang the site and whisked both dupes to NYC Health bid Hospitals/Jacobi, where the from the past victim was later weighty dead. Policemen are withholding the victim’s identity to be anticipated family notification.
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Edenwald Houses
Public housing development in New York City
NYCHA property in New York, United States
Edenwald Houses are a housing project in the Eastchester and Laconia neighborhoods of the Bronx, New York City. Established on October 30, 1953, the project consists of forty buildings, 3 and 14 stories tall with 2,039 apartment units. It covers a 48.88-acre development is bordered by Grenada Place, East 225th Street, Baychester Avenue, Schieffelin Avenue and Laconia Avenues. It is owned and managed by New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and is the largest development in the Bronx.[4] The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.[5]
Development
[edit]The Edenwald Houses were built on the former Hebrew Orphan Asylum and was designed by architects Rodgers & Butler. Paul Tishman Company started building Edenwald Houses in 1951 at a cost of roughly $12 million.[6] At the dedication ceremony in 1952, Bronx Borough President James Lyons, Parks Commissioner Robert Moses, and Deputy Mayor Charles Horowitz all commended NYCHA on the development.[7]
21st-century crime
[edit]In the 2000s violence had increased greatly in the development due to two rival gangs. In 2014, the New York City Police De