The Bronx
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| Land area | 110 |
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| Zip code | 10465 |
| Population | 1. 471 million (2017) |
| Colleges and universities | Bronx Community College |
| Location statistical region population | 1.427 million |
| Citi | New York City |
| Highest elev | 280 ft |
| Name for | Jonas Bronck |
| Settl | 1639 |
| Area codes | Area code 718 |
| Area code 917 | |
| Sports teams | New York Yankees |
| New Amsterdam FC | |
| Fordham Rams men's basketball | |
| Fordham Rams women's basketball | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 680721 |
About The Bronx
The Bronx is a borough of New York City. It's known for Yankee Stadium, the home field of the New York Yankees baseball team. Dating from 1899, the vast Bronx Zoo houses hundreds of species of animals. Nearby, the sprawling New York Botanical Garden features a landmark greenhouse with rainforest and cactus displays. By the Hudson River, Wave Hill is a landscaped public garden with wooded paths and a cultural center. ― Google
Where is the The Bronx
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... New York police named the suspect as 39-year-old Courtney Gordon, who had one prior arrest for domestic violence in The Bronx...
Owner's husband arrested in Bronx nursery fentanyl child death
... Felix Herrera-Garcia was on the run after he was caught on camera fleeing The Bronx nursery with large bags...
Third arrest made in New York fentanyl nursery child death
... Large quantities of narcotics were found in a search of The Bronx nursery...
Nursery boy's fentanyl death provokes horror in Bronx
...By Madeline HalpertBBC News, New YorkRosa passes Divino Niño Daycare every day on her way to work at her own childcare centre in the northern New York City borough of The Bronx...
New York Police find drugs in trapdoor at fentanyl daycare
... Three other children were admitted to hospital after being exposed to the powerful narcotic at the centre in The Bronx...
Child fentanyl death: Police seek husband of NYC nursery owner
... Three children were revived with Narcan, an overdose reversing drug, after police were called to the Divino Niño nursery in The Bronx on Friday night...
Fentanyl found under nap mats at New York nursery kills child - US officials
... Police believe the children, ranging in age from 8 months to two years old, inhaled the powerful narcotic drug at The Bronx nursery last week...
Hip-hop at 50: The artists mixing it up and moving it forward
... It started in The Bronx, in New York, in August 1973, when funk and soul DJ Kool Herc mixed two records together...
New York Police find drugs in trapdoor at fentanyl daycare
Police have found a " large quantity" of fentanyl, other narcotics, and drug paraphernalia hidden in a trapdoor at a New York City daycare where a boy died from fentanyl exposure.
Photos released by New York City Police Department show More Than a dozen plastic bags filled with brown and white powders.
The Investigation is ongoing, police said.
A one-year-old died of a suspected drug overdose at the daycare Last Friday .
Nicholas Dominici had been at the Divino Niño nursery for just a week.
Fentanyl had been hidden in The Nap room under a mat as he slept, police said.
Three other children were admitted to hospital after being exposed to the powerful narcotic at the centre in The Bronx .
The nursery's owner, Grei Mendez, 36, and her tenant, Carlisto Acevedo Brito, 41, are facing federal charges of narcotics possession " with intent to distribute resulting In Death , and conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting In Death " according to federal prosecutors.
" We allege The Defendants poisoned four babies, and killed one of them, because they were running a drug operation from a daycare centre, " Manhattan US Attorney Damien Williams said This Week .
Both Ms Mendez and Mr Brito were indicted by a Grand Jury earlier on Thursday.
A lawyer for Ms Mendez said his client denied the charges and was unaware that drugs were being kept in the nursery.
Police said the drugs recovered could have killed 500,000 people. Investigators also allegedly discovered three presses used to package kilos of drugs.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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