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The new Portland Loo bathroom at Joyce Kilmer Park has opened at a cost of $1 million as seen in this. -Photo by David Greene By David Greene  Bronx Voice   August 13, 2025 BRONX - The Parks Department has announced a new pilot program where five new public bathrooms will open across the city. The one Bronx bathroom at Joyce Kilmer Park has opened to mixed reviews—especially after residents learned of the $1 million price tag and patrons could be observed by sickos from outside the bathroom. On July 1, Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Parks Commissioner Iris Rodriguez-Rosa announced the installation of five new “Portland Loos” at a cost of $6 million as part of the “ We Outside Summer ” pilot program. A press release about the new program states that the bathrooms “get built faster and for a fraction of the cost.” The Adams Administration plans to spend $150 million in the construction of 46 new bathrooms and renovating 36 existing ba...
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2 Arrested in Fatal Stabbing in Pelham Bay

Cops Arrest 2 Teens in for Stabbing at MTA Bus Stop at Pelham Bay Station

The NYPD had released the photos of four suspects in the brutal fatal stabbing of Prince McMichael at the Pelham Bay train station. Two of the suspects have been arrested but it is unclear at this time which photos are of the captured suspects and the ones still at large.


By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

September 23, 2022


BRONX - Two down and two to go in the fatal stabbing of a Co-op City man at Pelham Bay Station. The NYPD announced the arrests of two teens for the murder and say the case is still ongoing.  


Cops arrested Angel Rivera, 19, and another unidentified 16-year-old male in the brutal stabbing across from Pelham Bay Park. Rivera was charged with murder, manslaughter, three counts of assault and two counts of gang assault. The unidentified minor was charged with manslaughter and two counts of gang assault. 


Cops say the investigation remains active and ongoing. Investigators would not comment further but the NYPD had released the photos of four young men in connection with the murder. 


Last week, police released the photos of four teens wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of 27-year-old Prince McMichael from Co-op City who was repeatedly stabbed outside a building at of Bruckner Boulevard and Wilkinson Avenue. 


 


The NYPD had released the photos of four suspects in the brutal fatal stabbing of Prince McMichael at the Pelham Bay train station. Two of the suspects have been arrested but it is unclear at this time which photos are of the captured suspects and the ones still at large.



Cops say the victim had gotten into an arguement with the suspects in front of the building at the Pelham Bay station. The group then repeatedly stabbed him. McMichael was pronounced dead at Jacobi Medical Center. 


The NYPD released surveillance video of the four suspects taken from inside an MTA bus. It is unclear if the photos were taken before or after the fatal stabbing. 


Anyone with information should call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls remain confidential.

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