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Bronx Local News: Bodega Beat Down, Man Hit with Baseball Bat and Golf Club

NYPD Searching for 2 Men in Connection with Violent Beating in which the Victim was Hit with a Bat and a Golf Club  By Dan Gesslein  Bronx Voice  November 19, 2025  BRONX LOCAL NEWS - A Bronx man was viciously beaten with a baseball bat and a golf club outside a Soundview bodega.  Investigators are still trying to determine a motive.   At around 3:30 am on November 16, a 30-year-old man was standing in front of a bodega at 1186 Evergreen Avenue. Cops said without warning two men ran up behind the victim and began smashing him in the head and throughout the body with a baseball bat and a golf club. The attackers then ran off.  The victim was rushed by EMS to Jacobi Hospital where he is listed in critical but stable condition. The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspects.  The first alleged attacker is described as a male with a medium complexion with a slim build and long hair. He was last seen wearing a white jacket wit...

Man Killed Crossing Bronx River Parkway

Emergency vehicles responding to a pedestrian struck crossing the Bronx River Parkway. -Citizens App


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

October 18, 2022 


BRONX - A Bronx man was struck and killed by a car as he attempted to cross the Bronx River Parkway in the dark. 





At around 5:29 am on October 18, officers responded to an emergency call found a 65-year-old man struck by a car on the northbound Bronx River Parkway at Allerton Road. 


According to the NYPD, an investigation determined that the 65-year-old man was trying to cross the northbound Bronx River Parkway when he was struck by a car traveling northbound on the parkway. Responding EMS pronounced the victim dead at the scene. 




The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene and the case is still under investigation by the NYPD's Highway Collision Investigation Squad. 


The fatal accident snarled traffic during the early morning rush hour as officials investigated the circumstances of the pedestrian’s death. Traffic backed up to the Cross County Parkway. And officials say the accident impacted slowdowns on the New York State Thruway and the Saw Mill Parkway from drivers trying to navigate around the Bronx River Parkway backup.




Police would not comment as to why the victim was trying to cross the parkway in the dark. Cops say the victim tried to cross the highway. One published report said the victim tried to run across the busy roadway in the dark this morning.


A driver navigating the parkway traffic posted pictures from the scene on Citizens App.

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