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Bronx Events: Puerto Rican Festival at Roberto Clemente Park

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By GIOVANNY FAUSTO PINTOThis Sunday marks the 54th National Puerto Rican Day Parade, a time-honored tradition where Puerto Rican residents in the Bronx and the across the city come out to celebrate their heritage. This year’s grand marshals are Robert I. Unanue, President of Goya Foods, Inc., and Carlos ?Unanue, President of Goya Foods Puerto Rico. The Parade kicks off at 11 a.m. at Fifth Avenue and 44th Street, and ends at Fifth Avenue and 79th Street. If you need any flags, necklaces, or other swag to showcase your Puerto Rican

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Bronx News Roundup, Friday, June 10

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Happy Friday, ladies and gentlemen of the Bronx and beyond, let’s get down to business. Weather: It may be cooler today, but there’s definitely still some sticky humidity lingering. A slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon before we head into a weekend full of clouds, rain and, thankfully, much cooler temperatures.Story of the Day: Four Injured in Castle Hill BBQ ShootingI hate (and I don’t use that word lightly) making gun violence the subject of our Story of the Day. It feeds into the worldwide-held stereotype of the Bronx as a crime-ridden blight on the rest of New York City. There are other positive, compelling, fun and substantive conversations we should be having.

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Piano for Public to Arrive in Oval Park on June 18

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Last summer, as part of the Sing for Hope program, a piano arrived in Sachkerah Woods Playground in the Norwood section of Van Cortlandt Park (see photo above by David Greene). This year, the destination is Williambridge Oval. It was supposed to appear near the new playground on June 18, but some final punch-list construction items under way there (the Parks Department says the playground, spray showers, and basketball courts, will be open by the end of June) make that location unlikely. The Parks Department tells us though that the piano is definitely Oval bound, and though they won’t know the location until the last minute, it may go in front of the benches at the Reservoir Oval West entrance. Unfortunately, last year, the pianos suffered from vandalism in two Bronx Parks, including Sachkerah Woods.