Bronx News Roundup Sept. 25

A group of students from St. Catharine Academy have been raising money for rape victims in Congo.

Two dozen tenants living in rundown 806 E. 175th St. were in housing court yesterday. The building has 270 Code C violations (the worst kind); tenants want the landlord to make the necessary repairs.

A condominium building on Bristow Street (near Crotona Park) has received an honorable mention in a prestigious "Green Building" competition.

The northeast Bronx neighborhood of Pelham Bay gets a glowing write-up in am New York's weekly real estate section. More here on Boogiedowner.

Maria, an endangered Cuban crocodile who has spent the last 30 years of her life in the Bronx Zoo, has moved to Miami to live out her "golden years."

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Mount Hope Housing Company is holding an event tonight at the Davidson Center (1822 Davidson Ave.). It starts at 6 p.m. There will be music, speeches, and free food.

Also tonight, a public hearing to address residents' concerns about the building of a citywide homeless intake center on Walton Avenue in Concourse Village. More here. Residents opposing the project have the support of Community Board 4 and State Senator Jose M. Serrano.