A fight broke out outside a McDonald\u2019s in West Farms less than an hour after the final school bell rang, spilling into a busy intersection and drawing a large crowd of teenagers.<\/p>\n
Video from the Citizen app shows dozens of teens flooding East Tremont Avenue, temporarily blocking traffic as punches were thrown. The situation escalated quickly before ending with an ambulance arriving on the scene.<\/p>\n
\u201cInstead of getting into fights, there is better things to do,\u201d Fran said, while leaving the fast-food place. \u201cHelp your family, get a job or something.\u201d<\/p>\n
The incident is the latest in a string of troubling encounters involving teenagers in the area.<\/p>\n
Just last week, three teens were slashed and robbed on a 2 train near Parkchester. Police sources say investigators are searching for eight suspects, including a 17-year-old, who were caught on surveillance video.<\/p>\n
In a separate case, also in West Farms, two 15-year-old boys were shot\u2014one of them in the head. Despite the severity of his injuries, the victim is now in stable condition. Police are still searching for the gunman.<\/p>\n
Parents in the neighborhood say the recent violence is leaving them on edge.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s dangerous. It makes you feel scared to be out here sometimes,\u201d one father said. \u201cAt certain times, you don\u2019t want to be outside your house.\u201d<\/p>\n
A nearby deli owner believes more direct intervention could help prevent future incidents, especially with spring break just days away.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey need to just talk to the kids,\u201d he said. \u201cFind out what\u2019s going on. Why are you like this? You OK? What\u2019s bothering you?\u201d<\/p>\n
But with spring break approaching, neighbors tell News 12 they’re only anticipating the teen brawls to grow with the temperatures. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fight broke out outside a McDonald\u2019s in West Farms less than an hour after the final school…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[42253,128,12858,7052,23794,9,24,63,72853,12413,12412,33560,129,131,130,2462],"class_list":{"0":"post-180449","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-brawl","9":"tag-bronx","10":"tag-fight","11":"tag-fights","12":"tag-mcdonalds","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-public-brawl","17":"tag-teen","18":"tag-teenager","19":"tag-teenagers","20":"tag-the-bronx","21":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","22":"tag-the-bronx-news","23":"tag-west-farms"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}