A man plunges a hypodermic needle into the neck of a woman at the entrance to the Third Avenue–149th Street station in The Hub on Sunday, December 29, 2024 in the Bronx, N.Y. The Hub, located at the intersection of East 149th Street and Third Avenue, is one of the Bronx’s busiest shopping districts, extending through parts of Mott Haven, Melrose, and Morrisania. According to U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, it has also become an open-air drug market and the focal point of the fentanyl crisis in the area.