Next Stop is a train ride into the heart of the Bronx during the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, one of the most violent and dangerous periods of New York City’s recent history. From one stop to the next, these memoirs follow Ivan Sanchez and his crew of friends on their search for identity and an escape from poverty in a stark world where all-night symphonies of crime and drug-fueled mayhem are as routine as the Number 4 train. Left alone in his Kingsbridge neighborhood—by choice—at fifteen, Ivan Sanchez feels free to finally follow his dreams of becoming a ghetto celebrity. But less than a decade later, nearly driven insane by the poverty, despair, and senseless violence and desperate to make a better life for his new family, Ivan leaves it all behind and moves to Virginia with his wife and daughter. Still haunted by the grotesque images and voices of the dead, this memoir is his effort to honor their memories while painting the darkest days of street life in hopes of derailing young and would-be gang bangers from their fast track to the end of the line.