Elected offi cials want colonial era lane added to city blocks
Neighbor Luis Malave gestures towards a sinkhole fi lled with water along the stretch of the state-owned road
known as Old Post Road parallel to Broadway near West 251st Street.
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til the sinkhole opened and
other fl ooding occurred over
the past year, garbage pick-up
used to take place there, said
Malave.
Malave and some neighbors
brought Assemblyman
Jeffrey Dinowitz and Councilman
Andrew Cohen to the site
on January 18th, both of who
are pushing the city to take
over stewardship of the strip
of land.
Dinowitz and Cohen have
petitioned New York state under
the New York Public Land
Law Section 34 to sell the land
to the city. A single dollar is
all that’s needed for the city to
purchase the land and turn it
over to DOT.
The land is currently under
the jurisdiction of the NYS
Offi ce of General Services, according
Dinowitz said that the state
is willing to surrender its
ownership.
The assemblyman said that
he believes that the city needs
to take over the care of the
road, which runs north from
West 251st Street for a block,
and added he believes that the
city has an obligation to fi x it,
noting that they maintain all
nearby streets.
“The disastrous condition
of Old Albany Post Road
has plagued our community
for long enough,” said Dinowitz.
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A boondoggle of a street
that’s a remnant of the borough’s
past is causing some
real-life pain today.
An unpaved road called Old
Albany Post Road, which may
be part of a colonial era road
that linked New York with Albany
according to neighbors,
has fallen into disrepair and
concerned citizens are urging
the NYC Department of Transportation
to take over the care
and maintenance of the block
long stretch.
It is currently unpaved and
recently became prone to fl ooding,
said activist Luis Malave,
adding that the construction
of a retaining wall on a nearby
property may have contributed
to the situation.
The lane, running parallel
to Broadway just steps away
from Van Cortlandt Park, had
a water fi lled crater 15 feet in
length not far from where the
road meets West 251st Street
and a clogged storm drain
nearby when concerned residents
notifi ed the city on Friday,
January 18.
Residents use Old Albany
Post Road to access garages
at nearby properties. Un-
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Dinowitz said that the
lengthy puddle has jolted
many an unsuspecting motorist,
sometimes damaging the
vehicles, and that other motorists
have had to contend with
its many large potholes. Illegal
dumping is another concern.
“This stretch of road is
a blight on our community
that erodes people’s faith in
government,” said Dinowitz.
“New York City and New
York state must fi nd a solution
without further delay to bring
Old Albany Post into a state of
good repair.”
Cohen said that state has
not been a good steward of the
land, and thinks making it a
city street with local services
is the right thing to do as a
practical matter.
“While NYC DOT is studying
it, the people here have an
untenable situation, so we are
hoping to get swift action,”
said Cohen, adding “The city
is in better position to take
ownership of this road, build
it out and maintain it.”
The assemblyman added
that the standing water on the
road will become a breeding
ground for mosquitoes and
thus a health hazard.
A spokeswoman for DOT
said they are still studying the
issue.