care center across the street
from where the proposed
men’s shelter every day, and
thinks is unfair because she
believes that a shelter for
single men will jeopardize
the safety of the seniors.
She said she feels that
there are so many people in
need, and that a family shelter
won’t pose a danger to the
public.
“I get chills thinking they
are going to put something
like that here,” said Ortiz of
the proposed men’s shelter.
Parkchester condominium
owner Doreen Golsby
said that she is concerned
it would make the value of
her property decrease, and
about safety – for both herself
and the people in her
community.
“I am looking over
my shoulder as it is,” said
Golsby, adding “If this is
built, a lot of people will be
in danger.”
She believes that the
shelter would necessitate
increased security for
Parkchester.
Samaritan Village refereed
questions about the shelter
to DHS.
In a statement, DHS noted
that they would be prioritizing
the placement of individuals
from the Bronx to the
shelter.
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Noëlle Santos, The Lit. Bar owner, and Borough President Diaz (l) cut the ribbon for the grand opening
of the Bronx’s only bookstore. Photo by Veronica Feliciano
The snazzy new Lit Bar offi cally
opens shelves on Alexander Ave.
BY ALEX MITCHELL
A place for literacy
has fi nally returned
to the Bronx and its
called The Lit Bar.
Marking its offi -
cial opening on 131
Alexander Avenue,
the years-long brainchild
of Soundview’s
own Noelle Santos
pairs the borough’s
only bookstore with a
snazzy and fun, spirited
bar for all.
Borough President
Ruben Diaz Jr.
watched and cheered
along with Santos as
she cut the ribbon
on her revolutionary
‘book and bar’ concept
along with many
notable Bronxites on
Saturday, April 27,
better known as National
Independent
Bookstore Day.
She took her inspiration
to open the
Borough President Diaz purchased copies
of Maya Angelou’s ‘Poems’ and ‘The Son Will
Rise In December’ by Eddie Pabon during the
bookstore’s grand opening celebration.
Photo by Veronica Feliciano
borough’s only independent
bookstore some years ago
when Barnes and Noble in
the Mall at Bay Plaza closed
permanently at the end of
2016.
It was a concept that began
like many start up businesses,
utilizing ‘pop up’
shops to gain interest and
fi nancial backing.
In Santos’ case, she
started her quest at the
Bronx Museum of the Arts
at the same time that B&N
had left the Bronx.
The Lehman College
graduate won the New York
Public Library and Citi
Foundation’s NYStartUp
business plan competition
over 358 startups within the
same period of time, propelling
her concept forward.
Some time after that,
her crowd-funding campaign
to “bring a goddamn
bookstore to the Bronx”
ended up raising a whopping
$170,000.
Fast forward to
2019, the little book
kiosk evolved into a
2,300-square-foot beautiful,
decorated space
of shelves that comprise
a rolling library
that the borough has
been so long deprived
of.
One of the borough’s
most talented
artists, Andre Trenier
was called on to do
the lifelike mural of a
woman holding a book
titled: ‘The Lit Bar by
Noelle Santos’.
In the back of all
that is where the more
fl uid portion of the
store begins. That’s
where a hybrid bar and
café sets an ambiance
unique to that of many
other bookstores.
From a bar with
the décor of stacks of
books, to comfortable
upholstered and cozy
chairs, to smartly placed
tabletops, the Lit Bar is
ready to do business Bronx
style.
Santos’ Lit Bar joins
a revitalized corridor of
unique Bronx businesses,
like next-door neighbor
Beatstro, a hip hop-themed
restaurant that pays homage
to the south Bronx.
Most of all, it returns a
much needed opportunity
to encourage reading in the
Bronx.
Community opposes shelter plan
A press conference led by Councilman Diaz and others on Thursday, April 25 that involved a protest of
the plan for the shelter as it now stands was just one of several events slated to occur regarding 2008
Westchester Avenue. Photo by Edward Watkins
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