DOT’S MP AVE.
PLAN OPPOSED
Residents will go to
court to stop ‘road diet’
Throggs Neck is ready for
Mayor de Blasio’s BID approval
BY ALEX MITCHELL
It’s fi nally coming. The long
awaited business improvement
district for Throggs Neck was
approved by the city’s Committee
on Finance on Wednesday
November 28; representing the
penultimate step in s long and arduous
process, that will conclude
when the mayor signs it into law.
For Throggs Neck, the corridor
of East Tremont Avenue from
Bruckner Boulevard to Miles Avenue
will become the 76th BID in
New York City as of the new year
and the 11th in the borough, and
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Throggs Neck Merchants Association
president Bob Jaen couldn’t
be more elated.
“Now we want to see the big
footprint stores come in,” Jaen
said, noting the community’s eagerness
to support local retail,
especially as far as food service
goes.
“That’s what people know the
area for, people know your name
and remember your face, we
would like to see more of that and
continue to bring in powerful retailers,”
the president added.
Orchard
Beach
renovations
discussed
BY ALEX MITCHELL
How about a beer garden or
a seasonal holiday village at a
year-round operated Orchard
Beach? These ideas, as well as
others, may be included in the
next renovation of the Bronx
Riviera.
After announcing a $60 million
revamp of the Bronx funspot,
NYC Parks Department
held a listening session at Lehman
High School to get community
feedback on how to better
the summertime oasis on Tuesday,
December 4.
In what Bronx Parks Commissioner
Iris Rodriguez-Rosa
called the fi rst community ‘say
so’ regarding Orchard beach
since 1936, the plan for renovation
was announced that would
be completed in two phases over
the next four years: the rehabilitation
of the vacant, city landmarked
pavilion as well as the
repurposing of beach’s south
yard.
Similar to the Jones Beach
pavilion on Long Island, when
Robert Moses designed the original
structure in 1937, it had been
used as both a bathhouse and
cafeteria space. Most current
day beachgoers would like to see
the former use brought back.
Even Borough President Ruben
Diaz Jr. frustratingly contrasted
Orchard Beach to Brooklyn’s
Coney Island in regards to
the quality of entertainment and
amenities offered.
While Parks had proposed
many uses for the Bronx landmark,
fi ne dining, an art exhibition
and a concert hall were
among the most popular among
those at the meeting.
A suggestion from the audi-
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
The Morris Park community
came together to send a message
to the city regarding a proposal
to rechannel traffi c fl ow on their
main commercial corridor.
The Morris Park Community
Association held a town hall
meeting on the NYC Department
of Transportation’s proposed
“Corridor Safety Improvements”
– otherwise known as its ‘road
diet’ for Morris Park Avenue.
The meeting took place
Wednesday, November 28 at P.S.
83 where the vast majority of
community speakers opposed
the proposal, which DOT maintains
is a safety measure.
The proposal would see the
number of travel lanes on Morris
Park Avenue between Bronxdale
and Newport avenues reduced
to one lane from two in each direction,
along with the addition
of a turning bay in the center,
and fi ve-foot wide bicycle lane on
both sides.
Al D’Angelo, MPCA president
said that Community Board 11
was unanimously with one abstention
against the road diet
plan, and that MPCA and the
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Worth Every Penny
The Throggs Neck Memorial American Legion Post 1456 celebrated its
annual Penny Sale on Sunday, December 2. A volunteer proudly displayed
her patriotic spirit. More photos on page 9. Photo by Edward Watkins
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