The Older Adult Center is leaving my neighborhood

 The Van Cortlandt Older Adult Center run by JASA is moving from 3880 Sedgwick Ave. to 181 W. 231 St.  The building it is in has been sold.  The new location is more than a mile away.

Summer 2022

August 2022

Healthy in Dyckman, now in the Bronx

The summer of covid

Sunset September 15 Ash from the western fires
August 5, 2020 cleanup in front of Tower 1	July 25, 2020 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Van Cortlandt Park
July 13, 2020 outdoor dining, no indoor dining, The Bronx

Bx 1 stop at 3835 Sedgwick Avenue will be restored.  This is according to a report in the January 20, 2011 edition of the Riverdale Press.  The service will begin in March. 

November 1, 2010  I received an email this evening from a member of the Amalgamated Board, explaining that the reference in the minutes should have referred to the old BXM 4A stop on Dickinson and Sedgwick.

Dickinson and Sedgwick Avenue bus stop is in danger of being discontinued. I just sent this email to Community Board 8.

I just received the highlights of the Amalgamated Housing Corporation of September 15, 2010. There is a sentence that says "Mr. Graham reported from the Community Board 8 Traffic and Transportation Committee of two issues, namely one being the removal of a bus stop on Saxon and Sedgwick Avenues in order to free up parking." Saxon is between two bus stops, one on Dickinson and Sedgwick, the other on Hillman and Sedgwick. These are heavily used bus stops. They should not be forfeited. It's bad enough that we don't have the Bx 1 local service we used to have, but to entirely lose our bus stops would be a hardship for the many to benefit the few who have cars.

Oct 13, I caught the Bx 10 bus going toward Riverdale at about 10:50 am.  I was at the Orloff and Van Cortlandt W. bus stop.  The bus was standing room only.  A nice young woman gave me her seat.  This overcrowding, is a consequence of the lost Bx 1 local service for the stops preceding this one.
George Diaz of Oliver Koppell's office contacted me today, September 28. I hope it's the beginning of us getting our local Bx 1 service back.

Waiting for Koppell

I sent email on September 16 and September 19 to Councilman Koppell. They both concerned the loss of Bx 1 bus local service during the week. I have yet to receive even an acknowledgment of my emails. Posted on September 23.

Water Main Break, June 14, 2009. The break was at the intersection of 231 St. and Broadway in the Bronx, NYC. More information here: Riverdale Press