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A Bx9 travels south along Broadway, part of a corridor that could get significantly more crowded if the city’s transportation department installs bus lanes between West 225th and West 230th streets.

First it was bicycle lanes sandwiching Broadway along Van Cortlandt Park. Now, if the city’s transportation department gets its way, it could be bus lanes just a mile or so south in Marble Hill. more

By JOSEPH KONIG & HEATHER SMITH | 6/16/19

A slide from a city transportation department presentation shows what a charging station for electric vehicles would look like. The DOT wants to install one such station somewhere inside Community Board 8 as part of a pilot program.

Electric car charging station talk runs out of juice

The city’s transportation department is eyeing three sites within the boundaries of Community Board 8 for installation of curbside electric vehicle charging stations. But such a proposal has had an icy reception from CB8’s traffic and transportation committee, putting discussion on hold. more

By HEATHER J. SMITH | 6/16/19

Community Board 8 chair Rosemary Ginty speaks at a land use committee meeting about the proposed changes to Special Natural Area District regulations at P.S. 81 on Monday. City planning officials have said they are now withdrawing changes proposed to Staten Island's SNAD, but the proposal moves forward for the Bronx.

Staten Island backs out of SNAD changes, but Bronx still in it

Staten Island political leaders and decision makers seemed to celebrate the city planning commission backing down on proposed changes to the Special Natural Area District on Monday. But those feelings couldn't be shared in the Bronx — it appears the massive overhaul to the environmental greenbelt project will move forward here. more

By JOSEPH KONIG | 6/13/19

Since when do laws come down to a single person

Andrew Cohen has been looking toward the future for a long time. Whether it’s a future that turns him into Judge Andrew Cohen or Bronx borough president Andrew Cohen, it’s been clear for quite a while now that he’s more than ready to move on from Councilman Andrew Cohen. more

6/8/19

Had everything gone according to plan, a substance abuse clinic would have opened at 5622 Broadway. Yet following widespread opposition from the community and local elected officials, the people behind Ekawa have scuttled their plans to come to Kingsbridge.

Ekawa plans collapse under community scrutiny

Ekawa Holistic Medicine wanted to bring a substance abuse treatment center to Kingsbridge. The neighborhood could use it, they argued. The Riverdale-Kingsbridge community has a high rate of fatal opioid overdoses, according to the city’s health department. more

By JOSEPH KONIG | 5/19/19

Former state Sen. Jeffrey Klein says he was hired by Ekawa LLC to handle business and development in the company’s pursuit of opening a substance abuse clinic at 5622 Broadway. He made his first public appearance representing the company at Community Board 8’s health, hospitals and social services committee. Ekawa announced May 12 it was pulling out of plans to open the Broadway clinic.

Ekawa backs out of plans to open Broadway treatment facility

Ekawa Holistic Medicine is calling it quits on its proposed substance abuse treatment facility at 5622 Broadway. more

By JOSEPH KONIG | 5/12/19

Timber Equities spokesman Sam Spokony presents his firm’s plan to build an apartment building at 3893 Waldo Ave., at Monday’s Community Board 8 land use committee meeting. Members of the Coalition to Save Brust Park and Save Villa Rosa Bonheur filled many seats at the meeting.

CB8 chair promises war if developer doesn't slow down

If its demolition work on the Spuyten Duyvil site of Villa Rosa Bonheur is any indication, Timber Equities is a developer that likes to leap before it looks. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 5/12/19

The fate of a property bordering Brust Park is uncertain. One of the people behind the purchase and partial demolition of the Villa Rosa Bonheur purchased the house at 3893 Waldo Ave., which has neighbors deeply concerned about what could happen.

Planned apartment building could cast dark shadow over Brust Park

As weather and nature continue to decimate what’s left of the Villa Rosa Bonheur apartment building in Spuyten Duyvil, people who enjoy a small park near Manhattan College less than two miles away have their own fight they’re arming themselves for. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 5/5/19

Commuters ride a Bx7 bus bound for North Riverdale. The MTA wants to tweak its bus service, possibly by changing routes or trimming stops. The agency held a workshop last year at Christ Church Riverdale where it sought public input on the state of the bus system and the changes they would look to see.

Next stop? Possible new bus routes in the Bronx

Bus lines in the Bronx may change soon. And if they do, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority hopes it will be for the better. more

By HEATHER J. SMITH | 4/21/19

A car turns left onto West 256th Street from Mosholu Avenue against traffic — apparently ignoring local laws stipulating no cars can turn onto the street during morning drop-off on school days at P.S. 81. Parents and neighbors have complained of rampant traffic problems during the early morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up rushes.

Neighbors, parents seek end to W. 256th traffic nightmare

Thursday morning was the usual scene of controlled chaos on West 256th Street between Riverdale and Mosholu avenues. A glut of hurried parents dropping children off at P.S. 81 Robert J. Christen School — both in vehicles and on foot — carefully navigated around each other. Lines of cars from both directions waited through several green light cycles to turn. Through traffic disregarded the no-turn signs on Mosholu, heading the wrong way through a line of double-parked vehicles. more

By HEATHER J. SMITH | 3/31/19

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