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The exterior of the demolished Riverdale Land & Sea diner on Wednesday, Aug. 23. A construction man told the Riverdale Press on Aug. 29 that a joint Burger King and Popeyes would be taking the space.
Longtime Broadway ‘eyesore’ Land & Sea diner demolished
After being closed for several years and left to be covered in graffiti, the Land & Sea Restaurant on 5535 Broadway is finally being demolished and in its place is coming a joint Burger King and Popeyes. more
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A group of pickleball players strike a pose as they met up at the newly installed court at Riverdale Playground Aug. 8 to celebrate National Pickleball Day.
A pickle of a day
A group of pickleball players strike a pose as they met up at the newly installed court at Riverdale Playground Aug. 8 to celebrate National Pickleball Day. Lisa Wainberg, at far left, and Luisa Beltran show their exuberance for the new pickleball court on West 237th Street. more
JASA is moving, but no one knows when. However, they do know where and that’s located at 185 W. 231st St. The agency and its clients will be neighbors with the UPS store in Kingsbridge. As for now, JASA will remain at the Van Cortlandt Jewish Center where they have been the past 20 years.
JASA will move out of Van Cortlandt Jewish Center building to renovated W. 231st location
Jewish Association Serving the Aging is leaving its home at the Van Cortlandt Jewish Center where it has served the senior community for more than two decades. more
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Founded in 1927, Van Cortlandt Jewish Center was originally housed in a single room and eventually moved into 3880 Sedgwick Ave. Meanwhile, it is on the market and its two tenants will need to find another place to call home.
Van Cortlandt Jewish Center fate is once again in limbo
The building that houses the Van Cortlandt Jewish Center, a modern Orthodox synagogue in Van Cortlandt Village, is on the market, according to its board chair Jack Kleinfeld. more
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The Kappock Street garden has four sections to it. One of it is along the intersection at Knolls Crescent and Kappock Street, there’s “the stair street,” “the tree pits,” and “the triangle garden.”
Spuyten Duyvil community garden celebrates 14 years despite vandalism
A party was held last Sunday at the plaza on Kappock Street and Knolls Crescent in celebration of a 14-year-old community garden started by Rita Freed. It was a celebration of the volunteers and all the hard work they’ve done to cultivate and clean the garden. more
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The newly installed pickleball court at Riverdale Playground is adjacent to handball courts. Sometimes balls in play during pickleball wind up on the handball courts because there is no fence.
Popular sport of pickleball makes way to two parks in greater Riverdale
At Riverdale Playground, a perfectly good pickleball court now lies underneath the basketball courts and adjacent to the handball courts. However, according to pickleball afficiando Alex Rosenblum, it needs some work. more
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Volunteer Duffy Chen, 79, puts gravy on a turkey before serving Thanksgiving lunch at Riverdale YM-YWHA Senior Center on Tuesday. On Saturday Chef Ian Nerwen began this pre work in anticipation of Riverdale YM-YWHA Senior Center lunch in on Tuesday. The menu included Mushroom Barley soup as the started followed by the entrée of turkey with gravy, stuffing, vegetables, cranberry sauce, sweet potato yams – some had chicken or fish and for desserts pumpkin pie with grapes.
Giving thanks [Photo gallery]
Anna Blanco, 7, watches her brother Alex, 3, take a turn at Bowlerland.
Bowling for dollars for KHCC [Photo gallery]
Marisol Díaz was on hand along with 60 bowlers and a few loungers, Kingsbridge Heights Community Center B-o-w-l-a-t-h-o-n at Bowlerland raises $10,000 on Oct. 17 for general operating funds. … more
Dianne Sposito, 62, above, is one of a growing number of participants in The Riverdale Y’s aqua Zumba exercise class.
Aqua Zumba [Photo gallery]
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Educator Minnie Krakowsky is already decided. “I’m inclined to go with Cohen [for councilman] because the teacher’s union is supporting him,” the longtime educator said. “I think that’s a very important element. I’m not for charter schools.” Ms. Krakowsky laments that teachers seemingly have less influence in deciding the outcomes of city elections. “I’m very distressed that the union has lost a lot of its clout,” she said. Ms. Krakowsky voiced a widespread view in the primaries that Democratic contenders Mr. Cohen and Cliff Stanton differ little on the issues. “I don’t know them that well, but many of them are similar,” she said, referring to Mr. Cohen and Mr. Stanton.
Voters' voices [Photo gallery]
Democratic Primary voters will go to the polls on Sept. 10 to choose standard bearers for citywide offices and either Andrew Cohen or Cliff Stanton to represent the party in the Nov. 5 general … more
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