An eight-foot construction fence has gone up around 160 Van Cortlandt. S., concealing the dilapidated former Catholic Church of the Visitation, rectory, and parochial school from view. Real estate investment firm Tishman Speyer is aiming to start construction on a 340-unit affordable housing development on the property sometime this year, but the project is falling behind schedule. more

Representatives from the state cannabis management office visited Community Board 8’s public safety committee last Tuesday to deliver a crash course on the state’s tiered system for issuing recreational adult use cannabis licenses. more

To the editor: This is an open letter to Tishman Speyer. more

A state-licensed cannabis dispensary is coming to Kingsbridge near Broadway and West 231st Street, the state Office of Cannibis Management has informed Community Board 8. The retail space is in line to become one of 150 new dispensaries the state Dormitory Authority plans to complete across the state. more

State Sen. Gustavo Rivera is carving a new path in the northwest corner of the Bronx, where a proposed new homeless shelter across from Van Cortlandt Park remains a hot-button issue in 2023. more

An observatory that was used for more than 40 years in Garden City needed a new place to call home. Students at Nassau Community College once had it on their campus until they began renovations to modernize the campus in 2019. more

Community Board 8 was forced to cancel a much-anticipated meeting on the public school proposed for 160 Van Cortlandt Park South last Friday when School Construction Authority officials backed out with only a few days’ notice, citing a mysterious lawsuit against them. more

African American Planning Commission Inc. is out at 6661 Broadway. In a surprise move, the city said it will no longer contract with the nonprofit shelter provider homeless services officials selected more than a year ago to operate the proposed shelter in North Riverdale. more

Blue Bay Restaurant has vacated its home of 48 years on Johnson Avenue, leaving just a shingled awning over a darkened storefront. more

Excavators swarmed over piles of brown earth at 3745 Riverdale Ave., on April 11 as Thaïs Rutledge approached on the east side of the avenue. It would’ve been impossible for the workers to hear over the drilling when she tripped on the uneven ground and landed hard on the sidewalk just outside the construction fence. more