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What once used to be a storefront across from Van Cortlandt Park is now expected to become a shelter for more than 100 single men beginning in 2023 at 6661 Broadway. Community Board 8 will address the proposal for the first time Oct. 13 at its health, hospitals and social services committee.

There’s a new neighbor coming to Broadway in 2023 — and it’s not exactly who many in North Riverdale had hoped for. Community Board 8’s health, hospitals and social services committee is set to hear a proposal from the city’s homeless services department on Wednesday that would open a shelter for 130 single men at 6661 Broadway. more

By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ | 10/17/21

James Joseph McAlary's famly walks through Endor Garden near West 253rd Street and Fieldston Road after Saturday's dedication ceremony of a new sign commemorating victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks created by students from Riverdale Country School. McAlary, a commodities broker with Carr Futures, was attending a meeting on the 92nd floor of World Trade Center Tower One when it was struck by a plane that morning.

Hundreds gather to unveil Endor Garden 9/11 sign

Vandals may have stolen a sign from the entrance of Fieldston’s Endor Gardens four years ago, but they couldn’t claim the neighborhood’s spirit. more

By MICHEL HINMAN | 9/18/21

Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, someone constructed a wooden plaque in Fieldston’s Endor Garden honoring five local first responders who died that day. But someone stole the display in 2017, leaving it empty ever since. Laura Spalter and others are set to change that Saturday with the unveiling of a new plaque in time for the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

Community comes together to restore garden

Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, someone anonymously constructed a wooden plaque in Endor Garden, a small wooded area near West 253rd Street and Fieldston Road. On it, they included the names of five area firefighters and police officers who lost their lives on 9/11. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 9/11/21

Council candidates not interested in spending campaign funds in the Bronx

The candidates looking to see who will fill the city council seat currently occupied by Eric Dinowitz like to raise money from people in the Bronx to fund their campaigns. It's just keeping that money in the Bronx they all, for the most part, struggle with. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 5/22/21

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