Post Tagged with: "Parks"

24th Annual Bronx Parks Speak Up, February 24

24th Annual Bronx Parks Speak Up, February 24

Save-the-date Bronx Parks Speak Up Saturday, February 24, 2018 11:00 AM until 5:00 PM Lehman College, Faculty Dining Room, Music Bldg — Enter on Bedford Park Blvd. Bronx, NY 10468

Bronx Parks Speak Up, February 24

Bronx Parks Speak Up, February 24

Bronx Parks Speak Up, February 24, Lehman College, Music Bldg, 11AM

ILLEGAL BAR-B-QUE’S START EARLY ALONG MOSHOLU PARKWAY

ILLEGAL BAR-B-QUE’S START EARLY ALONG MOSHOLU PARKWAY

Pictured: A man and woman prepare an illegal grill along Mosholu Parkway North.

by · July 3, 2017 · Local News, News, Parks
Old Tales and Historic Facts of the Bronx River Walk Tour by Stephen DeVillo & Nilka Martel

Old Tales and Historic Facts of the Bronx River Walk Tour by Stephen DeVillo & Nilka Martel

The Bronx River has inspired a plethora of stories and historic facts that generated numerous publications. One such book titled The Bronx River in History & Folklore, written by noted historian and longtime BCHS member Stephen Devillo, captures the essense […]

by · December 2, 2016 · Bulletin Board, History
Diaz Tours Historic Orchard Beach Promenade

Diaz Tours Historic Orchard Beach Promenade

  Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. joined Iris Rodriguez-Rosa, Bronx Parks Commissioner, and John Krawchuk, Director of Historic Preservation for the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, on a tour of the historic Orchard Beach promenade on […]

by · April 12, 2016 · Government, Parks
Friends of Crotona Park Wins Golden Trowel Award

Friends of Crotona Park Wins Golden Trowel Award

The Bronx’s Friends of Crotona Park Inc Wins 2015 Golden Trowel Award from NYC’s Partnerships for Parks. https://t.co/jEsH97Zdb4

Residents of The Pelham Grand, staff and NYC Department of Parks and Recreation and City Parks Foundation team up to clean greenway across from the Pelham Grand to Burr.  Back Row: Eddie, Frank, Rafael, Jonathan, Terrence, Mondo, Kermit, Dwight Front Row: Jill, Lewis, Eurenia, Christine and Thomas

Partnerships for Parks and Pelham Grand join in Community Cleanup

On Saturday morning, residents of the Pelham Grand, staff, community advisory council members, and community joined with The NYC Department of Parks and Recreation in a My Parks Project along the Pelham Parkway Greenway. Volunteers cleaned from the front of the Pelham […]

by · September 14, 2015 · Community Affairs, Parks
CUOMO: ADVENTURE CUSTOM LICENSE PLATES FOR MOTORCYCLES

CUOMO: ADVENTURE CUSTOM LICENSE PLATES FOR MOTORCYCLES

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today unveiled the newest license plates in the I LOVE NY Adventure Custom Plates series, which will make available for motorcycles nine designs that include hunting, fishing, and parks insignia. Like the original passenger and commercial […]

by · June 10, 2015 · Government, News
Lenore Skenazy, author, Free Range Kids

Free Range Kids: Etan Patz and The Legacy of Fear

The Etan Patz Case and “Take Our Children to the Park…And Let Them Walk Home By Themselves” Day [This week], the Etan Patz trial came to a a close. Etan was the 6-year-old boy who disappeared on his way to […]

No more empty parks! Let’s bring kids back outside!

Free-Range Kids: Take Our Children To The Park Day, May 9

Take Our Children to the Park…And Let Them Walk Home by Themselves Day: SAT, MAY 9   For the past five years Free-Range Kids has been sponsoring Take Our Children to the Park…and Leave Them There Day. This year, in […]

by · April 26, 2015 · Family, Free Range Kids
The Revitalization of Mosholu Parkway, Part 2

The Revitalization of Mosholu Parkway, Part 2

From The Desk of the NWBxDems “The Revitalization of Mosholu Parkway, Part 2” by  Anthony Rivieccio In my column last week I wrote that since 2009, The Four Bronx Institutions Alliance (FBIA) have been trying to present a “Mosholu Parkway […]

by · April 20, 2015 · Op Ed, Parks

REGISTRATION OPEN FOR FOURTH ANNUAL I LOVE MY PARK DAY

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that online registration is now open for the fourth annual I Love My Park Day, to be held on May 2 at state parks and historic sites across New York. Since its launch in […]

by · March 23, 2015 · Environment, Government, Parks

VIDEO: Bronx Chronicle Interviews Borough Pres Ruben Diaz, Jr.

The Borough President sat down with the Bronx Chronicle and host Coach Stevan Lynn to answer our concerns on issues ranging from FreshDirect to Gentrification.  Just what is the “New Bronx”?