The E-Scooter Pilot Program will expand across all of the East Bronx later this year. Image Credit: NYC DOT.
Over 480,000 trips have been taken since the program launched last August. On March 24, 2022, the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that the E-Scooter pilot program which brought e-scooters to parts of the East Bronx last year will expand the pilot program to more neighborhoods across the East Bronx. Through the program, e-scooters from Lime, Bird and Veo are available to rent as an alternative form of transportation. (more…)
Map of the pilot areas for the e-scooter program across the East Bronx. Image Credit: DOT
Over two years, the program will serve an area of over 500,000 residents in the East Bronx. On August 17, 2021, the Department of Transportation’s E-Scooter Pilot program will launch in the East Bronx. Through the program, E-Scooter companies Bird, Lime, and Veo will bring 3,000 e-scooters in the first phase of the program, with an additional 3,000 scooters to be rolled out in Phase 2 of the program next year. (more…)
The Bronx Opera House building. Image Credit: LPC.
On February 14, 2023, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to calendar the Bronx Opera House for consideration as an individual landmark. The Bronx Opera House is located at 436-442 East 149th Street in the South Bronx. (more…)
A portion of the transformed Westchester Avenue near the Pelham Bay station. Image Credit: NYC DOT.
On January 23, 2023, NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez joined MTA President Richard Davey, elected officials and transportation advocates to celebrate the completion of transit improvements around the Pelham Bay Park station in the Bronx. The Pelham Bay Park station is the terminal stop for the 6 train in the northeast Bronx. Outside the station, commuters can transfer to the Bx12 Select Bus, and five other transit lines. The area serves as an important transfer point for residents in Co-Op City, City Island, and Pelham Bay. The bus routes around the station served 64,000 riders prior to the pandemic. (more…)
Crotona Park Turf Field Ribbon Cutting.
Image Credit: Daniel Avila / NYC Parks
The refurbished field will also be the site of ongoing youth soccer programming supported by the project’s sponsor, the UAE embassy. On Friday, May 20, 2022, the NYC Parks Department celebrated completion of the refurbishment of the Crotona Park soccer field in the Crotona Park East neighborhood of the Bronx. The project was originally announced by NYC Parks and Congress Member Ritchie Torres on December 7, 2021. (more…)
