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On Thursday, January 5, real estate brokerage Massey Knakal announced it is the exclusive sell- ing agent for the development site at 40 Bruckner Boulevard. It is asking $8.95 million for the parcel, which includes up to 289,807 square feet. FOR VETS So far no deals are imminent, but a representative from the firm said potential buyers have expressed interest in affordable housing and Ground broken on Bainbridge Ave. ground-level retail. BY PATRICK ROCCHIO merly homeless veteran will have The site is part of a swatch of It was a cold day when ground their own studio apartment. land along the Harlem River that was broken on a 17-unit apartment HUD regional director Adolfo was rezoned from industrial use to Photo by Samuel Tuthill building that will house homeless Carrion Jr., Bridge president Cyn- allow for residential construction vets. thia Wainwright, Department of within the past 15 years. Many of But the building itself, being Homeless Services commissioner the rezoned areas are already home constructed at 2265 Bathgate Ave- Seth Diamond, representatives to high-rise apartment buildings. nue near East 183 Street and sched- from Borough President Ruben Cedric Lofton, district man- uled for competition in spring of Diaz Jr. and Councilman Joel Ri- ager of Community Board 1, wants 2013, should warm the hearts of vera, and a myriad of other state more of the same. many who severed our country and city officials were on hand to “We think it’s a great site,” he and are now in need of help. break ground on the project on said. “We’d like to see it for mixed THREE KINGS DAY CONTEST WINNER The housing is being built Friday, January 6. income. There’s definitely a need Hunts Point resident Jorge Diaz made off with a big score at his by The Bridge Mental Health “President [Obama] has for it over there. It would compli- and Housing Solutions, and will made a commitment to end veter- ment (already built-development) neighborhood’s Three Kings Day celebration at Corporal Walter J. Fufidio Square on Friday, January 6. Jorge won clothes, toys and more thanks be called Bridge Gardens. It will ans homelessness in five years,” Bruckner By the Bridge. Hopefully be the Manhattan-based social Carrion said. “We are progress- to his ability to answer trivia questions about the story of the Epiphany. it can be attractive to someone to services agency’s 11th U.S. De- ing; veterans homelessness has make it a mixed income. You can’t He also got to rub elbows with Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and partment of Housing and Urban dropped 12% and we have housed have just one type of income level Assemblyman Marcos Crespo, at the first annual event, which was Development section 202/811 de- 14,000 veterans in New York and there. Mixed income is good for the sponsored in part by Community Board 2 and the 41st Precinct. velopment, and will include per- 125,000 around the country.” Continued on page 38 manent housing where each for- Continued on page 38 A CNG Publication • Vol. 17 No. 2 BRONX TIMES Jan. 12-18, 2012 2 BRONX Go To Our Blog To See Our Weekly Specials! VistVisit Our Our New NEW Web-ite: Web-Site: www.reliablebronxdentist.com www.reliablebronxdentist.com (718) 547-5280 Jacobi Hospital TIMES Jan. 12-18, 2012 3 BRONX Pharmacist Day In recognition of Na- tional Pharmacist Day, Ja- cobi Medical Center invites community members to a free “Ask a Pharmacist” health event and concert fea- turing The Toomai String Quintet with the ACJW En- semble on Friday, January 13. The health event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the concert will begin at noon, with both taking place in the Building 8 Atrium on the Jacobi Medical Center campus, located at 1400 Pel- Photo by Patrick Rocchio ham Parkway South. The site of a former United States Postal Service mail processing facility, pictured her from Brush Avenue and Wenner Place, should be home to the Throggs Neck Shopping Pharmacists are indis- Center by 2013. pensable members of the healthcare team. Attendees are encouraged to bring all of their medications and supplements to the health Ferry Point mall traffi c study sent to CB 10 event so that Jacobi’s phar- maceutical team can review BY PATRICK ROCCHIO avenues and the Hutchinson this traffic situation our- said. were not constructed for and answer questions about Members of Community River Parkway service road, selves,” Kelleher stated. “It In addition to studying heavy commercial traffic, proper medication use. Re- Board 10 and other commu- commissioned the study, said was interesting to sit with the report, CB 10 will meet and much of the infrastruc- viewing medications with a nity leaders will review a Simone Development presi- the community board to see with elected officials to see ture of streets in Ferry Point pharmacist may help identi- traffic study undertaken by dent and chief operating of- what their concerns are in what they think of proposals are badly in need of upgrades fy and/or avoid medication the engineer working for the ficer Joseph Kelleher. There the area. We hope to have put forth in the study, Kearns and modernization, Poggi errors and drug interac- developer on the Target proj- have already been several future discussions with the said. stated. tions and help individuals ect in Ferry Point. meetings between CB 10 and community board and create The current traffic situ- Senator Jeff Klein’s of- take their medications cor- Leasing for the as yet- Simone, with the community a plan of action.” ation in Ferry Point is “hor- fice is currently reviewing rectly. to-be-built Throggs Neck sharing its concerns regard- The traffic recommen- rendous,” with some resi- the findings of the study. Since 2009, Musical Shopping Center has already ing the traffic situation in dations in the study include dents unable to get out of the “Traffic at Ferry Point Connections, a program of begun, with plans calling Ferry Point. the widening of Brush Av- community because of truck is already at a standstill dur- The Weill Music Institute for a new Target and an ad- “There are issues with enue, the creation of a spur traffic from businesses near ing rush hour,” Klein said. at Carnegie Hall, has part- ditional 130,000 square feet traffic that everyone, includ- leading from the Hutchin- the community’s residential “With another large retail nered with Jacobi to offer of retail space, according to a ing ourselves, would like son River Parkway onto I-95 homes, said Ferry Point Civic store coming into the com- free concerts and musical Ripco realty listing. The site to see resolved,” Kelleher near the future home of the Association president JoAnn munity, it’s even more impor- workshops on the campus. should also be including 650 stated. “We have had our en- Throggs Neck Shopping Cen- Sohmers. tant that we do everything The Toomai String free surface parking spaces, gineer study this situation ter, and the addition of lanes The community has in our power to fix what for Quintet is an ensemble de- 250 covered parking spaces, formerly and we have shared on an exit 7B off I-95, said CB received a plethora of new many has become a frustrat- voted to performing mu- and is scheduled to be opened his recommendations with 10 district manager Kenneth commercial developments, ing ride to and from work.