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the same time build four new sta- By Silvio Pacifico tions to bring transit options to the BY BEN KOCHMAN Planning to ax the outdated names Bronx.” Where do you live? “Bronxdale” and “Laconia” from The news was cheered by lo- Locals in a large swath of the the city map. In their place would cal east Bronx electeds, business East Bronx —north of Pelham be a new neighborhood: “Aller- and civic leaders looking to see Parkway, east of Bronx Park East ton,” bordered by approximately stations built at Co-op City, Mor- and south of East Gun Hill Road — Waring Avenue, Bronx Park East ris Park, Parkchester, and Hunts Sweets Sent From Heaven have been unsure how to answer and East Gun Hill Road. Point. that simple question for genera- Outdated names Early interest in the proposal Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan celebrated Mass on Wednesday, January 8, tions. City Planning’s current com- for new stations came at a “Trans- at Santa Maria Parish on Zerega Avenue. Following Mass, Dolan met with Community Board 11 hopes to munity map labels a small slice of portation Summit” held by Con- students, faculty members and parishioners, including toddler Reagan straighten the issue out by work- the area above Pelham Parkway gressman Joseph Crowley with Thomas. ing with the City Department of Continued on Page 4 constituents in Co-op City in May 2006, and he has been a consistent advocate of the plan with the Met- ropolitan Transportation Author- ity, said a spokesman. His offi ce Little League coach a murder vic? will now advocate for a fi rm time- table from the MTA, he said. Crowley was gratifi ed by the BY BOB KAPPSTATTER Bruckner Blvd. and Crosby Av- pending further studies.” development: AND PATRICK ROCCHIO enue in Waterbury-LaSalle on A police source said a fi nal “I am thrilled Governor Cuomo A vicious assault on a man- Dec. 17. determination on whether Caval- has included the Penn Station Ac- ager at an east Bronx supermar- On Sunday, Jan. 5, Cavallari, lari’s death will be ruled a homi- cess project as part of his agenda ket could now become a murder. who coached at the Throgs Neck cide “could take anywhere from for 2014,” he said. “I have long Detectives are awaiting a city Little League, was found dead eight to nine weeks. We’ve been championed the plan to bring Met- Medical Examiner’s report to de- in his Howard Beach, Queens checking every week.” ro–North service to the east Bronx termine if the victim died almost home. Police charged Zambuto because improved access to transit a month later as a result of his Police are now awaiting the punched Cavallari, 32, in the face, is vital to the welfare of our com- beating. results of an autopsy and further causing a broken right eye socket munities. Not only does the proj- Salvatore Zambuto, 40, was tests by the Medical Examiner’s and broken right cheek bone. ect promise improved resiliency initially charged with felony as- Offi ce. The victim had to undergo The assault occurred inside Super against natural disasters such as sault after punching out Michael Medical Examiner’s spokes- surgery that put “plates” in his Hurricane Sandy, but the expan- Cavallari, 32, an assistant man- woman Julie Bolcer said a ruling face, according to Captain James Foodtown at Bruckner Blvd. and Cros- Continued on Page 4 ager at the Super Foodtown on on the cause of death was “still Continued on Page 11 by Avenue on December 17, 2013.

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From Page 1 URBANIZED OVERNIGHT Laconia on the other Fluid boundaries also and west of Pelham Gardens The nabe naming prob- hand was a real-estate de- can cause confusion in the as “Bronxdale,” and an area lem stems from the bor- velopment built in the 1880s, real estate business. Sonny north of that “Laconia.” ough’s rapid transformation and named after an area Vitaj of Exit Realty Power But locals say they have from farmland to urban in Greece whose capital is says he solves this problem never heard anyone use sprawl in the early part of Sparta. by calling the entire area those nabe names to de- the 20th century, said of- With the building of the “Allerton Avenue corri- scribe where they live. fi cial Borough Historian train lines and highways, dor.” “There’s no question that Lloyd Ultan. the east Bronx’s character SOLUTIONS those names are not accu- Early maps label a vil- fundamentally changed City Planning is open to rate,” said Jeremy Warneke, lage of Bronxdale on the —so quickly that develop- the name change, since the CB11’s district manager. west bank of the Bronx ers did not have time to neighborhood boundaries “No one calls that area River at Boston Road —to- create solid neighborhood on its map are already un- Bronxdale. Find me one day a parking lot for the lines. offi cial, said a department person who calls that area Bronx Zoo. Today, Allerton Avenue spokesman. BRONX WEEKLY January 19, 2014 4 2014 19, January BRONX WEEKLY Bronxdale.” What is now Bronxdale —named after Mayfl ower Historian Ultan cau- It’s hard to fi nd anyone Avenue was originally passenger Issac Allerton, tioned that re-naming any with a clear idea of where called “Bear Swamp Road” — is the area’s main com- neighborhood would be “Bronxdale” or “Laconia” because it ran northwest mercial strip, used to help “creating a fi ction, some- begin or end. from what is today Mor- defi ne the nabe. thing that does not exist and “You tell people you’re ris Park to the Bronxdale “You say I live near Al- never has existed.” from Bronxdale and they village, according to docu- lerton Avenue,” said Thomp- But locals say drawing have no idea where you are ments from the East Bronx son, “and people can identi fy arbitrary boundaries is a from,” said Joe Thompson, History Forum. it and know where it is.” worthwhile price to pay to president of the 49th Pre- Labeling anything NABE IDENTITY boost nabe pride. cinct Community Council, above Pelham Parkway But just labeling an area “People would like who has lived in what he “Bronxdale” has no histori- by its street name does not to see where they live calls the “Allerton Avenue cal basis, and was probably build the sense of identity properly identifed,” said B r o n x d a l e i n 1 8 6 8 , a s m a p p e d o u t b y a t l a s m a k e r T W B e e r s . area” for nearly 50 years. a mistake, Ultan said. that Allerton locals want. Thompson. Photo courtesy East Bronx History Forum Metro-North services ok’d for boro

From Page 1 up our borough and its resi- in the Bronx by more than “No resident should have sion of the region’s connec- dents to new economic op- $1 billion. to suffer through a two- tivity to Manhattan will portunities,” said Diaz. “The “Expanding Metro North hour commute just to get to www.BXTimes.com further advance economic East Bronx Metro North Ex- stations into the east Bronx work in Manhattan,” said growth in the area.” pansion proposal is a trans- would open up a fast, easy Vacca, chair of the coun- Interest in building new formative plan, and I com- and direct link to Manhat- cil’s transportation com- Metro-North stations for mend Governor Cuomo for tan and would continue to mittee. “These new Metro- those communities again moving this plan forward as build towards a very bright North stations are a great surfaced publicly in Novem- part of his own agenda. On future for our borough,” fi rst step to alleviating the ber 2011 after a meeting in behalf of the 1.4 million peo- said Klein. “I commend transportation issues in the Borough President Ruben ple of my borough, we thank Governor Cuomo for recog- Bronx, and I want to thank Diaz Jr.’s offi ce with MTA Governor Cuomo for his nizing this and for outlining the Governor for allocating offi cials, community lead- support of this much needed his support for the expan- the funds to construct them. Borough President Diaz and Senator Jeff Klein shake hands at a ers, and elected offi cials. transportation plan.” sion in his State of the State. For the fi rst time, I see more press conference held at the site of a proposed Metro-North sta- Diaz said he was Diaz and Senator Jeff As my joint report with Bor- than light at the end of the tion in Morris Park. Diaz and Klein commissioned a white paper “thrilled” over the gover- Klein both pushed for an ough President Diaz out- tunnel.” study that showed the east Bronx Metro-North expansion would nor’s push for the stations. analysis of the proposed lines, the benefi ts to local The Bronx Chamber of have a major positive impact on the economic life of the east “Governor Cuomo un- new stations, which the homeowners, businesses Commerce also lauded the derstands that new Met- MTA could open by 2019. and the economy are clear. news. Bronx. ro-North options in Co-op The economic “white pa- That’s why I have long made “The Bronx Chamber of City, Parkchester, Morris per” showed that the new approving plans for this ex- Commerce is thrilled that Bronx in his ‘State of the said: “We are very happy Park and Hunts Point will stations would create 5,400 pansion a top priority.” NYS Governor Cuomo af- State’ Address,” said Lenny that the Governor is sup- not only make our region’s new jobs, increase home Councilman Jimmy fi rmed his offi ce’s commit- Caro, CEO of the Chamber. porting New York City, and transportation system values by over $140,000, and Vacca also applauded ment to bringing four new Community Board 10 even more importantly, The stronger, it will also open increase business activity Cuomo. Metro North stations to the chairman John Marano Bronx.”

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