Community Information

Fire

Engine 64
1214 Castle Hill Avenue (Ellis Avenue) 10462

Engine 96
1689 Story Avenue (Croes Avenue) 10473

Police

43rd Precinct
900 Fteley Avenue 10473
718-542-0888

Local Hospitals

Jacobi Medical Center
1400 Pelham Parkway South 10461
718-918-5000

Lincoln Medical Center
234 East 149th Street 10451
718-579-5000

Parks and Playgrounds

Parque de Los Niños Playground
Morrison, Watson, Westchester Avenues

Virginia Park
Hugh J. Grant Circle, White Plains Road, Westchester Avenue

Post Office

Parkchester Station
1449 West Avenue 10462
718-931-1739

Soundview Station
1687 Gleason Avenue 10472
718-893-9707

More neighborhood information available at gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap

Schools: District 8 and 12

Bronx Little School
P.S. 47 John Randolph School
P.S. 152 Evergreen School
P.S. 195
P.S. 196
P.S. 197
The School for Inquiry and Social Justice
J.H.S. 123 James M. Kiernan
Bronx Coalition Community High School
High School of World Cultures
Monroe Academy for Business and Law
Monroe Academy for Visual Arts and Design

Other schools in District 8
Other schools in District 12

Alternative Programs in the Bronx
Charter Schools in the Bronx
Special Education Programs in the Bronx

School and Zone Finder Mapping System

Private/Parochial

Jewish Schools in the Bronx - The Lookstein Center
Parochial Schools in the Bronx - Archdiocese of New York
Private Schools in the Bronx - New York State Association of Independent Schools

Information about Environmental Remediation Projects in your Community

Brownfields are properties where redevelopment is complicated by actual or suspected environmental contamination from past land usage. Because of New York City's long industrial history, brownfields are found in areas throughout the five boroughs. The New York City Office of Environmental Remediation offers programs that encourage environmental investigation of lightly-to-moderately contaminated sites, and that oversee clean up appropriate to a site's new end use. Information about these projects is available below:

New York City Voluntary Cleanup Program
Brownfield Educational Video series –Cleaning Up NYC

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dc/html/maps/maps.shtml

The New York City Charter requires that every ten years, after each decennial census, an independent commission be appointed to redraw Councilmanic District lines to accurately reflect the City's demographics. Each of the 51 Council Districts across the City may increase or decrease in size to accommodate changes in population per the Census.

The Mayor and Council leaders appoint the members of the Districting Commission to take on this task.  The Commission works to redraw lines with the data, process, and criteria required by federal law, the 2010 US Census Bureau data, and the New York City Charter.

After the Commission is constituted, Commission Members and their staff will begin meeting to review all relevant laws, regulations, and the Census data.  After public hearings and meetings, the Commission will develop a final plan to submit to the City Council and ultimately to the United States Department of Justice in advance of the 2013 elections.