From Councilman Mark Gjonaj
The East Bronx History Forum - Digging The Bronx
The East Bronx History Forum
Courtesy of the East Bronx History Forum
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NEW YORK YANKEES
COMMUNITY COUNCIL YOUTH
LEADERSHIP AWARD
The New York Yankees
Community Council will provide
a $750.00 stipend to five
deserving students nominated
by Bronx Community
Board #10 to receive the Youth
Leadership Award.
Applicants must have performed
50 hours of leadership/
volunteer work as a tutor,
mentor, community unity
developer, and/or as an advocate
against violence or substance
abuse in their community.
This year, however, due
to the pandemic, this requirement
will not be strictly observed.
Bronx Community Board
10 is seeking high school seniors
who reside in the Bronx
Community Board #10 service
area and have provided
significant service to their
community.
Applicants should complete
and submit an application
as well as a resume stating
the applicant’s: name,
address, education, voluntary
and/or extracurricular
activities, work experience,
awards, etc., to Bronx Community
Board #10 via mail
(3165 East Tremont Avenue,
Bronx, NY 10461), or email
(bx10@cb.nyc.gov). Applications
must be received by
Monday, March 15, 2021, at 5
PM.
Application forms can be
downloaded from the Board
website, www.nyc.gov/
bronxcb10, under Announcements,
or requested by contacting
the Board Office at 718
892 1161.
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by council mark gjona j
Even in the New Year, and
as we approach the spring season,
my district office has continued
to host giveaway and
constituent service events.
From our extremely popular
food giveaway events, to our
rapid COVID-19 testing partnerships,
our commitment
to service of New York City
Council District 13 is unwavering;
all the while still pursuing
meaningful legislative
solutions that enhance our
community’s resiliency and
welfare.
Just in the first week of
March, my office awarded
district middle schools students
with digital reading devices
Community Board No. 10 Public Hearing
Community Board No. 10 is having a public hearing on Thursday March 18, 2021, 7:00
pm via CISCO WEBEX, 646-992-2010, access key 1736307272, on the following matter:
CEQR REFERENCE #: 21DCP045X, ULURP REFERENCE #: 210149ZMX
Crab Shanty Restaurant,361 City Island Avenue, 10464, seeks a zoning map amendment
to rezone all or part of five lots on Block5633: 120 (p/o), 122, 124 (p/o), 127 (p/o), and
137 (p/o) from R3A to R3A/C1-2 within the Special City Island District to facilitate the
continued operation of the restaurant. The action would bring the UG 6 eating and drinking
establishment on Lot 137 into conformance with the use regulations of the Zoning
Resolution, and it would serve to legalize the rear portion of the restaurant that is an
addition not covered by the Certificate of Occupancy. The action would establish the
parking lot on Lots 122, 124, and 127 as accessory to the eating and drinking establishment
on the adjacent Lot 137, andthus a conforming UG 6 use.
for winning our Black
History Month poster contest,
distributed food boxes
on Boston Road for seniors
and needful families, offered
free tax preparation in partnership
with Urban Upbound,
and on Friday the 5th, giveaway
roughly 2600 food boxes
on Bruckner Boulevard. Following
on that weekend was
a massively successful triple
event of rapid COVID-19 testing,
health insurance enrollments,
and food.
On Thursday March 11th,
we will have hosted an informational
(and remote!) vaccination
town hall with Dr. Gabriele
S. de Vos, chief of the
immunology department at
Jacobi Hospital. Then, much
in the same vein as the Black
History Month art contest,
my office will be holding a
Women’s History Month essay
contest for District 13’s
students. Essays from middle
school and high school students
are to be submitted by
March 26th with a 300 word
count, outlining the impact
that women everywhere have
had in shaping society and
their own lives. The winners
of the contest will be awarded
a prize!
For information about upcoming
district events, or any
concern to be addressed by
my constituent services team,
please contact my district office
at either (718) 931-1721
or at MGjonaj@council.nyc.
gov<mailto:MGjonaj@council.
nyc.gov>. Thank you, and
may you and your loved ones
remain safe and healthy.
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The East Bronx History
Forum and the Huntington
Free Library are pleased to announce
the Forum will hold its
153rd meeting on Wednesday,
March 17th at 8:00 PM with a
ZOOM presentation by Fordham
University Professor Allan
S. Gilbert,“Digging The
Bronx -Recent Archaeology in
the Borough.
The Bronx and all of America
reflected on 1776 by tracing
our early history and sparking
archaeology excavations
in varied points in the Bronx.
This was a natural for the
Bronx, since the Borough has
the greatest proportion of park
land. From Riverdale Park
and Van Cortlandt in the west,
Bronx Park and Fordham University
in the center and Pelham
Bay and Throggsneck
in the east, were recently explored
and excavated. Professor
Gilbert’s book details these
and his own work at the Rose
Hill project,that all local historians
will find fascinating and
easy to read.
The Bronx Botanical Garden
has a recent discovery of
a turtle petroglyph on display
in the lower level of the Haupt
Conservatory and a thirtysix
page chapter in “Digging
The Bronx”. This chapter is
just one that makes this book
a must read. Professor Allan
Gilbert will cover these past
excavations and some that are
not in the book. Additionally,
Mr. Gilbert will discuss what is
happing now in the Bronx and
other possibilities to look forward
to in the years to come.
Allan S. Gilbert is Professor
of Anthropology at Fordham
University since 1983
and now in his 38th year of
teaching. He earned a BA
degree in French from Rutgers
University and an MA,
MPhil, and PhD in anthropology
from Columbia University.
His original focus of
research was in the archaeology
of the ancient Near East,
but he began working in New
World historical archaeology
at Fordham then including
his excavations at the
University Rose Hill
Manor.Since 1999
he serves as chair of
the Columbia University
Seminar on the
Ancient Near East.
Professor Gilbert is
currently preparing
a second edition of
the “Encyclopedia of
Geoarchaeology,” a
compendium of information
describing the
connections between
archaeology and the
earth sciences.
This Presentation
is limited to the
first 100 members
and friends that log
onto our Zoom meeting.
The East Bronx
History Forum posts
the login details on
our web page at BronxNYC.
com. Remember, we will meet
on-line, at8:00 pm, Wednesday
March 17th.
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