Trump Golf Links opens The Waterfront NYC restaurant
Nestled at the foot of the
Whitestone Bridge, where
New York City’s East River
meets the Long Island Sound,
sits the elegant waterfront
restaurant that overlooks the
award-winning golf course at
Trump Golf Links at Ferry
Point. With sweeping views
everywhere you turn, this scenic
environment is celebrated
for its exquisite atmosphere,
world-class service, and delicious
New-American cuisine.
The restaurant boasts
an assortment of local craft
beers that pair perfectly with
mouthwatering burger and
sandwich selections from
their lunch menu.
From the dinner menu,
they offer guests delectably
seasoned dishes that are com-
plemented by an elegant selection
of wines.
At their sprawling 30-foot
marble bar adorned with
three 90 inch TVs, guests enjoy
hand-crafted seasonal
cocktails to satisfy the most
discerning taste buds.
Open to the public, The
Waterfront NYC welcomes all
as one of the city’s most spectacular
dining destinations.
Weekly events include:
Wednesday Lobster Bakes
from 5 to 9 p.m.; and Weekend
Brunches from 11 a.m. to
5 p.m.
The restaurant is located
at Trump Golf Links, 500
Hutchinson River Parkway.
For further information visit
their website at www.thewaterfrontnyc.
com. The Waterfront NYC restaurant located at Trump Golf Links in Ferry Point Park. Photo courtesy of the Trump Golf Links
BY GEORGE HAVRANEK
Whether by design or happenstance
the quality of life
and charming characteristics
in low-density zoned areas are
at risk. The de Blasio administration’s
plan to close Rikers
Island by 2027 will bring
consequences. The current
plan calls for smaller jails to
be built in every borough except
Staten Island. Transition
homes, substance abuse facilities
and other service houses
are part of the plan to help the
troubled ease back into society.
Saturation points are being
reached in areas previously
forced to accept these
forms of housings. Low-density
communities that are
absent of jails, shelters, and
other service homes are now
likely targets for these types
of housings.
Coincidentally, Miracle
City, the controversial substance
abuse treatment facility,
and Steward Holdings
Group are both located at 2800
Bruckner Boulevard.
According to their web
page Steward Holdings Group
is known for “providing honest
solutions for New York
investment property sellers
who need to sell fast and investors
looking to grow their
real estate investment portfolios
for better returns.”
As chronicled in a previous
column, a 2014 study in
The Journal of Substantial
Real Estate, Volume 6 Number
1 showed 6%-17% devaluation
in homes located near a drug
treatment facility. Homes located
near facilities focused
on opioid abuse were at the
higher end of the devaluation
scale. The study revealed
homes located near a drug
treatment facility (within a ¼
mile) sell at a faster rate than
the typical area home. This
suggests the increased likelihoods
of potential mass exoduses
of residents living near
drug treatment facilities.
Steward Holdings Group
advocates for the novice investor
purchasing ‘needy’ properties
in distressed neighborhoods.
Conversions of typical
one and two family homes
into ‘group homes’ are one
of their typical investment
models. The Steward Holdings
Group model is clearly
an exemplifi cation of investor
greed before community need
and poses a threat to the quality
of life in low-density communities.
There are statistics suggesting
lower recidivism rates
are tethered to these types of
service housings. However,
it appears that critical variables
such as decriminalization
and the 2016 Criminal Reforms
initiated by the former
Councilwoman Vivian Mark-
Vivierito led are unaccounted
for in these stellar reports.
Research that accounted for
this variable would likely
show behaviors that were
once deemed intolerable or
in stark violation of the law
have created the perception
of a safer society. It is evident
that the scales of justice have
tilted away from the respectable
law abiding citizen. This
coalescence of disrespectful
behaviors into the norms of
society through decriminalization
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is detrimental to our
quality of life. The dangers of
the past could potentially endanger
our futures.
A Rudimentary Outline
The closure of Rikers Island
strategically places jails
in in high-density communities.
These high-density communities
were typical locations
for service homes, transition
houses, various types of
shelters and substance abuse
treatment facilities.
The forcing of jails on
these communities creates a
need for other accommodations
for ‘service homes, transition
homes, shelters and the
like in other communities’.
The trickle down effect unltimately
reaches many lowdensity
communities by way
of their vulnerable perimeters
and commercial corridors.
(e.g. Miracle City) It is
imperative that our low-density,
residential communities
unite to stave off the unwanted
and procure what is
needed.
Community Footnotes
The MTA is testing the
newly proposed and adamantly
opposed bi-directional
bus route on Stadium
Avenue, Ampere Avenue
and Kennelworth Place. We
surmise this is to assess the
placements of new bus stops
and areas of ‘day lighting’ required
to accommodate the
wide turn radius of oversized
buses on these narrow streets.
Preliminary analysis suggests
that due to additional
bus stops and two-way fl ow,
the newly proposed route will
negatively affect parking in
our parking deprived neighborhood.
Petitions in opposition
to this unwarranted
change were signed at our
July 17th meeting.
The Bronx Department
of Transportation has once
again denied our request for
a multi-way stop sign at the
intersection of Stadium Avenue
and Spencer Drive. In
response, our association
has appealed and reopened
the case under number DOT
421773-T2GS. Matthew Aranico,
from the offi ce of Commissioner
Nivardo Lopez, is
temporarily assigned to the
case. The potential of twoway
bus fl ow on Stadium Avenue
and the elimination of the
bus route on Spencer Drive
brought new variables to the
situation. We thank all area
residents for their continued
patience.
The plan to spruce up the
drab utility triangle at the
Middletown Road-Ampere
Avenue convergence remains
on hold. Trenching for a necessary
infrastructure project
near the triangle will place a
delay on any expeditious start
date. We patiently await completion
of this work and approval
from multiple sources.
Community Board 10 and the
offi ce of Councilman Mark
Gjonaj are aiding our association
in this matter of growing
complexity.
Our association has recently
requested trash barrels
at strategic locations along
our Ampere Avenue commercial
corridor and NYPD
cameras at McDonough Place
and Bruckner Boulevard, the
scene of a fatal hit and run in
March.
Political leaders to gauge a
community’s interest and fortitude
use the attendances at
local civic association meetings.
Large turnouts by our
community show our elected
offi cials that we have the fortitude
and resolve needed to
confront adversity. It is critical
for our community to continually
build on this momentum.
After an August break
we will come back rested and
ready in September.
The next meeting of the
Spencer Estate Civic Association
is Wednesday, September
18, 7:30 p.m., at Knights of
Columbus (corner of Ampere
and Research avenues). Our
valued friend, Councilman
Gjonaj is the scheduled key
note speaker for our second
half kick-off.
Any area homeowner or
renter interested in membership
to the all inclusive Spencer
Estate Civic Association
in box George Havranek on
Facebook or send-email with
subject matter Spencer Estate
to gghh55@aol.com.
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