$70M renovation for P.S.
33 Annex to add 388 seats
BY ALEX MITCHELL
A west Bronx school will
be receiving a major upgrade
very soon.
The annex of the P.S. 33
Tim Dwight School has offi
cially broken ground on a
$70 million renovation for its
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Councilman Cabrera (c) spoke about the planned P.S. 33 Annex.
Photo by Edward Watkins
2424 Jerome Avenue property
on Thursday, July 11.
This project will include
adding new classroom seats
to the school, a library, an exercise
room, a medical suite,
a kitchen and a student cafeteria,
a project room, a ew
playground and other necessary
learning utilities to the
kindergarten through fi fth
grade elementary school.
“Today’s groundbreaking
is a major milestone for
the Jerome Avenue Neighborhood
plan and the school
children of this community,”
Councilman Fernando Cabrera
said as he stood in
front of the ceremonial dirt
mounds that symbolized the
start of construction.
“P.S 33 Annex tells the
story of neighbors who came
together, with elected offi -
cials and city agencies to ensure
that our kids can get
an education in a new, wellequipped,
state of the art
learning environment,” the
councilmember elaborated.
According to Cabrera’s offi
ce, Community School District
10, which P.S. 33 is part
of, is one of the most overcrowded
school districts in
the city.
This new, $70 million annex
will create an additional
388 classroom seats for P.S. 33
students upon its completion.
“Throughout the process
of developing the Jerome Avenue
Neighborhood plan, I
affi rmed my commitment to
this community by insisting
on investments in housing,
healthcare, economic
development and education.
Today I’m very proud of the
work we did together as we
begin the construction process
of the P.S. 33 Annex,”
Elected offi cials and project leaders broke ground for P.S. 33’s Annex. Photo by Edward Watkins Cabrera exclaimed.