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Slain Bronx cyclists remembered
Bicycle safety advocates put up Ghost Bike memorials in their honor
BY KEVIN DALOIA
A third Bronx bicyclist was killed
on Saturday, June 21, at around 5 p.m
by the driver of a Jeep on the Pelham
Bay Bridge, and a few Bronx bicycle
safety advocates prepared a Ghost
Bike memorial and plaque in his
honor.
On Monday, June 29, members
and volunteers from Transportation
Alternative Bronx Committee, Street
Memorials and some local community
members, secured the Ghost
Bike at the location of the crash on the
north side of the Pelham Bay Bridge,
to bring awareness that 43-year-old
cyclist Edward Marrow was killed at
the location. The gesture will hopefully
lead drivers, cyclists and pedestrians
to be more cautious. Family
and friends were in attendance at the
memorial.
According to police, Marrow was
riding southbound on a peddle-assist
e-bike on the Pelham Bay Bridge inside
Pelham Bay Park on the sidewalk.
The police report stated “He
lost control and fell off the sidewalk
entering the roadway, where he was
hit by a northbound driver.”
Marrow suffered severe head
trauma and was taken to Jacobi
Hospital, where he died. The driver
stayed on the scene and was not
charged at that time. The investigation
is ongoing, The following night
had a deadly six-car crash at the
same intersection. And six days later,
an SUV fl ipped over within the same
location.
The bridge, which is planned to
be replaced beginning in 2022, has
two travel lanes in each direction but
no protection for that sidewalk on either
side of the span. There is a plan
to add protective Jersey barriers on
the south side, but there has been no
date set.
According to the organizer, Kevin
Daloia, a local advocate for safer
streets, “It is obvious by the broken
sidewalks, loose gravel on the roadbed,
lack of appropriate lighting, potholes
and condition of the pedestrian
pathway that the DOT has neglected
this area for quite some time. There
needs to me an immediate safety upgrade
protecting users of the pathway
from moving traffi c. There is
currently no curb to prevent a vehicle
from riding up on the sidewalk. And
cars moving at 40 miles per hpur cannot
simply merge into traffi c that is
just starting to move from the traffi c
signal.”
In 2019, the DOT committed to installing
Jersey barriers on the south
side of the bridge, protecting the users
of the greenway. No date has been
set.
On June 8, Ivan Morales was killed
in a crash on Willis Avenue and 138th
Street. The Friday after, Jose Garcia
was run over by a box truck on Park
Avenue, near 138th Street. Garcia
stated he had “swerved to avoid a double
parked car” and “did not see the
bicycle” on Park Avenue three blocks
away.
On Monday, June 22, TABX placed
and dedicated Ghost Bikes for both of
these two bike riders in Mott Haven.
Family and friends gather for the Ghost Bike dedication for Edward Marrow in Pelham Bay Photo courtesy of Kevin Daloia
Lottery opens for Longwood apartments
Camber property group creates lottery for 161-unit building on Tiffany St.
BY JASON COHEN
The lottery for 126 newly
constructed affordable housing
units in Longwood opened
on Thursday.
The Tiffany Street Apartments,
located at 975 Tiffany
St., include a wide range of
unit types, from studios to
one-, two- and three-bedroom
apartments. The building is
a mixed-income development
with apartments affordable
to residents earning a wide
spectrum of incomes between
27 percent of the Area Median
Income (AMI) up to 80 percent
AMI. Nearly 25 percent of the
building will be set-aside for
formerly homeless individuals
and families.
“It is important that new
affordable housing provides options
for families of all types
and sizes and the Tiffany Street
Apartments do just that,” said
Rick Gropper, principal of Camber
Property Group. “By providing
homes for the formerly homeless
as well as large families we
are ensuring that New Yorkers
from all backgrounds and have
a chance to live and thrive in
our city as we recover from the
COVID-19 crisis.”
Amenities include an on-site
resident manager, fi tness center,
community gathering space,
outdoor recreational space, bike
storage and laundry room.
The 161-unit project is a joint
venture between Property Resources
Corp. and Camber Property
Group, the third such collaboration
between the two
companies in the south Bronx.
The partnership also developed
1000 Fox St., an eight-story,
120- unit affordable project and
960 Simpson St., a six-story, 80-
unit building.
“PRC has been committed to
providing safe, quality affordable
housing in Longwood and
the surrounding neighborhoods
for close to 50 years and we could
not be prouder to be opening Tiffany
Street Apartments now,
when the need for affordable
housing has never been more vital,”
said Benjamin Linde, principal
of the Property Resources
Corporation.
The $60 million project was
funded through a combination
of $40 million in tax-exempt
bonds and subsidy from HPD and
HDC and $15 million in Low Income
Housing Tax Credit equity.
Chase Community Development
Banking provided the construction
period credit enhancement
and Regions Affordable Housing
provided the tax credit equity
on behalf of JPMorgan Capital
Corporation. PRC and Camber
provided the remaining $5 million.
The building was designed
by Peter Clements Architect P.C.
Details on the lottery, including
income requirements and
how to apply for apartments,
can be found at https://bit.
ly/2ApkOgM.
A rendering of the Tiffany Street Apartments. Courtesy of Peter Clements Architect
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