News from Yonkers & Councilman Breen

Yonkers Council Member Mike Breen from the 5th District recently sent out an email blast. Here are the two most important updates from it for our neighbors.

Bronx River Road Infrastructure Improvements
As the completion of Stagg Development’s new building at 705 Bronx River Road approaches, infrastructure improvements are currently ongoing. Stagg is now fulfilling their agreement to improve the intersection of Bronx River Road, Midland Avenue and Broad Street. Stagg reached out to the community and asked what was the most important issue they could resolve. In response to the community concerns, a new traffic pattern for the intersection of Bronx River Road, Midland Avenue and Broad Street to reduce backups was added to the plan. The long awaited 3rd lane (northbound) is being constructed. When completed the three lanes will include a right turn only lane, a northbound lane and a left turn only lane. Together we have added some new housing stock, convenient to the Fleetwood Train Station and made a very important and needed infrastructure improvement to the neighborhood.

15 Parkview Avenue
In March 2019 a five alarm fire caused significant damage at 15 Parkview Avenue and displaced over 150 residents of the building. The owner of the property submitted a variance request to the Yonkers Zoning Board of Appeals to raze the building and rebuild, however, the ZBA heard our neighbors and unanimously denied the requested variances. Our boards, like the ZBA, have dedicated volunteers who spend countless hours reviewing applications, hearing from all interested parties and making decisions based on all of the information they have gathered. I’d like to thank the volunteers on all the City’s Boards and Commissions for all of the time and effort they expend on behalf of its residents.

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