Click below on the photo of
rural Palisade Avenue. You
will be taken to our page
on the Hebrew Home
development proposal. There
you will find a sample letter,
mailing addresses, and
information about this project
since its first proposal in 2012.
Once the Hebrew Home application is submitted, we will need a strong showing of community sentiment!
Please join your fellow residents and civic groups - write to Community Board 8 and our elected officials. Let them know that you fully support the "cottage scheme" of development and protection for low-density zoning in Riverdale and throughout the City.
Our community and the Riverdale Nature Preservancy have been working on this issue since the Hebrew Home first proposed its plan in 2012. Strong community voice will make a difference.
Need to know more? Click here for our Hebrew Home page.
NYC Council has approved the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) and Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) zoning text amendments.
The zoning amendments were presented to Bronx Community Board 8 in June 2015. Certain provisions ignored decades of gains in neighborhood preservation and environmental protection achieved by the Riverdale and wider NW Bronx communities.
The communities' thoughtful and persistent statements at hearings of the Community Board, City Planning Commission and City Council have resulted in extensive modification to the original proposals.
The 2012 Dishwasher Detergent and Nutrient Runoff Law prohibits the use of phosphorus fertilizers unless a new lawn is being established or a soil test shows that the lawn does not have enough phosphorus. Contact Lisa King at 518-402-8000 with questions.
Community Links
Association of Riverdale Cooperatives & Condominiums
Bronx Council for Environmental Quality
Kingsbridge Riverdale Van Cortlandt Development Corporation
Find a Public Library in the Bronx
Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy
City-wide and national organizations and agencies
Bronx Community Board 8