Many Village Public Works Projects Completed this Summer: Roads Paved, Sidewalks Repaired, Garden Avenue Parking Lot Redone
Aug. 27, 2014: August in Bronxville always includes a long list of public works projects by the village and this August is no exception.
Village Administrator Jim Palmer anticipates milling and paving of Pondfield Road from Tanglewylde Avenue to Valley Road to occur overnight on Thursday, August 28, with striping and crosswalk installation scheduled for Friday, August 29.
New sidewalks and granite curbing already have been installed on the east side of Pondfield Road.
The Garden Avenue parking lot, a focal point for public improvement projects this summer, should see completion by Labor Day weekend. A grant awarded to the village to fund flood mitigation there involved installing underground chambers to catch runoff and reduce flooding, aided by previous concrete pavers installed at ground level.
The parking lot has been reconfigured to absorb merchant parking displaced by the beginning of pre-excavation and pre-construction work at the Kensington Road development site. The redesigned Garden Avenue lot has new paving, angled parking, reset light poles, and redesigned and newly landscaped islands with new tree placement.
Repaving projects in the village included Summit Avenue from Hobart Street to the village line, Sherman Avenue, Hamilton Avenue, Prescott Avenue from Gladwin Road to Avon Road, and Avon Road from Park Avenue to Sagamore Road.
A less visible public works project will begin mid-September when the village plans to video every village sewer line to determine which need to be cleaned and which can be relined. Palmer noted that lining is a superior technology that not only extends the useful lives of sewer lines, but also can eliminate the need for replacement. The village is soliciting bids for the video examination and the cleaning.
Come the new year, the major village and school district flood mitigation project funded by a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant is scheduled to see ground breaking in January of 2015 with completion in late summer of 2015. A hydraulic water retention system and pumping system will be installed under Hayes Field on the Bronxville School property, and water will be pumped from those tanks through a force main that will cross beneath Midland Avenue across the Bronxville Public Library and Village Hall properties and proceed under Palumbo Place to a discharge location at Laurel Brook.
Pictured here: Village public works project at the corner of Garden Avenue and Pondfield.
Photo by A. Warner
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Bronxville is a quaint village (one square mile) located just 16 miles north of midtown Manhattan (roughly 30 minutes on the train) and has a population of approximately 6,500. It is known as a premier community with an excellent public school (K-12) and easy access to Manhattan. Bronxville offers many amenities including an attractive business district, a hospital (Lawrence Hospital), public paddle and tennis courts, fine dining at local restaurants, two private country clubs and a community library.
While the earliest settlers of Bronxville date back to the first half of the 18th century, the history of the modern suburb of Bronxville began in 1890 when William Van Duzer Lawrence purchased a farm and commissioned the architect, William A. Bates, to design a planned community of houses for well-known artists and professionals that became a thriving art colony. This community, now called Lawrence Park, is listed on the National register of Historic Places and many of the homes still have artists’ studios. A neighborhood association within Lawrence Park called “The Hilltop Association” keeps this heritage alive with art shows and other events for neighbors.
Bronxville offers many charming neighborhoods as well as a variety of living options for residents including single family homes, town houses, cooperatives and condominiums. One of the chief benefits of living in “the village” is that your children can attend the Bronxville School.
The Bronxville postal zone (10708, known as “Bronxville PO”) includes the village of Bronxville as well as the Chester Heights section of Eastchester, parts of Tuckahoe and the Lawrence Park West, Cedar Knolls, Armour Villa and Longvale sections of Yonkers. Many of these areas have their own distinct character. For instance, the Armour Villa section has many historic homes and even has its own newsletter called “The Villa Voice” which reports on neighborhood news.
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