Van Cortlandt Village/Kingsbridge Heights On Forgotten Neighborhoods

Van Cortlandt Village/Kingsbridge Heights On Forgotten Neighborhoods

From their site:
I became so enamoured of the Van Cortlandt Village/Kingsbridge Heights area while doing ForgottenTour 37 around the (temporarily dry) Jerome Park Reservoir that I resolved to return and explore these two obscure Bronx enclaves a little more in-depth, and that’s exactly what I did on September 20, 2009. [...]

Alarm test at the Jerome Park Reservoir

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled a routine alarm safety, maintenance and inspection procedure at the Jerome Park Reservoir.
The test will take place on Tuesday, February 16, 2010, at approximately 9:00 a.m.
The alarm may be detectable near the site but it will be preceded by an announcement that the alarm is [...]

ALERT: Lost Dog!

ALERT: Lost Dog!

Attention:
On February 5th, 2010 around 10:00am  in the vicinity of Van Cortlandt Avenue West one of our neighbors lost their dog.
The dog is a miniature Doberman, she was wearing a red harness, and her name is Fortune.
If you have seen this dog or have any information please contact us at lostdog@fipna.org or use our contact [...]

A compactor on Cannon Place?

A compactor on Cannon Place?

At first I wasn’t sure what this big green hunk of metal was now sitting in the Nursing Home driveway.
Could it be a dumpster? A water tank? What is it?

After further investigation it turns out that it is a hydraulic compactor used to crush garbage.
I was surprised to see something this monstrous sitting right in [...]

Helen ‘bought’ patients?

According to a story in the NY Post Helen Sieger allegedly paid a hospital social worker for patients;
A Bronx nursing home allegedly paid a hospital social worker to steer elderly patients its way, The Post has learned.
Ex-Kingsbridge Care Center CEO Helen Sieger gave New York Presbyterian’s Frank Rivera nearly $20,000, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said.
Sieger, [...]

Alarm test at Jerome Park Reservoir

On Thursday, November 12 at approximately 9 AM, NYCDEP’s Bureau of Water and Sewer Operations will conduct its quarterly alarm safety, maintenance and inspection test at the Jerome Park Reservoir.
The alarm may be detectable near the site; however, there will be an announcement before the alarm is activated that the [...]

Notice: GIVING THANKS FAMILY FUN IN THE BRONX

This is a noticed passed on by us:
Greetings Friends,
Join us for this annual tradition of Celebrating THANKSGIVING on the HARLEM RIVER.
UDEC HARLEM RIVER ECOLOGY CENTER
..a unique urban nature center and micro-maritime museum Locatea the Southern End of Roberto Clemente State Park,  NYC Bridge Park, and River Park Towers; Just north of the historic High Bridge, [...]

Helen Sieger accused of stealing $9 Million Dollars!

According to an article in the Daily News today a lawsuit filed in Bronx Supreme Court charges that Helen Sieger previous owner of the Kingsbridge Heights Rehabilitation & Care Center allegedly stole $9 million from the home for her personal use.
Since the strike ended, the nursing home has gone into state receivership, and William Pascocello, [...]

Helen is just a bad memory now...

Helen is just a bad memory now…

Well it is now final, Helen is just a bad memory now!
Tonight a towing company finally came a took her car away which has sat parked in the nursing home parking lot since before the strike began. It has been almost a year that the strike has been over and still the car sat parked [...]

It’s Official: Goodbye Helen!

We have obtained a copy of the order that has removed Helen Sieger from Kingsbridge Heights Rehabilitation and Care Center. The main statement on the order “Without opposition petition granted! Order Signed.”
It is amazing that the order was signed the morning of February 11, 2009 and by the afternoon of the same date Helen was [...]

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