Updates
The West 90's Neighborhood Association will post information on news, events, and issues of concern to our community. We welcome receipt of relevant items of interest from you, so please stay in contact!
Projects-In-Process
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument
In partnership with the Riverside Park Conservancy, Neil Berson, W90s Neighborhood Association co-president, is chairing a campaign to restore the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, a grand and inspirational memorial at Riverside Drive and 89th Street.
Highway of Heroes
The Association will be advocating for New York City to formally designate Riverside Drive from 72nd through 122nd Streets as the “Highway of Heroes,” which has monuments to Eleanor Roosevelt, Soldiers and Sailors, Joan of Arc, the 1956 Hungarian Freedom Fighters (Kossuth), the FDNY’s Firefighters, Samuel Tilden, and Franz Sigel.
Of Note
315 W 94th Street Update
Representatives of the W90s Neighborhood Association and Riseboro, the operator of the new senior community that soon will begin onboarding 135 senior citizens in the renovated building at 315 West 94th Street between Riverside Drive and West End Avenue, met recently to discuss their plans. In addition to individual one-room apartments with cooking facilities and bathrooms, the building will have a community kitchen and dining room.
The resident seniors will be permanent rent-paying tenants. The residents will be supported by an in-house staff of benefit case managers and other employees, including security personnel and a building manager. There will be one security officer on premises during the daytime and two security officers during the night.
Police Precinct Meeting
Representatives of the Association recently had a productive meeting with Deputy Inspector Naoki Yaguchi, Commander of NYPD’s 24th Precinct to discuss neighborhood issues and concerns. As with the rest of NYC, crime overall has declined, but gun violence, in particular, has increased. Inspector Yaguchi noted that they were focused on the Broadway corridor between 86th and 116th streets and we identified additional locations within our neighborhood that we felt required heightened surveillance and attention. Inspector Yaguchi welcomed ongoing communication with him as needed and provided us with the names and contact information of the community policing officers that cover our area.
Sector “Boy”:
(W. 86 St. to W. 100 St. / Central Park West to Broadway)
PO William Bodner — william.bodner@nypd.org
PO Nelson Gomez — nelson.gomez@nypd.org
Sector “Adam”:
(W. 86 St. to W. 110 St. / Broadway to the River)
PO Michael Celenza — michael.celenza@nypd.org
PO Jovani Soto — jovani.soto@nypd.org
In The News
New York Times, 2005
Block by Block: The West 90s
Video Showing the “West 90s, Block by Block”
New York Times, 03/04/2020
The West 90s: An Increasingly Upscale Area Between Two Parks
A week before NYC shut down due to the pandemic, the Real Estate section details “The West 90s: An Increasingly Upscale Area Between Two Parks”
New York Times, 12/28/14
Prices Rise, but So Do Options
“Prices Rise, but So Do Options,” Real Estate story about the West 90s
NYC Reopens, 10/20/2020
Ending Aircraft Noise is a Priority for Community Board 7
With many residents working from home and commuting to residences outside of the city due to the pandemic, the helicopter noise is escalating.
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