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RE-OPENING OF A FAMOUS RIVERDALE RESTAURANT

The new Riverdale Greentree is pleased to have reopened its bar and restaurant. After serving customers for more than twenty years, the first generation of the O’Meara family have passed the torch to the next generation who have recently reopened with a new warm and stylish décor.

In the heart of the Riverdale avenue, the Greentree’s bar has always been the ideal meeting place to have a casual drink with colleagues after work or to watch a game between friends.

With nearly 200 seats, the renovated dining room offers a pleasant atmosphere complimenting the new American Cuisine of Executive Chef, Edward Flores, along with the extensive wine list of the Greentree.

Manager Steve Selby comments that “the menu features home made dishes that have made the reputation of the Greentree, such as the three cheese ravioli with home made marinara sauce, home made mozzarella, meatloaf and bread pudding”.

With a children’s menu, facilities for babies and a large dining room Selby continues “the Greentree is, now, more than ever the place to go to enjoy a brunch or dinner in a family friendly environment”.

The Greentree’s aesthetics has changed but not its services and philosophy, continuing to offer an excellent venue for private parties, off-site buffet or catering, and carrying on the tradition of sponsorship and charity for the Riverdale community.

About: For more information about this event or any at the Riverdale Greentree, please contact Steve Selby, Manager; Telephone: 718-601-2572
Email: info@greentreeny.com, Website: www.greentreeny.com
Address: 5693 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx, NY 10471

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 A Library With a Past Ponders Its Future

TWO years ago, a lanky teenager named Adolfo Abreu who lives in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx got involved in a campaign to turn the shuttered Fordham Library Center into a youth center. Unhappy about the dearth of activities available to him and his friends, he spent months rallying support for the cause, only to learn in late May that the city was eyeing the former library for use as an animal shelter. 

“I felt like, wow, they care more about animals than us?” said Adolfo, a high school freshman who serves as the president of Sistas and Brothas United, the youth branch of the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, a local organization. “We’ve been fighting for this for years. That part of the Bronx is like a wasteland, and having an animal shelter isn’t going to improve it.”

The former library, a handsome three-story red brick building with arched windows, sits on a downtrodden block of Bainbridge Avenue near Fordham Road’s bustling retail corridor. It has been locked since 2005, shortly before the new $50 million Bronx Library Center opened one block to the west.

Adolfo Abreu isn’t the only one with grand visions for the building. Members of local community groups have envisioned the nearly 30,000-square-foot former library as outfitted with a computer lab, a boxing ring and an art studio, and accommodating activities like after-school tutoring.

The city’s health department is working to open animal shelters in Queens and the Bronx, which currently have only pet receiving centers. The agency has a contract with New York City Animal Care and Control, a nonprofit group, to operate shelters.

Jessica Scaperotti, a department spokeswoman, confirmed that the agency was considering the former Fordham Library as a site for a shelter, but said there was no timetable for the plan. The issue was reported in The Norwood News, a local newspaper.

Despite potential obstacles, leaders of the effort to turn the old library into a youth center said they would soldier ahead. Among them is Fernando Cabrera, the pastor of New Life Outreach International in Kingsbridge Heights.

“There are plenty of other places an animal shelter would be suitable,” Mr. Cabrera said. “The community isn’t going to stand for that here.”

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