Three major Bronx institutions were all smiles last May when Montefiore Medical Center announced that it had brokered a deal in the decade-long tiff between the New York Botanical Garden and Fordham University. Montefiore offered the roof of its Montefiore II residential high-rise, located at 3450 Wayne Ave. at Gun Hill Road, to host a 142-foot tower for Fordham’s public radio station, WFUV.

If approved, the solution would finally end the longstanding feud between Fordham and the Garden over the university’s existing structure. Many argue that the 260-foot uncompleted tower on Fordham’s campus mars the views inside its institutional neighbor. Fordham would dismantle the structure once the new one is built.

Last October, Fordham completed the environmental impact assessment required by city and federal agencies. Fordham contends that the slim antenna would create little, if any, impact on local health, aesthetics or radio reception. It will have a visual impact, however, as Fordham estimates it will be prominent within a five-block radius and visible for up to half a mile.

Community Board 7 gave its nod to the plan at last month’s public meeting, and the city Board of Standards and Appeals is now assessing the impact statement. They must schedule a public hearing before issuing the project a special permit, and then the plan moves on to federal and state agencies.