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Kingsbridge Armory Bidders Make Closing Arguments

The two competing bidders looking to redevelop the vacant Kingsbridge Armory into something both profitable and beneficial to the community gave their final pitch to local residents last week at a forum hosted by Community Board 7.

Kingsbridge Armory Forum Offers Chance for Developers to Make Their Case to Community

During a forum tonight at Monroe College (6:30 p.m., 2501 Jerome Ave.), the two competing developers looking to revamp the Bronx’s long-vacant Kingsbridge Armory will have a chance to talk face-to-face with the community. It might be their last opportunity to sway locals into their corner before the city’s Economic Development Corporation, which is controlled by the mayor, makes a decision on which group gets the bid.

Bronx Notes: CB7 Economic Development Meeting Tonight

Community Board 7 will be holding its Economic Development committee meeting tonight at 6:45 p.m. at the board office in Bedford Park, 229A E. 204th St. (between Grand Concourse and Valentine Avenue). For more information, call (718) 933-5650 or visit bronxcb7.info.

Bronx Biz: Fordham BID Expands Sanitation Services

In plans unveiled at a press conference in September, the Fordham Road Business Improvement District (BID) announced plans to expand its sanitation services east on Fordham Road to Washington Avenue to include One Fordham Plaza (the property) as well as the outdoor vendors’ market. The services are also being offered north on Webster Avenue to include Cookies Department Store.

Pizzeria Owner Says He Was Set Up for a Robbery By Bogus Tip (Update)

Fresh off an overnight stay in jail, the relatively new owner of Sal’s Pizza and Restaurant says his very public arrest during dinner time on Tuesday evening was based on erroneous information given to police and that he was the victim of a robbery set up. Musa Neishewat, who purchased the popular Norwood eatery last winter, said police entered his packed restaurant on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., saying they were told that drugs and guns were being sold from his establishment. Neishewat said he told the officers they could look at video recordings from his security camera system, which stores


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Bainbridge Ave. Fire Lot To Become Retail

If you’ve walked by the empty lot on Bainbridge Avenue and 204th Street recently, you may have noticed a difference: construction crews working to turn it into something other than the rubble-strewn lot that it has been since Halloween of 2009 when the building standing there was burned down by a fire.

Bronx Notes: Proposal Writing Basics Workshop

The Bronx Library Center and the Foundation Center present Proposal Writing Basics, a free workshop with an introduction to Finding Funders, Tuesday, Sept. 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. Learn key components of writing a proposal to a foundation or corporation and get an introduction to the Foundation Center’s research tools. Register on the 4th floor (required). For more information, call (718) 579-4257.

Bronx Notes: Free Personal Finance Course

The Concourse House, 2751 Grand Concourse (entrance on East 196th Street), presents The Getting Ahead Program, a free 5-week personal finance course offering workshops in money management, credit building, debt reduction, budget creation and long term saving and planning (such as retirement, homeownership). In addition to new financial tools, graduates receive free credit report and analysis and completion certificate, which can be used at local credit unions for innovate products. Next course starts Sept. 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. For more information or to register, call Jumelia at (718) 933-2539.