Woodlawn Taxpayers Association

Op-Ed: Urgent Action Needed to Restore Peace & Security to Woodlawn

By WILLIAM MURRAY
The Woodlawn community is facing an urgent issue with repeated and disruptive street parties, particularly on Jerome Avenue and near 233rd Street, escalating into more severe criminal activities. This behavior, once peripheral, now threatens our neighborhood’s safety, with a noticeable increase in crimes such as vehicle theft and disturbances during daytime hours, affecting residents’ daily lives and sense of security.

Funeral Arrangements Announced for Norwood Community Leader Joseph McCarthy

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Former Norwood teacher and Perry Avenue resident, Joseph McCarthy, died on Sunday, Jan. 7, aged 79. The news was confirmed by his brother, John, who described Joe as a local influential figure and community leader in the ‘60s ’70s and ’80s, who was heavily involved with the local school board.

In Rare Exception Across the City, Portion of Woodlawn Downzoned

By VIVIAN CARTER
  The trend in New York City real estate development is unquestionably upward. But residents in the Woodlawn Heights section of the Bronx have orchestrated a reversal. Woodlawn Heights is an outlier, a hilly neighborhood of one- and two-family homes along the city’s northern line, surrounded by Van Cortlandt Park, the fences of Woodlawn Cemetery, and a bustling Webster Avenue corridor.  The bulk of Woodlawn Heights (except along the cemetery and Webster Avenue) is zoned R4A, allowing only suburban-style homes.  For years, three local homeowners groups have been working closely with local legislators and the community board to maintain the


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