Faced with the worst global pandemic in modern history and a wave crashing upon the shores of our hospitals as more and more patients infected with COVID-19 aka the coronavirus require hospitalization, we need Governor Andrew Cuomo and the federal government to convert the vacant Kingsbridge Armory into an emergency coronavirus hospital
One such facility is already being constructed at the Javits Center in Manhattan but our borough not only has the space to but we need it to in order to help save as many lives as possible.
There’s no question that our hospitals need to expand capacity to prepare for the rising cases of patients needing hospitalization due to severe symptoms from COVID-19 so why not use this large, vacant space that’s been sitting unused for decades?
Interior of the Kingsbridge Armory / Copyright ScoutingNY.com
New York State Assemblyman José Rivera, who represents the 78th Assembly District where the Kingsbridge Armory is located, has called Governor Cuomo to do just that.
In a press release dated March 22nd, Assemblyman Rivera says, “I believe it’s important [to] have a second temporary hospital located in New York City, so I call on Governor Cuomo to designate The Bronx’s Kingsbridge Armory as the site of the fifth temporary hospital.”
Rivera added, “The Kingsbridge armory, at almost 5 acres, is possibly the largest armory in the world and yet remains substantially vacant and underutilized, apart for a small National Guard unit that uses the annex in the rear of the armory as its temporary quarters.”
With some of the worst health outcomes in New York City, the state and in fact the nation, Bronx residents are disproportionately at a greater risk for COVID-19 and life-threatening complications so having such a facility within our border is critical if we’re to succeed.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, high risk groups for severe illness as a result of COVID-19 includes:
People with chronic lung disease or moderate to severe asthma
People who have serious heart conditions
People who are immunocompromised including cancer treatment
People of any age with severe obesity (body mass index [BMI] >40) or certain underlying medical conditions, particularly if not well controlled, such as those with diabetes, renal failure, or liver disease might also be at risk
The Bronx has the highest rates of hospitalization for asthma in the the entire state of New York as well as the highest morality rate in the state. In the South Bronx, those rates are significantly higher and 9x the national average.
In terms of heart disease, The Bronx also has the highest rate of cardiovascular related deaths in New York City indicating that a significant portion of the population suffers from such conditions.
So as you can see, while expanding capacity at Javits is necessary, doing the same at the Kingsbridge Armory is critical if we’re going to save as many as possible, particularly some of the most vulnerable populations in the country.
Please, Governor Cuomo, do the right thing and use the Kingsbridge Armory!
The Archdiocese of New York Has issued the following statement:
(New York, NY) In light of the continued concern surrounding the coronavirus, and the advice of medical experts, all Masses in the Archdiocese of New York will be canceled beginning this weekend, March 14-15, 2020.
This development follows upon today’s decision of Dutchess County to prohibit gatherings of more than 20 people. It is also intended to provide clarity and consistency throughout the ten counties that comprise the Archdiocese of New York (Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island, Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Dutchess).
Churches will, however, remain open for private prayer.
Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, urged the faithful to remember in their prayers all those whose lives have been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. “Let us pray for all who are sick, as well as doctors, nurses, caregivers, and all those working hard to combat the disease. We should also remember those whose lives have been otherwise disrupted, especially anyone who has lost income from a loss of work during this difficult time.”
A private Mass will be celebrated in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, and will be available on many cable systems via the Catholic Faith Network and its website at www.catholicfaithnetwork.org, livestreamed on the Saint Patrick’s Cathedral website at www.saintpatrickscathedral.org/live, and broadcast on radio on The Catholic Channel of Sirius XM (Channel 129).
New York City Department of Education Chancellor Richard Carranza said in a tweet moments ago that the city determined there was no positive test for COVID-19 in connection to the two schools closed today after reports of a student who had allegedly tested positive for coronavirus.
Chancellor Carranza went on to further state that the schools will reopen tomorrow and that the building was disinfected.
But parents and people began replying furiously demanding that all schools should close and that by keeping them open would put lives at danger.
Meanwhile, the Archdiocese of New York will shut down Catholic schools beginning March 16 for two weeks and many private schools across Riverdale have already closed as well as colleges and universities.
Governor Cuomo declared a state of emergency which band gatherings of more than 500 people which prompted the closing of Broadway, The Met and many other institutions yet we’re still keeping schools open?
Two co-located New York City Public Schools in Mott Haven which share the same building have been shut down due to student who tested positive for COVID-19, otherwise known as the coronavirus.
Just yesterday we wrote about how multiple private school and college campus closures in Riverdale is leaving that part of The Bronx and the city like a ghost town.
Located at 360 East 145th Street, The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology along with South Bronx Preparatory: A College Board School will both be closed for at least 24 hours as crews disinfect the building.
The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology, and South Bronx Preparatory: A College Board School, which are both co-located within the same building, are the first city schools to shut down due to coronavirus.
According to the New York Times the city’s Department of Health will also be working to identify others who may have come into contact with the student to determine if further testing or quarantine is required.
But that doesn’t mean that they aren’t carriers so closing these schools out of abundance of caution is necessary in order to “flatten the curve” and minimize the spread of the disease and not overwhelm our hospitals.
Correction: We previously reported Kinnert Day School as having been closed as per a list reported by The New York Times, however, according to the head of school Rabbi Aaron Frank, the school is still open.
There is no other area of The Bronx and perhaps in New York City that is feeling the impact of the rapidly spreading coronovirus than Riverdale.
First SAR Academy closed last week a student’s father tested positive for COVID-19 (otherwise known as coronavirus).
This particular individual is now linked to over 50 cases of the virus in New York and lives in New Rochelle which is now under a 1 mile containment zone to help stop the spread of the virus as best as possible.
Horace Mann will be closed for the remainder of the week through March 31st, at least for now.
Now Horace Mann, Riverdale Country School, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Manhattan College, College of Mount Saint Vincent are closed.
All students living on campus at both Manhattan College and College of Mount Saint Vincent have been ordered to move out of campus for the time being through Spring Break which begins next week for most of the schools.
Currently only Mount Saint Vincent had one student test positive for COVID-19, but all the schools are closing down out of an abundance of caution to help limit the spread of the virus in a race to “flatten the curve”, or help spread out the rate of infection as to not overwhelm our fragile healthcare system.
Other Bronx schools outside of Riverdale which have shutdown are Fordham University and Bronx Lighthouse Charter School in the South Bronx neighborhood of Foxhurst.
As testing increases and more and more people test positive for COVID-19, the rise of school closures is expected to rise and teaching moved to online/distance learning for the time being.
Several schools are already discussing the possibility of continuing teaching virtually well beyond March and into April or the foreseeable future depending on how the current pandemic plays out.
There are some folks calling this mass hysteria and saying that coronovirus is no more deadlier than the flu and even if that is the case, the point is that we need to not overwhelm our hospitals and intensive care units which can only handle so much.
What we do know at the moment is that people with underlying chronic medical issues like diabetes, heart or lung disease and older adults appear to be more susceptible than the general population when it comes to developing more serious complications from COVID-19.
What does that mean for the people of The Bronx who have some of the highest rates of asthma, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes in New York City and the nation?
Diana Hernández, a South Bronx resident and an assistant professor of sociomedical sciences at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health had an op-ed published in the Daily News on Monday and writes:
“First, for many working-class and poor people, social distancing is aspirational, at best, due to the realities of work, home life and transportation. Lower-wage workers may be more likely to be exposed to infected individuals by virtue of occupations in the service industry where encounters with the public are more common. In addition, they are more likely to be subject to wage versus salary employment, anemic sick-leave policies and unequal health-care access. Employees who benefit from more flexible work arrangements can take time off more easily without losing money and may also have access to superior healthcare facilities that are more capable of handling this emerging health threat.
“Dense living conditions stemming from poverty and low wages may also increase the risk of exposure and transmission to others in doubled- and tripled-up households. Limited access to private vehicles also means greater reliance on public transit, including to seek medical care, and the corresponding risk of infection therein.
“Lastly, health disparities make everything worse. Low-income and other marginalized groups are impacted by more sickness and less optimal outcomes across a spectrum of conditions and diseases. Under such circumstances, disadvantaged groups fare worse not because of the new exposure, per se, but because a compromised health status and suppressed immune function make it more difficult to ward off a new infection or survive its impact. “
In the meantime, let’s do the best we can to protect ourselves and others.
Here are some tips via the Center for Disease Control’s website:
Take steps to protect yourself
Clean your hands often
Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds especially after you have been in a public place, or after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.
If soap and water are not readily available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Cover all surfaces of your hands and rub them together until they feel dry.
Avoid touchingyour eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze or use the inside of your elbow.
Throw used tissues in the trash.
Immediately wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not readily available, clean your hands with a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
Wear a facemask if you are sick
If you are sick: You should wear a facemask when you are around other people (e.g., sharing a room or vehicle) and before you enter a healthcare provider’s office. If you are not able to wear a facemask (for example, because it causes trouble breathing), then you should do your best to cover your coughs and sneezes, and people who are caring for you should wear a facemask if they enter your room. Learn what to do if you are sick.
If you are NOT sick: You do not need to wear a facemask unless you are caring for someone who is sick (and they are not able to wear a facemask). Facemasks may be in short supply and they should be saved for caregivers.
Clean and disinfect
Clean AND disinfect frequently touched surfaces daily. This includes tables, doorknobs, light switches, countertops, handles, desks, phones, keyboards, toilets, faucets, and sinks.
If surfaces are dirty, clean them: Use detergent or soap and water prior to disinfection.
To disinfect: Most common EPA-registered household disinfectants will work. Use disinfectants appropriate for the surface.
Options include:
Diluting your household bleach. To make a bleach solution, mix:
5 tablespoons (1/3rd cup) bleach per gallon of water OR
4 teaspoons bleach per quart of water
Follow manufacturer’s instructions for application and proper ventilation. Check to ensure the product is not past its expiration date. Never mix household bleach with ammonia or any other cleanser. Unexpired household bleach will be effective against coronaviruses when properly diluted.
Alcohol solutions. Ensure solution has at least 70% alcohol.
Other common EPA-registered household disinfectants. Products with EPA-approved emerging viral pathogens pdf icon[7 pages]external icon claims are expected to be effective against COVID-19 based on data for harder to kill viruses. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions for all cleaning and disinfection products (e.g., concentration, application method and contact time, etc.).
Here’s something we can be cool with not being in first place.
According to a new report by propertyclub.nyc, Brooklyn is the nosiest borough in New York City as per noise complaints filed between January 2019 and February 2020.
The Bronx came in right behind at number two with the top complaint being loud music or party being the reason people called in.
I mean, that’s not surprising given that The Bronx gave birth to hip-hop and salsa, no?
The Grand Concourse was the nosiest street in The Bronx and 4th loudest in New York City according to propertyclub.nyc/Image Via StreetEasy
As for streets, the Grand Concourse not only came in as the nosiest street in The Bronx but it also topped out as the 4th loudest street in New York City with over half of the 2,119 noise complaints attributed to loud music or party.
The Bronx is the only borough of New York City situated on the American mainland. Formerly a wilderness of forests, meadows, and streams inhabited by various Indian tribes, The Bronx was settled by the Dutch in the seventeenth century.
Marginally separated from upper Manhattan by the narrow Harlem River, The Bronx quickly became a convenient destination for migrants seeking to escape the overcrowding and high costs of Manhattan.
The Irish first came to the Bronx in the mid 19th century as gangs of laborers who constructed the New York and Harlem Railroad, the Hudson River Railroad and the High Bridge. Their back-breaking and highly dangerous work inspired the saying that American railroads had “an Irishman buried under every tie.” Later, Irish migrants filled the newly-built Bronx factories or commuted to jobs in Manhattan.
They settled their families in neat wooden frame houses within the Bronx neighborhoods of Mott Haven, Melrose, and Highbridge, where they tended to pigs, cows and chickens and cultivated vegetable gardens in the backyards.
Bronx Irish Golden Age
South Bronx neighborhood in the 1920s
Other waves of immigration in the early twentieth century brought Italians, Germans, and Eastern European Jews to the Bronx. At the same time, Manhattan subway lines extended north and attracted furious development. Brick walk-ups sprouted seemingly overnight, lining street after street, providing rental housing to the mostly working class residents and transforming the Bronx into its own city.
By the late 1920s, the Bronx was booming with over 1.2 million people, mostly first- and second-generation immigrants who worked as carpenters, brick masons, house painters, tailors, garment makers, store clerks, small shop owners, and salesmen.
The Bronx community of the 1930s was self-sustaining for a majority of its residents, complete with new apartment houses, tree-lined streets, spacious public parks, good schools and ample shops. Social life blossomed on stoops and in apartment courtyards, weaving a tight fabric of community life.
Millions of Americans came to know the Bronx through “The Rise of the Goldbergs,” a popular radio and, later, television show depicting the lives of a Jewish family from the Bronx.
Bronx Irish Depression
A Great Depression “hooverille”
The Bronx that greeted Irish immigrants in 1930 was a hopeful place, but one that could not escape the growing despair of the age. Despite its charms, The Bronx was hit hard by the Depression. A Hooverville emerged on the Harlem River near Highbridge.
New construction dropped 75% from its 1920s highs. Evictions tripled throughout the city.Bronx Irish Catholics Many Bronx Irish sought refuge from their dire circumstances in the predominant institution of Irish culture since the arrival of St. Patrick: The Catholic Church. Community life in Bronx Irish neighborhoods revolved around the Catholic Church. Catholic churches and schools were abundant in Bronx Irish neighborhoods and were commonly attended by the children of Irish immigrants.
Bronx Children Walking to School
Youngsters descended daily from apartment stoops around Bronx Irish neighborhoods and paraded up the avenues to the school grounds, filling the morning air with shouts and laughter. Mobs of parishioners filed through church doors for mass on Sundays and holy days, or to celebrate a wedding or bid farewell to a loved one.
The highlight of spring featured First Communion processions down major thoroughfares, followed by graduating eighth-graders in the early summer. Irish American boys played pool, ping pong or boxing in school recreation rooms and joined girls at church dances on Friday nights. Catholic priests walked the neighborhoods, mingling with parishioners and keeping the children out of trouble. Nuns sold carnations outside churches every May to celebrate motherhood.
Bronx Irish Community Life
Bronx children eating snow cones
Beyond church grounds boys played in the streets — games like stick ball, hand ball, kick the can, pitching pennies, Johnny on the pony, and marbles. Girls played jacks, hopscotch and jump rope. Kids raised pigeons or flew kites on rooftops and raced gleefully through alleys and courtyards. Adults congregated and watched over neighborhoods from stoops and fire escapes.
In summer, kids opened fire hydrants or flocked to sprinklers and wading ponds of nearby parks for relief from the sweltering heat. They rented bikes for 25 cents, jumped on a mobile merry-go-round for a few pennies, and sat on blanketed fire escapes after sundown to unwind in the cool night air. Villagers traversed Bronx Irish neighborhoods on trolleys for a nickel and children hitched on the back for a free ride.
The downtrodden sang in courtyards and alleys for coins and bottle caps. Saturdays were scored by sounds of the Metropolitan Opera streaming from radios and reverberating through windows and alleyways of Bronx Irish neighborhoods. Holidays lured block parties and parades to crowd Bronx thoroughfares.
The carnival set up once or twice a year by Jackson Avenue station, casting a nightly glow over the South Bronx. Small shops lined sidewalks and thrived on abundant foot traffic. The South Bronx portion of Westchester Avenue from Wales to 152nd featured Dolan’s Irish Food Store, Olympia Florist, Cushman’s Bakery, an ice cream parlor, a drugstore, a Jewish baker, a candy store and two newsstands.
Bronx Irish Charity
A Bronx shop in the 1930s
Many shop owners offered store credit to poor Irish families in need of bread, milk or meat for their children. Other neighbors and friends offered support when they could, providing small loans or passing along used clothing to needy families. For a few weeks every summer, thousands of New York’s poor children, including many Bronx Irish, were given a respite from the strains of poverty and city life through the New York Herald-Tribune Fresh Air Fund.
Wealthy families welcomed poor children into their summer homes in Upstate New York and Connecticut, providing these young Irish Americans a rare experience to roam the rolling mountains and lush fields outside the Great City, just as their ancestors had roamed the Irish countryside in bygone years.
We don’t think there’s a topic more controversial as who has the best pizza in The Bronx (well maybe the age old question: Sauce or Gravy).
Seriously though, whenever we post about pizza it’s an all out war in the comments section all across social media!
So this year, rather than letting outsiders come to The Bronx and give us a list of who they feel has the best pizza, we decided to ask those who truly know Bronx pizza inside and out: You, our readers.
According to our readers, after two weeks of polling and thousands of replies, these are the top 5 pizzerias in The Bronx:
5. Crosby Pizza1731 Crosby Avenue in Pelham Bay
4. Full Moon Pizzeria600 E 187th Street in Belmont
3. Tommy’s Pizza4033 E Tremont Avenue in Throggs Neck
Pizza is a serious business in The Bronx!
2. Kingsbridge Social3625 Kingsbridge Avenue in Kingsbridge
And the number one pizzeria in The Bronx is…
1. Louie and Ernie’s1300 Crosby Avenue in Schuylerville beat out the rest by a huge margin and actually got 26% of the votes with second place winner, Kingsbridge Social snagging almost 11% of the votes.
Construction is well under way for not one but TWO brand new YMCA facilities scheduled to be completed by the end of the year.
The first one will be located at the new La Central development at The Hub in Melrose at 430 Westchester Avenue and will feature fitness and wellness centers, steam rooms, saunas, swimming pools, basketball courts, and tons of recreational programming for all ages and abilities spread across a massive 50,000 square foot space.
We took a hardhat tour of La Central earlier this week and although it’s still under construction, the sheer size of the facility is extremely impressive.
The second facility will be spread across a beautiful 3 acre campus in the Northeast Bronx neighborhood of Edenwald at 1250 East 229th Street across the street from Cardinal Spellman High School.
The Aquatic area at La Central will feature two swimming pools
The Northeast Bronx Y will feature some of the same amenities as the La Central Y at The Hub but its layout will, “…meld the indoor and the outdoors in order to connect members to the natural environment.”
The addition of these YMCA facilities into the South and North Bronx will be filling a void of such full service health and wellness facilities by enhancing existing services spread across our borough.
Rendering of the Northeast Bronx Y
However, once open, they will be one of the ONLY facilities in The Bronx with such services under one roof, especially in terms of aquatics and steam and sauna rooms, something that has been lacking in our borough and residents have been hoping to get for a long time.
Membership rates aren’t available yet for these locations but they will be reflective of the economics of the surrounding neighborhoods in which they will be located and the Y does offer financial assistance whether for membership or various programs so rest assured that this will be for the existing communities of the South and North Bronx.
We are most certainly looking forward to having these necessary facilities open in our neighborhood and will be taking full advantage of them once they’re open!
Check out the renderings below for each facility!
La Central Y
La Central Y
The Aquatic area at La Central will feature two swimming pools
As e-commerce continues to grow and expand across the New York City region, more and more companies are looking towards the Bronx for their “last-mile” distribution facilities solutions which enables next and same day deliveries for companies like Amazon.
Right now the site of the old Whitestone Cinema is being transformed into one such facility which will be the largest two-level distribution center in the United States occupying 700,000 square feet.
But a bigger one almost twice its size is now coming.
Turnbridge Equities, a real estate investment firm, will soon build New York City’s largest such facility, called Bronx Logistics Center, in the Oak Point industrial area of the South Bronx at 149th Street just across the Bruckner Expressway.
Once constructed, the massive 1.24 million square foot monster warehouse will be spread across four levels with truck access to the first three and van access to the fourth level as reported by Real Estate Weekly.
The site is currently occupied by several companies, including Schleppers Moving & Storage, F&J Masters, and Tilcon New York, a recycling company.
Bronx Logistics Center will be constructed at the site of Schleppers Moving
Besides being the largest in the region, it will also be the only one with direct rail access.
2505 Bruckner, once the location of the old Whitestone Cinemas, will soon be home to a 700,000 last mile facility.
For us, at Welcome2TheBronx, this is an important feature if we’re going to have to put up with more warehouses opening up in The Bronx.
If tenants utilize this option, this will hopefully mean less trucks coming into The Bronx and adding to not just the nightmarish traffic we already suffer from but the truck pollution which contributes to the area having some of the worst asthma rates in the nation.
Bronx Logistics Center will offer market-leading access, with levels one through three each containing dedicated drive-in access ramps for trucks and 17 dock doors per floor. The top level will be accessed by 14 drive-in ramps for vans and automobiles. Floor plates will average 250,000 square feet, with clear heights of 24 to 28 feet throughout. The efficient layout and abundant loading doors and parking will permit one or more tenants per floor, each with dedicated loading areas. A combination of surface, structured and rooftop parking will accommodate more than 1,400 vehicles.
“E-commerce is growing not merely in volume but in sophistication, and its infrastructure must evolve to satisfy an unprecedented array of demands,” says Andrew Joblon, founder and managing principal of Turnbridge.
“That’s why Turnbridge is creating a truly state-of-the-art center, where tenants can move large inventories with the kind of efficiency that next-day and especially same-day delivery requires. Our objective is to raise the bar on what a logistics center must offer.”
Now the other question is, will this facility be union built? Maybe they should reach out to the Bronx Brigade and learn why they should build union.
MELROSE — Permits have been filed for La Central’s final two buildings in the massive five building affordable housing development
671 Brook Avenue will rise 25 stories once completed and will have 254 apartments from studios to 4 bedrooms and a rooftop astronomy lab which will be run by Bronx Science.
rendering of La Central
Once completed by 2023, the development will have almost 1,000 apartments across 5 buildings and 1.1 million square feet.
Rendering of the 25-story 671 Brook Avenue
BronxNet Television studios and a massive YMCA will also be a part of this development as well.
Another rendering of the 25 story building.
No date has been scheduled for groundbreaking as of yet.
A rear view of Bartow-Pell Mansion from inside the walled garden.
Hidden from plain view, Bartow-Pell Mansion has been sitting inside what is now modern-day Pelham Bay Park—New York City’s largest park at 2,772 acres—since 1842 after 6 years of construction.
You’ve probably passed right by it along Shore Road as you pass Split Rock Golf Course taking the back road into Westchester or simply on your way to Orchard Beach.
It is a place steeped with history that not only occupies the mansion but the land it rests upon and even Pelham Bay Park itself.
The last remaining mansion and estate of about 20 that once occupied the park—until Robert Moses thought it would be best to just demolish them—preserves an important part of Bronx and national history.
Back in 1654, Thomas Pell purchased 9,000 acres from the Siwonay Native Americans stretching from most of the East Bronx up to Lower Westchester County.
Stepping into the house you immediately leave the 21st century and enter the early 19th century. The only traces you immediately notice that you’re still in 2015 is the obvious electrical outlets, lighting, and other modern conveniences that are hidden away.
Although no furniture or personal items survived from the Bartow-Pell family, the house has been meticulously restored down to the color of most rooms using paint analysis.
The furnishings have been selected from careful historical research of the era to recreate what the various rooms might have looked like and even some of the items are on loan from some of the city’s major museums.
All of the rooms along with the mansion are enhanced by the simplicity of the grounds.
Behind Bartow-Pell you will find a beautifully landscaped, perfectly symmetrical yet simple, walled garden with a reflecting pool at its center.
The garden is quite special as it is one of only a few landmarked outdoor spaces in the city.
Beyond the garden you can take one of the paths which begins right at the burial ground of the Bartow-Pells and proceed along what’s left of Pelham Bay.
The bay was destroyed by Robert Moses when he created Orchard Beach by filling it in to create the crescent-shaped Bronx Riviera and further filling it in creating the expansive parking lot of the beach. This connected Hunter and Twin Islands to the mainland, although Twin Islands become actual islands during high tide.
As you walk along the trails through the estate, you can see the remnants of the other homes that occupied the lands of Pelham Bay Park.
There are so many hidden gems in The Bronx away from the eyes of the rest of New York City residents and the world but even to its own residents.
It’s easiest to reach Bartow-Pell by car but a hop on the 6 train to Pelham Bay and then the 45 Beeline bus gets you there just as well. I decided to take the train and then bike over which was a nice 15 minute ride at most, so you do have many options in getting there.
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Things To Do
The mansion itself is only open to the public on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 12PM – 4PM with guided tours at 12:15PM, 1:15PM, 2:15PM, and 3:15PM. Admission to the mansion is $5 for adults and $3 for seniors and students. Children under 6 are free.
Admission to the grounds and garden are free and are open 7 days a week from 8:30AM and close at dusk.
