Darkstool t1_izy6mq1 wrote on December 12, 2022 at 6:48 PM

The Morris park spot is a fucking mess of body shops and tow companies who create such a logjam of double, and triple parked cars all day, and not much better at night. Not to mention that area is kind of a back path to hutch and i95 entrances. They need to clean that whole area up before they smack a commuter stop there adding more congestion.

actualtext t1_izyhnzp wrote on December 12, 2022 at 7:58 PM

If you build it, they will come. A story I've been told is that Manhattan reached its peak population figures just before the subway expanded to the outer boroughs. That was back in the 1910s. That’s almost insane to think about. Once the subway system expanded, people felt more free to not have to live in Manhattan.

Where you build public transit options will shape where housing and commercial development takes place. Yes, ideally you plan things accordingly and tightly but hopefully the city will coordinate and re-zone that area. Best case scenario auto shop businesses will sell out to developers with bigger plans for housing and the auto shops can relocate. Or maybe the city just figures out a plan that works for all involved. Imminent domain? Not ideal but it would be quite appropriate if the city re-zoned and build bigger in that area.

BronxEE2000 t1_izzo3rk wrote on December 13, 2022 at 12:45 AM

Or maybe just let the neighborhoods stay as they are now, but provide the new transit options. Nothing wrong with the neighborhood as it is around the planned Morris Park station.

actualtext t1_izzt33k wrote on December 13, 2022 at 1:23 AM

I actually looked at the area to get a better idea of where they meant when they said Morris Park. That area basically is surrounded by medical buildings and centers. It's not residential at all. But it will probably provide quicker access for employees at those places to get there from Manhattan and further up north from the Bronx. It's a weird area in the Bronx where I guess there was a lot of planning to building out those lots (vacant for for years!!) to having all these medical centers. There's even a free shuttle to the Hutchinson Metro Center it's so out of the way. So unfortunately I don't know if they will work on mixing the area with residences but it's definitely quite transited so a way to get there more directly without taking a bus is great imo.

pompcaldor t1_izzpwsx wrote on December 13, 2022 at 12:59 AM

The car shops create the congestion, not the medical school and hospital?

Darkstool t1_j01ld5z wrote on December 13, 2022 at 12:37 PM

On stillwell and Bassett, its 90% car shops. Almost every parked car and especially the double/triple parked cars are body shop /mechanic jobs. ( smashed up, marked for body work) and all the accompanying tow trucks( you know the ones who act like police and drive like dicks breaking laws).

It's also just a small oversight by you of the impact on society of a largely rule less zone of car shops ( they have been dumping tires and toxic waste for years on Bassett) versus a medical school and hospital.

I'm sure the residents of adjoining blocks between eastchester and stillwell love having smashed cars dropped at the curb near their house until shops work them into the schedules. Also the strong smell of toxic paint fumes pumping from some of the body shops and floating around a residential area is an added benefit.