BRONX TIMES: West 229th Step Street to get $6.6M face lift

Steps are being taken to refurbish a heavily trafficked 90-year-old Kingsbridge staircase.

NYC Department of Design and Construction acting commissioner Ana Barrio and NYC Department of Transportation Bronx Borough commissioner Nivardo Lopez joined local elected officials and community leaders on Wednesday, June 28 to break ground on the $6.6 million reconstruction of the West 229th Street Step Street connecting Heath Avenue at its lowest point to Kingsbridge Terrace at the crest of the hilly western Bronx terrain.

Construction is anticipated to be completed in late 2018.

“Step streets have long been an important part of the local landscape in this community connecting areas where it’s too steep to build regular streets at grade,” explained Barrio.....

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