Representative Crowley: New York: Silver Beach



	Congressman Joseph Crowley Fighting for the People of Silver Beach Recognizing the lifeline that is the New York Express Bus service, working to keep it continually servicing the commuters of Silver Beach Enacting into law legislation mandating a review and overhaul of the postal operations throughout the Bronx to provide greater service and efficiency for its customers Fighting for and winning $100,000 for an EPA study of the air and noise pollution surrounding Silver Beach resulting from LaGuardia Airport Successfully led charge in Congress for $650 million to reimburse NYPD for expenses so these funds can be channeled to ensure more street patrols and safer neighborhoods Secured commitments from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to keep the four New York City VA hospitals Ð Bronx, St Albans, Manhattan, and Brooklyn Ð open, operating and accepting patients for the long term Opened a Congressional Office on East Tremont Avenue to better respond to neighborhood concerns Secured $10,000 for the Crime Victims Support Services of the North Bronx, an anti-crime and community improvement group Working to secure Federal aid to address the beach erosion problems at Silver Beach
	Silver Beach Silver Beach is a neighborhood in the eastern Bronx, lying on a bluff near the tip of Throgs Neck overlooking the East River. The land was used as a lockout during the American Revolution. A farm in the area owned by the Stephenson family .was sold in 1795 to Abijah Hammond, who built a mansion (later the offices of the Silver Beach Garden Corporation). In the 1920s the Peters and Sorgenfrel families formed Silver Beach Garden (named for the color of the beach at low tide), a summer colony of bungalows that were later adapted for year-round use; most of the streets were named for flowers and trees found on the Hammond estate. Residents owned their houses but rented the land until 1972, when they joined together to buy it. In the mid 1990s there were 350 small houses lying along narrow lanes. The neighborhood is not easily accessible. John McNamara: History in Asphalt: The Origin of Bronx Street and Place Names (New York: Bronx County Historical Society, 1984) Gary Hermalyn and Robert Kornfeld: Landmarks of the Bronx (New York: Bronx County Historical Society, 1990) Gary D. Hermalyn, Encyclopedia of New York City, Edited by Kenneth T. Jackson. New Haven, Yale University Press. 1995.