1504 Jerome Ave
Bronx, NY 10452-3307
(718) 450-3942
The Andrew Freedman Home is a community center that focuses on the arts, dance, music and performance with a special emphasis education and training. Just steps away from famous Bronx cultural institutions like the Bronx Museum of Arts and Yankee Stadium, The Andrew Freedman Home welcomes creativity and inspiration for all.
The Andrew Freedman Home is a historic building constructed for Andrew Freedman that has been renovated into a hotel. It is a New York City Designated Landmark. The money to build it was bequeathed by Freedman. Located at 1125 Grand Concourse in The Bronx, New York City, New York, the Andrew Freedman Home was designed as a retirement home for wealthy individuals who had lost their fortunes.The trust that operated the Andrew Freedman Home ran out of money in the 1960s. The home was reopened in 1983 for all elderly individuals, regardless of past financial status., the Andrew Freedman Home serves as a day-care center and event space.BackgroundDuring the Panic of 1907, Andrew Freedman, a self-made millionaire, came to the realization that he almost lost his entire fortune. He feared what would have happened to him in his later life without his wealth. As a result, he developed the idea of a charitable trust to build a home for older individuals who had lost their fortunes, where they could live in their retirements.When Freedman died in 1915, his estate was worth over $4 million. Samuel Untermyer served as executor of his estate.In his will, Freedman bequeathed money to build the Andrew Freedman Home at 1125 Grand Concourse in The Bronx. The home was intended to serve as a retirement home for "aged and indigent persons of both sexes", who had formerly been of "good circumstances" financially. Each resident lived at the Andrew Freedman Home rent free, and received free servants.
Creative Movement, a family based organization founded in 2013 by Charlie Garcia, is an upcoming force in the Latin Dance community. The goal is to embrace and encourage dancers to make a difference in the community through movement. Without being labeled by stereotypes, Creative Movement is an environment in which everyone has the right to feel comfortable to express themselves through a variety of dance styles such as Bachata, Salsa, Hip Hop, and more. The method behind our training is our respect for all dance styles and everyone's opinion. We are a fusion, we are Creative Movement!
170th Street is a local station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 170th Street and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the 4 train at all times.HistoryThis station opened with the first part of the Jerome Avenue Line on June 2, 1917 as a shuttle service between Kingsbridge Road and 149th Street. Only the southbound platform was in use at Kingsbridge Road. This was in advance of through service to the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, which began on July 17, 1918. This station was rehabilitated in 2004.Station layoutThis elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms. Both platforms have beige windscreens and mesh fences and red canopies with green frames and support columns in the center and white steel waist-level fences at either ends with white lampposts at regular intervals.The 2005 artwork here is called Views from Above by Dina Bursztyn. It features stained glass windows on the platform windscreens and station house based on Bursztyn's experience on riding elevated trains.ExitsThe station's only entrance/exit is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. Inside fare control, it has two staircases to each platform at the center and a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions. Outside fare control, it has a turnstile bank, token booth, and three street stairs going down to either side of Jerome Avenue between 170th Street and Elliot Place, two to the east side and one to the west.
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Lowest grade taught: Kindergarten - Highest grade taught: 5th Grade