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| BCS crew painting over graffiti in the 44th precinct |
This month, the Community Initiatives
Department of Bronx Community Solutions was contacted by New York City Police
Officers from the 44th
Precinct requesting support in the form of targeted graffiti clean-up in sections of
the South Bronx, within Community Board District 4. The culmination of our
partnership was a commitment on behalf of the Bronx Community Solutions
Community Service Crew to embark on a 10-week, hot-spot graffiti clean-up
initiative supported by police officers of the 44th precinct, the
Department of Transportation, The Department of Sanitation, and community
resident volunteers. Bronx Community Solutions will be providing crews of 10-15 community service participants as well as clean up
supplies (jump suits, gloves, masks and paint). Community Service Crew
Supervisor, Matthew Usher, and myself, will be the Clean Up supervisors for
this project.
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| BCS Crew Supervisors and community partners in front of the finished project at Summit Avenue |
This past Wednesday, March 11th,
Bronx Community Solutions conducted the first of these 10-week graffiti impact
projects. Eight Bronx Community Solutions participants met at 8:00am in front
of the Bronx Criminal Court where Matthew and I picked them up and headed to
our first location: 1165 Clay Avenue, the site of an industrial business. Our
second location was Summit Avenue, a residential area. We painted over graffiti in each of these locations, and the pictures show the impact that was made.
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| Clay Avenue, before |
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| Clay Avenue, after! |
We are preparing ourselves for the
next project, which will happen on Wednesday March 18th. Stay tuned for more posts on this project!
- Moises Reyes, Coordinator of Community Service and Initiatives
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