Watching The Wheels Go Round & Round

The plan was to build a bridge at 77th Street. It was the 1870s. Later, the city decided to move the bridge to 59th Street after doing condemnation on property from Ave A to river, from 76th Street to 79th Street.

John Jay

John Jay

The change in venue for the bridge gave Yorkville these icons: P.S. 158, The Suburbans & John Jay Park.

Ave A & 77th St

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