Westchester Avenue Repairs – Bronx NY

City:
Bronx, New York City, NY

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1935

Description

The WPA allocated $149,064.73 to conduct repairs along Westchester Avenue in the Bronx during the 1930s. They conducted work specifically along the 0.6-mile stretch of the avenue between Metcalf Ave. and Grant Circle.

WPA Official Project No. 65-97-442.

Source notes

National Archives; Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration; Records of the Project Control Division; microfilm publication T935; roll 41.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 11, 2014.

Location Info


Westchester Ave.
Bronx, NY Bronx County

Coordinates: 40.831300, -73.868414

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