All press inquiries, please contact Janett Florindo via email at JFlorindo@ssbx.org
To request a speaker, please contact Laura Johnson, 646.400.5433 or ljohnson@ssbx.org
All requests to visit SSBx must be made at least two-weeks in advance. Send your request in writing, with “Request to visit” in the subject line, to info@ssbx.org. No phone calls, please.
Sustainable South Bronx
890 Garrison Avenue, 4th Floor
Bronx, NY 10474
We'd like to hear from you.
Send us your name and email address to get on our elert list! Sign up for Elert Directions
Directions to Sustainable South Bronx at the Bank Note Building
1231 Lafayette Avenue, 4th Floor, between Tiffany and Barretto Streets
The Bronx, NY 10474
646.400.5430 www.ssbx.org
By Train or Bus
Take the uptown 6 train to Longwood Avenue. After exiting the train, walk towards the Bruckner Expressway. Bear left in front of the police station, and cross under the Bruckner at Lafayette Avenue. Walk over the green bridge and straight up Lafayette past the gas station to the large building on the hill. Walk to the door in the middle of the block and take the elevator to the 4th floor. Walk through the double doors on your left and then make a right, we are at the end of the hallway.
Or, you can take the 6 train to Hunts Point Avenue. Cross the street to the gas station and then make a left, walking under the Bruckner Expressway. Continue on Hunts Point Avenue to Lafayette Avenue. Make a right on Lafayette Avenue and walk down Lafayette past Barretto Street. Enter the building at door in the middle of the building on Lafayette Avenue between Barretto and Tiffany Streets. Take the elevator to the 4th floor. Walk through the double doors on your left and then make a right, we are at the end of the hallway.
Alternative train route: Take the 2 or 5 train to Prospect Ave. Walk on Longwood Avenue (about 10-15 minute walk) toward the Bruckner Expressway. Cross Southern Blvd, and follow directions from Longwood Ave above. Take the 19 bus to Longwood Avenue and Southern Blvd. From there, walk as above. Or, take the 6 bus to Hunts Point and Lafayette Avenue. Make a right on Lafayette Avenue and walk down Lafayette past Barretto Street. Enter the building at the door in the middle of the building on Lafayette Avenue between Barretto and Tiffany Streets. Take the elevator to the 4th floor. Walk through the double doors on your left and then make a right, we are at the end of the hallway.
By Car
MANHATTAN EAST SIDE:
Take FDR drive north to the Willis Avenue Bridge Exit (just after 96th St.). Stay in right lane, crossing over bridge. Immediately after crossing over the bridge, veer right. At the bottom of the exit there will be a light. Make a right on to Bruckner Boulevard. Go straight and stay to your right. Two to three lights down, a large black building with an "S&J" sign on the top of it and a neon sign of a woman in a champagne glass splits the road. Stay to the right of building. Immediately past the building you will see an overpass. Cross underneath the overpass and make an immediate left. Stay to the right continuing on the road. You will eventually be on Bruckner Boulevard underneath the Bruckner Expressway. Make a right on Lafayette Avenue, the Bank Note building is two blocks up on your left, between Tiffany and Barretto Streets. There is usually parking in front of the building. Enter at the door in the middle of the building. Take the elevator to the 4th floor, go through the double doors on your left and then make a right, we are at the end of the hallway.
GW BRIDGE:
Take the Cross Bronx Expressway to the Sheridan. Get off on the Westchester Avenue exit. Go straight underneath the train el to Bruckner Blvd. Get into the left hand lane. Then make a left onto Tiffany Street, cross under the Bruckner and past Garrison Avenue then make a left onto Lafayette Avenue. Our entrance to the Banknote building is the door in the middle of the block on Lafayette, between Tiffany and Barretto Streets. There is usually parking in front of the building. Our office is on the 4th floor.
WHITESTONE BRIDGE:
Take the Bruckner Expressway to Hunts Point Ave. Exit. Go straight through the light. You will cross a small bridge. Stay in your left lane. Go down 3 lights to Tiffany Street. Make a left onto Tiffany Street, cross under the Bruckner and past Garrison Avenue then make a left onto Lafayette Avenue. Enter at the door in the middle of the building on Lafayette, between Tiffany and Barretto Streets. There is usually parking in front of the building. Our office is on the 4th floor.
