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My daughter just got a job in the bronx as a elementary school teachers. She is 25 years old. She just moved from Michigan and is living in Queens. She has a car so can drive to work. The location is on ward ave between e. 172 nd st and westchester ave. Can anyone tell me if that is a safe area or should she be careful where she walks. She might have to take to sub sometimes. Please Help with any info......Thanks...........
Is there designated, secured parking available? Most schools don't have much (if any), which means she'd have to leave her car on the street all day -- assuming she can find a spot. She's probably better off taking mass transit. She can get a monthly unlimited MetroCard for $76 (pre-tax), which will take her anywhere in the city.
Looking at the map, it appears that the #6 train stops just a couple of blocks from where she'll be teaching, so she wouldn't have to walk too far. (She can check out HopStop.com for specific directions and expected travel time.)
Just curious -- is she part of the Teaching Fellows program?
I do not know if there is designated parking available. If she has to park and walk is it safe. I will tell her about the hopstop.com, Thanks..............
Your daughter and I have a few things in common. I'm also 25 years old and this September will be my first year teaching. As my screen name implies though - I'm born and raised in the Bronx. I also happen to live very close to the school your daughter will be working in - it's ten minutes walk from my house.
No, the neighborhood is not good. It sucks. I really wouldn't worry though. During rush hour when your daughter is traveling to and from her school there is lots of activity on the streets and it's safe. The train station she needs to walk to is also less than two blocks from the school. When it gets dark however, the neighborhood is a different story. Also a different story on some of the less traveled streets in the neighborhood. But that school is less than two blocks from the train, and only one block off of a very busy commercial street (Westchester Ave). She'll be fine.
Thanks for your information. I am a worried mom in michigan. My daughter has never lived in a big city.(Not street smart). What streets should she not walk on.
Wish I could tell you which streets not to walk on in that area but I couldn't. There's a cop on this forum who would know better than I - maybe he'll chime in. Suffice it to say, she should be perfectly ok if she walks straight from the train station to her school during rush hour. Once she actually starts teaching she'll have lots more resources to better understanding the neighborhood - her fellow teachers.
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Hustla will be able to give some good advice. He's been able to help me a lot when I ask about neighborhoods.
I'm still looking for a teaching job in the city. I live in Queens too. She'll be in for a rude awakening if she hasn't seen/experienced what NYC schools are like, especially Bronx schools.
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I never knew how last minute and frantic the hiring of teachers was until I started the process of becoming one myself. The principals don't have a final tally of how many new teachers they'll need and in what subject areas until about...now. =/
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Not even now really. I've been calling schools and so many of them say to call back the last week in August. The principals come in and out so fast that it's hard for the secretaries to ask them for me. These secretaries don't know too much since they're just working in the summers.
It's too bad they took away the job fairs for elementary this summer. I managed to go to 2 before the school year ended, which I've been most successful at (as opposed to looking on my own).
I'm getting REAL tired of calling 80 schools a day LOL. but yet, at least i'm getting some interviews. now I just need to get the job LOL
But anyway, sorry to go off-topic. A lot of people here know about that area. If you want, PM Hustla278 (I think those are the numbers after his name, not sure)
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