‘Possibilities are kind of endless’ for 161st Street BID in Lou Gehrig Plaza
The skies clouded over Lou Gehrig Plaza in the Bronx last Friday as motorists and pedestrians traveled along 161st Street. The area’s most famous attraction is Yankee Stadium, of course, but the 161st Street Business Improvement District (BID) is trying to entice both locals and tourists alike to spend time in the plaza just three blocks east of the home of the Bronx Bombers.
Trey Jenkins, the director of the 161st Street BID, has ideas about how to make the spot that overlooks Yanke