St. Raymond Community Outreach

1720 Metropolitan Avenue

Bronx, NY 10462

 

(718) 824-0353

(718) 824-0532 (fax)

 

Main Office

 

Executive Director

Helene Mattera, x12

hmattera@srcocenter.org

 

Achieve After-School Program

 

Program Director

Adrienne Hankerson, x15

ahankerson@srcocenter.org

 

LEAD

 

LEAD Teen Program Coordinator

Gisell Sierra, x14

gsierra@srcocenter.org

 

Bronx DJ Academy

Gisell Sierra, x14

bronxdjacademy@srcocenter.org

 

By Subway

 

From the Westside of Manhattan

2 To West Farms/ E. Tremont; Transfer to the BX40/42 to Throgs Neck or Pennyfield Avenue. Get off at East Tremont & Castle Hill Avenue and walk 2 blocks to Metropolitan Avenue.

 

 

From the Eastside of Manhattan

4, 5 to 125th St.; change to 6 Pelham Bay or East 177th street local to East 177th St. - Parkchester Station.  Transfer to BX 14.

 

6 to East 177th street, Parkchester Station; transfer to BX 14 or Walk as follows:

 

· The station is in the middle of a traffic circle.  After exiting the station, cross the street towards the Zaros Bakery, onto Metropolitan Ave.

· Continue up Metropolitan Ave, passing Starbucks and Macys.

· Metropolitan Ave meets a traffic circle approx 2 blocks past Macys.  Cross the street and walk directly across the park in the traffic circle.

· Exit the traffic circle onto Metropolitan Ave.

Continue up Metropolitan Ave until reaching 1720 Metropolitan Ave, between Purdy St. and Castle Hill Ave.

 

or

 

6 to Castle Hill Avenue; walk north on Castle Hill Avenue to Metropolitan Avenue intersection (train must say Pelham Bay)

 

B, D  to Tremont station; transfer to BX 40 / BX 42

 

Bus

 

BxM6 - Parkchester Express bus on Madison Ave. from 43rd, 51st, and 58th Sts. to Metropolitan Oval; follow Metropolitan Avenue.

 

BX4 - to Pugsley and Westchester Aves.

 

BX 14 - to Purdy Street and Metropolitan Avenue

 

BX 22 – to Metropolitan Oval; follow Metropolitan Avenue

 

BX36 - to White Plains Rd. and Westchester Ave.

 

BX39 - to White Plains Rd. and Westchester Ave.

 

BX 40/ BX 42  – to East Tremont and Purdy Street

 

QBX44 - to Hugh Grant Circle; Transfer to BX 14

 

BY CAR:

 

From the East Side of Manhattan:

FDR drive to Willis Avenue Bridge or Triboro Bridge to the Bruckner Expressway.  Exit from the Expressway to White Plains Road/Castle Hill Avenue.  Stay on the service road until the 2^nd traffic light, which is at Castle Hill Avenue.

 

Make a left turn onto Castle Hill Avenue and go along Castle Hill Avenue until you reach Metropolitan Avenue.  Make a left turn on Metropolitan Avenue.  St. Raymond Community Outreach is located in the Monsignor Vier Center at the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and Castle Hill Avenue.  (Metropolitan Avenue is a 2-way street). 

 

From The West Side of Manhattan:

Take the West Side Highway to the Cross Bronx Expressway

 

On the Cross Bronx, exit at Westchester Ave./White Plains Road.

 

At the top of the ramp, make a left onto White Plains Road. 

 

Stay on White Plains road for about a mile until you come to E. Tremont Ave. (there is a Hess Station at the corner).  Make a right onto E. Tremont Ave.

 

Make a right on Purdy Street (at Sizzler restaurant). Drive one block to Metropolitan and make a left.  St. Raymond Community Outreach is located in the Monsignor Vier center at the intersection on Metropolitan Avenue and Castle Hill Avenue. There is street parking, or get directions from SRCO about local parking options.