The 161st Street Business Improvement District is preparing for the return of the Yankees and the start of the 2019 baseball season. The streets are being swept and sports bars like Stan’s, Billy’s, the Dugout and Yankee Tavern are filled with Opening Day memorabilia. And, the parade route is being cleared.
More than 1,000 students are getting ready to march down the Concourse, the day after the Opener, from 10 AM - 12 Noon, Friday March 29, to showcase their teams, their talents and their support for the Bronx Bombers. The parade features Congressmen Serrano and Espaillat, Grandmaster Caz and Mellie Mel as Grand Marshals. It will march down the Concourse from 165th Street to Lou Gehrig Plaza and turn west towards Yankee Stadium. The Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Bronx Children’s Museum, the Marching Cobras and the Patriot Band and the DSNY bagpipe unit will be featured in the parade.
The students at PS 294, for example, are busy learning the words to “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” and “Yankee Doodle Dandy.” Other students at the Andrew Freedman Head Start are painting signs and a banner. All Hallows’ baseball teams are adjusting their uniforms to look spiffy for the parade.
The BID has added a CC mural, touched up the Mantle, Paige and Clemente murals. The BID has also created an Instagram account that features a different Yankee legend every day through the parade on Friday. And, a murals map of the entire district including Joe Di Maggio, Derek Jeter and Mariano will be available electronically and in print by mid-April.
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