Happy surprise at Preston

 https://bronx.news12.com/ballys-foundation-purchases-preston-high-school-preventing-closure

Msgr. Thomas Scott Preston (1824-1891)

 Link to Wikipedia article on Thomas Scott Preston HERE.

Msgr. Preston is buried in the crypt behind the altar of the chapel  of the Divine Compassion, 52 North Broadway, White Plains, New York.

Preston HS letter of closure

 

Preston High School

Preston High School is a Catholic girls' high school on the picturesque shoreline between the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge and the Throg's Neck Bridge, at 2780 Schurz Avenue, Bronx NY 10468.  Its telephone number is 718-863-9134, and its website is linked here.  In the above photo, at left is the mansion once the residence of Collis Huntington.  

In New York City, several MTA bus routes have branches that serve high schools.  This is a branch of the crosstown Tremont Avenue bus.