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Angel Hernandez is a native of The Bronx, with a passion to unearth historic information on his hometown. A graduate of Lehman College with a B.A. in Sociology and M.A. in History, Angel enjoys educating people in The Bronx about its rich history and its ever-changing demographics. He works very close with educational institutions in an effort to teach local and neighborhood history to students – a subject rarely taught in the classroom.
Before creating BronXcursions, Inc, Angel served 9 years as Director of Programs and External Relations for The Bronx County Historical Society. During his tenure, Angel began The Bronx Latino History Project, raised funds for audio tours to be implemented at the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage and the Valentine-Varian House (Museum of Bronx History), and conducted numerous walking tours and lectures on Bronx history. In a prime example of innovation in the modern technological realm, in 2016 Angel helped secure nearly $200,000 in capital funding from the office of the Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr, to start a digitization project. This project will be the first of its kind since The Bronx County Historical Society was founded in 1955.
In April 2019, Angel was elected president of The Huntington Free Library, a historic landmark completed in the 1890s and since then a revered institution in the East Bronx. Leading the library’s operations on the cusp of a new age for the institution, as the library awaits the sale of its 1930s annex to the New York Public Library (NYPL), Angel envisions new implementations at the original structure that will continue to cement its place in Bronx history. He looks to use some of the proceeds of the sale to replace the roof, reinforce or replace its perimeter gates, install a security system, and implement ADA compatibility ramps and other accessories. He also looks forward to hiring a part-time educator to handle library requests, implement public and student programs, enhance the library’s website by uploading more historic items from its historic collections, purchasing new equipment for programming, and overall give the historic library the long overdue breathe of fresh air it deserves.
Exploring the High Bridge
Oct 28, 2019 5 years agoEdgar Allan Poe lived in The Bronx from 1846-1849. The cottage in which he lived still stands today at Poe Park, on the Grand Concourse and East Kingsbridge Road, where he wrote "The Cask of Amontillado," "Annabel Lee," and "Eureka." One of Poe's favorite haunts was the High Bridge, which was just completed at the time. The High Bridge stands today as the oldest bridge in New York City.
