Justin Bravo, who was killed while riding his motorcycle on Mosholu Parkway in Norwood yesterday morning, was a seventh and eighth-grade social studies teacher at MS 244 in Kingsbridge, the Norwood News has learned.
An employee at the school, the New School for Leadership in Journalism on W. 231st Street near Sedgwick Avenue, confirmed that Bravo, 28, was a teacher there, as did one of his seventh-grade students. That seventh grader had Bravo as a teacher for homeroom and social studies.
“He was very determined to help us,” she said. “Whenever you had a problem you could just go straight to Mr. Bravo and he’d be right there to help you.”
Bravo was supposed to join the class on a field trip yesterday to see the movie “Hunger Games,” the student said, but he never arrived. Students found out about the accident when they returned from their trip in the afternoon.
“It’s very sad to know that we lost one of our favorite teachers,” she said.
Bravo, who lived in North Babylon, Long Island, died Wednesday morning after after crashing on Mosholu Parkway in a tunnel that runs underneath Jerome Avenue. The crash site was just a short distance away from where a young pedestrian was struck and killed in a hit-and-run incident back in December.
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i was a student of mr bravo and love him.He was a amazing human i only wish that the wife and cild he had did not have to witness this.r.i.p
I am happy that the Norwood News was able to talk about how wonderful a teacher Justin was. I was a friend of his and I never met a person who so genuinely cared and loved other people. The world needs more people like that and it hurts to know that he is no longer here. His job and students meant so much to him and he felt it was his duty to help and inspire them in any way he could. RIP to a wonderful friend, teacher, brother and son
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