Bronxites Remember Happy Land Social Club Fire Victims 32 Years Later

Unable to gather for the annual memorial event for two consecutive years due to COVID-19 restrictions, family members of the 87 people killed in the 1990 Happy Land Social Club fire gathered in late March with members of Bronx Community Board 6, first responders and elected officials to remember, once again, the victims of the tragic event.   A smaller crowd than in past years, the group gathered on Friday, March 25, in the small park located at Southern Boulevard and East Tremont Avenue, where a monument is erected across the street from where the fire broke out at 1959


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