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Ravaged by Inwood Fire, Yoga Studio Reopens After-School Program

By Carla Zanoni | January 10, 2012 7:51am
Bread and Yoga reopened its after-school program temporarily, just six days after a fire gutted the studio and eight other businesses in the same building on Jan. 3, 2012.
Bread and Yoga reopened its after-school program temporarily, just six days after a fire gutted the studio and eight other businesses in the same building on Jan. 3, 2012.
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INWOOD — Nearly a week after a fire devastated nine Inwood businesses, one has managed to get back in action.

Bread and Yoga studio reopened its after-school program, which includes music, art and cooking. It will run temporarily out of Muscota New School, just a few blocks from the building which burned down last week.

We're officially back in business [with] our after-school program. Thanks to Muscota & your donations,” tweeted Bread and Yoga on Monday afternoon, with a photo of owner Marcela Xavier looking over a table filled with smiling children. 

Xavier announced that the after-school program would reopen at the public school during a community meeting held Friday, where hundreds of uptown residents came out to offer emotional and financial support.

“We have been lucky that the principal at Muscota School has opened her doors so we can host our program there,” she said. “We hope to soon have a more permanent space.” 

Last week's three-alarm blaze at 4945 Broadway destroyed the nine businesses, including a pet store, pharmacy, hardware store, a laundromat, two banks, and offices of a dentist and a lawyer.

Law enforcement officials said the fire was caused by a pair of cleaners who accidentally sparked the blaze while cleaning grease from a Chinese restaurant.

The building is scheduled to be demolished. The Department of Buildings is working with the landlord, BLDG Oceanside, to determine the best method of taking it down, according to department sources.   

Xavier, meanwhile, said that she is committed to keeping her studio in Inwood, despite receiving offers for space in nearby neighborhoods. 

“Please keep us aware of spaces that we might be able to use,” she pleaded. “We hope to come back bigger and stronger.”