Visitation, funeral set for Yonkers police sergeant killed in crash; see details

Jonathan Bandler, Rockland/Westchester Journal News
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Memorial services are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday for Yonkers police Sgt. Frank Gualdino, who was killed during an on-duty crash last week on Tuckahoe Road.

Visitation is Tuesday from 2 to 9 p.m. at Whalen & Ball Funeral Home on Park Avenue, with Gualdino's funeral mass at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church on Shonnard Place.

Gualdino, 53, was driving an unmarked police car west on Tuckahoe Road at about 3:30 p.m. Dec. 1 when an oncoming, speeding BMW crossed the yellow lines on the Sprain Brook Parkway overpass and smashed into the sergeant's car and a Westchester Bee-Line bus, police have said.

A photo of Yonkers Police Sgt. Frank Gualdino, provided by the Yonkers Police Department, Dec. 2, 2022. The police sergeant who had served with the department for 24 years, died in a multi-vehicle crash on Tuckahoe Road on Thursday afternoon.
A photo of Yonkers Police Sgt. Frank Gualdino, provided by the Yonkers Police Department, Dec. 2, 2022. The police sergeant who had served with the department for 24 years, died in a multi-vehicle crash on Tuckahoe Road on Thursday afternoon.

Gualdino was taken to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, where he died a short time later.

The driver of the BMW was a 16-year-old Yonkers resident who only recently got his learner's permit, police said. He remains in critical condition and has not been publicly identified by police because of his age.

Gualdino joined the Yonkers Police Department in 1998 after four years as a New York City transit cop. He was promoted to sergeant in 2019, becoming a supervisor in the traffic unit. He lived in Mahopac and is survived by his wife Lisa, his daughter Emily and his son Mark.

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Traffic to be impacted

Yonkers police have announced preliminary plans for street closures and parking limitations for Tuesday and Wednesday to accommodate the memorial services.

The northbound lane of Park Avenue near the funeral home will be closed between Ashburton and Lake avenues from 1 to 10 p.m. Tuesday.

From noon Tuesday to 3 p.m. Wednesday, there will be no parking on both sides of Park Avenue between Grant Park Drive and Lake Avenue and both sides of Glenwood Avenue between Park Avenue and Waring Place.

From 8 am until 2 pm Wednesday, the following roads will be closed:

  • Tower Place

  • Lewis Avenue

  • Shonnard Place from Sommerville Place to North Broadway

  • Palisade Avenue from Belmont Terrace to Convent Place

  • Park Avenue from Belmont Terrace to Convent Place

  • Amackassin Terrace from Belmont Terrace to Shonnard Place

  • Portland Place from Eastview Avenue to Shonnard Place

  • Voss Avenue from Shonnard Place to Frederic Street

There will be no parking in the following locations from 12 am to 3 pm Wednesday:

  • Shonnard Place from North Broadway to Sommerville Place

  • North Broadway from Hudson Terrace to Belmont Place

  • Palisade Avenue from Convent Place to Belmont Terrace

  • Park Avenue from Convent Place to Belmont Terrace

  • Lewis Avenue from Shonnard Place to the dead end

  • Convent Avenue from Shonnard Place to Convent Place

  • Voss Avenue from Shonnard Place to Frederic Street

  • Amackassin Terrace from Shonnard Place to Belmont Terrace

  • Tower Place from Shonnard Place to the dead end

  • Portland Place from Shonnard Place to Eastview Avenue

Parking restrictions and fees are suspended for 24 hours on Wednesday in Yonkers Parking Authority lots on Lake Avenue at Lennon Park; Palisade Avenue at Douglas Avenue and on Nepperhan Avenue between Lake and Ashburton avenues.

This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Sgt. Frank Gualdino: Funeral, visitation for Yonkers sergeant