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Cuomo, Biden unveil a 21st century LaGuardia New unified terminal, rail service and high-end amenities on tap

by Michael Gannon Editor

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ong before it was consigned to “third world” status by Vice President Biden i n Febr u a r y 2014, LaGuardia Airport long had been the butt of jokes and the bane of existence for airline pilots and the traveling public alike.

On Monday, Biden was back in New York City; this time to join Gov. Cuomo in unveiling the long-awaited plans for a $4 billion redesign and reconstruction of LaGuardia.

The plan, laid out in a report by the Governor’s Airport Master Plan Advisory Panel, envisions a modern facility with a single unified terminal as opposed to the four separate buildings that now take passengers into and out of New York City.

“There’s no way to fix this; we literally have to tear it down,” Cuomo said in multiple published reports.

The proposal calls for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates both LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International airports, to raze LaGuardia’s existing main terminal, known as terminal B, and relocate it some 600 feet closer to the Grand Central Parkway. Terminals C and D, which are already undergoing renovation by Delta Air Lines, also would be replaced, with Delta operations being built

A new, modern LaGuardia Airport will be the portal to and from New York City that travelers want, and that New York City deserves, according to Gov. Cuomo, who announced a $4 billion PHOTO COURTESY NYS plan on Monday. into the new unified terminal.

Other aspects are ferry service connecting LaGuardia with Manhattan, and an air train that would link with the No. 7 sub-

way at Willets Point, making LaGuardia the last of the region’s three major airports to be serviced by rail.

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Cuomo also touted the opportunity to construct a 200-room hotel on airport grounds; and to lure high-end shops and restaurants to a first-class terminal.

Cuomo also announced that the landmark TWA Terminal at JFK will become a hotel. [See separate story in this edition and online at qchron.com.]

The LaGuardia plan also would step up ongoing efforts to harden it against storms such as Hurricane Sandy in 2012, which f looded the airport with rain and water from the East River and Flushing Bay, shutting it down for two days.

The project also is expected to create 8,000 jobs with another 10,000 indirect jobs.

The full project was anticipated to be completed in 2021.

“We are transforming LaGuardia into a globally-renowned 21st Century Airport that is worthy of the city and state of New York,” Cuomo said in a statement issued by his office.

“Best of all, it’s not a plan, it’s not a sketch, it’s not a dream, it’s not a vision,” he added. “It is actually happening.” continued on page 15

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DOT says it is studying Lindenwood traffic triangle to improve safety there

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

After a woman was injured by a hit-andrun driver at a Lindenwood traffic triangle, community leaders are calling on the Department of Transportation to make safety improvements there.

“It should not have to take an accident or, God forbid, someone to die for the city to address something that quite frankly could have been avoided,” Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) said in an interview on Tuesday.

The assemblyman said confusing traffic patterns at the triangle — where 153rd and 155th avenues meet with 88th Street — is something he’s brought to the attention of DOT Queens Borough Com missioner Nicole Garcia, as well as her predecessors.

The issue was brought back into the spotlight Sunday when a woman was sent to the hospital with severe injuries after a driver blew a stop sign at 88th Street and hit her.

That driver fled the scene and has not yet been found. The 106th Precinct is investigating the incident.

As of Tuesday, the woman, whose name was not released, was still in the hospital.

Joann Ariola, president of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association, called the triangle “ill-designed” and added her group has been advocating for improve-

A Lindenwood traffic triangle will be studied by the city Department of Transportation to see if it can be improved to protect pedestrians and motorists, after a woman was injured in a hit-and-run PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY incident there on Sunday. ments there since 2011.

“The lines there are not defined and very confusing,” Ariola said, adding that it is “not uncommon” to see accidents or near misses there.

In addition to unclear lines, Ariola said

many of the signs in the area are not as visible as they should be, such as the stop sign the hit-and-run driver blew past.

“Not that that excuses them,” she added.

A DOT spokesman said in an email on Tuesday that the agency is in the process of

“daylighting the area to improve safety and visibility for drivers and pedestrians.”

The agency is also in the process of studying the intersection to see what other safety improvements can be made there.

“After we complete our study in the next few weeks and determine if any improvements can be made, we will bring our proposed safety enhancements to the community for approval,” the spokesman added.

Both Goldfeder and Ariola said the junction needs a “complete reconfiguration.”

The two community leaders also agreed that Garcia is not to blame for the traffic problems in Lindenwood.

“She’s only been in her post for a few weeks,” Goldfeder said. “But we’ve had previous commissioners who have been out there and it’s appalling we now have to deal with an injury.”

Ariola is encouraged Garcia will take action by the fact that she has gotten results for Lindenwood before.

At the triangle, the DOT is repairing the curb at a circle to prevent buses from driving on top of it, which the agency expects to be finished in about three weeks, weather permitting.

“It leaves me hopeful that Nicole Garcia will remain productive,” Ariola said.

Goldfeder, too, believes Garcia will take Q action there.

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A call for action after hit and run

Eric Ulrich proposes flood zone mailer OEM would have to notify residents if changing maps affect their homes

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

to buy insurance policies.

FEMA has said it will “make adjustments to the maps where they are appropriate.”

It is not known when those changes will be made.

Mayoral spokeswoman Amy Spitalnick, who responded to an email that was sent to OEM’s press office, said in an email on Tuesday of Ulrich’s proposal, “We’re reviewing the bill, and look forward to continuing to work with all levels of government to ensure residents are kept up-to-date on federal f lood insurance changes.”

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park), a member of the Insurance Committee, said he “commends the legislation” but hopes it does not prove to be necessary.

“I think relevant agencies should def initely make a community aware when there are significant changes made to their flood zone,” Goldfeder said on Tuesday. “I would hope they would take on

Councilman Eric Ulrich, inset, proposed a bill last Thursday that would require the city Office of Emergency Management to notify residents whenever they might be affected by changes made to the federal flood zone maps.

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that responsibility without being forced to.”

The assemblyman added that while government should alert residents about changes to the f lood maps, the people should keep an

eye out for anything that might affect them.

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A bill proposed last Thursday by Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), if passed and signed by Mayor de Blasio, would require the city Office of Emergency Management to notify residents whenever the federal government makes changes to the flood zone maps that affect their community.

“All too often, residents remain in the dark about changing maps and regulations that will affect their homes,” Ulrich said in an email on Monday. “This bill will increase transparency and mandate that every homeowner receives direct notice from OEM regarding the impact to their property and the changes to the flood zone.”

The bill seeks to notify “members of the public whose properties are in the special flood hazard area of flood insurance requirements,” whenever changes are made to the federal flood zone maps.

A spokesman for the councilman

said in an email, “Residents are still unsure what the impact on their proper ty will be by the changing f lood insurance maps and what it will do to their premiums” and that Ulrich’s bill seeks to clarify what people should do when the maps are adopted.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently drew up new flood maps, which are expected to be adopted in late 2016 or early 2017.

Some of the areas labeled as flood zones were not previously and people in those communities may be required to buy flood insurance as a result.

Those zones are not final, however, as the city back in late June filed an appeal of the proposed maps, saying that FEMA placed some communities inside flood areas when they did not belong in one.

If the city’s appeal is successful, 170,000 residents — including some in New Howard Beach, Lindenwood, the Rockaways and Bayside — in the five boroughs would not be required

Historical JFK site to become a hotel TWA Flight Center to have 505 guestrooms, create 3,700 jobs

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Gov. Cuomo on Monday revealed the details for the conversion of the long-unused TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport into a state-of-the-art hotel — an initiative he said will bring 3,700 construction and permanent jobs to the area.

At t h e s a me t i me, t h e gove r nor announced, the state will continue to look for ways to revolutionize JFK Airport and bring it into the 21st century in a process similar to the one that resulted in plans to completely revamp LaGuardia Airport [see separate story in this edition]. The JFK proposal is expected to be revealed in a year.

The TWA Flight Center, which has been unused since 2001 and is a city landmark, will be converted into a 505-guestroom hotel with 40,000 feet of conference and meeting room space, six to eight eateries and a 10,000-square-foot observation deck. The redevelopment of it will be privately funded and will not be paid for by government subsidies, according to the developers, MCR Development. The plan is a public-private partnership between MCR Development, JetBlue and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Turner Construction will be the building contractor.

The $265 million project is expected to

The TWA Flight Center will be turned into a 505 guestroom hotel with conference meeting space and up to eight eateries, Gov. Cuomo announced on Monday. The building, once used as a terminal, PHOTO COURTESY MCR DEVELOPMENT has been unused since 2001. break ground next year and the hotel is slated to open in 2018, the state says.

The flight center, built by architect Eero Saarinen, opened in 1962 and during its heyday was one of the crown jewels of air travel but became unable to handle bigger, modern aircraft and was closed in 2001.

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State Sen. Joe Addabbo (D-Howard Beach) applauded the governor’s move to convert the space into something everyone can utilize.

“We’ve had that abandoned building as a blight for a while now,” Addabbo said.

What excited the senator the most is the job creation the project will generate.

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The senator added many of the post-construction jobs will most likely go to those in the surrounding communities.

“We’re going to have a fair share of those jobs,” he said. “Construction workers, too, are most likely going to be local people.”

MCR Development said the building will be “union built and operated” and that agreements are in place with the Hotel Trades Council and the Building and Construction Trades Council.

Speaking on the JFK and LaGuardia pla ns, Assembly ma n Ph il Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) again urged the governor to reactivate the Rockaway Beach Rail line to help flyers access the airports.

“Reactivating this line could link these two vital hubs and create a true north-south corridor in the borough,” Goldfeder said in a press release issued on Monday.

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ive Gov. Cuomo credit for ambition. After decades of piecemeal upgrades being made to LaGuardia Airport, which was overtaxed almost from the moment it opened, Cuomo on Monday offered the real solution: Tear it all down and start over from scratch. He was joined by Vice President Joe Biden, whose recent comment that the airport looks like something out of the Third World seems to have been part of the impetus for the redesign.

The plan looks good at a glance, showing a modern airport in place of the mid-20th century dinosaur it would replace, but it also raises many questions.

Chief among those are whether it can be built in the roughly five-year time frame Cuomo announced; how far above the $4 billion budget the real cost will be; and how on earth the airport will remain open during construction, as the governor said it will.

Major projects like this almost never come in on time and on budget — think “Second Avenue subway.” If this one does, it will be almost as great a miracle as flight itself.

Crain’s reported Tuesday that experts say it will take at least $8 billion and 10 years — double the government line just a day after it was announced.

But a complete renovation of LaGuardia is so important that the project deserves support whether Cuomo was right about the cost and time frame or not.

The plan envisions an elegant, ultramodern terminal located much closer to the Grand Central Parkway than the existing ones. Passengers would cross to their gates via enclosed bridges with planes parked below. An air train finally would link the airport to the subway system. Highspeed ferries would dock at the airport’s western end, providing an alternative route to Manhattan. And the airport would offer all the creature comforts and efficiences expected by today’s traveler.

On the downside, many improvements that have been made in recent years would be negated. That parking garage under construction? Gone. The improvements Delta has been making to its terminals? Gone. (Though it’s worth noting that the carrier is in full support of the new plan.) Looking at the renderings, it would appear the only structure that would be left standing is the new control tower, built just a few years ago at a cost of $100 million.

There will be devils in the details to be sure, but this plan promises to finally make LaGuardia the airport it should be.

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Why Uber’s great Dear Editor: “Uber, de Blasio come to a last-minute agreement” (by Christopher Barca, July 23) made sense especially for Queens and other outer borough riders.

The owners and operators of Uber are role models to emulate. They have all already assisted our community, which faces a 6 percent unemployment rate with 6 percent more who have given up looking — along with many working part-time or for the minimum wage seeking better paying full-time jobs. All pay taxes and are our neighbors.

The free-enterprise system made our nation great. Economic growth and the creation of wealth comes from these brave entrepreneurs without the assistance of American Recovery Reinvestment Act federal taxpayers’ “stimulus” dollars.

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Why Uber’s terrible Dear Editor: Re Uber’s ad against City Council member Karen Koslowitz in your July 16 issue: Don’t be conned by Uber’s barrage of black lies to defend its black-car service now fighting growth limits.

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ll over Queens, volunteer residents take it upon themselves to clean up properties that have been neglected by the institutions in charge of them, both public and private, to make their neighborhoods more beautiful and, in many cases, safer.

Think of Woodside resident John Colgan, who has taken it upon himself to clean up the historical MooreJackson Cemetery. Or Anthony Pisciotta — a Bronx resident — who’s doing the same at Bayside Cemetery in Ozone Park. Or Pamela Hazel and her Southeast Queens allies who are doing their best to fix up an abandoned private lot at 109th Avenue and Merrick Boulevard in Jamaica. And there are many others.

Among them are Clark Fitzgerald and the other people behind the Ridgewood Community Garden, a long-neglected MTA site under the M train. They’ve done a great job turning what had been a garbage dump into something respectable, but the agency insists they’re trespassing and won’t allow them back in. It claims it will maintain the site itself, but history says otherwise. We hope a compromise can be found there.

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Not true if you regard employment as a fulltime job with full employee benefits. Uber designates all its drivers as independent contractors who must pay their own insurance, fuel and maintenance costs. This triggered a lawsuit prompting Calfornia’s Labor Commisson to rule that Uber drivers are employees entitled to full benefits and protections. Similar lawsuits in other states were filed. That’s one reason why Uber no longer operates in its hometown of San Francisco. But not the only reason. An Uber driver sparked outrage by hitting and killing a 6-year-old girl, while another injured two pedestrians on a sidewalk. Uber drivers don’t face the same tough background checks, road skills tests and licensing requirements that yellow cab drivers do.

Lie No. 2 is that Uber fights for the 99 percenters. Uber is a $50 billion enterprise, partially funded by Qatar, a supporter of Hamas, and owned by billionaire bully Travis Kalanick. Paris banned Uber after its top two local managers were charged with running an illegal and unsafe operation. Other cities ban-

ning Uber include Geneva, New Delhi, Vancouver, Seattle and Portland, Ore. Uber’s claim that it serves riders who are ignored by regular cabs is also false.

Uber fares are often unfair. Drivers charge “surge prices” up to seven times the normal rate during peak periods or emergencies.

When a hostage crisis plunged Sydney, Australia into panic last year, Uber drivers hiked their fares, prompting an apology from Kalanick. But he offered no apology when a senior vice president was quoted at a private dinner proposing to hire researchers to dig up dirt on journalists who criticize Uber. One of those targeted was Sarah Lacey, editor of the website Pandro Daily, who accused Uber of sexism and misogyny.

Uber fights critics by hiring high-paid lobbyists like President Obama’s former political advisor David Plouffe to smooth political waters. It runs expensive TV and print ads, plus robo calls to badger the public into backing it.

Another San Francisco-based web service, AirBNB, uses similar tactics to position itself

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as a champion of low-income tenants, while actually encouraging illegal hotels.

Both enterprises call themselves “disruptive” businesses. Destructive and deceptive are more accurate terms. Don’t be fooled.

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A closing thought, folks: Happy Blue Moon on July 31. The second full moon of July. The first was on July 2.

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Dear Editor: It is outrageous that the Queens Chronicle continues to attack Donald Trump yet promoted liberal nonworking viewpoints of corrupt folks like Anthony Weiner. Trump is a bright man of enormous success who has dealt with amazingly capable individuals. The nonsensical viewpoints of this paper and of people writing against Trump (“Trump an embarrassment to his native borough,” Editorial; and multiple letters, July 23) are those of unintellectual folks or people who are supporting their own self interests.

Trump never did anything even close to requiring his name be removed from Jamaica Hospital’s pavilion. I can go on and on about the horrendous dealings in Queens from corrupt politicians whom the Queens Chronicle has tended to support. The Queens Chronicle has absolutely no shame whatsoever.

Adam Julius Forest Hills

Dear Editor: I read the Queens Chronicle newspaper very often and I’m grateful there’s a coupon for my favorite fast food. However, when I read your July 23 issue, I saw an ad for the Cole Bros.

Circus. I am very disappointed that you promote t he Cole Bros. Circus.

Cole Bros. Circu s e mploye e s were cited by the United States D e p a r t me nt of Agriculture for abusing their animals with the use of bullhooks. The Town of Islip on Long Island did the right thing by denying the Cole Bros. Circus a permit from the East Islip Fire Department because after the Cole Bros. Circus left beautiful Brookwood Park, they left their animal waste and it cost Islip lots of money to clean up and to repair the park, which was damaged by circus animals.

In some other animal circuses, things like what you see in this video at https:// youtu.be/wApXyf b8yH0 happen.

All other animal circuses, such as Ringling Bros. and UniverSoul, could also make mistakes, and sometimes animals could escape from their cages, so they wouldn’t be safe for children to attend.

Yuki Endo Jackson Heights

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Dear Editor: On July 6, the Appellate Division Court ruled that part of Flushing Meadows Corona Park may not be used for a mall complex known as Willets West. This has been a contentious issue for some time, because many people feel that parkland belongs to the public and should not be awarded out for development. At the very least, such proposals should be reviewed by the state Legislature, which in this case was not done. The people’s land was just going to be given away.

From my understanding, there were many negative impacts to this project including economic duress to surrounding small businesses, increased traffic congestion, and other qualityof-life problems. This ruling may still be appealed by the developers in favor of the project, but at least the court has essentially recognized that parkland belongs to the public.

We should be thankful to those who filed the lawsuit against the project and their supporters, who include state Sen. Tony Avella, the City Club of New York, New York City continued on next page

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Dear Editor: It took pressure from the world, but the GOP-controlled state government of South Carolina finally faced reality and ordered the Confederate battle f lag removed from the Capitol grounds — after flying it first on the dome since 1961.

I wonder if the GOP Congress will step up to the plate and order the removal of the Jefferson Davis statue located in the rotunda under the Capitol Dome. The Dixiecrats back in the 1940s had the Davis statue placed there.

On another matter, I heard through the grapevine that Macy’s will honor “The Donald” with a huge float of Trump as their big

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Dear Editor: Donald Trump has separated himself from the amorphous Republican pack who monotonously spout the identical promise, if elected, to repeal any changes made by President Obama. His ability to dominate the media and the campaign would be more difficult if he were facing passionate candidates with exciting 21st century ideas to move this nation forward.

This peculiar campaign will not favor passive, nonconfrontational dullards. Those candidates who lack the intellect and toughness to respond to his bellicose tactics will not be saved by public sympathy, but will soon find themselves out of the competition. This race is “The Apprentice” with national importance; and who plays the game better than Trump? If the other candidates don’t understand the game, they better learn it quickly.

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Come out to Howard Beach on Sunday to help not one, but two special causes.

The Howard Beach-based New York Families for Autistic Children, located at 164-14 Cross Bay Blvd., will be hosting its second annual “Bike Loop,” a 20-mile bike ride, on Sunday to benefit both the group and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, which seeks to find a cure for type 1 diabetes.

A 10-mile bike ride will also be available for those who want to participate but don’t want to take on the full loop.

Registration for the event begins at 8 a.m., with the ride kicking off an hour later. The event will kick off in NYFAC’s “Bike Loop” last year.

FILE PHOTO front of NYFAC’s building.

The registration for the event is $40 per person and includes admission to a post- $15,000 and had more than 200 cyclists come out for the event. bike-ride party and barbecue.

Bikers will ride over three bridges in two You can pre-register for the event at nyfacfoundation.org/bike or by calling Toni Cimino boroughs, through the Rockaway Peninsula at (347) 566-3122 ext. 305 or by emailing her at and along the Belt Parkway, completely around the western half of Jamaica Bay, before returntcimino@nyfac.org.

Q Last year’s inaugural event raised more than ing to NYFAC.

Letters continued from previous page Park Advocates, Willets Point United, Queens Civic Congress and individuals like Benjamin Haber and Paul Graziano.

When one thinks of this situation, what would people have said if this attempted land grab was happening in Central Park or Prospect Park? Most people would be outraged and justifiably so. Flushing Meadows Corona Park deserves the same respect.

Now let’s see the portion of the park that was going to be changed to a mall used for appropriate recreational and green space!

This will create jobs and be beneficial to all of the residents of Queens and especially to the people living in the adjacent neighborhoods of Corona and West Flushing.

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Dear Editor: The Long Island City-to-Glendale light rail proposed by Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley is absurd (“Crowley calls for light rail in Glendale,” July 16, multiple editions).

This project did not work or survive the first time around, and as she stated was shut down in 1998 because of little to no riders.

What makes Ms. Crowley think that this project would work today? She also stated that the upgraded tracks on 88th Street would also be used. They are presently used by freight trains. The current user of these

tracks would not want to share them.

I also feel that this would cause major concerns for parents who have children who attend school at PS 113 and have to walk to and from school each day.

Maybe Ms. Crowley should reconsider her idea about a train running to Atlas Park and put her efforts and priorities to a better use for our community.

E. Petruzzi Glendale

Climate concerns Dear Editor: This year’s spate of severe thunderstorms, tornadoes and record flooding in Texas, Oklahoma and parts of Louisiana is yet another serious indication of how our weather and climate are changing. Last year, these areas were under severe drought conditions, with barely any water. Then, after nearly 18 inches of rain, there was way, way too much water, and many dams were near to collapse because of record flooding.

Our entire planet is being affected by climate change, and the world community needs to work together to find credible solutions to the problems it creates. More intense heat waves, droughts, severe f looding caused by increased rainfall and more intense hurricanes, which will also cause severe flooding and beach erosion, are in our future. Our planet is very fragile, and we can no longer ignore these issues.

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Build it Back making progress: electeds Hamilton Beach house elevation not an isolated case, officials say

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A year ago, Hamilton Beach resident Connie Kissane felt as if she would never move back into her house — which was severely damaged during Superstorm Sandy.

Now, her patience with the Build it Back program has paid off. Her house is in the process of being elevated and she’s about three months from going back home.

“It’s amazing,” Kissane said.

But she’s not alone.

Just here in Queens, Build it Back has started construction on 510 homes and completed work on 296 of them as of Monday — up from 331 and 99, respectively, in January.

As of Monday, $31 million in reimbursements have been issued, up from $15.2 million at the beginning of this year.

The road to those numbers and Kissane’s elevation, however, was fraught with difficulties and delays. On Jan. 1, 2014, Build it Back had not issued any reimbursement checks or started work on any homes.

“We never thought we were going to get back home,” Kissane said.

Unlike hundreds of other people who took themselves out of the Build it Back pipeline, Kissane stuck with it.

“I said I was going to go through the whole thing,” she said.

Last April, Mayor de Blasio appointed Amy Petersen as head of the Mayor’s Office of Housing Recovery and revamped Build it Back’s operations.

“Mayor de Blasio’s overhaul of Build it Back last spring has put us in position to move forward with elevations across the City, so that homes and entire communities can be

A home in Hamilton Beach is in the process of being elevated by Build it Back, which elected and city officials said is just one example of how recovery efforts throughout the borough are PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY finally improving. made resilient,” Petersen said in an email, adding that the city has brought on three new construction management firms and is in the design process for 600 elevations in Queens.

Elected officials and community leaders agreed that Kissane’s home is not an isolated case — but said there is still more to be done.

“In no way am I saying the program is perfect. Far from it,” Roger Genron, president of the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association, said in a Wednesday interview. “But they’re getting better. I think we’re a lot better off than we were a year ago, even six months ago.”

Gendron estimates there are about 100

Hamilton Beach residents in the Build it Back pipeline and according to the program’s statistics, 27 homes there are in the design phase — another six are being constructed and three more in the area are completed.

Thirteen reimbursement checks worth $336,224 have been issued.

Anyone who applied for Build it Back assistance has until Friday, July 31, to decide which option to go with.

Gendron said close to 98 people who originally applied for assistance are no longer in the program.

“Either they were ineligible or they backed

out,” the civic president said.

Elected officials representing Hamilton Beach echoed Gendron’s sentiments there has been some progress with the program.

“While it has taken much longer than it should have, Build it Back is finally providing the financial support and construction work necessary for people to get back into their homes,” Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) said on Tuesday.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) also said he’s seeing improvement on the part of Build it Back.

“It’s a forward progress but it’s a slow progress,” Addabbo said.

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) agreed with his colleagues.

“While there is still so much work to do, slowly but surely Build it Back is making progress and there is a light at the end of the tunnel for homeowners and residents who have been displaced since Sandy,” Ulrich said in a statement.

The state politicians representing Hamilton Beach said despite the uptick in reimbursements and construction, there are still some who are skeptical of the program.

“You’ll find pockets of people who are not enamoured with Build it Back,” Addabbo said, adding Hamilton Beach and Howard Beach are “better off” than other parts of his district, such as Broad Channel. “Broad Cha n nel has more of the complai nt department.”

Goldfeder, however, said the hate and love for the program is spread out.

“I hear complaints and compliments from Rockaway Howard Beach and Hamilton Q Beach,” he said.

Look at feasibility of rail line: Goldfeder Pol wants MTA to apply for state grant to see if train could run again

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Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) is asking the MTA to apply for state money to see if the restoration of the Rockaway Beach Rail line could be done.

“Families in southern Queens and Rockaway suffer from some of the longest commutes in the entire city. The state’s new passenger rail grant program has the potential to bring an end to our transportation desert,” Goldfeder said in a statement issued on Monday. “By funding a feasibility study into reactivating the Rockaway Beach Rail Line, we can work to create a true northsouth rail corridor in Queens, improve transit access to our airports, and take thousands of cars off the road.”

The assemblyman, a strong advocate for restoring the right-of-

way linking the peninsula to Central Queens, asked the MTA to apply for a grant from the state Department of Transportation’s 2015 Passenger and Freight Rail Assistance Program — which is providing up to $17 million for rail line projects.

An MTA spokesman didn’t say whether the agency would apply for the state grant to look into restoring the right-of-way, which has been abandoned since the 1960s, but added in an email, “There are always more ideas for how to spend capital funds than there are funds to spend, and we only pursue projects for our Capital Program that have shown broad community and political support.”

More progress has been made toward turning the right-of-way into a 3.5-mile stretch of parkland to be Q known as the QueensWay.

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder is asking the MTA to apply for a state grant to look into the feasibility of restoring the FILE PHOTO Rockaway Beach Rail line, which has been abandoned and unused since the 1960s.

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The City Council last Thursday unanimously passed a zoning text amendment aimed at easing restrictions on homeowners looking to rebuild their houses in Sandyaffected communities.

The Special Regulations for Neighborhood Recovery text amendment expedites the process for elevating houses in Community Districts 10, 13 and 14 in Queens and in parts of Brooklyn and Staten Island.

Pending the approval of Mayor de Blasio, the new zoning rules will: • Allow homeowners to elevate or rebuild homes even if the structure doesn’t comply with zoning. As it stands, homeowners cannot be approved for elevation if their property does not conform to code.

• Create a “zoning envelope” to allow homes to have a wider footprint than they have now. This is aimed at ceasing the construction of tall buildings with narrow lots, according to city officials.

• Permit homeowners to elevate parts of a structure even if it is below the adjacent grade level. As it stands, homeowners are not allowed to do that.

The text amendment had been approved by the Council’s Land Use Committee and Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises, chaired by Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), last Monday and Tuesday, respectively.

“The removal of these regulatory barriers eliminates the majority of the red tape that deterred property owners from elevating their homes and moving forward in the Build it Back program,” Richards, who rep-

resents several communities impacted by Sandy including the Rockaways, said in a statement. “This text amendment is the light at the end of the tunnel for many homeowners still struggling to rebuild their homes nearly three years after Sandy.”

Build it Back, which, since 2014, has been rebuilding homes or reimbursing homeowners for work they did to their houses, advocated for the amendment’s passing.

“The idea for the amendment came out of a community-level meeting in Queens, it was produced with collaboration across agencies, and it is being passed to help homeowners who were stuck because of burdensome regulations so that their homes are rebuilt and their neighborhoods made more resilient,” Amy Petersen, director of the Mayor’s Office of Housing Recovery, said in a statement. “It is one more piece of a comprehensive program overhaul that has enabled almost every homeowner to receive an offer, and that has ensured that over 4,000 have received reimbursement and over 1,400 have started construction — both compared to 0 when this administration took over.”

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), who represents a large portion of CD 10, praised the passing of the amendment.

“By streamlining the process and approving the inclusion of thousands of homes that would have otherwise been non-compliant, we will make it easier for people to rebuild and move back into their homes,” Ulrich said in a statement. “This will remove many of the barriers homeowners have faced in trying to rebuild their homes and navigate Q through the Build it Back program.”

C M SQ page 15 Y K continued from page 2 But some see the governor’s numbers for both t i me a nd budget as overly optimistic.

Crain’s New York Business on Tuesday quoted “several airport experts” as saying the governor’s timeline would be impossible to meet unless the new Delta terminals were constructed simultaneously with the new terminal B, which Crain’s sources said would “paralyze airport operations.” Waiting until Terminal B was substantially finished would, in their opinion, push the timeline back considerably, possibly as late as 2026.

Crain’s sources also said the final cost could easily be closer to $8 billion.

The proposal also lacks specific information on things like parking and just where an AirTrain-type terminal would be located near the Willets subway station, which serves Citi Field directly to the north and the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center to the south.

A major reason for the relocation of the terminals is to create about two miles of new taxiway space for the planes, which would reduce LaGuardia’s chronic flight delays.

But terminals would be built on what is now public parking space, and the report “recommends” only that any new garages be architecturally compatible with the new terminal and be within walking distance of it or located near some sort of “people mover” system. No location is specified in the report and it is not obviously

visible in renderings provided by the governor’s office.

And while the panel says it supports Cuomo’s vision for an AirTrain facility at Willets, it also noted the “densely populated communities” surrounding the station.

Its only specific recommendations were that the PA and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority “work with the community” to determine the best methods and route for rail service to LaGuardia that “minimizes community impacts.”

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and connect Terminals C and D; and if any consideration was given to lengthening LaGuardia’s two runways.

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz is a member of the panel. In a statement issued by her office on Monday, Katz had far more parochial concerns.

She wants the PA to incorporate noise reduction and abatement technology in any new construction.

“Infrastructure upgrades are critical to the economic engines of our borough and our city to remain competitive,” Katz said. “... As much as LaGuardia and JFK International are tremendous assets to Queens and the region, with them has come the need to mitigate the direct, daily impacts of growth upon thousands of families Q immediately surrounding them.”

and the Willets terminal.

The Chronicle also asked if the rail service is included in the $4 billion cost; if a Willets station could legally be built on city parkland, such as that currently occupied by the New York Mets and the tennis center; if the main airport project could be started and train service added later; and whether the governor would be prepared to take privately owned land near Willets by eminent domain to accommodate a rail terminal.

No comment was available as to whether the Federal Aviation Administration and the State of New Jersey are on board; if air traff ic would at some point be delayed or rerouted during construction; if Delta will be compensated for the tens of millions of dollars it has spent to renovate

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21st-century LaGuardia

Report touts hybrid storm defenses Study looks at how nature and sea walls together could help Howard Beach

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Using Howard Beach as a model, an environmental group released a report on Tuesday that said coastal communities should utilize nature-based defenses in addition to manmade features such as sea walls and flood gates to prevent damage from future natural disasters.

“Man-made infrastructure used to be the default for most discussions about protecting at-risk communities. Now, science is showing us that natural defenses like dunes, wetlands, mussel beds, forests and oyster reefs can help to keep us safe from future disasters by absorbing floodwaters, reducing wave energy and helping defend against storm surges,” Bill Ulfelder, executive director of The Nature Conservancy in New York, which put out the report, said.

By combining the storm defenses found in nature, such as the ones mentioned by Ulfelder, and those created by man, The Nature Conservancy estimates that Howard Beach alone could avoid $225 million in damages if a catastrophic storm were to roll through the area.

In a 205-page report, issued close to the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, the group set forth five proposals to protect the Howard Beach area from future storms —

Nature-based and man-made storm defenses working together might be coastal communities’ best bet in preventing damage from future natural disasters, according to a report that used PHOTO COURTESY THE NATURE CONSERVANCY Howard Beach as its model. ranging from completely nature-based to 100 percent man-made defenses.

One such hybrid alternative proposes restoring 142 acres of marshland and placing rock walls around the community as well as installing three removable flood walls — one 800foot wall near the Belt Parkway and two

13,200-foot walls in Old Howard Beach and New Howard Beach.

The Nature Conservancy was asked by the city to look into the efficacy of hybrid storm defenses.

“We’ve learned that the best infrastructure solutions are often hybrids that complement

the geomorphology and land use of a specific neighborhood,” Daniel Zarrilli, director of the Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency, said. “Protecting New York City from the risks of climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time.”

The environmental group said while all man-made defenses also protects communities from storm damage, they do not benefit the surrounding ecosystem. Relying on nature alone, the report found, would only avoid “less than $1 million in flood damage losses.”

Howard Beach was picked as the focus of the study, the group said, “because of the amount of damage it suffered during Sandy and its vulnerability to high-frequency, lowimpact flooding from sea-level rise.”

The Nature Conservancy said the suggestions outlined in the report “are not the only strategies that could increase the resilience of Howard Beach.

“Rather, they represent a first attempt to create a suite of representative coastal protection options for an urban neighborhood, to help the City understand the costs and benefits of coastal protection using nature and naturebased and gray infrastructure,” the report states. “Actionable strategies require further analysis and modeling and could include a mix of strategies from each alternative or other Q options.”

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It’s been close to five years that Anthony Pisciotta, of the Bronx, has been dedicating his weekends to cleaning up Bayside Cemetery in Ozone Park — and even if he spent the rest of his life restoring the Jewish graveyard, he doesn’t think everything would get done.

“It’s just so big and there’s so much to do,” Pisciotta said at the cemetery on a hot, humid Sunday afternoon.

On that day, he set out to lift headstones, some weighing several hundred pounds, that have been knocked down back onto their proper place. He’s even brought along a special pulley to help him with the brunt of the manual labor and an adhesive to make sure the stones stick in place.

Bayside Cemetery, located near the Tudor Village area of Ozone Park, was once the site of rampant vandalism that spanned for decades.

Beginning in the early 20th century, desperate thieves would break into mausoleums there and steal any valuables they could find. When they couldn’t find anything, because it had already been taken by prior thieves, they’d start breaking tombstones out of frustration and would desecrate the corpses there.

The destruction was left unattended by the congregation that owns the cemetery, Shaare Zedek, and one of the descendants sued them as a result.

The Queens County Supreme Court threw out the case, a dismissal that was upheld by a higher court.

An incident back in the 1980s is what originally brought the matter to Pisciotta’s attention.

“I remember reading the article and it was kind of frightening,” he said. “It bothered me to

hear that somebody would do this to someone’s loved ones.”

He would keep tabs on the place, reading about any cases of vandalism, but five years ago decided to go out and do something.

He got to work sealing the entrances to the damaged mausoleums. The congregation that owns the cemetery had blocked off only a few with cement.

When hooligans would ramsack the area and find nothing of value, they would sometimes knock over the tombstones. Restoring those is what takes up most of Pisciotta’s time.

But he’s looking to do more for the people laid to rest there.

This past winter, Pisciotta was able to find and place a flag in front of the graveyard honoring all veterans buried there.

Several of the headstones have designated that the person there was a veteran, but some have faded away or were lost when thieves ramsacked the place.

“There’s just no way of knowing all of the veterans there,” Pisciotta said.

During his time there, Pisciotta has gotten to know the history of the people buried in Bayside and has even talked to some of their descendants.

Among them are Civil War veterans, some of whom fought for the Confederacy, a man who died on the Titanic, two victims of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, music executives and a former U.S. senator.

Although some of their family members are still around today, and visit their graves every weekend, Pisciotta said he’d like to get the history of Bayside down on paper.

“I’m thinking of compiling a concise history Q on the place,” he said.

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Queens Village turns up the heat under ACS Largest opposition rally to date vs. residential juvenile detention site

by Michael Gannon Editor

Residents from Queens Village and beyond are stepping up the pressure on the city to stop a residential juvenile detention center at the corner of Jamaica Avenue and 207th Street.

A rally outside the former site of the Merrick Academy last Saturday was the largest one to date.

The issue also has caught the attention of candidates for the vacant seat from the City Council’s 23rd District, with six of the declared candidates showing up to oppose the Close to Home shelter.

So did a candidate for the vacant seat in the 29th Assembly District.

Lupita Romull lives less than a block from the building where ACS wants to house 18 teenagers who have been arrested for various crimes.

Because of their age at the times of their arrests, they are going through the Family Court system and not Criminal Court.

Romull said she and some of her neighbors had only recently heard of the plan, and came to Saturday’s rally to get information.

Following a brief conversation with Mohamood Ishmael, president of the Queens Village Civic Association, she and Desiree Allicock decided to grab signs and stay.

Lupita Romull, left, of Queens VIllage, gets information on a juvenile detention facility that the city’s Administration for Children’s Services is seeking to locate in her neighborhood from PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Mohamood Ishmael, president of the Queens Village Civic Association.

“We don’t want a jail here,” Romull, a 31-year resident, said.

She and Allicock said there are a handful of schools in the area, as well as other shelters and group homes within what they feel is an uncomfortably close distance.

Nick Ciaravino also took time out of his

Saturday morning to attend.

“I’m from Bellerose,” he said, looking up from the protest sign he was crafting. “But I don’t want to see something like this coming there.”

Most of the candidates and several residents said they do not object to the Close to

Home program in principle, which is bringing teens from upstate institutions to be closer to their families, schools and communities.

They do object to the fact that the building is less than 40 feet from the nearest residential house on 207th Street.

State Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) was the lone politician at the rally who is not presently running for office.

But he has vowed not only to stop the placement of the facility on Jamaica Avenue, but to end the program at the state level when he goes back to Albany in January.

Comrie said he is trying to connect residents with an attorney to file a suit to stop the shelter. Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) led the charge in a similar effort to block a Close to Home shelter planned for South Ozone Park.

In that case, residents also have gotten a boost from city Comptroller Scott Stringer, whose office rejected the last contract proposal for the site.

Stringer’s office said the Queens Village plan is not yet at a level where it is being reviewed.

Comrie said he would call the Department of Education and other agencies in an effort to connect the owner of the Queens Village site with other prospective tenants. Q

Smooth traveling on Pitkin Ave. Tudor Village road was uneven and had poor drainage

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Ice cream thief wanted Cops are on the hunt for a man who slashed a Howard Beach CVS employee after the victim tried to stop the suspect from stealing ice cream.

The incident happened on Monday at 11:40 p.m. at the CVS Pharmacy located at 157-05 Cross Bay Blvd.

The suspect, a black man 6 feet tall with black hair who was wearing a blue shirt at the time, was taking ice cream from the store and slashed the employee in the forehead and took off.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477).

It’ll be smooth driving for motorists on one Ozone Park street.

T he cit y De pa r t ment of Tra nspor t at ion on Mond ay started to repave Pitkin Avenue from Redding Street to 84th Street in the Tudor Village section of Ozone Park.

A DOT spokesman said the work was slated to be finished on Tuesday.

And at least one resident politician is happy to see work being done on the road.

“It was a welcome inconvenience,” state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), who lives in the area, said of the project on Monday. “We’ve been traveling along a very bumpy Pitkin Avenue.”

W hile Addabbo added “I probably have worse streets in my district,” he said Pitkin Avenue did have drainage and surface issues that needed to be addressed.

“We didn’t have the rollercoaster effect that 104th Street

A stretch of Pitkin Avenue waits to be paved by DOT workers. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., who lives near the street, said it was very uneven and areas of it “ponded” after periods of rainfall, but added there are worse PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY streets in his district. has,” he said refer ring to a dilapidated road in Hamilton Beach, “but we did have a very uneven condition.”

Addabbo also said there were “heavy areas of ponding,” along the street whenever it would rain.

The senator added he and other residents of the area have been looking forward to the repaving since the DOT stripped the road about two weeks ago.

“It was kind of bumpy there for a while,” Addabbo said.

He added although the community waited a while for Pitkin to be paved, it wasn’t as long as people have been waiting for 104th Street to be fixed — that road has been in disrepair since Q 1997.

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Juvie house contract on Stringer’s desk

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

South Ozone Park residents will once again take to the streets for another peaceful protest to oppose a proposed juvenile detention center on a residential block in their community.

Residents will stand in the parking lot of St. Anthony of Padua Church, located on 133-25 128 St., starting at noon on Saturday to show their opposition to placing 18 juvenile offenders at 133-23 127 St., just a block away from the church.

The plan to place the offenders there is

part of the state’s Close to Home program, which seeks to house juveniles in the criminal justice system in residential areas rather than in upstate facilities.

Many of the residents called the building a “prison” and said it does not belong on a residential block.

“When our government infringes into our way of life, our freedom and our prosperity, we need to stand together and honorably fight for our rights,” a f lier promoting the protest states. “This country’s

Constitution states it WAS ESTABLISHED FOR PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE ... and NO government shall have more power than the people!”

The protest is being hosted by the Committee to Stop the Prison in South Ozone Park, a group of residents who came together as the controversy over the center heated up earlier this year.

A contract for the proposed center was denied by city Comptroller Scott Stringer last month.

The city Administration for Children’s Services, the city agency that oversees the implementation of the Close to Home program, sent the contract back to Stringer’s desk on July 13.

The comptroller has 30 days from July 13 to deny or accept the contract.

A lawsuit filed by three residents who live near the building, as well as the South Ozone Park Civic Association West, seeks to block the implementation of the center.

The plaintiffs claim putting juvenile offenders there will harm residents’ quality Q of life and property values.

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WRBA event helps community, NYFAC Civic donates proceeds from mailbox painting event to Howard Beach group

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Last Saturday was not the first time Woodhaven resident and civic activist Ed Wendell painted a mailbox that had been tagged with graffiti — but his efforts last weekend were for more than just a community facelift.

Wendell, the former president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, and about 20 volunteers set out to paint tagged-up Woodhaven mailboxes while collecting pledges that will be donated to the Howard Beach-based New York Families for Autistic Children.

“For a first-time event, I think it was good,” Wendell said on Monday. “We’re still getting pledges but we’re up around $400 or $500. It’d be nice to see this continue.”

The idea to collect money for charity while painting mailboxes has been in the works for a while, he said, but what stumped WRBA was which group should be the beneficiary of the event.

It wasn’t until the civic had painted over the plywood covering up the partially collapsed building at 78-19 Jamaica Ave. in blue, because it had been covered in graffiti, that someone came up with the idea to help out NYFAC. “We had uploaded the picture to Face-

Woodhaven volunteers set out last Saturday to paint over mailboxes that had been tagged with graffiti, while collecting pledges to benefit Howard Beach-based New York Families for Autistic PHOTO COURTESY ED WENDELL Children. book and someone had said ‘Oh, you know blue is the color for autism awareness,’” Wendell said. “We had already been thinking of doing a fundraiser and when that was mentioned, we thought of NYFAC.” NYFAC, located at 164-14 Cross Bay Blvd., offers services and programs for children with autism. One of the volunteers who

painted mailboxes last week had a personal connection to the cause.

“One of the people who came out has a family member who has autism,” Wendell said. “It’s a good cause.”

The painters, Wendell said, hit up 67 mailboxes in about three hours and only stopped because they had cleaned every

receptacle that needed it.

“We probably would’ve painted more had more needed it,” the civic activist said. “We just painted the ones that had been tagged.”

Many of the volunteers received mixed reactions when people saw what they were doing, Wendell said.

“The husband thanked us but the wife just said you’re wasting your time, it’s going to get tagged up again,” he recalled. “And that’s the worst response I can hear cause that’s someone who’s just given up.”

Wendell added that the husband, upon hearing the event was for charity, immediately donated $5 to the cause.

Speaking of the possibility that the painted-over mailboxes could be hit with graffiti again, Wendell said it wouldn’t be the first time it’s been done.

“I had this mailbox by my house that had graffiti on it and I just took my paint brush and painted over it,” he said. “The next day it had graffiti on it again so I went back and painted over it. And that just kept continuing. We had a little personal battle going on but eventually they stopped. That particular mailbox hasn’t been tagged in a while.”

Wendell added he’d like to find ways that WRBA can hold community events while benefitting different charities.

“I think it will grow over time,” he said. Q

Queens Boulevard redesign kicks off Shorter crossings, protected bike lanes, traffic safety part of Vision Zero

by Cristina Schreil

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After years of heartbreak and advocacy, city Department of Transportation work began Thursday morning on the first phase of a Queens Boulevard redesign.

The first stretch, 1.3 miles to be modified with shorter crossings for pedestrians, wider sidewalks, protected bike lanes and traffic-calming measures, is from Roosevelt Avenue to 73rd Street.

On Thursday, DOT workers were at the intersection at 61st Street, in front of the populous Big Six Towers.

At a press conference announcing the work, Lizi Rahman, a longtime advocate for a safer corridor since her son, cyclist 22-year-old Asif Rahman, was mowed down by a freight truck in 2008, noted how the tragedy took place just blocks from the intersection.

“I always worried for his safety. He assured me, ‘Mom, don’t worry, there are bike lanes everywhere and I carry a bike route map,’” Rahman recalled of her late son. “After his death, when I visited the crash site, I was shocked to see that there was no bike lane on Queens Boulevard. And I couldn’t help thinking that if there was a bike lane perhaps my son would still be alive.”

Overall, in a three-phase process, the DOT aims to improve seven miles of the boulevard for cyclists, pedestrians and drivers.

The plan is part of Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative.

“We’re putting up $101 million — $101 million into this effort, so that we can save lives in the future, and that this great boulevard can be what it was meant to be — something positive in the lives of the people of Queens and the people of the city, and not something we associate with a horror,” de

Blasio said at the press event.

“No longer will anyone’s life be threatened simply by virtue of walking or biking or driving on this street.”

De Blasio said that since 1990, 185 New Yorkers were killed on Queens Boulevard, with most being pedestrians.

DOT representatives have said that the stretch was decided to be the first phase of work because of the high number of fatalities there; at a June Community Board 2 meeting, Nichole Altmix, deputy director of research, implementation and safety, said that there have been 591 injuries in the last five years.

Lizi Rahman, center left, holds a photograph of her late son, who was killed in 2008 while D O T C o m m i s s i o n e r cycling on Queens Boulevard. She stands with Community Board 2 Chairman Pat O’Brien, left, Polly Trottenberg said at and CB 2 Transportation Committee Chairwoman Denise Keehan-Smith. Workers, right, began the press conference that construction on a 1.3-mile stretch of the boulevard Thursday.

PHOTOS BY CRISTINA SCHREIL the project is planned to be Den Dekker (D-Jackson Heights) and City Councilwoman finished by the end of October.

“This street we’re standing on today used to be just a little Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale), also attended alongside leadtwo-lane road. After the Queensboro Bridge was completed in ers of CB 2 and safety advocacy groups Make Queens Safer 1909, it grew into the enormous 10-, 11-, 12-lane highway that and Transportation Alternatives. you see before us,” Trottenberg said. “It’s become a barrier in “This is the front yard for so many people,” City Council this community, a dangerous street that people try and scurry Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), who across.” represents the area, said. “We have an obligation to make sure Q Several elected officials, including Assemblyman Mike that not one more person loses their life.”

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The St. John’s Red Storm will find themselves munching on fresh coconut and pineapple, not cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes, in addition to their turkey on Thanksgiving this year.

The Johnnies will make the 5,000mile trek from Queens to Hawaii this November, as St. John’s will take part in the 2015 Maui Invitational, the 32nd annual early-season hoops tournament.

The Johnnies will take on Vanderbilt in the first round of the prominent tournament at 2:30 p.m. New York time on Nov. 23, with the winner taking on the victor of the Indiana-Wake Forest tilt.

Kansas, UCLA and UNLV are also playing in the event, along with Chaminade, the Hawaii school that hosted the first ever Maui Invitational in 1984 and plays in the tournament every year.

St. John’s, led by first-year coach Chris Mullin, will bring to Hawaii a roster filled with freshmen, new transfers and a handful of veteran reserve players This newspaper’s sports reporter hopes to bring you coverage of the bracket from our nation’s 50th state this fall. Q — Christopher Barca

Police arrested a Brookville man on a weapon cha rge Saturday mor ning after first approaching him for urinating in public.

Police allege that Ma r v i n Robbi n s, 23, of 232nd Street, also was in possession of about f ive NYPD Officers Walter Warkenthien, left, Kraig ounces of marijuana Hunter and Brian Volpi. when arrested.

According to the NYPD, Off icers were canvassing Officers Walter Warkenthien, for the Mercedes in that neighKraig Hunter and Brian Volpi borhood when they allegedly of the 113th Precinct’s anti- saw a man relieving himself crime unit were on patrol at between two parked cars on about 1:30 a.m. on Saturday 231st Street. Upon having the when they stopped a black man turn around, Warkenthien Mercedes for driving reckless- allegedly saw a bulge in the ly near the intersection of man’s waistband and allegedly 150th Street and Rockaway recovered a loaded 9 m m Boulevard in South Jamaica. pistol.

T he d r iver f led as they Robbins was charged with approached, but not before criminal possession of a weapWarkenthien noted the license on, four th-degree criminal plate. A check showed the possession of marijuana in Mercedes was registered to an excess of two ounces, possesowner in Brookville in the sion of marijuana and urinatQ 105th Precinct. ing in public.

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NYPD police precincts throughout Queens will, as always, be participating in National Night Out Against Crime, which will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 4.

The evening is celebrated nationwide as an event that brings neighbors together. People in neighborhoods all over the country will gather and turn their porch lights on as a symbol of people standing up to crime.

Police are inviting residents to designated parks throughout the borough for an evening of family entertainment and community outreach.

The 102nd Precinct will host its event from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Buddy Memorial Center in Forest Park, located at the intersection of Park Lane South and Myrtle Avenue. There will be free food and entertainment, as well as a raffle for a bicycle and school supplies.

The Richmond Hill East Business Persons Corp., also in the 102nd Precinct, will host an event of its own from 6 to 9 p.m. on Jamaica Avenue between 123rd and 124th streets.

The 103rd Precinct is sponsoring festivities from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Rufus King Park on Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica between 150th and 153rd streets. Entertainment, food and children’s activities will be free, along with information on personal safety and crime prevention.

The 104th Precinct will meet in Juniper Valley Park beginning at 5:30 p.m. Along with the usual food, activities and crime prevention information, the Juniper Park Civic Association will host a concert with the classic rock band Generations.

The 105th Precinct will host residents from 5 to 9 p.m. at Frederick Cabbell Park/Cambria Playground, located at Francis Lewis Boulevard and 121st Avenue in Cambria Heights.

The 106th Precinct is inviting its guests to be in Police Officer Edward Byrne Park on 135th Avenue in South Ozone Park from 6 to 9 p.m. There will be free food, music and giveaways.

The 107th Precinct will hold its event at the

Electchester Shopping Center at 158-11 Harry Van Ardsdale Jr. Ave. from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

There will be entertainment, food, a DJ, dancing and face painting.

Over in the 108th Precinct, people will gather at Louis Windmuller Park’s Lawrence Virgilio Playground from 5 to 8 p.m. There will be children’s rides, entertainment and free food. The park is at 52nd Street and 39th Avenue in Woodside.

The 109th Precinct will be gathering from 5 to 9 p.m. at PS 20 at 142-30 Barclay Avenue in Flushing. There will be food, entertainment, a DJ, face painting, pony rides and games for children.

The 110th Precinct will meet from 5 to 8 p.m. at Flushing Meadows Corona Park near the entrance at 111th Street between 54th and 55th avenues. Aside from food and entertainment, the evening will include information on crime prevention and child safety, a petting zoo courtesy of the Queens Zoo, and a softball game between police and employees from the Queens Center mall.

The 111th Precinct is welcoming visitors to the upper level of the Douglaston Plaza Shopping Center. Games, prizes, raffles, entertainment and food are free.

The 112th Precinct’s event is scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m. at MacDonald Park in Forest Hills, with free food and entertainment. The park is located on Queens Boulevard between Yellowstone Boulevard and 70th Road.

The 113th Precinct will meet in Baisley Pond Park in South Jamaica from 6 to 9 p.m..

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Hamilton Beach park vandalized overnight Hooligans took metal from monkey bars

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

New speed limit on Cross Bay Slow down while driving along Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach.

The Department of Transportation has lowered the speed limit along the corridor from 156th to 165th avenues from 35 miles per hour to 30.

A DOT spokesman said in an email on Tuesday the speed change was made as

“part of Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative citywide.”

In Ozone Park, the speed limit on Cross Bay Boulevard from Liberty to 107th avenues also was changed to 30 mph, down from 35, as part of the Vision Zero plan, which seeks to decrease traffic-related fatalities.

Some thieves were monkeying around in Hamilton Beach when they stole metal from the playground.

Roger Gendron, president of the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association, announced that five swinging monkey bars had been removed from the playground in Hamilton Beach Park in a Facebook post early Wednesday.

“Vandals have struck the playground equipment in Hamilton Park,” he said.

“The rest of the equipment is fine. I’ve reached out to National Parks Service to see what can be done.”

Hamilton Beach Park is part of the Jamaica Bay National Recreation area and is federal property.

The playground at the park was paid for by Resorts World Casino at a cost of $40,000 after the old one had been damaged by Superstorm Sandy.

In an interview, Gendron had said he’s been asking NPS to lock up the playground at night.

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Hamilton Beach residents expressed dismay at the theft in comments responding to Gendron’s Facebook post.

“What’s wrong with these people?” one person commented.

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Bonelle Pastry Shop closing in January Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce, residents say it will be greatly missed

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Expiration date: Jan. 15, 2016 Bonelle Pastry Shop, the tiny, yet popular bakery at 108-30 Ascan Ave. in Forest Hills, will be closing early next year, according to a customer and an employee who answered the phone on Monday.

“Oh, it’s sad,” the employee said. “Sometimes it just gets too much.”

The store, which opened 24 years ago, nearly closed last year after the building’s landlord, Babad Management, told Bonelle owner Rahita Raval she had until Dec. 31 to operate at the location.

But over 700 people signed a petition calling for Bonelle to stay open despite the arrival of a Dunkin’ Donuts next door, and eventually, Babad Management allowed the bakery to stay if it paid a higher monthly rent.

When contacted by the Chronicle, Raval did not indicate that finances were behind the decision to close and declined to provide any on-the-record comment regarding the future of the store.

The Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce and area residents who frequent Bonelle all expressed sadness over the shop’s closure when reached by the Chronicle this week.

Chamber of Commerce President Leslie Brown said in an email that the pastry store was a place where many families made

The tiny, yet popular Bonelle Pastry Shop on Ascan Avenue, a Forest Hills staple for 24 years, will close in January, leaving area residents wondering where they will find comparable pound PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA cake or almond croissants. happy memories over the years.

“Of course it is sad to see a well-loved shop close, but people move, get sick, retire, have operating costs go up and so on,” Brown said. “All we can do is wish Bonelle’s owners well and hope they do reopen.

“I am sure that they will be greatly missed,” she added, “as many families share memories of the pastries and cakes t h a t m a d e t h e i r s p e c i a l o c c a s io n s delicious.”

Forest Hills resident Carlos Garcia said in

a phone interview on Wednesday that the shop’s treats helped make being stuck in Forest Hills in the days after Hurricane Sandy a bit more enjoyable for him and his girlfriend.

“We happened to go there because we had nothing to do and they were super kind to us,” Garcia said. “You could tell the food was freshly made that day. It’s not the biggest place but they’re really nice there.”

Unlike Brown, who prefers Bonelle’s butter cookies and apple turnovers, Garcia, who said he plans to visit the bakery often before it closes, has his own favorite treat.

“Their pound cake is excellent,” he said.

“I always get it.”

Fellow Forest Hills resident Kathy Kelly added that Bonelle is a place that’s almost as great to walk past as it is visit.

“What was really wonderful is when that door is open, you can definitely smell the butter and the sweetness,” Kelly said. “The smell, it just hits you. You know you’re at a real bakery.”

Kelly used to stop into Bonelle a few times a month, but now she plans on strolling down there a bit more often to support the small business she says helps define Forest Hills.

“I’ll make sure I get in there once or twice a week,” she said. “Those almond Q croissants are just fantastic.”

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Pools, cooling centers and beach offer some relief

by Liz Rhoades

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The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer are here and with them soaring temperatures of 95 degrees and higher that are expected to make for an official heat wave.

So, how to keep cool when the heat and humidity are just too much to bear? In Queens, there are a lot of choices, starting with the borough’s outdoor swimming pools. Because of the extended hot weather now, pools are open until 8 p.m. for the time being. Starting time is 11 a.m.

Queens has three outdoor pools: Astoria at 19th Street and 23rd Drive; Fisher at 99th Street and 32nd Avenue in East Elmhurst; and Liberty at 173rd Street and 106th Avenue in Jamaica.

There are also four mini pools located throughout the borough for all ages. They are: Marie Curie at 211th Street and 46th Avenue in Bayside; PS 10 at 45th Street and 30th Avenue in Astoria Heights; PS 186 at Little Neck Parkway and 72nd Avenue in Glen Oaks; and Windmuller at 54th Street and 39th Road in Woodside.

If a more natural landscape is more to your liking, Rockaway Beach is the place to go. It is the largest urban beach in the nation and good for surfing as well. Frolicking in

Barosa waiter dies at 45 The Astoria Pool is a popular spot to cool off in the summer. The city has extended the hours FILE PHOTO of operation until 8 p.m. during the 95-degree heat wave. the Atlantic Ocean is sure to cool one down.

The city also offers free cooling centers, which are located in public library branches and senior centers. For the nearest location, call 311.

The city Health Department reports that 500,000 New Yorkers are considered at risk

for heat exposure, primarily because they have no air conditioning and are either elderly or have pre- existing health problems.

The cooling centers are designed for them, but anyone can avail themselves of Q the service.

Charles D’Ambra, 45, a Middle Village resident who worked as a waiter at Barosa Italian Restaurant for nine years, was found dead on Wednesday morning.

A cause of death was not determined by press time, though some restaurant employees said it seems as if D’Ambra suffered an aneurysm.

Wake and funeral services have not yet been set up for D’Ambra but anyone interested in attending is welcome to call the restaurant at (718) 424-1455.

The restaurant said of D’Ambra in a Facebook post that he was “one of the nicest people you could ever meet.”

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One hurt in Rego crash An accident on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park Wednesday morning seriously injured one driver, according to witnesses.

The crash occurred in the southbound lanes just north of 62nd Drive, in front of the Rego Gardens apartments at 62-60 Woodhaven.

A witness, Hossam Alim, said a five-door black Volkswagen was traveling in the right lane when a box truck changed lanes in front of it. The Volkswagen hit the rear of the truck, Alim said. His account, given in Arabic, was translated into English by his uncle, Ayman Alim, owner of the J&J Superstar Deli at 62-49 Woodhaven, where the younger Alim was working when he saw the accident across the street.

Ayman Alim saw the driver after he was removed from the car and said he appeared to be seriously hurt. That could not immediately be confirmed, as the Police Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s press office said it had no reports of a serious accident at the location when reached later in the morning, and the Fire Department did not immediately respond to a request for information.

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OPINION

Bus Rapid Transit: just what Woodhaven needs

by James Sanders Jr. and John Samuelsen When Mayor de Blasio laid out his vision for New York City in his State of the City address earlier this year, he described his plan to make the city more equitable with greater affordable housing options for residents. He rightly mentioned the essential role that transportation plays in this plan. Transportation in our city holds the promise of providing greater opportunity and mobility for more need of transit options. BRT, which New Yorkers — or, when it is insufficient, includes hard-barrier dedicated bus lanes, it perpetuates inequality, especially in the platform-level boarding and traffic signal priority, can dramatically improve transit outer boroughs.

Building new subway lines is impracti- options for thousands of New Yorkers in cal, extraordinarily expensive, and for all this outer borough neighborhood.

To be sure, there are some critics of intents and purposes not feasible. Bus Rapid Transit, however, is a solution that BRT who suggest that features such as can ensure that more New Yorkers have transforming a traffic lane into a dedicatworld-class transportation and the oppor- ed bus lane will increase congestion. The reality, however, is just the opposite. As tunity for a better quality of life.

More than 900,000 New York City res- we have seen in other cities, both internaidents commute over an hour each way to tionally and nationally, that have adapted BRT, smoother traffic work. T hey h ave f low w ill act u ally become accustomed to reduce congestion for unreliable, inefficient, all drivers and prevent or nonexistent transus Rapid Transit buses f rom getting p o r t a t io n o p t io n s .

Those who live far reduces congestion. stuck in traffic.

The New York City from public transporDepartment of Transtation lack access to jobs, education, and healthcare as a result. portation’s Woodhaven Boulevard ConIt’s no surprise that many people living in gested Corridors Study in 2008 found these neighborhoods are among the city’s heavy congestion at bottlenecks, which BRT would fix. An added and not insiglowest-income residents.

In fact, a recent analysis found that in nificant outcome of BRT is the rationalsome areas along the Woodhaven-Cross ization of the currently chaotic and disorBay Bus Rapid Transit corridor, over 15 ganized vehicle and pedestrian priorities. percent of the population lives below the Buses will be in bus lanes, where other poverty line, and nearly 30 percent of this vehicles should travel is clearly defined, population commutes more than an hour. and short pedestrian crossing distances Of those, 28 percent have commutes with safe refuges are built in. The resulting traffic and pedestrian patterns will greater than 90 minutes.

This is why advocates like us, who care increase safety for all who are sharing the about creating more just communities in streetscape.

The Department of Transportation is our city, support the development of fullfeatured BRT along Woodhaven and doing the right thing as it continually Cross Bay boulevards, extending to Far seeks input from the community. The Rockaway — a community in desperate agency recently held community workshops and meetings in Queens to hear directly from residents and is currently meeting with community boards. This is the correct approach.

We all learned in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy buses are the least vulnerable transportation options. They can and should reach all New Yorkers no matter where they live. Let’s move our city forward with BRT — which all New Yorkers Q deserve.

James Sanders Jr. is New York State Senator for the 10th District, in South and Dedicated bus lanes, now being painted on Southeastern Queens and the Rockaways; Woodhaven Boulevard, rationalize traffic and John Samuelsen is President of Transport Workers Union Local 100.

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Department of Homeless Services lacks integrity

by Jennifer Chu As a civilized society, we can agree with Department of Homeless Services Commissioner Gilbert Taylor’s opinion that we all have a duty to help the less fortunate who are struggling to rebuild their lives. (“The homeless need our help and compassion,” Opinion, July 16, multiple editions) We would like to again reiterate that the residents of Queens and Elmhurst United are not opposed to assisting the homeless.

Our issue, in regards to the Pan Am shelter in Elmhurst, is with the DHS and its disdain for the law by not providing a cooking facility in each unit, not properly correcting or addressing serious violations, its exorbitant cost when more affordable alternatives are available and continuing to open shelters without notifying and preparing communities for an influx.

As most New Yorkers have gathered by now, DHS is not the most transparent agency in the City. Despite being aware that opening shelters without sufficient notice to the community would result in vocal objections and resistance, DHS continues to secretly open additional shelters, as reported in the Daily News on Nov. 29, 2014.

The Coalition for the Homeless reports that every summer for a variety of reasons, there is an uptick of approximately 500 homeless families.

City agencies such as DHS who are accountable for the care of the homeless should be able to anticipate this annual increase and establish effective plans without resorting to declaring an “emergency.”

However, instead of trying to head off problems, the city and DHS prefer to surprise neighborhoods with an appalling disregard to the effect that a large and unmanageable shelter would have on all parties.

The Pan Am shelter, one of the largest family shelters in the City, has significantly increased the burden on emergency services such as fire, police, hospital and paramedics.

It has also put additional stress on nonemergency agencies such as the Department of Education and the Department of Sanitation.

Elmhurst’s school district is already designated as the most overcrowded in the city. Adding more students to an already overcrowded and underperforming school district, no matter the source, takes away from the education of each child in that classroom.

DHS has also demonstrated a reckless disregard as well as a lack of humanity in warehousing more than 700 people, the majority of whom are young children, in a facility that does not comply with the FDNY safety rules and regulations, city

and state laws and Depa r t ment of Building codes.

A request by Commissioner Taylor for sensitivity and respect is a twoway st reet. It appears that the city is more interested in filling rooms, and as a result is failing to look at the big picture.

With an average family stay in a shelter of 11 months, as reported by shelter operator Women in Need, the city is further adding to their suffering by uprooting families from their support systems and out of their local communities, boroughs and schools.

In the case of the Pan Am, parents are additionally challenged by not having a child care center on the premises to assist them. So the question is: Who lacks sensitivity?

It is with extreme gumption that Commissioner Taylor asks the community for sympathy and assistance only after private properties, such as the Daytop rehab center in Arverne, the Westway hotel in Astoria and the Pan Am hotel are converted and fully occupied as homeless shelters.

He blatantly ignored the impact his strategy of no solicitation and no notification would have on the community and now asks these communities to work with him.

As a consequence of Commissioner Taylor’s troubling conduct, every action DHS takes to assist the homeless is met with suspicion in every corner of the city.

We would also like to remind Commissioner Taylor that without the installation of cooking facilities in each unit, as required by law, the Pan Am shelter as it stands is illegal.

By trade, Commissioner Taylor is an attorney, so he is fully aware that the proposed Pan Am contract is illegal and contradicts the request for proposal on DHS’ website and the requirements of New York City Administrative Code 21-124(b).

Finally, as many elected officials and community members have brought to DHS’ attention regarding how unsuitable the Pan Am Hotel is for a homeless shelter, Elmhurst United is echoing the request of our elected officials in asking DHS to phase out the use of the Pan Am Hotel as a shelter. As homeless residents move out, DHS should cease placing new residents in a facility that is not safe, humane, or cost Q effective.

Jennifer Chu is Director of the Elmhurst United civic organization, which formed in the wake of the Pan American Hotel’s transformation into a homeless shelter last June.

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Parents of traffic victim Allison Liao fight for better pedestrian safety

by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

A street sign where she was killed honoring the memory of 3-year-old Allison Liao, who was hit by a motorist in Flushing almost two years ago, has been approved by the City Council, but her parents say it’s not about where she died but where their activism began.

“I am pleased the city is making recognition of our daughter and I hope it reminds people of their responsibility behind the wheel,” said Amy Tam Liao, her mother.

But Tam Liao and her husband, Hsi-Pei, who live in Fresh Meadows, told the Chronicle that the sign will be an indication of when they got involved with Transportation Alternatives and other groups to push for more pedestrian safety.

Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing), who introduced the bill for the street renaming at Cherry Avenue and Main Street, said the following: “While her senseless death was devastating to our community, it has also spurred impassioned awareness campaigns on driver safety across the city. As drivers pass Allison Hope Liao Way, it is our hope that they recall her parents’ poignant question, ‘Is it worth it? If you’re in a hurry and running late; if you are impatient because of traffic;

Allison Liao was killed by a motorist in 2013 while legally crossing a Flushing street with her grandmother. Her parents have become activists in the campaign to reduce pedestrian fatalities FILE PHOTO in the city and state. if you want to send a text, or make a phone call; if you are distracted for any reason while behind the wheel, is it worth the life of Allison Liao?’

“We all know the answer to these questions. And now we have Allison Hope Liao Way to remind us all of the fragility of life,

and of the deadly consequences that can occur behind the wheel.”

There is no time schedule for when the sign will be erected, but it usually takes three months to accomplish.

Koo noted that Allison’s death and the subsequent “relentless advocacy by her

parents served as inspiration for various citywide traffic safety campaigns, including parts of the Mayor’s Vision Zero initiative.”

The little girl was walking with her grandmother at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 6, 2013. They were in the crosswalk and had the right of way when the driver, Abu-Zayedeha, made a left-hand turn, striking her grandmother and then running over Allison.

Since then, her parents have participated in vigils, met with officials in Albany and got involved with Families for Safe Streets.

Last week, the Liaos joined a traffic safety vigil at Union Square Park in Manhattan, supporting the effort of the mayor’s Vision Zero to eliminate traffic fatalities by 2024.

Although Tam Liao is encouraged by the initiative, she said more needs to be done.

The Liaos are pushing for legislation in Albany that would hold bus drivers responsible for hitting pedestrians. “We believe all drivers should be held accountable even moreso for bus drivers,” she said.

The legislation passed the Senate but was not voted on in the Assembly.

“We must keep up the pressure in the future,” Tam Liao said. “And we must hold elected officials accountable.”

She also wants people to stop referring to traffic fatalities as “accidents,” saying, Q “They are crashes, not accidents.”

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Genoveseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death is hitting the big screen Film to be released sometime in 2016

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

One of Queensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; most infamous crimes is getting the Hollywood treatment.

The 1964 murder of Kew Gardens resident Kitty Genovese, and specifically the urban legend that over three dozen people witnessed the killing and failed to intervene or alert authorities, will be the subject of the 2016 film called â&#x20AC;&#x153;37.â&#x20AC;?

Directed by Danish filmmaker Puk Grasten, who also directed a short film of the same name in 2013 detailing the Genovese murder, scenes have been shot along Austin Street in Forest Hills in recent weeks, even though the actual crime took place in mid-March instead of July.

While the death of Genovese, played by Christina Brucato, will be featured in the movie, it will detail fictional accounts of the 37 witnesses who did not intervene.

According to The New York Times, some of the witnesses depicted in the film were loosely based on real people while others were invented.

Starring in the movie will be Samira

Wiley, one of the stars of the hit HBO show â&#x20AC;&#x153;Orange is the New Black.â&#x20AC;?

Joining her in the cast will be Michael Potts, known for his role on HBOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;True Detectiveâ&#x20AC;? and Thomas Kopache, of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The West Wingâ&#x20AC;? fame.

According to The New York Times, some area residents complained that the filming of the nighttime scenes depicting Genoveseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s murder were too disruptive.

Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce President Leslie Brown said in an email that she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hear any complaints, but that it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t surprise her if folks were inconvenienced by the filming. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The film industry brings a lot of revenue to NYC, but it also can be disruptive,â&#x20AC;?

Brown said.

She added that she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel the film will cast a negative light on Forest Hills or Kew Gardens. Instead, it may help prevent a real-life situation where an innocent victim dies as dozens decide not to help. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Perhaps it can be positive to remind people to get involved, call 911 and help Q your fellow neighbors,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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A billion here, a billion there ...

Cuomo, de Blasio trade barbs on MTA funding

by Michael Gannon Editor

T he Met ropolit a n Tra nspor t at ion Authority is chipping away at the projected deficit in its current five-year capital plan while Gov. Cuomo and the de Blasio Administration continued chipping away at each other over funding for the transit agency.

Weeks ago, before the end of the state Legislature’s session in June, MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast said the agency was facing a $15 billion hole in a total capital budget of about $30 billion.

MTA fares went up this past spring and are scheduled to do so again in spring 2017.

Several adjustments in recent weeks lowered the projected deficit, which covers from the current year through fiscal year 2019.

In a July 23 letter to New York State Budget director Mary Beth Labate and New York City First Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris, Prendergast offered a new financial plan that lowered the projected gap to $9.8 billion. The reduction is due in part, Prendergast said, to higher-than-projected fare revenue, efficiency improvements and what he termed aggressive costcutting measures.

And to almost no one’s surprise, the governor and the mayor are at odds over just who should come up with the money to fill the remaining hole.

Prendergast, in his letter of July 23, suggests that the city kick in more, and Gov. Cuomo, at a press conference later that day, agreed. Shorris and Amy Spitalnick, a spokeswoman for de Blasio, were pointing to Albany last week.

Prendergast suggested in his letter that the city add $200 million per year to the $657 million it already has pledged through FY 2019.

“City funding of the MTA’s operating and capital finance needs has been seriously deficient for many years despite the fact that 90 percent of the MTA’s daily customers are on MTA New York City Transit ... subway and bus services, and 80 percent of the MTA’s physical infrastructure is in New York City,” Prendergast wrote.

He also wrote that while fiscal necessity prompted lower city contributions in past years, over the last decade the city has greatly improved finances and larger revenue surpluses than the state.

Cuomo, in the text of a transcript obtained from his office, concurred.

“Historically, the city didn’t fund the

MTA proportionately,” Cuomo said when questioned on the matter. “That’s because, historically, the city was broke.”

He too said the Big Apple’s financial condition is much better than it was back in the 1970s and ’80s, and that the MTA’s request still would leave the city paying about $3 billion to the state’s $8 billion in capital funding over five years. “[S]o it is, I think, more than fair to the city,” he said.

Cuomo said he is adamantly opposed to fare increases beyond the one already scheduled for 2017 to close the gap.

Spitalnick pointed out that the $657 million already represents the city’s largest contribution ever.

“And as the Citizens Budget Commission and the Comptroller have made clear, New York City, through taxes, tolls and fares already contributes over 70 percent of the MTA’s operating budget,” she said in a statement to the Chronicle.

“We also appreciate the MTA’s effort to find savings in their capital plan without cutting vital projects or shifting the costs to riders, as well as the governor’s commitment to — for the first time — start to address the chronic underfunding of this Q vital state authority.”

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ARTS, CULTURE & LIVING

acquaint you with th the borough’s festive side side. You might just end up sampling foreign cuisine, hearing a new favorite song or stumbling upon a new corner of a nearby street or public park.

While the season doesn’t boast the vibrant blooms of spring, the coziness of autumn or win-

ter’ ter’s white elegance, summer in the World’s Borough has a magic all its own. Here, we have suggestions on what to take advantage of — including festivals, free fitness classes, delectable edibles and libations and outdoor concerts featuring music – Cristina Schreil from all over the world.

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boro EXHIBITS Michael E. Smith and Erika Verzutti, solo shows. Thru Aug. 3. SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org.

“Altered Appearances,” images that are not always what they appear to be. Thru Jan. 4. Thurs.Mon., noon-5 p.m. Fisher Landau Center for Art, 38-27 30 St., Long Island City. Free. (718) 9370727, flcart.org.

“Landscape and Flower Paintings,” captures close-up views of intimate forest settings. Thru Oct. 25. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. $4 adult, $3 senior, $2 students. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

“Viewing Room,” featuring artist Michael Stevenson’s “The Fountain of Prosperity.” Free.

SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org.

“Robert Seydel: The Eye in Matter,” a hybrid of the visual and literary. Thru Sept. 27. Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free with admission. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

“Leading the Way: Six Outstanding Women of Queens,” spotlighting the borough’s female icons.

Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. $5, $3 seniors/students, members free. Info: (718) 939-0647, ext. 17, queenshistoricalsociety.org.

THEATRE “The Music Man,” with all proceeds benefitting The Josephine Foundation. Fri., July 31-Sat., Aug. 1; times vary. ICC Theater, 7200 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston. $25-40. Info: (516) 205-8169.

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“Footloose The Musical,” by the Holy Child Teen Drama Group. Thurs., Aug. 6, 7 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Aug. 7-8, 8 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 9, 3 p.m. Church of the Holy Child Jesus Msgr. Murray Auditorium, 111-02 86 Ave., Richmond Hill. $10 adults, $8 seniors/children. (718) 847-1860, hcjteendrama@gmail.com.

MUSIC Waterfront concert series 2015. Every Thurs. 7:30 p.m. Astoria Park’s Great Lawn, Shore Blvd. between Hell Gate Bridge and the pool. July 30: “Piece of the Rock” (doo-wop). Aug. 6: Dance Machine (disco).

Free. Info: 718-728-7820, centralastoria.nyc.

Summer 2015 Katz concert series, sponsored

by Borough President Melinda Katz. Both on Sun., Aug. 9, 5 p.m. Queens Symphony Orchestra, George Seuffert Bandshell, Forest Park, Woodhaven Blvd. and Forest Park Drive, Woodhaven.

“The Tee-Tones” doo-wop concert, Little Bay Park, Totten Ave. at Cross Island Pkwy., Bayside. Free.

Info: queensbp.org/katzconcerts.

W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G “English Now” for intermediate and advanced students, teaching reading, writing and verbal skills. Thru Sept. 14. Monroe College’s Queens Extension Site, 135-16 Roosevelt Ave., 4th floor, Flushing. Tues. and Thurs., 9 a.m.-12 p.m. or Mon. and Wed., 6-9 p.m. Free. Info: (917) 740-6614, queens@monroecollege.edu.

Frances Black, a vocalist. concert, Sat., July 31, 7:30 p.m. New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $32-$35. Info: (718) 482-0909, newyorkirishcenter.org.

FILM

Free summer yoga in Astoria Park every Wed., 7 p.m., thru August 26. (Enter at the parking lot and proceed toward the river.

The group meets in the grassy area to the right of the path.). Info: (718) 545-2550, cityviewpharmacy.com.

“Politics as Spectacle: The Films of Mani Ratnam,” follow lovers against a backdrop of Indian politics. Series features the director in person. Fri., July 31, 7 p.m., Sat.-Sun., Aug.1-2, 4 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $9-$12. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

Movies on the Waterfront, Every Mon. 8:30 p.m. Astoria Park’s Great Lawn, Shore Blvd. between Hell Gate Bridge and the pool. Aug. 3: “Frozen.” Aug. 10: “How to Train Your Dragon.” Free. Info: (718) 7287820, centralastoria.nyc.

LECTURE

Free art classes: Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at ARROW Community Center, ages 8-16, 35-30 35 St., Astoria, every Tues. & Thurs., 4:30-6 p.m. and Sat., 10-11:30 a.m. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

Michael Stevenson’s “The Fountain of Prosperity” will be on view until Monday, Aug. 3. It was inspired by Stevenson’s research of the Phillips Machine, a hydromechanical computer invented in 1949.

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Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. All techniques, beginner to advanced. Call: (718) 969-1128.

“All About Your Vision! ”: health chat with a professional ophthalmologist. Mon., Aug. 10, 1:30 p.m. Central Queens Y, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Free. Info: (718) 268-5011, cqy.org.

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FLEA MARKETS

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Family yoga fun day, with cleanup, mulching, outdoor events and health information. Sat., Aug. 1, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Austin Playground, Austin St. and 76 Road, Forest Hills. Free. Info: (718) 261-5588.

Myrtle Avenue Street Festival, Sun., Aug. 9, 12-6 p.m. Myrtle Ave. between Fresh Pond Road and Forest Ave., Ridgewood. Info: (718) 444-6028, info@streetfairsny.com.

Arts in the Park, Tues., Aug. 4, 10 a.m. Summer series for kids sponsored by Cultural Collaborative Jamaica. Professional performances by local and National artists. Rufus King Park, Jamaica Ave. between 150 and 153 streets, Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 526-8700, go2ccj.org.

Rockwood Park Jewish Center, Sun., Aug. 9, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 156-45 84 St. (Enter on 157 Ave.), Howard Beach. Info: Shelly (347) 564-3570.

Ridgewood Tree Count 2015, Sat., Aug. 1 & 15, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Ridgewood Property Owners and Civic Association is counting street trees on over 400 blocks. Volunteers welcome. Info: Maryellen: (718) 381-3366.

Jamaica Arts & Music Summer Festival (JAMS), Fri., Aug. 7, 6 p.m., Rufus King Park on Jamaica Ave. Sat., Aug. 8, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Jamaica Ave. from Parsons Blvd. to 170 St. Street festival with ethnic foods, entertainment and multi-cultural events. Info: (718) 526-8700, go2ccj.org.

Charity car wash, Sat., Aug. 8, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Grace Episcopal Church, 14-15 Clintonville St., Whiestone. Info: Rev. Brian Blayer (718) 767-6305, gracechurchwhitestone@verizon.net.

Ridgewood Youthmarket, farmers market every Sat. thru Nov. 21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Veteran’s Triangle, Cypress Ave. between Myrtle and Putnam aves.

Info: twitter.com/nycyouthmarkets.

SPECIAL EVENTS Toys for Tots Cruise Night, East Coast Car Assn., Thurs., Aug. 13, 5-9 p.m. The Shops at Atlas Park, Cooper Ave. and 60 St., Glendale. $10 donation for cars (must pre-register), spectators free. All donations directly to St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children in Bayside. Info: Harold (718) 974-4119, Lou (917) 682-5362.

Games galore: Children and teens age 8 and up play console and board games. 3:30-5 p.m., every Fri., Queensboro Hill Library, 60-05 Main St., Flushing. Info: (718) 359-8332.

St. Raphael’s Church, Sun., Aug. 2, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 35-20 Greenpoint Ave., Long Island City. Info: (718) 729-8957, straphaelrectory@yahoo.com.

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, outdoors, Union Tpke. at Parsons Blvd.-150 St., Jamaica, every Sat. & Sun. until Nov., 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Preschool children’s programs: Monday Magic Learn & Play, every Mon., 3-4:30 p.m., Bay Terrace Center, 212-00 23 Ave., Bayside. Gym and Creative Exploration, every Wed., 3-4:30 p.m. Little Neck Site: 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy. $5 per family. Info: Amanda, (718) 423-6111 x242, ASmith@sfy.org.

Richmond Hill, 117-09 Hillside Ave., every Sun., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Largest flea market in Queens.

Play4Autism Martial Arts program by New Beginning Tae Kwon Doe, 64-64 Dry Harbor Road, Middle Village. Program every Sat., 12-1 p.m. $25.

Info: (718) 894-7777, play4autism.org.

SUPPORT GROUPS

CLASSES Citi Bike Street Skills, presentation on rules of the road, traffic principles and other street safety tips. Wed., Aug. 5, 7:30-9 p.m. The Creek & the Cave, 10-93 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. Free.

Info: (212) 870-2080, bike.nyc/education/classes.

St. Benedict the Moor Church, Merrick Blvd. at 110th Ave., Jamaica, every Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Vendors welcome. Call: (718) 332-0026.

Overeaters Anonymous meets weekly for weight loss and other issues. Info: oa.org.

Long Island Consultation Center, 97-29 64 Road, Rego Park, Sun., 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Call: (718) 937-0163. Rego Park Library, 91-41 63 Drive, Thurs., 12:15-1:40 p.m. Call: (718) 4595140. Holy Child Jesus Outreach Center, 11206 86 Ave., Richmond Hill, Tues., 7:30-9 p.m.

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Western Queens parks offer green spaces for healthy movement

by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor

Thomas Jefferson once extolled walking as the best possible exercise.

But it seems that many in Wester n Queens, known for its culture, expanding green spaces and, yes, walkability between public transportation hubs, are taking healthy movement to the next level this summer.

Several area organizations have harnessed the borough’s many picturesque outdoor spaces as heathful places for relaxation and physical activity for residents.

In many cases, you may find an interesting — and affordable — option for staying fit this summer.

For instance, the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy organizes sunrise and sunset yoga sessions overlooking the Manhattan skyline.

Sunrise yoga, aimed at helping participants to start their day right, takes place Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. through August; Sunset yoga sessions, led as the sun washes the bustling Long Island City waterfront with color, occur on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. and

Sundays at 6 p.m.

Classes, to which students should bring their own mats, are held on the Oval by the LIC Landing at the Hunters Park Waterfront, right off 52nd Avenue and Center Boulevard.

For details, visit hunterspointparks.org.

Free yoga is also a draw farther north at Astoria Park.

“Get Fit with APA: Yoga” is organized by the Astoria Park Alliance and the Yoga Room.

Sessions take place at the Astoria Park Pool Overlook, at 19th Street and 24th Avenue, on the last Saturday of the month at 11 a.m. through September.

Participants should bring a towel and a mat and wear workout attire.

And, on the first Saturday of the month also through September, the park is host to a free Zumba session at the same place, also at 11 a.m.

For details on both fitness sessions, visit astoriaparkalliance.blogspot.com.

If you crave a little something different in your outdoor fitness routine, the contemporary art-studded Socrates Sculpture Park

in Astoria is the setting for a weekly free tai-chi class.

The class takes place Sundays through September from 11 a.m. to noon and is led by intstructors from the Taoist Tai Chi Society.

And there are Kripalu yoga classes, which stress breathing, relaxation, meditation and body postures, at Socrates as well, right before the tai-chi class, from 10 to 11 a.m.

Socrates Sculpture Park is located at 32-01 Vernon Blvd.

For details, visit socratessculpturepark. org or call (718) 956-1819.

Not su r pr isi ng, others i n Wester n Queens have organized to celebrate the merriment that is yoga.

Heading East to Corona, the New York Hall of Science, located at 47-01 111 St., has Rocket Park Recess events taking place Fridays from noon to 4 p.m. until Aug. 14.

According to the museum’s website, the program, geared toward children, is meant to make health and fitness “easy, fun and delicious.”

The recess involves scavenger hunts,

prizes and special workshops related to movement each week. For details, visit nysci.org or call (718) 699-0005.

While the summer sun still reigns, consider taking advantage of the outdoors — without ever having to leave the borough. Q

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FUN AT THE BEACH AND ELSEWHERE The Rockaways, South Queens have many events for you to enjoy

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

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opular hip-hop artist Nicki Minaj says in her song “Starships,” “Let’s go to the beach, each/ Let’s go get away.”

With scorching, and at times ver y humid, temperatures expected to stick around and the city allocating $687,000 to keep beaches in the five boroughs open one week past Labor Day — you’d be foolish not to take Minaj’s advice.

And for those in South Queens, you’re in luck. (Those of you in the other parts of borough are welcome to come along, too.)

Just a short trip over the Joe Addabbo Memorial Bridge lies Rockaway Beach, which New Yorkers for Parks named the the city’s best place to surf and catch some rays for 2015.

Don’t feel like just being a beach bum?

Not the best tanner?

You’re still in luck.

You can catch several events at the beach while still enjoying its pristine shores and gorgeous views.

Check out these free events:

Wake up with “Yoga on the Beach” on Saturday, Aug. 1 from 8 to 9 a.m. near the boardwalk at Beach 108th Street. You can catch more yoga events throughout the summer; check nycgovparks.org for all times and dates.

Turn up the pace later that day with “The D.R.E.A.M. Ring (Dance Rules Everything Around Me),” a dance festival hosted by choreographer Reggie Gray. Join in on the fun from 4 to 6 p.m. at the boardwalk and Beach 81st Street.

On Aug. 4, witness Marty McFly travel in time to the once far-off future of 2015 in “Back to the Future 2.” Complimentary popcorn will be served during the screening from 8 to 10:30 p.m at Beach 17th Street and Seagirt Boulevard.

If music is more your scene, enjoy the sounds of the York College Summer Reunion Band on Aug. 6 as they play an array of jazz songs at Beach 17th Street and Seagirt Boulevard from 7 to 8 p.m.

Stomp out your boredom on Aug. 21 as the City Stompers present “Dance Away the Night,” a collection of fiddle playing and square dancing from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at

Beach 94th Street at Shorefront Parkway.

Don’t feel li ke head i ng over the bridge? No problem.

In Howard Beach, you can ride your bike for charity by joining the New York Families for Autistic Children on their second annual “Bike Loop” on Aug. 2.

Registration for the event begins at 8 a.m. in front of NYFAC’s headquarters at 164-14 Cross Bay Blvd. There is a $40 registration fee, which includes admission to the post-event par ty and one meal.

Need something to keep the kids entertained? Reach for the STARS! will be holding a free puppet show at PS 207, at 159-15 88 St., starting at 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 20. For more information, you can call (718) 845-1429.

In Woodhaven, you can learn how to coexist with “urban coyotes” at Forest Park on Aug. 9 from 1 to 3 p.m. For more information, you can call the Urban Park Rangers at (718) 352-1769.

Summer is only around for a few more weeks. Enjoy it before school and the Q snow come back.

Take a bike ride or walk along the refurbished Rockaway Beach Boardwalk. You can also enjoy many events that will be hosted at the beach and elsewhere in South Queens during PHOTO COURTESY NYC the rest of the summer.

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No shortage of enjoyable bars in Central and southwest Queens

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

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hen the sun is blazing on these hot summer days, there are few things more refreshing than a cold beer or cocktail down at the neighborhood watering hole.

In Central and southwest Queens, there is an abundance of bars and restaurants that draw crowds from all over the city, with each one maintaining unique qualities not easily found in popular Manhattan or Brooklyn nightspots.

Within walking distance of the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium — now Queens’ premier major concert venue, where acts like The Who and Ed Sheeran have played soldout shows this summer — sit a bevy of locations that are great options for pre- or postperformance drinking.

One of the more popular locations is Station House, named for the Long Island Rail Road stop across the street, a gastropub at 106-11 71 Ave. known for its extensive selections of both craft beer and whiskey.

Television monitors with an ever-changing list of available brews line the interior of

the dimly lit, yet often busy bar, while its menu contains multiple pages of whiskey available for thirsty concertgoers to order.

Station House also holds weekly promotions such as Tuesday Brewsday, when patrons can sometimes meet the brewers of beers on tap, and Whiskey Wednesday, the day of the week when $3 can buy you any whiskey pour in stock.

One LIRR stop away in Kew Gardens sits Austin’s Ale House at 82-70 Austin St., a bar and restaurant just a few blocks away from the eastern end of Forest Park.

After a long day on the diamond playing softball, customers are encouraged to stop in to enjoy one of the bar’s dozens of available brews and watch the Mets or Yankees over a plate of wings.

Each Thursday at the venue, feel free to rock out to your favorite Journey or U2 song, as patrons can sing karaoke with their friends starting at 11 p.m.

While Forest Hills has arguably been Queens’ top hot spot for a while now, areas along the M train in the southwestern section of the borough have seen a rise in nightlife establishments in recent years.

In Ridgewood, a number of new bars, restaurants and breweries have opened their doors over the last few months and years as part of the neighborhood’s ongoing gentrification process.

W h i le s o me a r e a r e sid e nt s h ave expressed worries over the influx of young professionals, fans of adult beverages now have no shortage of watering holes to hit.

One of the new venues is the Ridgewood Ale House at 57-38 Myrtle Ave., which opened its doors to patrons this spring.

The two-story, brightly lit sports bar is a solid option for residents looking to savor a top-notch beer brewed in the borough while cheering on one of the many teams playing on the venue’s televisions.

If cheering on the German national soccer team while downing a Bavarian brew is more your thing, then there are few better places to go to than Zum Stammtisch at 69-46 Myrtle Ave. in Glendale.

Open since 1972, the venue offers dozens of authentic German beers and a wide selection of wine from Deutschland, which patrons can use to wash down German Q soups, salads or entrees.

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CELEBRATING QUEENS AT THE JAMS FESTIVAL Jamaica Ave. transforms into cultural, culinary window on the World’s Borough

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“We want to celebrate the multicultural aspects of Queens,” said Tyra Emerson, of Cultural Collaborative Jamaica.

“People call Queens ‘the World’s Borough.’ We feel the same way.”

With good weather, Emerson said CCJ is anticipating about 180,000 at the festival, which kicks off at 6 p.m. on Friday night with JAMS Under the Stars, a concert at Rufus King Park.

Saturday will feature music, dancing and vendors of food, fashion, arts and crafts from the myriad ethnic cultures that make up Jamaica and the borough at large.

Want fun activities for the kids?

“The children’s section is about two and a half blocks long,” Emerson said.

“We want this to be for families.”

And the organizers are not limiting themselves to just face painting and clowns with balloon animals.

“We’re also going to have a health fair, and activities that allow us to combine it with [First Lady] Michelle Obama’s ‘Let’s Move’ campaign. We’ll have a rock-climbing wall, bounce houses, basketball tosses, relays.”

Another feature that will combine family entertainment with a look at a slice of American history is the classic car show.

But Emerson said the mainstays, per usual, will be the international cuisine, and of course, the entertainment, featuring performing and visual artists who will be featured up and down Jamaica Avenue.

“We have a lot of artists from Southeast Queens,” she said. “But we’ll also have some talented acts that might be under the public’s radar, but who people have asked us about including.”

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Leading off the mix is the Flushing Street Festival on Saturday, Aug. 1 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., on 40th Road and Prince Street in the downtown area. There will be vendors as well as a bounce house and rock climbing. The event is sponsored by the Flushing BID. The Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows Park is hosting a celebration of Colombian culture near the Unisphere on Aug. 1 from noon to 4 p.m. Highlights include the Gregorio Uribe Big Band, singer Laura Kalop, children’s dance companies and the FolkColombia All Stars featuring various musicians.

If movies are more your thing, head out to Cunningham Park in Fresh Meadows for showings every Monday through Aug. 17 at 8 p.m. On the list are “Dead Poet’s Society,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Mr. Holland’s Opus.”

If you prefer live theater, on tap at Cunningham on Aug. 13 at 8 p.m. is the Hip to Hop Theatre Company’s presentation of “The Merry Wives of Windsor.”

For three Thursdays in August, from 7 to 10 p.m. the Queens Museum will feature an international dance, music and film series, leading off with Colombia and music by MAKU and the film “Mateo” on Aug. 6.

On Aug. 13 the emphasis will be on Korea and on Aug. 20 South African music and culture will be presented.

For a festival that is both exciting and colorful, don’t miss the annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Races on Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Park Aug. 8 and 9.

Races begin at 9 a.m. each day for more than 200 teams. On land there will be craft demonstrations, a food court and music and dance performances until 5 p.m.

If you’re looking for a great place for a picnic followed by a concert, be sure to visit Fort Totten Park in Bayside on Aug. 9, when the Tee-Tones will perform a doowop show starting at 5 p.m.

The Queens Botanical Garden, at 43-50

Main St. in Flushing, will celebrate “Taiwan: A World of Orchids,” from Aug. 21 through Aug. 23 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

There will be music, dance and beautiful flowers to ogle. The event is free with garden admission.

There are events for youngsters, too. On Aug. 29 two standouts are scheduled for children.

The Bayside Anglers will hold their annual Snapper Day program where kids can fish and win prizes at the Bayside Marina. Equipment is provided. No experience is necessary. Sign up begins at 10 a.m. and the derby starts at 11 a.m.

Arthur Ashe Kids Day at the USTA’s Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows Park will also be held on Aug. 29, with a morning filled with free activities, games and meeting the pros, who will participate in the upcoming US Open.

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As LIC readies for expansion to start in August, others look east

by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor

Excitement over 12 Citi Bike stations arriving across Long Island City is in high gear since officials announced the expansion Friday.

The process will begin in August.

The new development, which also includes docking sites being created in areas of Brooklyn and Manhattan, is part of the first phrase of an overarching plan that will double the number of the city’s public bicycles from 6,000 to 12,000 over two years.

There are 91 overall stations in this first wave and in the second wave, Astoria is the only Queens neighborhood to receive more.

“We want this to be a fully citywide program and a full, citywide program means going east,” City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), who represents the Queens areas to receive the service, said on Tuesday.

He said that work to create more bikeways in the borough ties into Citi Bike’s growth.

“If we’re going to do that great and important work of dedicated bike lanes on Queens Boulevard, then we should have Citi Bike in Sunnyside, Woodside and go even further, into Jackson Heights and other neighborhoods that are really eager to see bike shares,” Van Bramer said.

Rep. Joe Crowley, inset, was one of the many who voiced excitement at the expansion of Citi Bike into Queens, which will begin in August. The planned 12 new locations will stretch from Hunters FILE PHOTO, MAP BY CITI BIKE Point to next to LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City.

He also noted that the planned station by LaGuardia Community College, on Thomson Avenue and 31st Street and the farthest east for now, will be great for students.

Van Bramer said there are other benefits, too.

“I think it’ll be great for business because when you bike, you are forced to interact with

the environment that you’re in,” he said.

The 12 locations include one docking station next to Hunters Point South Park, on 5th Street and 48th Avenue; in front of MoMA PS1, on Jackson Avenue and 46th Road; at the John F. Murray Playground, on 11th Street and 45th Road; by Queensboro Plaza, on Queens Plaza North and 24th Street; and by the Queensbridge Houses, on 21st Street between 41st Avenue and Queens Plaza North.

“I think it’s great,” said Angelo Ippolito, an area resident. “I’m a big advocate of exercise.

You can’t bike everywhere but if you can take your bike and get a little cardiovascular fitness going, I think it’s terrific.”

He said he’s noted spots in the area, particularly near the No. 7 train, that he’s thought would be ideal places for Citi Bike.

The bikes to be put in will also have upgraded designs, such as new seats designed to stop rainwater from pooling, which is an issue in older models. There will also be new software at all existing Citi Bike stations.

Other Western Queens elected officials also voiced excitement for the expansion.

“Increased connectivity is fundamental to the growth and development of New York City and I’m thrilled to learn that our bike sharing system is finally arriving in Western Queens,” Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Bronx, Queens) said in a Q written statement.

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86-02 Park Lane South LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 3/26/08. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Walter J. Lee, P.O. Box 150399, Kew Gardens, NY 11415. General purpose.

Legal Notices NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 129-10 ATLANTIC AVE LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/17/2014.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to AKWINDER KAUR, 120-05 ATLANTIC AVENUE, RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

188-12 Linden Blvd LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 10/7/14. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

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ANNIE’S HOUSE OF HSUS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 07/01/2015.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 173-24 Fairchild Ave., Flushing, NY 11358, which is also principal business location.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of Bayside RE Group LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) on 03/20/2015.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Law Office of Yeung & Wang PLLC, 39-01 Main Street, Ste 509, Flushing, NY 11354.

Purpose: any lawful act.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 06/01/2015, bearing Index Number NC-000340-15/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) CHRISTIAN (Middle) JULIAN (Last) PINANEZ BARUA. My present name is (First) CHRISTIAN (Middle) JULIAN (Last) PINANEZ (infant). My present address is 13806 59th Avenue, Apt. #2, Flushing, NY 11355-5247.

My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. My date of birth is August 10, 2002.

Gib & Jen Realty LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/2/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 13680 Roosevelt Ave Fl 3, Flushing, NY 11354.

Purpose: General.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: BREATHE ART LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/17/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: COASTAL FROZEN YOGURT, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/18/2015.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

GLENRIDGE PROPERTIES LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/18/15.

Office: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 7607 79th Street, Glendale, NY 11385. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BROTHER REALTY DEVELOPMENT LLC., a limited liability company (LLC).

Arts of Org. filed with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 6/3/2015.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 40-44 194th St., Flushing, NY 11358.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of East 165th Street, L.P. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/3/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Levy, Stopol & Camelo, LLP, 1425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, NY 11556-1425. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Term: until 12/31/2099.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: HABU LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/04/2015.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to HABU LLC, 3083 CRESCENT STREET, SUITE #2B, ASTORIA, NY 11102. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

JANOVIC 1106 LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/3/2014. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Donohue McGahan Catalano & Belitsis, 380 North Broadway, Ste. 306, Jericho, NY 11753.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Principal business location: 771 9th Ave., NY, NY 10019.

PARK ASH 1630 LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/11/2015.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 17214 89th Ave., Jamaica, NY 11432. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Brown International, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/15/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to Miriam Brown, 13912 34th Rd Apt B6, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: General.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Esilk and beyond LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/26/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to kainan chen, 137-39 45TH Avenue, 12F, Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license, serial number 1287651 for beer, wine and liquor, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a bar/restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 184-15 Jamaica Avenue, Hollis, NY 11423, County of Queens, for on-premises consumption: HAPPY NIGHT RESTAURANT CORP.

Laura NG, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 6/10/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 68-56 Groton St., Forest Hills, NY 11375. General purpose.

Queens Garden Management LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 05/21/15. Office Location: Queens County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 3 Claridge Cir., Manhasset, NY 11030. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: CCL GROUP LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/12/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to YI CHUN CHEN, 185 COLONIAL AVE., UNION, NJ 07083. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

FIORITO FAMILY REALTY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 05/13/2015.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 87-30 96th St., Woodhaven, NY 11421. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 2827 Long Beach Rd., Oceanside, NY 11572.

Notice of Formation of INFR A STRUC T URE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/24/15.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served.

Purpose: Any lawful activity

Notice of Formation of MP Horizon, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/19/15.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o the LLC, 42-01 235th Street, Douglaston, NY 11363.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: SPACE MINNOW LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/29/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: To the heirs at law, next of kin, and distributes of Denise Meadows, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributes, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. Damian Meadows, Ernest Meadows, Queens County Public Administrator.

A petition having been duly filed by Marc Marino, as agent for MTAG Services, LLC, who is domiciled at 8609 Westwood Center Drive, Suite 325, Vienna, Virginia, 22182. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on September 10, 2015, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Denise Meadows lately domiciled at 96-04 57th Avenue, Rego Park, New York, 11368 in the County of Queens, New York, granting Letters of Administration upon the estate of the decedent to Ernest Meadows or Damian Meadows, distributes of the decedent, and if they fail to qualify, then to the Public Administrator of Queens County and if they are permitted to renounce, then to the nominee, Steven Schultz, Esq., upon duly qualifying or to such other persons as may be entitled there to. (State any further relief requested) The authority of any eligible distribute or the Queens County Public Administrator or the proposed nominee under the letters to be issued is limited to the Representation of the Estate of Denise Meadows in the tax lien foreclosure case entitled NYCTL 2008-A Trust v. Walter Adams, pending in the Supreme Court for Queens County under Index Number 33952/09. Dated, Attested and Sealed, July 15, 2015. Honorable Peter J. Kelly, Surrogate, and Margaret M. Griffon, Chief Clerk. Name of Attorney for Petitioner: Amy E. Korn, Esq., Tel. No. 212-237-1014 Address of Attorney: Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP, 156 West 56th Street, New York, New York 10019. Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law.

You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you.

SeaWatch Plantation Owners Association, Inc. v. Estate of Stephen Leigh Markman, Stuart Preston Markman, Scott L. Markman and Ronni Lynn Foster.

Civil Action No. 2015-CP-26-2253 Court of Common Pleas, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Horry County, South Carolina TO: Scott L. Markman YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above referenced Civil Action within thirty (30) days after the first publication of this Summons and to serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff’s attorney at the following address: Butler Law, LLC Attn: Dan V. Butler, Esq. 1293 Professional Drive, Ste 224 Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 For your information, the Complaint was filed March 25, 2015 with the Clerk of Court for Horry County, South Carolina. You can obtain a copy of the Complaint from the Office of the Horry County Clerk of Court located at 1301 2nd Ave, Conway, South Carolina.

If you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Answer must be in writing and signed by you or your attorney and must state your address, or the address of your attorney if signed by your attorney.

BUTLER LAW, LLC Dan V. Butler, Esq. 1293 Professional Drive, Ste 224 Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 Ph: (843) 855-3157 Fax: (707) 348-1560 Email: dbutler@butlerlaw.net Attorney for the Plaintiff

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SURROGATE’S COURT QUEENS COUNTY ADMINISTRATION CITATION FILE NO. 2014-1862 CITATION – THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

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TO: SWETHA SAMALA 251-08 Hillside Avenue Queens, NY 11426 You are hereby notified that Kiran Botha, Petitioner, has filed a Petition for Divorce against you in the State of Wisconsin, Brown County, case # 15 FA 584. Within 20 days of this publication, you must file a written answer to the Petition, with the Brown County Clerk of Courts, 100 S. Jefferson Street, Green Bay, WI. If you do not provide a proper response within twenty (20) days, the Court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Petition for Divorce, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Petition for Divorce. A Judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Any further information may be obtained by contacting Attorney Ted J. Warpinski at 920-435-3599 and/or 303 South Jefferson Street, Green Bay, WI. Dated this 9th day of July, 2015 Ted J. Warpinski Attorney for the Petitioner State Bar No: 1069345

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: RK ROCKAWAY, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/24/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to MARC STEINBERG, 880 FIFTH AVENUE, APT. 4B, NEW YORK, NY 10021.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: TEIA NIKO ADORNMENTS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/04/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to THE LLC, 143-54 FERNDALE AVE., JAMAICA, NY 11435.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of SEAVIEW C DEVELOPMENT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/29/15.

Office location: Queens County.

Princ. office of LLC: Douglaston Development, 2nd Fl., 42-09 235th St., Douglaston, NY 11363. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: VILLAMAR & MEWAFY, PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/21/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to THE LLC, 31-09, NEWTOWN AVE., SUITE 409, ASTORIA, NY 11102.

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WOODHAVEN EVELOPMENTS What to do in Woodhaven this summer Executive Director GWDC

The summer, with its sunny days and high temperatures, is passing too soon. Here we are entering August. This being the next step toward fall and then dreaded winter. It seems as if winter with cold weather lasts forever whereas summer is so fleeting.

So let’s enjoy the warmth of the sun so it may stay with us through the colder weather that will be here all too soon.

So please, if you have to go out, go early in the morning when it is cooler.

Unfortunately, through summer, fall and winter weather one thing remains constant: the partially collapsed building at 78-19 Ja maica Ave. remai ns “Wood haven’s Eyesore.”

Since the collapse of this building, the Woodhaven Business Improvement District has taken the position to “Tear it down.”

It is time for the building to be demolished.

Enough of this owner’s game playing; demolish it and let’s build senior citizen housing in its place, with the Senior Citizen Woodhaven/ Richmond Hill Ambulance Corps and the Woodhaven Senior Citizen Center on the ground floor.

This Tuesday, Aug. 4, is the national “Night Out Against Crime,” so come out to the Buddy Memorial Monument at the corner of Park Lane South and Myrtle Avenue and enjoy free food, giveaways, entertainment.

You will also get the chance to meet and talk to 102nd Precinct Deputy Inspector Deodat Umprasad and officers of the 102nd Precinct.

The event will take place from 6 to 9 p.m.

Also, please leave your porch lights on overnight, it just cost pennies but these lights will help a neighbor or family member get home safely.

Since the Make Music NY was cancelled due to the inclement weather, the WBID will sponsor a night of music on Aug. 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Forest Parkway Plaza. Come out and enjoy the music and dance in the streets.

Whale/dolphin watching adventure cruise: Hop aboard the American Princess for a fourhour, adventurous, yet relaxing cruise for $45, which departs from Riis Landing boardwalk at State and Heinzelman roads in the Rockaways.

Call (718) 474-0555 for more information, at the George Seuffert Bandshell on Aug. 9 at 6:30 p.m.

Events coming up in Woodhaven: • Queens Symphony Orchestra Wednesday, Aug. 9, 6:30 p.m.

• On Sept. 2 at 7:30 p.m., Movies Under the Stars featuring “Big Hero Six.” For more information on these events, call the GWDC office at (718) 805-0202.

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by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Tomorrow, July 31, is the annual deadline for baseball teams to make trades.

Generally the wheeling-dealing involves baseball’s haves and have-nots in the standings.

Teams vying for the postseason obtain veteran players from those that are basically telling their fans, “Wait till next year.” The teams out of contention are happy to shed significant payroll for the last two months of the season and usually get minor-league prospects in return.

Ever since Citi Field opened six years ago, the Mets, as their fans are painfully aware, have been sellers of talent at the deadline. This year, however, is perhaps as good as any indicator that our heroes are making progress, because for the first time since Sandy Alderson has been their general manager, they’re buyers rather than sellers as July comes to a close.

Alderson realized that even with the Mets’ superb young starting pitching, their sickly offense was making them a laughingstock. He made a deal the next night with the Atlanta Braves, who sent the Mets two well-regarded, albeit long in the tooth, major leaguers, Kelly Johnson and Juan Uribe. Both gentlemen were hitting in the .270 neighborhood, which made them Hall of Famers by Mets standards.

One deal that surprised many occurred on Monday when Alderson acquired relief pitcher

Tyler Clippard from the A’s. The conventional wisdom was that the Mets’ bullpen was strong.

Alderson told the media on Tuesday that the Clippard deal was completed before he learned the shocking news that Jenrry Mejia had tested positive for performance enhancing drugs for the second time in his Mets tenure and would now be prohibited from baseball for a year.

Mejia had returned three weeks ago from an 80-game suspension for his first drug violation and had shown good stuff, not allowing a run in seven-plus innings in seven appearances. He would have been ineligible for the playoffs if the Mets were to get that far but there is no doubt that team executives were heavily counting on him for the rest of the regular season.

I won’t defend Mejia’s poor judgment but he is only 25, and I’m not going to write his baseball obituary just yet, particularly seeing the success of 40-year-old Alex Rodriguez after a year away from the game due to his PED sins.

The Mets had better hope that Jeurys Familia will not falter in the home stretch; that Bobby Parnell will continue to gain strength after Tommy John surgery; that Tyler Clippard will be as tough pitching to opposing hitters as he was to Mets batters when he was playing for the Nationals; and that Vic Black is ready to be Q recalled from the Mets’ AAA team.

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CELEBRATING OUR 7-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

In 1931 James Berkowitz, a pharmacist, bought a brand-new, 20-by-100-foot building at 197-19 Jamaica Ave. He saw the great need for a pharmacy in the new growing community of Hollis and, naturally enough, named his new business The Hollis Community Pharmacy.

By 1950 he had sold the building to pharmacist Alexander Levy, who lived a short distance away on Brinkerhoff Avenue. Levy upgraded the facade with a neon marquee with a mirrored glass The Hollis Community Pharmacy, at 197-19 background and large picture windows.

The Hollis Community Pharmacy Jamaica Ave., summer 1950. was your “go-to place” for everything.

Among other things, Levy sold money neighborhood pharmacy was a friend of the orders and Kodak film, developed your family where you would go for advice.

By the early 1970s this era was over. film, and had pay phones in phone booths in the store. He also sold a full line of Bor- Levy closed his doors. Thanks to the chain den’s ice cream. Colognes and perfumes pharmacies, most of these mom-and-pop stores are gone forever. were available if you needed a quick gift.

The site later housed a restaurant and Besides the store phone number, Levy had a private phone number for special today is Nicko’s Barber Shop, a unisex haircompound pharmacy customers to use. cutter. The empty lot to the right in the Q This all took place at a time when the local photo is a glass factory.

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