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Elected officials, including state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. and Assemblyman Mike Miller, inset, and Department of Transportation officials took a ride down Woodhaven-Cross Bay Boulevard on Tuesday and stopped at key intersections to discuss the city’s Select Bus Service plan.

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Willets Point plan is now in jeopardy De Blasio not joining developers’ appeal; said to weaken their case

by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

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he decision by Mayor de Blasio not to join the legal appeal by the developers who want to erect a mall in the Citi Field parking lot could spell the beginning of the end for the shopping center and even the entire 47-acre Willets Point project.

That’s the opinion of several people familiar with the ins and outs of the star-crossed $3 billion redevelopment plan originally pushed by Mayor Bloomberg and awarded to the Queens Development Group, consisting of The Related Companies and Sterling Equities, which is headed by Fred Wilpon, owner of the Mets.

The developers want to build a 1.4-millionsquare-foot mall known as Willets West on the parking lot to help pay for later projects on 126th Street, across from Citi Field that called for some affordable housing.

But the developers stalled on the affordable housing and don’t expect to build it until 2025 with the option of not building it at all by paying the city $35 million to void the plan.

That apparently did not sit well with de Blasio, who is leading the affordable housing charge as key to his administration.

So last week at the 11th hour, the city pulled out of joining the developers in appealing a court ruling made last month that they can’t build the mall because it is on city parkland.

The Citi Field parking lot was the location for a proposed 1.4-million-square-foot mall that would be on city parkland. Now the city has not joined the developers in their legal appeal to proceed, FILE PHOTO which could mean the end of the project.

It is believed that weakens the developers’ case even more. According to published reports, Alicia Glen, deputy mayor for housing and economic development, indicated the city’s Law Department attorney doesn’t believe the developers can win.

A state Appellate Division panel ruled unan-

imously in July that any alienation or removal of parkland must be authorized by the Legislature, as per state law. The developers were basing their case on a 1961 administrative code that allowed Shea Stadium to be built in Flushing Meadows Park.

The judges said that permission for a shop-

ping mall, unrelated to the stadium, is illegal unless authorized by the Legislature.

The lawsuit challenged the city’s sweetheart deal that gave away 47 acres to the developers with an estimated worth of $1 billion for $1 to build the mall.

The fact that the judicial ruling was unanimous is seen as making an appeal unlikely to succeed. Paul Graziano, an urban planner from Flushing and one of the plaintiffs in the case, said it is very difficult to overturn; “it’s pretty ironclad.”

Now, with the mayor’s pullout, Graziano said he couldn’t be happier. “I think the mall is a dead deal,” he said. “Stealing parkland is not good and the city admitted they will lose the appeal.”

He predicts a long process, with the court not likely to make a decision for a year, if, in fact it decides to hear the case at all.

State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), who filed the lawsuit with several groups including Willets Point United, said he was satisfied the mayor has withdrawn the city’s support.

“I am pleased to hear that the city administration has decided not to appeal the Appellate Division’s unanimous and well-reasoned decision which declared that the development of Willets Point West can go no further without state legislative approval. continued on page 10

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Officials say other agencies at fault must also be held accountable

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Two South Queens officials are hopeful that the Transportation Security Administration will encourage its employees to refrain from parking on residential streets surrounding John F. Kennedy International Airport — but said other agencies must deal with the issue as well.

“It was a really good first meeting,” Joann Ariola, president of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association, said of discussions held on Monday. “We have to make it clear to other agencies that they have to work on this as well.”

Ariola was one of several civic association members who attended the meeting with the TSA along with Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) and Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park).

Last week, Goldfeder and Ulrich brought the issue of JFK employees parking on residential streets for days at a time into the spotlight, calling on the TSA and other airline agencies to encourage their workers to end the controversial, though not necessarily illegal, practice.

Cars are allowed to stay in a legal spot for seven days in a row; after that, they can be towed.

An airport official with knowledge of the meeting said that the fact workers are park-

South Queens officials on Monday met with the Transportation Security Administration to ask them to discourage employees from parking on residential streets, as can be seen here. The TSA FILE PHOTO said it will talk to their employees about the practice. ing their cars legally was brought up during the meeting and that signage in the area does not restrict the spots to residents only, as is the case in some neighborhoods.

That source added that TSA employees “are only a small fraction of those who work at the airport.”

As Ariola mentioned, Goldfeder said the meeting with TSA cannot be the community’s last if residents wish to have airport workers stop taking up spots on their blocks.

“This is not just a TSA issue,” Goldfeder said, adding he is planning to have similar meetings with other agencies in the future.

Goldfeder said the TSA was receptive to the community’s concern and that it is working on a way to resolve the issue.

TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said the agency will “provide a briefing to its workforce in a good-faith effort to be respectful of parking in residential areas, and if possible to encourage employees to refrain from parking in the immediate surrounding areas of the airport.”

The airport source said the TSA encouraged those at the meeting to reach out to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and ask it to take part in future meetings.

Residents have complained of a lack of parking on their streets due to the influx of airport workers leaving their cars there.

Some residents who spoke to the Queens Chronicle last week on the condition of anonymity, fearing retribution, said they have seen airport workers’ vehicles on their streets for weeks and have to search several blocks away from their houses to find a spot. Besides the TSA, Goldfeder and Ulrich wrote letters to Delta, JetBlue Airways, American, British Airways, United, Fed Ex, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, Korean and Lufthansa — all of which employ workers at JFK Airport — asking them to take steps to have their employees park on airport property, rather Q than in the surrounding communities.

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Woodhaven ‘adult’ shop closes its doors Wendell applauds BID for its work in getting controversial biz out of town

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The reason Wendell is cautious about the closing of the business is, despite its controversial nature, it is legal. An appellate court decision last month ruled that merchants have the legal right to run these types of businesses — so long as 60 percent of the content in there is not “X-rated.” The stores are also barred from selling merchandise to those under 18 years old.

“Because of the kind of economy we’re living in and this ruling by the court, it leaves not only our neighborhood open to this business, but all neighborhoods,” Wendell said. “That’s something we have to keep our eye on.”

For Thomson, this wasn’t the first time the BID had to work to get an unwanted business out of the area, but it was the most wellpublicized incident.

“It was too obvious of a problem,” she said.

Wendell said, however, that there were some people who were not b ot h e r e d by t h e shop’s

A business that sold pornographic material has closed its doors, less than a month after it opened. The executive director of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District said she worked with officials to convince the owners FILE PHOTO to move out of town. operations.

“You had other people that just said ‘What’s the big deal? It’s just sex,’” he said.

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The Woodhaven business that sold pornographic material has shut down, a little less than a month after it opened its doors.

“I’m thrilled. It never belonged here in the first place,” Maria Thomson, executive director of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District, said in an interview.

The store, which operated out of 80-30 Jamaica Ave., the former site of discount store Nexus Place, sold magazines and DVDs, and advertised that it had “booths” in the back. Calls to the phone number listed for the business’ address were not returned by press time.

Many in the Woodhaven community, including Thomson, worried that the store would have a crippling effect on Jamaica Avenue’s commerce.

Thomson said her group made it “very evident” to the store’s owners that they were not well-liked in the community.

“We told them they wouldn’t

want to stay here for very long,” she added. “It wasn’t going to be worthwhile for them.”

When asked how she was able to convince the merchant to shutter the business, Thomson said she would not give up her “trade secrets.”

Thomson said she worked with the 102nd Precinct and elected officials in the area in her bid to get the business out of town. Deputy Inspector Deodat Urprasad, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, said two weeks ago that the NYPD’s Vice Unit was monitoring the store.

Ed Wendell, former president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, praised the BID for its work in getting rid of the controversial business. “ I t h i n k we’r e c aut iou sly relieved. We’re happy that this one has closed down and very happy with the fast response of Maria Thomson and the BID on this issue,” Wendell said. “They really jumped on it from the very first minute that they heard about it.”

Car in Staples lot left running for hours Long-term parking company left vehicle in unsecured area: resident

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

A car belonging to a person f lying to Hawaii was stored in the parking lot of the vacant Staples on Cross Bay Boulevard and was left running for hours with the lot’s gate unguarded and the car’s windows down, according to a Howard Beach resident.

The resident, who wished not to be named, said he lives near the Staples lot and noticed the car running for several hours last Friday.

He forwarded pictures of the keys in the ignition and of the dashboard, showing that the engine was running. The driver-side window was rolled down.

One car’s engine was left running.

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Also in the car was the car owner’s personal information, including phone numbers, what airline they were boarding and how long they were going to be away.

The receipt showing the information belonged to The Parking Pass, a long-term parking lot located at 87-45 130 St., which advertises low rates for people looking to store their cars while they’re away.

A representative from The Parking Pass said in an email that they were unaware of the incident and that they “do not store vehicles in unsecured lots that is [sic] not leased by our company.”

A receptionist at Schuckman Realty, which owns the Staples, referred all inquiries to an agent who did not respond to a voicemail message left on Wednesday morning asking if The Parking Pass is allowed to use the Staples lot.

In addition to using the parking lot behind the Staples, which closed last year and is located at 163-50 Cross Bay Blvd., the cars seem to be spilling over to 92nd Street, according to the resident and Joann Ariola, president of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association.

Ariola said while residents are aware cars are allowed to park on residential streets for up to seven days, there are some that block driveways.

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Quality-of-life issues have also risen out of this practice, according to those who live nearby.

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Those dangerous bus lanes

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as the SUV driver who cut in front of a private bus on Woodhaven Boulevard on Monday, causing the bus driver to lose control and slam into a Rego Park building, being reckless? Or was he just confused?

Eight people were injured and 14 were forced out of their damaged homes as a result of the accident, which occurred when the SUV driver made a righthand turn from the second lane from the right. He apparently bet he could beat the bus and lost.

But did this Pennsylvania resident even know that he should have made his turn onto 63rd Avenue from the right-hand lane? Or did he see its “Bus Only” markers and think there were no exceptions?

Even many people who live here don’t know that you’re supposed to use these new lanes for righthand turns, or that you can drive up to 200 feet along them when parking. How would they? The ctiy made no serious effort to educate the public about the lanes. All it did was put down the markers and put up the signs. Many drivers are avoiding them even at times when they are free to use them.

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We wonder if they haven’t read the signs or they’d just rather not have buses speeding up behind them.

We also wonder how fast the bus that crashed was going. One police source told us it was speeding, and that’s why cops set up a speed trap a block away from the crash site on Tuesday. The area’s precinct commander said it has yet to be determined if the bus driver was speeding, but we see many buses, public and private, flying along their lanes while the rest of the traffic is moving much slower. Cars shake when they go by. It’s all very, very dangerous.

We’ve seen other accidents tied to these bus lanes and fear more to come. And there will be even more chaos if the city puts them along the entire Woodhaven-Cross Bay corridor as planned. We urge our officials to nix that idea. For now, though, the city at least should bar private buses like the one that crashed from the lanes; they should be for public buses only. And it should somehow teach the public what the rules are. The best thing, of course, though we know it won’t happen, would be to drop the whole idea and reopen all lanes to all vehicles.

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RIP, Frank Skala Dear Editor: It was with sadness that I heard about the passing of Frank Skala, Bayside’s unique champion.

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Although some people felt that Frank could be too argumentative and cantankerous, he was actually a highly principled man and a fighter for his community. Frank could not and would not tolerate instances where applicants filed requests late, cases where applicants deliberately disobeyed conditions in variances already granted and situations where applicants’ actions negatively impacted on adjacent residents’ quality of life. This was just his way.

Being a graduate of Bayside High School, Frank spent many years volunteering for its alumni association. He was also the president of his civic group, the East Bayside Homeowners Association. Members could always count on newsletters from Frank detailing community issues and problems. It was important to him to keep his community informed.

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ere we go again! The Department of Homeless Services, remaining true to its record of misleading the people of Queens, on Monday started moving the destitute into yet another building it had said it was not turning into a shelter.

Does the truth mean nothing to these people? Yes, we understand that under Mayor de Blasio, the homeless population has exploded, even as unemployment continues to drop and the economy — this week’s Wall Street woes notwithstanding — continues to improve. All over the city, complaints about vagrancy on the street are up. Even former Mayor Giuliani felt compelled to go to the police to complain about a man who’s constantly answering nature’s call on the sidewalk on his block.

But we’ve had it up to here with the DHS’s utter inability to be honest. This week the former Clarion Hotel in East Elmhurst became a shelter. Of course, back in June, the department told this paper it wasn’t planning to do that. Of course it then did so without notifying the community. Of course it called it an emergency shelter so it could break the city’s own law that requires kitchens in homeless facilities for families.

Of course all this follows the DHS’s deceptions about the old Pan Am Hotel in Elmhurst and the shelter it wants to put in Glendale.

You know how you can tell when a DHS official is lying, right?

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not have been evident to all who knew him.

I was so pleased when Sen. Avella honored Frank just a few short weeks ago with the New York State Liberty medal for community leadership. He was honored along with community icons Mandingo Tshaka, Arlene Fleishman and Richard Hellenbrecht. Frank was so proud and happy to be receiving the recognition for his lifetime achievements on behalf of his community. Isn’t it great that he was honored while he was still alive and could enjoy his special moment?

Rest in peace, Frank.

Henry Euler Bayside

For better buses Dear Editor: As one of the 42,000 bus riders who relies on the Q44 along Main Street, I know how important it is that we have a reliable bus system. I live in Kew Gardens Hills and work a night shift in Columbus Circle. My commute is

a nightmare. Waiting 40 minutes for a bus in the dead of winter is an experience I don’t wish on anyone. I’ve witnessed reliable Bus Rapid Transit in Brazil and want it replicated in my neighborhood. This is why I welcome Select Bus Service (SBS) on Main Street and believe it will greatly improve my commute and our neighborhood.

Having to rely on both the train and bus means that I spend a lot of time worrying. I worry about how long it will take me to get home. I worry that I won’t get to work on time.

And I worry that I might not get home safely.

Getting home from work is always difficult.

I ride the Q46 and the Q44 every day, but I rarely take the same route. After midnight, buses run once or twice an hour. So if I miss my bus, I have to wait close to 40 minutes in the dark. Thousands of commuters, like me, would benefit from SBS. I’ve noticed that in New York, the further away from Manhattan someone lives, the less reliable buses are. We all pay the same fare, but do we all get the same service?

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common with the extreme far right. First, they both think they are morally superior to everyone else. Second, they believe they are smarter than everyone and third, regarding the first two points, they are wrong.

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15 years of no-nuke Iran Dear Editor: An argument against the Iranian nuclear deal is that after 15 years, Iran will be able to produce a nuclear weapon. On the other hand, the agreement gives the United States and its military allies in the Middle East 15 years of a non-nuclear threat. During that window of time, the U.S. will continue to upgrade its scientific, technological, and military delivery systems, as well as its strategic intelligence.

After 15 years, if Iran decides to pursue a nuclear weapon, it will face an adversary that will be prepared to deliver a highly sophisticated and precise military response even more devastating than today.

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Dear Editor: Fix Social Security tax Robert Keilbach’s Aug. 20 letter, “In the left corner,” has set a new record for most untruths Dear Editor: in a Chronicle letter.

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Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten GilliFinally, Mr. Keilbach wrote that “Iran poses brand and Rep. Grace Meng can serve their no military threat to Israel.” If that is true, why senior constituents by introducing bills to end did Iran insist on a last-minute addition to the the WEP as part of a tax code overhaul. As this deal that will allow it to eventually acquire nation’s largest voting bloc, seniors will play a ICBM technology, an offensive weapon? Also, pivotal role in the 2016 primary and general why did Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif meet in elections. Politicians must pay attention to us Lebanon with Hezbollah, stating that the deal or perish. will enable Iran to further aid Hezbollah in its Richard Reif struggle against the “Zionists”?

Kew Gardens Hills My mother has been a Democrat ever since she came to this country in 1949. She even City Hall stonewalling voted for Obama twice. Now, due to the policies of politicians like Obama and his fellow Dear Editor: far-left Democrats (like many Chronicle letter The New York Press Club joins others in the writers) she has decided to be a Republican. journalism community in expressing concern continued on next page The Chronicle letter writers have a lot in

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Off-board fare collection, busonly lanes where they are most needed, and improved rider experience are some of the many benefits SBS could bring. With SBS, there will be bus stop improvements and realtime countdown clocks. I’ve heard that some people don’t support SBS on Main Street for various reasons like changes in parking, but what are their alternatives?

There’s a misconception that better bus service will hurt car drivers, but part of the SBS proposal includes maintaining parking outside of the downtowns with both curbside and offset bus lanes. In fact, an MTA survey stated that 80 percent of the consumers accessing business hubs in the downtowns overwhelmingly rely on public transportation or walk— and SBS would make their commute 20 percent faster.

Bus lanes will reorganize our streets in a way that makes transportation equitable for bus riders, car drivers, and pedestrians alike.

SBS is a powerful proposal that we desperately need. For New York to remain the city that never sleeps, we have to be mindful of the folks who work around the clock to keep the city running, even when most of the lights are off. We need equitable public transportation and SBS is a step in the right direction.

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“It is time to recognize the past eight or so years as a very unproductive detour, a grand failed attempt to steer Willets Point away from the commercial and industrial use that it has always supported,” the group concluded.

Phil Singer, spokesman for the QDG, issued a statement that its principles are committed to the redevelopment of Willets Point and that they “and are confident that our appeal of the Appellate Court’s ruling will be successful.”

QDG’s plan called for building the mall and a parking garage while adding parking to the 126th Street side. Once completed, additional work would begin at 126th Street — which is not parkland — for a hotel, offices, restaurants and shops with housing scheduled last for 2,500 apartment units, including 875 for low- and moderate-income families.

Meanwhile, the administration has indicated that no action will be taken until the appeal is resolved, but that the city could eventually reclaim the two acres owned by the developers.

The city has already spent $400 million to purchase land and begin making improvements. Evictions continue, primarily of used car repair and parts businesses Q along 126th Street.

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After last winter’s onslaught, how much worse could it be this year? Ever since we had that tornado here in Queens in September 2010, the weather has been very wild. In 2011, we were hit by Tropical Storm Irene, and then in 2012, Hurricane Sandy. Our weather is definitely becoming more intense, as our overall climate is radically changing.

Fasten your seatbelts, folks — it’s going to be a rough weather ride ahead.

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continued from previous page over the de Blasio administration’s handling of Freedom of Information Law requests.

The Associated Press was first to report that attorneys at city agencies have been instructed to forward to City Hall a broad range of records, including public information requests that could reflect directly on the mayor, before they’re sent to the person who requested them.

This isn’t how the Freedom of Information Law is supposed to work. There shouldn’t be an additional layer of City Hall bureaucracy between those records and the person who requested them. If City Hall delays or blocks the release of documents supplied by a city agency, then, at the very least, the spirit and intent of the Freedom of Information Law has been violated.

Mayor de Blasio has promised the most transparent administration in city history.

But, sometimes, that transparency is very difficult to see. We ask that the mayor and his legal team tread cautiously, to ensure that the letter and spirit of the Freedom of Information Law are followed.

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continued from page 2 “Unfortunately, the developers, in filing their appeal, have refused to see the fundamental flaws in the Bloomberg plan in all its variations that would take away city parkland, displace small businesses without just compensation and fail to make substantial com mit ments to provide affordable and market rate housing,” Avella said. “Instead they are demanding a giveaway of millions of dollars of taxpayer money without any real public benefit being given back to this city.”

He called the developers’ appeal an “indefensible fight.”

Members of the WPU, who own businesses and land in the area and don’t want to leave, while happy at the mayor’s decision, offered words of caution and suggestions on how the city should proceed.

“We find it disturbing that the de Blasio administration is still attempting to salvage any deal with Sterling and Related for affordable housing,” members said in a statement.

The group believes the city should seek a new request for proposals that stresses the importance of affordable housing and issued a four-point manifesto: Rescind the deal with the QDG and take back the two acres of property already sold to it; use the $99 million allocated to the QDG for cleaning up Willets Point and use it to remediate the area; complete installation

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Our three heroes Dear Editor: Those three Americans prevented a massacre aboard a European train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris France on Aug. 21, as the goal of suspected terrorist Ayoub El Khazani apparently was to kill.

National Guardsman Alex Skarlatos, Airman Spencer Stone and friend Anthony Sadler jumped into action to save the day when death of the innocent was imminent.

They are true role models for our youth.

A law enforcement statement that warns against terrorism says, “If you see something, say something.” Well, these men did something to prevent death and destruction.

As a veteran, I salute these men for a job well done. May God bless them all.

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Woodhaven Blvd. bus crash leaves eight hurt Driver lost control trying to avoid an SUV and hit a Rego Park building

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Several people were injured around 2:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon when a Resorts World bus traveling on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park slammed into a building after swerving to avoid another vehicle.

Officials from both the NYPD and FDNY said six of the bus’ occupants, including the driver, 39-year-old Jamaica resident James Honodrat, were taken to area hospitals while two others were treated at the scene, and no one suffered lifethreatening injuries.

A Collision Investigation Squad detective, who declined to offer his name to the Chronicle, said at the scene on Monday that a 2006 Toyota SUV traveling north on Woodhaven tried to turn right onto 63rd Avenue, cutting the bus off as it traveled in the same direction in the newly painted bus lane, facts which were confirmed by the NYPD’s press office on Tuesday.

Honodrat lost control of the vehicle as he swerved to avoid the SUV, and the bus crashed into a parked Ford Explorer before smashing into t h e 62- 87 Wo o d h ave n Blvd . structure.

“That’s all it was,” the detective said. “A car cuts him off, he tries to avoid it, loses control, hits a parked car and goes into the building.”

The detective remarked that the driver of the Toyota, later identified by police as Hussain Mustafa, a King of Prussia, Penn. resident, remained at the scene and cooperated with police, adding that he most likely won’t be facing criminal charges.

Instead, he was issued a summons for making an improper turn, according to police.

The corner building houses businesses on the first floor, on the side facing Woodhaven Boulevard, and residences above. The bus took out

A firefighter tries to calm an injured woman on a stretcher, left, as dozens of first responders swarm the scene after a Resorts World bus crashed into an apartment building at the intersection of Woodhaven Boulevard and 63rd Avenue in PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA Rego Park on Monday. a chunk of the rear corner of the building, with the second-f loor apartment above the impact zone left open to the sky.

The Department of Buildings issued a full vacate order on the property on Monday night and signs detailing the order were seen posted on its doors on Tuesday.

Witness Ann-Marie Constantinides told the Chronicle she was standing at the intersection of Woodhaven Boulevard and 63rd Avenue when she saw the bus and the SUV driving side-by-side northbound on Woodhaven.

According to the Maspeth resident, the Resorts World vehicle was in the bus lane when the SUV sped up and tried to quickly swing in front of it to turn onto 63rd Avenue.

“The bus was in the bus lane where he should be. The guy was in the next lane with his turn signal on, so I said to myself ‘One of them has to slow down.’ Neither one

The bus’ crumpled driver’s compartment.

slowed down,” Constantinides said.

“The bus driver was not at fault at all. Not at all.”

The witness said most of people on the bus appeared to be shaken up, but that the bus driver was seriously injured. “ T he poor bu s d r iver wa s pressed up against the windshield,” she said. “He was moving so that’s a good sign.”

According to Constantinides, the driver of the SUV, whom she chast ised for cau si ng t he w reck , appeared to be uninjured.

“I asked the guy when he got out of the car, ‘Didn’t you see him coming?’” she said. “He shook his head and didn’t say anything. He did hang around and talk to the cops.”

Rego Park resident Ravendra Persaud, who saw the crash while stopped at a red light at 63rd Avenue’s intersection with Woodhaven, said he pulled over and ran to the scene to help, only to find the bus d r ive r fa d i ng i n a nd out of consciousness.

“I looked at him and he was in bad condition. All the debris and bricks were on him and he couldn’t get out,” the 19-year-old Persaud said. “He looked like he was falling asleep. His eyes were closing.

He was bleeding from his head and his face.”

“I tried to help him,” he added.

“But there was too much stuff on top of him. He was unconscious.”

With the bus driver too pinned by debris, Persaud said he and the arriving first responders instead tried to assist the “eight or nine” passengers on the vehicle, some of whom were more injured than oth-

ers, by lifting open a window and helping the victims out of the bus.

“There was a guy who was badly injured with his leg. His leg was broken,” the Rego Park man said.

“There was one lady in shock. She was screaming and cursing. She was saying ‘Get me out, get me out.’”

One victim who was in the bus told EMS personnel that she felt pain in several parts of her body.

When an EMT asked her to rate the pain on a scale of 1 to 10, she gave it a 9. As she was being treated, she began crying.

The victim was one of two who were strapped to an EMS board on a grassy surface near the bus, while two others were on stretchers and another man was sitting on the sidewalk being evaluated by an EMT. Gregg Gabriel, a Middle Village resident who didn’t witness the crash but arrived shortly after, called the scene “catastrophic.”

“I saw the driver,” Gabriel said.

“He was bleeding profusely from his head and his legs. I didn’t think he was alive at first.”

Dozens of emergency vehicles responded to the scene, including nine f ire trucks and numerous squad cars, police trucks and ambulances, with even a few helicopters whirling overhead.

Volunteers from the American Red Cross arrived at the scene on Monday evening, and communications officer Michael de Vulpillieres told the Chronicle on Tuesday that three families, totaling 12 adults and two children, were displaced.

“Two of these households needed temporary housing that we provided at local hotels,” de Vulpillieres

said. “We also provided emergency funds for food and clothing. In a situation like this, the Red Cross will provide housing for a few nights and then we will connect the individuals to longer term services from agencies or organizations like the Department of Housing, Preservation and Development” The nor thbound Woodhaven lanes were closed to traffic beginning at 63rd Drive as emergency responders treated the injured and groups of people crowded around to see what had happened. Two FDNY ladders were raised to the roof of the building.

Officials from the Department of Transportation, the DOB, Con Edison and National Grid were also on scene, as was Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), who called the scene “horrible” and added she was there for “moral support.”

The corner office in the building is occupied by the attorneys John T. Landers and Anne Landers. Next door is the Velvet Effects spa.

Vacate orders existed for both entities as of Tuesday evening.

Resorts World buses are not operated by the casino but by a separate company, Trans Express Inc., it contracts with.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with those impacted by today’s bus accident,” a casino spokesperson said in an emailed statement. “We are cooperating fully with the authorities in the investigation.”

Southbound Woodhaven was reopened at about 4:15 p.m while the northbound lanes reopened by 6 p.m.

The heavily damaged Resorts World bus was towed from its position around 7:45 p.m., as dozens of onlookers remained at the scene to watch.

A woman identified by onlookers as an occupant of one of the damaged apartments declined to be interviewed when approached Q by the Chronicle.

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Two sides talk SBS plan while on the bus South Queens officials hope DOT can make improvements to the proposal

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

A bus full of elected, Department of Transportation and MTA officials drove up and down Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards on Tuesday as parties from all sides sought to make improvements to the Select Bus Service plan for the corridor.

“The residents that I represent, both drivers and people who take the bus, agree that we need to increase the speed of buses,” Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven), one of the passengers, said. “But at the same time we don’t want to compromise the number of lanes we have for the drivers. You can’t take a lane of traffic away.”

An MTA bus reserved just for the officials took off from 163rd Avenue and Cross Bay Boulevard and drove up to Metropolitan Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard, stopping at key intersections along the corridor to see how the plan to place dedicated bus lanes along the route might be implemented with minimal disruption to the surrounding community. The lanes would run along the entire corridor and replace the ones recently installed on part of it.

The idea for the bus trip was proposed after Miller and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) met with DOT and MTA officials to discuss the plan by looking at a map. For Addabbo, it was necessary

Elected, Department of Transportation and MTA officials get off a bus that took them up and down Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards so that they could discuss proposals for the corriPHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY dor’s Select Bus Service plan. to actually be on the corridor when talking about the $200 million SBS plan.

“You can’t just look at a map. A map is one-dimensional,” Addabbo said.

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“When we look at this plan, we have to make sure it’s a great balance between improving bus transportation, improving traffic flow, pedestrian safety, businesses and the community,” Addabbo said.

Tuesday’s ride wasn’t the first time Eric Beaton, the DOT’s director of transit development, took a trip down the corridor, but it was important for him to discuss the SBS plan with elected officials while on it.

“Instead of having a lot of different meetings, we were able to go out together and look at things together. And that’s always the best way to do it, to make sure we’re all seeing the same thing,” Beaton said.

When asked if any changes might come out of the ride, Beaton said he’ll have to wait and see.

“We certainly heard, clearly, that there are some concerns,” he said.

Miller and Addabbo suggested improvements to the intersection of Woodhaven Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue — one of the places where the DOT is proposing to ban left-hand turns from the boulevard — including alternating when northbound and southbound drivers can turn onto Jamaica.

“We hope they take them back and consider some of the suggestions we made,” the assemblyman said.

The senator hopes the agency will realize “the plan they selected could be improved greatly.” The SBS plan is expected to be fully implemented in 2018 and covers the Q52 and Q53 bus routes, which connect riders from Q Woodside to the Rockaways.

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Last Thursday’s New Hamilton Beach Civic Association meeting was about the long-awaited repaving of 104th Street — but it was a Howard Beach block that soon found itself to be the center of attention.

Residents complained that while their main thoroughfare has been ignored for years, 157th Avenue on the new side of Howard Beach is being repaved yet again — adding that the road didn’t seem to need any repairs in the first place.

“That road was gold to begin with,” one resident said of 157th Avenue. “Here, it’s like being on a roller coaster. I don’t need to live like that.”

Fellow resident Rich Lynch agreed that Hamilton Beach seems to get ignored more than other neighborhoods.

“When are our cries going to be heard?

When are we going to get what we deserve?”

Lynch asked.

New Hamilton Beach Civic President Roger Gendron, responding to those complaints, said the community cannot focus on the work being done on 157th Avenue or in other communities.

“They’re not going to accelerate this project because streets are getting paved in Rego Park,” Gendron said. “I can’t worry about 157th Avenue.”

He added that residents should be looking “at the positives.”

“We haven’t been this close to getting 104th Street repaved in years,” he said.

Residents have been complaining about the conditions of 104th Street for 15 years. It is filled with potholes and has several dips along the corridor.

Drivers heading out of Hamilton Beach often drive on the wrong side of the road to avoid driving on the bumps and cracks.

Department of Design and Construction’s Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Howard Pollack said work on the road is slated to begin late this year or early next year and will be paid for by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The cost of the work is expected to be $132,595.69. Some residents questioned why the work was being paid for by FEMA and not by the Department of Transportation.

Gendron said it was determined that Superstorm Sandy caused more damage to the road than was there prior to the storm.

“Which is true,” Gendron added.

Although agreeing with residents that the city should have paid for the work a long time ago, he said it doesn’t matter who pays for it at this point.

“If you got a $75 raise are you going to ask ‘Oh I got a $75 raise. Who gave it to me?’ No. You’re going to say, ‘Oh I got a $75 raise.’”

Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton asked Pollack to ensure that motorists are able to utilize 104th Street at all times during the construction.

“One of the things that has to absolutely be etched into the contractor’s brain, so that he can etch it into his workers’ brains, is that 104th Street is the only vehicular access street for this community,” Braton said. “Access must be maintained.”

Pollack assured her that agency officials would work with the community to make sure there is as little disruption as possible.

“We’ll make sure that community sensitiviQ ties are not ignored,” Pollack said.

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Helping the brain by working the body Program seeks to help children who may have fallen ‘through the cracks’

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Strength, coordination and relaxation.

No, it’s not a workout regimen, it’s the three-pronged approach that the therapists at Howard Beach-based program Brain Body Connection utilize to treat developmentally disabled children.

During the program, run out of the STARS Community Center at 8 Coleman Square, children can be seen running around with weighted vests on, to work on strength, focusing on their motor skills, to enhance coordination, and even doing some yoga, to relax.

But what does all this physical activity have to do with treating children who may have attention problems or are on the autistic spectrum? A lot, according to Dina Addabbo-Zel, an occupational therapist who helped start the program.

Addabbo-Zel — the sister of state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) — said the routine she now puts children through started years ago when she was working as a therapist at Steppingstone Day School, in Kew Gardens Hills, while trying to figure out how to get them to pay attention in class after her time with them is done.

“What input can I give, that has the most impact for the longest amount of time?” she remembered asking herself.

She looked at the science of the strength, coordination and relaxation techniques and what effects they have on the brain. Each helps a child’s brain develop in different ways and when put together, helps them become more attentive in a classroom setting.

Addabbo-Zel said teachers would tell her, when she first started the program, that students weren’t “as on-point” on days they were not with her.

But just as the routine only works with all three steps, Addabbo-Zel doesn’t run the program alone. With her are occupational therapist Maria Galvis Mantilla and physical therapist Jeanne Martori.

Mantilla said the program is aimed at children who may need services, but don’t qualify for services elsewhere.

“Sometimes, they were too subtle to diagnose, too subtle to get services,” she said.

“We had this growing population of kids who were falling through the cracks.”

Martori, who focuses on the relaxation part of the regimen, agreed.

“These children had needs that weren’t being met,” she said.

But the exercises aren’t a strict regimen — in fact, it’s fun and games.

By integrating games into the routine, Addabbo-Zel said, dopamine is released into the brain, which helps people pay more attention to

Children participate in the relaxation part of the regimen. what they’re supposed to be concentrating on.

“When you have dopamine release, even the most unmotivated, disconnected ADD child should have better focusing,” she said.

The children are also placed in groups, because it helps them learn quicker and easier.

“I think they learn by watching their peers,” Addabbo-Zel said. “I get a lot more from a group situation, even though it’s harder to control, than I do one-to-one.”

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The occupational therapist, however, said “the only reason this happened was because of STARS,” she said referring to the place where the program takes place.

Frances Scarantino, owner and founder of STARS, said the progress children make under the program is “mind-blowing.”

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Kinkajou is caught in Broad Channel Tropical critter was caught almost a week after spotted by photographer

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The kinkajou that had been spotted in a tree in Broad Channel near the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center was caught last Wednesday and is under the care of Animal Care & Control of NYC, according to a National Parks Service spokeswoman.

An email for warded to the Queens Chronicle from a member of Northeastbirding.com states that the tropical critter had wandered away from the tree it called home for close to a week and was found just south of the visitors center. It was originally found northeast of the center.

“It was asleep when found, so the capture was easy,” the email reads.

An NPS spokeswoman later confirmed the animal’s capture and added that it was handed over to the animal control unit, a nonprofit under contract with the city.

A spokeswoman for the group said in an email that the animal “has been placed with one of our rescue partners.”

She did not elaborate on which partner is taking care of the kinkajou.

The tropical critter was spotted by Elmhurst photographer Cesar Castillo on Aug. 13 near the visitor center. It’s an uncommon find in New York City, being a native mammal from Central America and the northern

A kinkajou that had been spotted near Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center’s visitor center was caught by NPS officials almost one week after it was first spotted by Elmhurst photographer FLICKR PHOTO Cesar Castillo. Castillo shared this shot taken by an NPS officer. half of South America.

Castillo, in an email to the Queens Chronicle last week, said he had spotted it while bird-watching, a hobby he has enjoyed for more than 15 years.

“I never thought I would end up getting to see a neotropical mammal,” he said in that

email, adding that the animal stood still for most of the time he was observing it.

Kinkajous are nocturnal and often sleep in shady spots during the daytime, as was the case when it was first discovered.

Cathy Horvath, of the Wildlife in Need of Rescue and Rehabilitation group in North

Massapequa, LI, had been seeking the NPS’s permission to rescue the kinkajou before it moved from its resting place.

She was still awaiting word on Wednesday as to whether or not she and her husband Bobby, an FDNY firefighter, could go in and capture the animal.

“Apparently there’s a lot of red tape to go through,” Horvath told the Chronicle on Monday.

The animal appears to have been “bred in captivity,” according to Horvath, despite the fact that it is illegal to own as a pet in this state.

“They have no idea where it came from,” she said. “Somebody either dumped it and didn’t want it anymore or took it to the park and it escaped.”

During the time it was in the tree, people would often place bananas near the animal so it would have something to eat.

The kinkajou lives mainly off fruit, as well as insects and, possibly, birds’ eggs and small vertebrates, according to Wikipedia.

Although cute-looking, the kinkajou can be a ferocious animal.

“They’re a little bit fresh,” Horvath said in an interview with the Chronicle last week. “If they’re not tame, they’re a little bit bitey. They look soft and cuddly, but they Q can mess you up.”

Two Queens residents die in I-87 crash

Queens worker set off Bronx explosion

Two Queens residents died in a fourvehicle collision on Interstate 87 in Rock land Cou nt y last Thu rsday, according to state police.

Juan Soto, 20 of Woodhaven, and Rambaran Hemankumar, 33 of Jamaica, died of their injuries after the mattress box truck they were traveling in cut across two lanes, striking another box truck and a passenger car, and then hitting a guiderail and crossing into opposing traffic where it was hit by a tractor-trailer, according to police.

The accident took place just before 10 a.m. around exit 14B of the interstate, the police said.

Hemankumar was driving the vehicle, cops said, and Soto was his passenger.

The driver of the passenger car was a Corona resident, Louis Riconda, 51, according to cops. Only one of his three passengers suffered minor injuries.

The driver of the box truck, who is from Newburgh, was uninjured. The tractor-trailer driver, from Connecticut, was sent to the hospital in stable condition.

The accident is still under investigaQ tion, police said.

An Ozone Park contractor caused the explosion that destroyed John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx last Thursday, according to city officials.

Mar Sal Plumbing and Heating was the contractor working inside the sixth-floor science lab of the school, officials said in a press release, when a worker lit a match to test a gas line at about 8:09 p.m.

The flame set off an explosion that blew out the walls of the building’s sixth floor, according to city officials, sending debris flying as far as 200 feet.

The worker who lit the match, Luigi Barillaro, 36 of Howard Beach, suffered burns to 90 percent of his body and is being treated at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, according to city officials.

The company has not been criminally charged, according to published reports.

There is a full vacate order on the building and 3,000 students — from seven different schools — were displaced from their campus.

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FDNY wins Resorts cook-off An East Harlem firefighter took home the grand prize at Resort World Casino’s inaugural FDNY vs. NYPD cook-off on Sunday.

Above, firefighter Khalid Baylor, left, from Ladder 14, holds the first-place trophy with his son, who is also named Khalid.

The duo was able to impress the judges with a plate of Tennessee Apple Smoked

Ribs, which was served with an apple coleslaw and roasted sweet potato.

Baylor won a Weber grill and a trip to Resorts World Casino Bimini in the Bahamas.

The Baylors were pitted against other firefighters, as well as NYPD officers, to see if New York’s Bravest or Finest were the better cooks.

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Phil Goldfeder puts his bet on Saratoga Politician visits venue to see how fixes might be made to Aqueduct

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Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) was a few lengths from the home stretch when he visited Saratoga Race Course last weekend to see what improvements he could bring to Aqueduct Racetrack in an effort to improve conditions there.

“Our state has a long and proud history at Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga race tracks. We need to find ways to grow the sport and attract new spectators at Aqueduct,” Goldfeder said in a statement provided by his office. “This includes utilizing our strong community partnership with Resor ts World to expand fun, familyfriendly activities on race day like we see at Saratoga. This will help boost our local economy and ensure that families here in Queens and fans across the state can continue to enjoy Aqueduct for years to come.”

Unlike Saratoga — which is one of horse racing’s premier venues and a major tourist attraction that generates hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues and thousands of jobs — Aqueduct has had several issues in recent years — including a deteriorating racetrack and declining attendance.

From late November to mid-January of this year, 11 horses died during or after

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, right, is hoping that his tour of Saratoga Race Course can help spark some new improvements for Aqueduct Racetrack, which unlike its upstate counterpart has PHOTO COURTESY NYS ASSEMBLY been deteriorating in recent years. races at the South Queens track.

Many of the horses were euthanized after sustaining a fracture during races, according to state statistics. Measures that limited some horses from racing on Aqueduct’s tracks were implemented for a few weeks until the equine deaths subsided.

Goldfeder, a member of the Committee

on Racing and Wagering, said he was guided by Glen Kozak, vice president of Facilities & Racing Surfaces for the New York Racing Association, during his tour of Saratoga.

“We were honored to host Assemblyman Goldfeder at Saratoga Race Course in order to build on our already strong relationship

at Aqueduct in the months and years to come,” Joanie Omeste, NYRA community relations manager, said in a statement provided by Goldfeder’s office.

Goldfeder is now urging Aqueduct and Resorts World Casino to continue and strengthen their relationship. The South Ozone Park racino operates on the same grounds as the race track.

“It’s time we put our money on Aqueduct,” Goldfeder said. “It’s a safe bet for boosting our local economy and providing jobs for our families.”

Goldfeder has introduced legislation upstate that would have all of the revenue given to NYR A go to Aqueduct Race Track. As it stands, NYRA receives a portion of the casino’s tax revenues, though most of that goes to Belmont or Saratoga.

That bill has yet to pass both houses.

The assemblyman was upstate with his staff as part of an upstate road trip in which they visited other New York sites, such as the Clinton Correctional Facility.

His trip also comes a week before American Pharoah — the horse that won the Triple Crown by winning all three major races this year, the final one at Belmont, and being the first to do so since 1978 — is slated to race at Saratoga in the 146th running Q of the Travers Stakes on Saturday.

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Group protests Meng’s denial of Iran nuke deal Rally outside the congresswoman’s Forest Hills office held on Wed.

by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

A group of about a dozen supporters of the United States’ proposed nuclear accord with Iran and other world powers gathered on the sidewalk outside the Forest Hills office of Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) on Wednesday in an effort to encourage her to reverse her opposition to the controversial deal.

Organized by MoveOn.org, an independent advocacy group founded in 1998, the event was hosted by Rochelle Santos, a Rego Park resident who called the deal the “greatest prevention to war so far.”

Addressing the other protesters, she suggested that if the agreement does not go into effect, “We have no protection for this country.”

According to literature passed out at the rally, “Republicans are trying to start a war with Iran by rejecting the historic deal ... that will prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”

The handout further states, “If Congress sabotages the deal, the only alternative left to contain Iran’s nuclear program will be a long, costly war.”

MoveOn.org, which uses the slogan “60 Days to Stop a War” on its pamphlets, suggests that “the war hawks who want war with Iran are the same war hawks who took us to

Rego Park resident Rochelle Santos, right, consults her notes as she addresses a group of a fellow supporters of the Iranian nuclear pact outside the office of Rep. Grace Meng, who PHOTO BY MARK LORD opposes the controversial pact signed last month. war in Iraq. We know how that ended up.”

Santos, who indicated prior to the rally that she is both involved in pro-Palestinian activities and opposes the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby, was secure in the belief that the treaty would provide “all kinds of fail-safes.”

The inspiration for the rally came a month ago when Meng came out strongly against the proposed pact, which was signed in July.

“The world could and should have a better deal than that set forth in the Joint Compre-

hensive Plan of Action, which I will therefore oppose,” Meng said of her opposition in a press release issued on July 29. “I believe the inspections procedures set forth are flawed. I am deeply concerned that almost all of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure would remain intact.”

She and other opponents say Iran should be brought back to the negotiating table instead.

Santos made reference to Meng’s statement that “the deal before us now is simply too dangerous for the American people,” sug-

gesting that Meng’s argument is not valid.

“If the treaty is not signed, the U.S. would be in a much more dangerous position,” Santos said. “That’s what Israel wants so they can strike. Israel has the fourth-largest arms industry in the world. They stand to lose a lot by not using arms.”

Among those joining Santos in favor of the treaty was Jamaica Hills resident Michael Beltran, whose young son joined in the rallying cries.

“I’m totally against war, any type of war,” Beltran said. “Especially needless ones.”

“Some people are pushing the war. No war, no profits for them,” he added. “If we don’t do the deal, we’ll go to war alone.”

As the group displayed signs reading “Defend Diplomacy” and “No War with Iran!,” passersby at the corner of Queens Boulevard and Union Turnpike, took note, with some signing pro-treaty petitions.

However, Nassau County resident Arlene Feldman, who identified herself as the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, took offense to the group’s message as she walked by, telling the protesters that not everything can be solved diplomatically.

“The world does not learn,” Feldman said.

“All the arguments — diplomacy — it doesn’t work. You can’t talk to someone who Q is burning American and Israeli flags.”

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Addabbo honors health center State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) on Monday honored the CEO of the health center named after his father, a former congressman who represented much of the same district his son does.

Here, Addabbo presents a Senate proclamation to Dr. Marjorie Hill, CEO of the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, to

honor the center as part of its annual Health Week celebration.

The health center has six locations — five in Queens and one in Brooklyn — and was founded in 1987.

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ATTORNEYS James F. Rooney, Esq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86-07 Marianne Gonzales Esq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95-07 AWARDS Capo’s Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79-13 BANKS Queens County Savings Bank . . . . . . . . . . 80-35 Queens County Savings Bank . . . . . . . . . 93-22 Chase Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-01A Community Federal Savings Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89-07 BAKERIES Pan Ugo Bakery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-42 La Gitana Bakery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90-12 Paneorama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95-20 BEAUTY SUPPLY Sumi Eyebrows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79-17 Mehak Beauty Salon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87-12 Pretty Beauty Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87-16 Coco Nail and Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87-24 Miss Nails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90-22 I Stars Beauty Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91-05 BICYCLE SHOP Bike Lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85-13 BUTCHER - MARKET La Palma Meat Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-25 CATERING HALL Woodhaven Manor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96-01 CARPETING F&J Carpeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89-18 CELLULAR & PHONE RELATED STORES Orange Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75-12 Boost Mobile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80-10 Universal Multi-Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84-11 Zee Wireless Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-07 T-Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90-07 Sprint PCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90-24 CPR Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93-29 Cellular Explosion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95-07 CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS Woodhaven/Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78-15 WBID/Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-01B Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association 84-20B CLEANERS Wash & Dry Round the Clock Laundromat . 78-07

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Partial day for prekindergarten.

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Lunar New Year (schools closed).

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Group pushes ‘Right to Know’ in Woodside Desis Rising Up & Moving to Jimmy Van Bramer: Sign on to bill now

by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor

Especially with the No. 7 train rattling overhead, a group of activists — many of South Asian descent — fought to be heard in Woodside Plaza, an area they said is less likely to understand their perspective.

The issue is police-community relations.

“Woodside is getting pretty gentrified, so often when we came out, it was older white folks that were like, ‘Well we’re not impacted by this,’ and I honestly had someone tell me to my face, ‘Oh maybe it’s because of the way you look,’” said Talia Arif, an organizer with Desis Rising Up & Moving, or DRUM South Asian Organizing Center, who wears a headscarf.

Arif stressed that many who are black, Latino or South Asian obey stops and frisks by officers “out of fear.”

City Councilmembers Ritchie Torres (DBronx), Antonio Reynoso (D-Brooklyn, Queens) and others last year introduced two bills known as the Right to Know Act. One measure, Int. 182, would require officers to give their name, shield number and rank when asked by a citizen. Several Queens Council members are co-sponsors.

The other, Int. 541, is seen by many as the more controversial part of the legislation and would mandate law enforcement to get consent from an individual in a language

DRUM member Samia Sara, left, helps Sunnyside resident Jeyson Gonzales call the office of City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer to ask him to support Int. 541. PHOTO BY CRISTINA SCHREIL they understand before a police search of a person, belongings, home or vehicle. The measure would also give citizens the right to deny or withdraw consent during the search.

Queens Councilmembers Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), Donovan Richards (D-St. Albans) and Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst) are among the co-sponsors.

But City Council Majority Leader Jimmy

Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) is not signed on and DRUM looked to compel his constituents to move him by calling his office.

Arif noted that Van Bramer is looked up to by the LGBTQ community, many of whom are often stopped, she said.

“It’s really important for anybody who’s being stopped and frisked to know who is approaching them from the NYPD,” said

DRUM’s Roksana Mun, whose parents live in Woodside. “It does not, in any way impede any police officer’s ability to do their job, in fact it actually allows them to do their job a lot more easily because there’s a mutual sense of accountability.”

When asked about criticism of the bills, such as Commissioner Bill Bratton’s argument that they intrude into NYPD operations, Mun said many want basic rights.

“This is good for the people,” said Danilo Gadaula, a Woodside resident.

Michel Gomes, a Woodside resident and graduate of Flushing International High School, said looking at race in the area reveals clear differences in jobs and incomes. She added her friends and family have been unfairly stopped.

“South Asian people, they think they don’t have the voice to speak for themselves,” Gomes said.

DRUM organizers said a meeting with Van Bramer originally set for Tuesday was rescheduled, but is being replanned. Fahd Ahmed, DRUM’s executive director, said Wednesday that Van Bramer’s district is “a priority” and they will keep pressuring.

“I appreciate the advocacy occurring around this legislation. As I continue to review the legislation I will continue to meet with advocates to discuss its merits,” Van Q Bramer said in an emailed statement.

SC church shooting hits home in Queens Experts instruct clergy on how to spot, avoid and confront threats

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Like most Americans, state Sen. James Sanders (D-South Ozone Park) felt horror, revulsion and countless other emotions on June 17 when he heard that nine people had been murdered in a historic black church in Charleston, SC, allegedly by a 21-year-old white gunman who reportedly had plotted it as a statement of racial hatred.

“I was a Marine; as a young man I studied for the ministry,” Sanders said. “... We’re taught that in church, when a stranger c o m e s i n w h o m a k e s yo u uncomfor table, you reach out and hug them more.”

Survivors of the massacre at Em a nuel A f r ica n Met hod ist Episcopal Church said Dylann Roof had been welcomed in just such a fashion, and prayed with the congregation for some time before pulling out a .45-caliber pistol.

Sanders, by his own estimate, has more than 300 houses of worship in his district. And on

Aug. 20 more than 40 clerics were among about 200 people whom he hosted with speakers from the NYPD, the federal gover n ment a nd even a for mer Israeli intelligence exper t to make sure Charleston does not happen in Queens.

“There needs to be a paradigm shift,” Sanders said at Calvary Baptist Church in Jamaica.

He said 2014 saw more than 170 violent incidents in U.S. churches, 74 of which resulted in at least one fatality.

“The thought that you would lock your church during the day was unheard of,” he said. But he a lso s a id s eve r a l chu r che s , mosques a nd sy nagog ues i n Southeast Queens have taken steps ranging from cameras to professional security personnel.

“A nd a lot have expressed interest,” he added.

Agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives talked about how to spot and identify weapons small enough to be concealable but deadly enough for mass casualties.

“They can be hidden under a jacket, in a backpack or beneath a radiator,” said Agent Charles Mulham of the ATF, showing a nu mber of weapons that had been disabled.

A specialist from the Department of Homeland Security gave a tutorial on how to find and apply for government grants for up to $75,000 that are set aside to help houses of worship secure themselves and their congregations.

A speaker in the after noon session gave tips for spotting the characteristics that might indicate a person in a chu rch is either dangerous or mentally unstable. Others said security exper ts are available to train church members in prevention and to point out where their church’s physical security can be hardened to an attack.

Sanders’ office said another presentation in the after noon dealt with what to do in the event of an active shooter attack: • Run. If you can get out, do so, even if others insist on staying behind.

State Sen. James Sanders, second from right, with Special Agent Adam Bruzzese, left, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office Delano Reid and Agent Charles Mulham of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, PHOTO COURTESY NYS SENATE Firearms and Explosives.

• Hide if escape is not possible. Be quick and quiet. Turn off lights, lock doors and turn off the ringer on cell phones.

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Lindenwood officials see repairs as sign that Garcia will excel as commish Associate Editor

Back to School on Jamaica Avenue The Woodhaven Business Improvement District on Saturday will host a “Back to School Sales Promotion” from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Forest Parkway Plaza, at the intersection of Forest Parkway and Jamaica Avenue.

There will be clowns, facepainting, a live band, giveaways and more during the event.

For more information, call the Woodhaven Q BID at (718) 805-0760..

Last month, a woman was injured in a hit-and-r un incident where the th ree streets meet, renewing officials’ calls for the DOT to take immediate action there.

The agency said the study on the triangle will be completed in the coming weeks and suggestions on how to improve it will be shared with the community.

The DOT is also in the process of “daylighting the area to improve safety and visibility for drivers and pedestrians,”

according to the agency spokesman.

But the DOT won’t be the only agency the community will be keeping an eye on.

“We are committed to seeing that the DEP address the sinkhole by 157th Avenue and 79th Street,” Ariola said, referring to the Depar tment of Environ mental Protection.

The sinkhole at that intersection had been fixed by the DEP late last year, but has Q since reappeared and is still a problem.

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The restoration of a traffic circle in Lindenwood has officials there excited, not only because the repairs there have been long-awaited, but also because they see it as a sign that Department of Transportation Borough Commissioner Nicole Garcia will be attentive to the traffic needs of the community.

“She has been responsive and enthusiastic,” Assembly man Phil Goldfeder (D -Rock away Pa rk) said of Ga rcia.

“This is a good indication that Commissioner Garcia is going to do a great job in her role.”

The traffic circle where 155th, 153rd and 151st avenues meet was once a safety hazard for pedestrians and motorists due to it being off-grade. MTA buses and some cars would often bump onto the circle.

The DOT in June started to install “new curbs and reset the cobblestones at the location,” according to an agency spokesman. The curb height will be approximately seven inches to avoid buses running up on the circle, the spokesman added.

Joann Ariola, president of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association, agreed with Goldfeder that the circle fix is a sign that Garcia’s tenure as borough commissioner is off to a good start.

Garcia was appointed to the position in May. “I am elated that Commissioner Nicole Garcia really listened when we met with her more than a month ago,” Ariola said, referring to a meeting she had with the borough commissioner in June, not just about the traffic circle, but other issues in the community.

But that doesn’t mean the civic president and Goldfeder are ready to stop putting pressure on the DOT just yet.

“We are very aware that we have very important issues that are DOT issues in Lindenwood,” Ariola said.

Goldfeder called the circle repair “one of ma ny st reet f i xes ne eded i n Lindenwood.”

Near the circle, 155th and 153rd avenues remain in need of resurfacing.

Residents near the streets have been calling on the DOT to do that for weeks — saying that their cars have been damaged while driving over the potholes and cracks

and some have been injured while walking across the streets.

The agency has said it is in the process of evaluating whether the roads warrant resurfacing.

Elsewhere in the community, a traffic triangle — where 153rd and 155th avenues meet with 88th Street — is being studied by the DOT to see if any alterations can be made to remedy confusing traffic patterns at that intersection.

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It’s a hung jury in t he case of t he Q u e e n s D et e nt ion Complex’s future.

District Attorney R ichard Brown pitched his idea of converting part of the mostly vacant 126-01 82 Ave. facility in Kew Gardens i nto much needed office space to city officials o n A u g . 17, b u t according to Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), who was in at tendance, the city wasn’t The city and District Attorney Richard Brown are at a standstill when it interested at all. comes to deciding on the future of the Queens Detention Complex on “Their answer was 82nd Avenue in Kew Gardens. Brown wants to use the site as an office no,” Lancman said in in order to consolidate his three separate spaces on Queens Boulevard. a Wednesday phone FILE PHOTO interview. “They said they’ll come back in a few weeks to discuss According to Lancman the city is hesitant some alternatives.” to comply, as the DOC is still interested in Brown is seeking to take over part of the using other parts of the facility. building in order to consolidate office However, aside from the bottom two space, as the district attorney now maintains floors, the building has been mostly vacant three separate offices on Queens Boulevard since 2002, only occasionally being used as in Kew Gardens. the setting of shoots for movies and televiAs one of the lead investigative groups in sion shows about prison life, such as the a 2012 investigation of banking giant HSBC HBO hit “Orange is the New Black.” in the wake of a money laundering scandal, “It makes no sense to us,” he said. “It’s a Brown’s office received $116 million in for- relatively unused building and there’s plenty feiture funds from the federal Department of ample space on Rikers Island for any kind of Justice, and spokesman Kevin Ryan told of training program.” the Chronicle on Monday that Brown is When asked to make a prediction about “prepared to pay a substantial part of the the future of the site, Lancman said he and renovation costs.” other Council colleagues will continue to However, the Department of Correction, f ight alongside Brown until they are which uses a few of the building’s two lower victorious. floors to shuttle defendants into the adjacent “We’re going to get that building,” he Queens Criminal Courthouse, steadfastly said. “He needs it, he has the money for it. opposes the plan.

We’re going to get that building.”

According to Ryan, DOC representatives, When reached by the Chronicle, a DOC Office of Criminal Justice Director Liz spokesperson said the agency still uses two Glazer and other city officials said at the floors for activities such as training while Aug. 17 meeting they still do not support the directing all other questions to City Hall. Q building being used in that manner.

“The city acknowledged our need for additional office space and made alternative The Aug. 20 article “Pols don’t want longer suggestions, including the possibility of new construction or additions to our current LGA flights” contained a sentence that was space,” Ryan said in an email. “The meeting partially cut off. Paragraph three should have concluded without any definite decision read, “But local legislators, in letters to Gov. being made and the discussion remains Cuomo and PA Executive Director Patrick Foye dated Aug. 12, urged the government to reconopen-ended at this point.”

Under Brown’s proposal, the building sider, saying it would cause even more noise would still be city owned, with the DA’s problems than already exist in neighborhoods Q office simply being allocated space inside it. near the airport.” We regret the error.

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SJU’s nonconference hoops sked released

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The borough’s New York Mets fans may have their sights set on postseason baseball this October, but St. John’s University men’s basketball supporters now have dates of their own to look forward to this fall.

The Jamaica school released its nonconference schedule on Monday, setting the new look Red Storm’s first two months of games prior to the beginning of play against fellow Big East foes in stone.

First-year head coach Chris Mullin will make his coaching debut on Nov. 4 in an exhibition contest against St. Thomas Aquinas at Carnesecca Arena, the Jamaica school’s on-campus home, followed by a second exhibition game at home against Sonoma State on Nov. 7.

The first regular season tilt of the 201516 docket will see St. John’s take on Wagner on Nov. 13 in Queens.

Notable nonconference games include a Nov. 19 contest with former Big East Conference rival Rutgers at Carnesecca Arena, as well as a Dec. 22 contest against the University of South Carolina at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.

But the most anticipated nonconference matchup is the Johnnies’ battle with Syracuse at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 13.

The former Big East rivals will square off in a rematch of last December’s shocking Red Storm 69-57 upset of the Orange at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, the Jamaica school’s first win at the venue since 1999.

In another hyped contest, the Johnnies will travel across the Whitestone Bridge on Dec. 2 to take on rival Fordham at the iconic Rose Hill Gymnasium in the Bronx, the site of the Rams’ stunning 84-81 win over the Red Storm on Dec. 11, 2010.

The Fordham contest immediately follows the Johnnies’ three Thanksgiving week games in Hawaii as part of the Maui Invitational, along with Vanderbilt, UCLA, Indiana, Kansas and others.

Tilts against the University of Maryland, Baltimore County on Nov. 16 at Carnesecca Arena and St. Francis College at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 6, as well as contests in Queens against Niagara on Dec. 9, Incarnate Wood on Dec. 18 and the New Jersey Institute of Technology on Dec. 20 round out the rest of the nonconference Q docket.

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City honors cop killed in 1971 Hollis holdup NYPD’s Kenneth Nugent fought 3 armed robbers holding a woman at gunpoint

by Michael Gannon

The three turned and shot at him. One was killed as Nugent returned fire. The The city last Thursday remembered a mortally wounded officer was rushed to fallen hero who gave his life in 1971, Long Island Jewish Hospital, where the we b sit e O f f ic e r D ow n renaming a street corner in Memor ial Page said he Hollis in memory of NYPD died in surgery.

Officer Kenneth Nugent.

He was the 10th of 15 The southeast corner of New York City police offi188th Street and 91st Avecers who would die in the nue, now known as Police line of duty in 1971.

Officer Kenneth Anthony Nugent, 40, left a wife Nugent Way, is the site of and seven children ages 18 the old St. Gerard’s eleyears to 18 months. His mentary school building, widow, Barbara, was preswhich the officer attended ent at Thursday’s dedicaas a boy. The 1923 building t io n . T h e D a i ly New s now houses the Cambria reports that Nugent has 19 Heights Academy. g r a ndch ild ren a nd f ive Nugent was on his way great-grandchildren. to work at the 103rd PrePO Kenneth Nugent PHOTO COURTESY NATIONAL LAW The luncheonette at 207cinct on Aug. 21 when he stopped at a luncheonette to ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND 02 Hollis Blvd. is now a church. buy a pack of cigarettes.

The getaway driver pleaded guilty and He walked in on a robbery in progress, and confronted three gunmen, one holding received 25 years. Both surviving robbers a pistol to a woman’s head. Nugent, a were sentenced to death before capital pun13-year veteran, drew his off-duty weapon ishment was ruled unconstitutional. One Q was paroled in 1991, the other in 1995. and ordered them to surrender.

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Area Sept. 11 ceremonies scheduled The time of year when New Yorkers come together to mourn the thousands of fellow residents lost on that late sum mer mor ning in 2001 is fast approaching, and southwest Queens neighborhoods are gearing up for this year’s set of commemorations.

The 9/11 Candlelight Vigil Committee of Queens announced on its Facebook page that the annual Juniper Valley Park ceremony will be held once again on Sept. 11, as in past years.

The start time of the vigil has yet to be announced by the group.

“Let’s fill the field with candles to remember all who perished, all who ran in and all the love and support that was shown in that trying time,” the group wrote on the social media site last week.

On Sunday, Sept. 13, a prayer and remembrance ceremony will be held at 12:30 p.m. at the 9/11 Memorial Garden within Forest Park in Glendale.

“On Sept. 11, 2001, 42 people from our communities ... lost their lives in the World Trade Center attack,” the flier for the event reads. “We will always remember them with love and honor.” Q

As a boy, Kenneth Nugent attended school in Hollis at the old St. Gerard’s School at 188th Street and 91st Avenue. Last Thursday the city renamed one of the streets he died protecting in PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON 1971 as a cop in the NYPD’s 103rd Precinct.

Crowley’s participatory budget sked Assemblies start Sept. 5; Koslowitz starting process too

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The 11 dates of the resident brainstorming sessions — the first leg of the par ticipator y budgeting process — within the 30th Council District have officially been announced by Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale).

Residents of Middle Village, Maspeth, Glendale, a large chunk of Ridgewood, northwest Woodhaven and a sliver of southern Woodside will have the chance to discuss how they want to allocate $1 million in their communities starting Thursday, Sept. 10, at the first of 11 scheduled participatory budgeting neighborhood assemblies.

The Sept. 10 gathering will be held at the Frank Kowalinski Post at 61-57 Maspeth Ave. in Maspeth at 6:30 p.m.

“I encourage the involvement of the entire community in the participatory budgeting process,” Crowley said in a statement issued on Tuesday. “The more people involved, the stronger and better the process will be.

“My office and I have been hard at work, assembling a team of District Leaders and scheduling neighborhood assemblies to ensure my constituents

have all of the resources they need to best decide how to spend City capital dollars.”

The eight-month participatory budgeting process begins with neighborhood assemblies, where residents can present and discuss ideas in their early stages.

Later in the fall, those interested in moving forward with their ideas will meet with the councilwoman’s staff to facilitate discussions with city agencies and nail down how much a project would cost.

Voting will occur over a one week period in early spring.

The remaining neighborhood assemblies throughout Crowley’s district are: • Sept. 12, 2:30 p.m. at 20-12 Madison St. in Ridgewood; • Sept. 14, 7 p.m. at 70-31 48 Ave. in Woodside; • Sept. 16, 6:30 p.m. at 53-37 72 St. in Maspeth; • Sept. 19, 1 p.m. at 112 Oak St. in Ridgewood; • Sept. 24, 6:30 p.m at 67-54 80 St. in Middle Village; • Sept. 28, 6:30 p.m. at 69-26 Cooper Ave. in Glendale; • Sept. 30, 6:30 p.m. at the Forest Park

Columbarium in Middle Village; • Oct. 5, 6:30 p.m. at 72-54 65 Place in Glendale; • Oct. 6, 6:30 p.m. at 35-01 Union St. in Glendale; and • Oct. 7, 6 p.m. at 1 Forest Park Drive in Woodhaven.

Cou ncilwoma n K a ren Koslow it z (D-Forest Hills) also announced on Tuesday that she will bring participatory budgeting to her district — which includes Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens and northern Richmond Hill — for the second year in a row.

While dates and locations for neighborhood assemblies in the 29th District have yet to be finalized, Koslowitz said in a statement: “In 2015, over 1,300 residents participated in the process,” Koslowitz said.

“In the coming weeks, com mu nit y members will come together at public assemblies to discuss local needs and develop prop os a ls for f isca l ye a r 2016-2017.”

L a s t ye a r’s w i n n i n g p r o p o s a l s i n clu d e d N Y PD secu r it y ca mer as throughout the district, air-conditioning upgrades at select schools and real-time subway information kiosks at various Q train stations.

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New shelter opens in East Elmhurst Dept. of Homeless Services denied in June; support for families grows

by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor

With news that the first new homeless shelter to open in the city is in East Elmhurst, some are stressing support for the families there over any angry reaction from community members.

The city Department of Homeless Services confirmed Monday that families have started moving into a new shelter at the former Clarion Hotel in East Elmhurst — something the DHS denied to the Queens Chronicle it planned to do in June.

The space, at 94-00 Ditmars Blvd., will serve families with children and is meant to help ameliorate the city’s homelessness crisis; a statement from the DHS said that eviction continues to be the main cause of homelessness in the city and there has been a visible “summer uptick” of families entering the shelter system.

The Landing is being called an “emergency shelter.”

Following r umors that the Clarion Hotel, which closed on June 1 and soon had a sign with its new name, would become a shelter as several former employees had alleged, a spokesperson for the DHS said that they “currently have no plans to use the site.”

When asked Monday exactly when it was decided that the space would become a shelter, the DHS did not answer.

As state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) and City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst) have criticized how community members were not consulted or informed by the DHS beforehand, Ferreras stressed the need to show support to the 40 families already moved in.

“Like many of you, I live a few blocks away from the new shelter, and I share everyone’s concerns for our quality of life,” Ferreras said in an emailed letter to constituents Tuesday afternoon. “Still, I think everyone in East Elmhurst also knows what it is to struggle to support a family.”

Ferreras said that every month, around

Christo Vangelatos, left, sits in his food truck parked outside The Landing, a new shelter for families that used to be The Clarion Hotel. Right, The Landing’s entrance. PHOTOS BY CRISTINA SCHREIL three to five families who are on the verge of losing their homes come to her office.

She also argued the need for more city services to avoid strain on the area, such as better public spaces, bus service — which is particularly in need, she said — afters c h o ol p r o g r a m s a n d jo b - s e e k i n g assistance.

A spokesperson for Ferreras’ office said Monday that she had asked the DHS about the rumors in June, but was not informed then. Overall, people are “sympathetic” to the families at The Landing, the spokesperson added.

Christo Vangelatos, a Flushing resident who operates a food truck right outside The Landing, said he was told about a

week ago by construction workers that the space was becoming a homeless shelter.

“It doesn’t bother me because I’m working here,” Vangelatos said. “If they’re good people, why do you have to worry?”

He said he doesn’t expect an effect on business if the shelter residents will have three meals a day delivered by the DHS, as he heard, but acknowledged his prices are affordable, with many meals under $5.

The DHS will provide meals on-site because the units do not have kitchens, something former Clarion Hotel employees said was a concern in June. It violates city law for kitchens to be absent from units in a permanent homeless shelter, but t he DHS says t hey a re not

required in “emergency shelters.”

Elmhurst’s Boulevard Family Residence, formerly known as the Pan American Hotel, is not outfitted with kitchens either since its emergency conversion last sum mer, which has dr um med up ire among many in the community.

A lack of community input is also a source of angst at the Elmhurst shelter and elsewhere in the borough.

In June, Peralta said in an emailed statement to the Queens Chronicle that it would be “inconceivable” to him to learn that another homeless shelter would be opened without community input.

On Monday, Peralta issued a written statement saying that there is an understanding of the city’s need to house homeless families, but called the surprise opening a “Bloomberg or Giuliani tactic of shoving a homeless shelter down a community’s throat.” He called the DHS’s emergency authority a “cover.”

“And if anyone dares to say anything to the contrary, the administration tries to shame you directly or indirectly by saying how sad it is that we don’t understand or care about the homeless and those poor individuals going through such a tough time in their lives, which is not the case at all,” he said.

Peralta also added that without an increase in city services, his constituents, including homeless families, could suffer.

He also called for the passing of Senate Bill 4542-A, which would require the City Planning Commission to hold a community forum before the opening or lease renewal of a “supportive housing facility or social services center.” The bill mandates a 45-to-90-day window for the Planning Commission to hold a forum.

The bill, introduced in March and passed in May, is co-sponsored by state Sens. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and Tony Avella (D-Bayside).

The companion bill in the state Assembly, 2553, did not pass before the last sesQ sion ended.

Application filed for new Ridgewood tower

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Ridgewood isn’t just growing in popularity amongst 20-somethings, it’s also growing in height.

After a year of discussion about the future of the site, plans have been filed with the Department of Buildings to construct a 200-foot-tall mixed-use tower in southern Ridgewood.

An application to build a 17-story, 129unit structure at 3-50 St. Nicholas Ave. was submitted to the DOB last Wednesday and assigned to a plan examiner on Thursday,

Structure to stand 200 feet tall: plan according to city records.

The 179,304-square-foot building will also contain 88,598 square feet of retail space, 3,265 square feet of community space and 350 below grade parking spaces according to the plans.

The Bayside-based AB Capstone, led by managing partner Meir Babaev, will be developing the structure, which will be much taller than the surrounding one- and two-story homes and businesses near Ridgewood’s border with Bushwick.

The Livingston, N.J.-based Jarmel Kizel Architects group will design the proposed mixed-use tower.

According to real estate website The Real Deal, the building’s 130 rental units will be located on the top 12 floors .

The sixth through 11th stories will contain 12 apartments each, the 13th floor will have 11 units, the 14th through 16th floors will have nine units and the 17th floor will have just seven units.

Floors two through five will also contain

office space.

The entrance of the building will face St. Nicholas Avenue, with the MyrtleWyckoff subway station, which serves the L and M train, just one block away, directly to its left.

The B13, B26, B52, B54, Q55 and Q58 buses also serve the immediate area around the proposed development.

The amount of units designated as affordable have yet to be made public.

The tower’s footprint will also contain 3-36 St. Nicholas Ave., 3-50 St. Nicholas Q Ave. and 54-27 Myrtle Ave.

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Major repairs start on NYCHA roofing $300M project beginning at Q’bridge is not ‘another Band-Aid’: de Blasio

by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor

For months, many public housing residents have stressed it’s not enough to have a roof over your head — it helps if it’s a dry one, too.

After damp and rundown conditions in New York City Housing Authority buildings have reportedly caused health problems such as toxic mold in the past year, Mayor de Blasio announced Monday that the roofs of 66 NYCHA buildings will be replaced.

The announcement took place at the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, the first to have the major roof repairs.

The cost of roof replacements there will be $87 million.

There, de Blasio insisted alongside other elected officials and residents that the $300 million project is not another “Band-Aid� effort by the city. “If you listen to folks who live at Queensbridge, they’ll tell you that the Band-Aid solutions didn’t work,� de Blasio said. “Even when there were repairs, there were too many times when the water poured in from the roof; poured into the apartments; poured into the stairwells; ruined people’s furniture; knocked out the electricity; did all sorts of things that made life unfair to the residents here.�

Mayor de Blasio, NYCHA General Manager Michael Kelly and City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer announced a $300 million citywide effort to repair several of the city run facilities across the PHOTOS BY CRISTINA SCHREIL five boroughs.

The allocation is a mix of funding, with $80 million coming from the federal government. The effort is also part of de Blasio’s NextGeneration NYCHA program, a 10-year plan introduced in May. The mayor also announced that eight miles of scaffolding, found to have been left up for years despite construction work hav-

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Later in the press conference, de Blasio commented on the mix of city and federal funding, saying that the federal money is “not what it used to be. ... We look forward to the day when the federal government gets back in the affordable housing business.�

The mayor also defended the NextGen NYCHA to build affordable units on public housing green space.

Several officials asserted the importance of public housing tenants receiving quality living conditions.

Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan (D-Sunnyside), whose father lived in the Queensbridge Houses from 1939 to 1954, stressed that NYCHA and the community had a great positive influence on her family, but upgrades are needed. “The roofs are still those same roofs from that time,� she said.

Nolan added that Queensbridge helped her family members find jobs, receive career training and sign up for military service. “These buildings should be as good, as hardworking, as wonderful as the people who live in them,� said City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside).

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) praised public housing in a time when the construction of market-rate housing has increased. “In New York, you’ve got to live some place where they can’t tear it down — and they’re always trying to tear down your home, you know that in New York,�

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ennis Lichtman is on a mission: to acquaint everyone with the rich jazz history of Queens.

Many might have an idea that the borough was once home to big names — such as Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Fats Waller, Lena Horne, Billie Holliday and, of course, Louis Armstrong — but some may not fully realize the impact Queens and its culture of musical legends had on the earliest permutations of jazz as we know it.

Lichtman, a clarinetist, violinist and Long Island City resident for 10 years, said he didn’t know much about Queens’ early jazz heritage until around five years ago. That’s when he connected with more experts on the topic, such as those at the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona.

The Boston-area native also confessed he didn’t know much about Queens itself upon moving here, but was drawn to the borough for many of the same reasons the musicians he admires were: more space, lower rents and, ultimately, a bustling culture of passionate musicians.

Years later, partly to commemorate his first decade as a Queens resident, Lichtman assembled a group of such musicians into the Queensboro Six, who will unite Saturday at the Louis Armstrong House — the best place to celebrate the topic, said Lichtman — to spotlight Queens’ mark on early jazz between the early 1910s to the hornheavy 1930s. Genres include Dixieland, early swing and gypsy jazz.

When it comes to his fellow players, however, Lichtman encountered an interesting phenomenon: After moving to Queens, he found a “brand new emerging scene of young musicians in their 20s, playing jazz from the 1920s and ’30s.”

He added that he knows of more bands with musicians under the age of 40 playing early-era jazz in the city than ever before.

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“The Jews of Persia/Iran,” documenting their rich history. Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives, Queensborough Community College, 22205 56 Ave., Bayside. Opening Sun., Aug. 30, 1-3 p.m.

Info: (718) 281-5770.

Summer 2015 Katz concert series, sponsored by Borough President Melinda Katz. “Ddendyl” from season 6 of “The Voice,” blues concert, Thurs., Aug 27, 6:30 p.m. Tribute Park, Beach 116 St. and Beach Channel Dr., Rockaway Park.

“Motor City Revue” a Mowtown concert, Sun., Aug. 30, 5 p.m. Astoria Park Great Lawn, 19 St. between Astoria Park South and Ditmars Blvd.Free. Info: queensbp. org/katzconcerts.

“October Waves,” a photographic exhibition of Rockaway Beach seascapes. NY Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Runs Sept. 1-Oct. 31. Info: (718) 699-0005, sandragottlieb.com, nysci.org.

“The Yellow Snake is Waiting,” a video installation featuring footage of a fictional story to find the ultimate solution of never-ending desire. Open Hours: Aug. 22-27, noon-6 p.m.

Flux Factory, 39-31 29 St., Long Island City. Info: fluxfactory.org/events.

“I’m Yellow Exhibition,” featuring Mr. Yellow, a mural artist and musician who painted murals featuring the color yellow on Resobox’s walls, tables, chairs and even the ceiling. Thru Sept. 10. Resobox, 41-26 27 St., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 784-3680, resobox.com.

“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.

“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) 937-0727, 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.

“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) 5929700, queensmuseum.org.

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7, 8 & 9 p.m., $5. House teams: Fri., 7:30, 8:30 & 9:30 p.m., $7 for entire night. Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. Info: secrettheatre.com.

DANCE “A Night of Tango!” Live music, tango stories, classes and dance demonstrations by the Strictly Tango NYC Dance School, part of the NYC Parks “Dance Away the Night” series. Fri., Aug. 28, 6-8 p.m.

Hunters Point South Park, Center Blvd. & Borden Ave. Free. Info: (718) 393-7370.

Free art classes: Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City.

Every Sat., thru Sept. 26, noon-3 p.m., For ages 5-13 and their families. Info: info@ socratessculpturepark.org. Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at ARROW Community Center 35-30 35 St., Astoria. For ages 8-16, every Tues. & Thurs., 4:30-6 p.m. and Sat., 10-11:30 a.m. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

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.

End of Summer concert, featuring “Alive ‘N’ Kickin,” sponsored by the 100th Precinct Community Council, Wed., Sept. 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Shore Front Pkwy. on the boardwalk, between Beach 94 & 95 sts.

Rain date: Thurs., Sept. 10.

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.

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Bayside Glee Club is looking for new members for its December concert. No prior music training/ability to read music required. Tues., Sept. 1, 7:30 p.m. All Saints Church, 214-33 40 Ave., entrance on 215 St. Info: (718) 961-6852.

Queens College Choral Society seeks new members for its 75th anniversary season. Audition consists of basic singing skills, no preparation necessary. Wed., Sept. 2 & 9, 6-7:15 p.m., Music building at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, Room 246. Info: Director James John (718) 997-3818, qcchoralsociety.org.

7th annual Veterans’ BBQ, in appreciation to those who have proudly served our country. Sat., Aug. 29, 3 p.m., outside state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr.’s Howard Beach Office, corner of 102 St. and 160 Ave. Contact: Pat McCabe (718) 738-1111.

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COMMUNITY Participatory budgeting informative workshops, for constituents of Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley. Thurs., Sept. 10, 6:30 p.m. Frank Kowalinski Post, 6157 Maspeth Ave., Maspeth; Sat., Sept. 12, 2:30 p.m. Ridgewood Library, 2012 Madison St. Info: (718) 366-3900.

New World Queens Festival, presented by Astoria Music and Arts, Sat., Aug. 29, noon-8 p.m.

Astoria Park, 19 St. between Astoria Park South and Ditmars Blvd. Featuring live music, visual arts, dance, performers and interactive children’s events. Info: astoriamusicarts@gmail.com, astoriamusicandarts.org.

Open house, Jewish Center of Forest Hills West, Sun., Aug. 30, noon-1 pm. Come meet a small, friendly welcoming Traditional Conservative Synagogue. 63-25 Dry Harbor Road, Middle Village. Info: (718) 639-2110, Jcfhw@juno.com.

Tuesday Night Bingo, every Tuesday in Aug., Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., opens at 6 p.m., early game at 7 p.m., $4 includes 12 games.

Cash prizes, 18+ only. Info: (718) 459-1000.

Annual QScan Sickle Cell Walk-a-thon, Sun., Sept.

6, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Start at 160 St. between Liberty and Archer aves., end at Roy Wilkins Park, 177-01 Baisley Blvd. Jamaica. Prereg. $20; $25 day of walk. Contact: Gloria Rochester (718) 712-0873, qscan.org.

ASPCA mobile unit dog & cat spay/neuter clinics. Petland Discounts, all begin at 7 a.m. Sat., Sept.

5: 71-08 Kissena Blvd., Kew Gardens Hills; 21-11 Broadway (Rite Aid Shopping Center), Astoria; Sun., Sept. 6, 147-17 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Info: petlanddiscounts.com.

Poetry writing workshop group: Explore the craft of poetry writing, enrollment is free and open to all.

Every Tues. 1:30-3 p.m., Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Sponsored by Queens Community House. Info: (718) 268-5960, queenscommunityhouse.org.

KIDS/TEENS 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 ext. 242, ASmith@sfy.org.

Motorcycle show & swap meet, hosted by NYFAC Foundation. Sat., Sept. 12, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. VFW Post 260, 713 Shad Creek Road, Broad Channel. Day’s proceeds will benefit the NYFAC Foundation, committed to “bettering the lives of those with autism” and VFW Post 260. Vendors wanted, table is $25. Info: (347) 453-1767.

CLASSES “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.

Free yoga class, Sat., Aug. 29, 8:30-9:30 a.m.

Arrive 15 min. early. Idlewild Cricket Field, Springfield Gardens, 223 St. and 148 Ave., Info: Eastern Queens Alliance, (347) 824-2301, easternqueensalliance.org. Yoga and tai chi, thru Sep. 27, Saturdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m.; 11 a.m.-noon.

Sundays, 10-11 a.m. Free. Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Info: socratessculpturepark.org.

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.

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Onderdonk House preserves Queens’ roots

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On a rather industrial stretch of Flushing Avenue in Ridgewood, amid scrap metal yards and storage warehouses, sits a white stone house with sage-green shutters surrounded by an acre and a half of grass and wildflower gardens. Ridgewood’s Vander Ende-Onderdonk House makes an impression and carries the torch of the old New York — the very old New York. About three centuries old, to be exact.

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Named for the Vander Ende and Onderdonk families who lived there through several generations for about a century each, the house has seen vast change. The tract of land it sits on was part of the disputed area between the British-held Middleburgh, which is now Newtown, and the Dutch-held town of Boswijk, or present-day Bushwick, and was first recorded in the 1660s as a Dutch settler’s property.

Since then, the home has seen a vast amount of change. It was variously used to produce glassworks, as storage for a lumberyard and even for the fabrication of spacecraft parts for the Suisse-O-Matic Co. through 1973. The building survived plans for demolition in 1974, but would suffer a fire in January 1975.

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Astoria theater fest ignites a casting revolution years he could be evil Walter White on “Breaking Bad.” They’re telling stories, on their own terms.

In the festival, “Invoice,” a play originally A new A storia theater festival of written for male and female leads, was cast 10-minute plays may seem like the organiz- with two transgender actors. Augustin said it ers’ vehicle to shake up the theater world. works with the play’s themes. Cardona Roca At the core, after all, is the concept of recalled them saying, “There’s much more to nontraditional casting, wherein founders me as an actor than my gender.”

Kendra Augustin and Patricia Cardona Organizers also contest beauty, race and Roca — playwrights, directors and actors age. They aim to show realities not prewho have plenty of experience auditioning sented in commercial television or film.

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The director said that would be too “When you’re in school, they tell you, much of a statement,” Augustin said.

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Plunge into a jazzy Queens of times past continued from page page 00 37 continued from The Queensboro Six is composed of pianist Dalton Ridenhour, who lives in Astoria; Ridgewood resident Gordon Au, who will play trumpet; Emmy award-winning composer and trombonist J. Walter Hawkes, who lives in Long Island City; Jackson Heights resident and bass player Nathan Peck; and Rob Garcia, who in Brooklyn gives the same kind of music education that Lichtman does here. Guest vocalist Terry Wilson hails from Bayside.

The group’s age range is mid-30s to mid-40s, but many have been steeped in the early jazz genres for years.

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Lichtman argues the appeal lies in the simple fact that the era bir thed good music.

“It’s classic American music to the core,” he said.

The past will play a key role in Saturday’s concert. Audience members might be surprised to find that the Queens landscape is peppered with musical history.

Benny Goodman, the bandleader and clarinetist known as the “King of Swing,” lived in Jackson Heights for a while. Before that, pianist and composer Clarence Williams, who is thought to be the first of a wave of great musicians flocking to Queens, moved to St. Albans with his wife, vocalist Eva Taylor, in 1923. Lichtman said that the landscape reminded Williams of his native rural Louisiana.

While there’s a clear look back, Lichtman insists there is also a “living history.”

“I’ve had some very interesting conversations with people where I mention this project and people will say, ‘Oh yeah, my uncle’s next door neighbor was Bobby Hackett,’ and they’ll start naming jazz musicians that used to live in the area,” he said.

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The concert will also feature original compositions by Lichtman, who drew specifically from Queens in this era and tells stories of the legends who lived — and, in some cases, died — here.

One piece, which he describes as his darkest and moodiest, was inspired by cornet legend Bix Beiderbecke’s torturous last days in his Sunnyside apartment. Lichtman said he walked by the 46th Street building for inspiration.

Lichtman wrote the compositions after earning a grant from the Queens Council on the Arts, awarded in January.

He said many claim at gigs they are not jazz fans, but say they’ve had a great time.

He links listeners’ zeal for the melodies to today’s tech-driven culture.

“Pop music gets more and more prepackaged and commercial all the time as music sounds and is more and more manipulated by computers. People are searching for as much humanity in their art and music and life as possible,” Lichtman said before offering an example.

“There’s nothing digital about five guys with a clarinet, a trumpet, a trombone, a Q bass and a banjo.”

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continued from page page 00 39 continued from The distance the house has come since then is impressive.

The former dining room plays host to the main exhibit, which features fragments of earthenworks uncovered in onsite archaeological digs alongside replicas. Though most of the house has been furnished with Colonial features, part of the parlor has been adorned in the Victorian style to show what the room might have looked like in yet another time period.

In addition to educating visitors on its history, the museum maintains reference and genealogical libraries and some fragile texts were bound in 1860. George Miller, a historian and librarian at Onderdonk, explained that sifting through records can be tricky.

“The borough boundary line shifted in 1925, and suddenly land deeds in Brooklyn don’t match those in Queens,” says Miller, explaining that one borough measured land in feet and inches, whereas the other measured in feet to the decimal point.

This required some mathematical legwork, but the information is worthwhile.

The museum is in the process of digitizing some of the genealogy work in its

archives, and continues to be a resource for those looking to find their ancestors in the region.

The museum will host a Bat tle of Brooklyn event on August 29th, including two 18th-century-style dramatic readings of the Declaration of Independence at 2 and 4 p.m., a historic scavenger hunt and crafts such as learning to write with quill pens and creation of simulated wampum jewelry.

The Vander Ende-Onderdonk House’s regular hours are Saturdays from 1 to 5 p.m. and there is a suggested donation of Q $3 to enter.

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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.

SSNY shall mail process to Kenneth Khan, 107-57 123rd St., Richmond Hill, NY 11419. General purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 2462 YOSEMITE, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/01/2015. 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 2462 YOSEMITE, LLC, 536 OAK DRIVE, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691.

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ASTORIA-LIC DEVELOPMENT LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/26/15.

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, 35-11 36th Street, Long Island City, NY 11106.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: CSY VENTURES LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/06/2015.

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 CHRISTINE SERDJENIAN YEARWOOD, 24-51 38TH STREET, APT. B5, ASTORIA, NY 11103.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on May 20, 2015, bearing Index Number NC-000319-15/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) Joyce (Last) Xie. My present name is (First) Zhiling (Last) Xie AKA Joyce Zhiling Xie. My present address is 144-70 41st Avenue, Apt. 6K, Flushing, NY 11355. My place of birth is China.

My date of birth is March 21, 1997.

Notice of formation of Prep 4 Kids LLC. Articles of organization filed with the secretary of state of New York SSNY on 08/03/2015.

Office located in Queens.

SSNY has been designated for service of process served against the LLC, 69-21 164th Street, Flushing, NY 11365.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

DUMBO FLAT LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/07/15. 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, c/o Jacob Sebag & Associates P.C., 21-50 44th Drive, Long Island City, NY 11101.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: M-CODE, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/05/2015.

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 MEE YANN TAN, 69-06 198 STREET, FRESH MEADOWS, NY 11365. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SELECTSTARFROM SOLUTIONS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/13/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 4-74 48th Av, Apt. 17L, Long Island City, NY 11109. The regd. agent of the company upon whom and at which process against the company can be served is Theodora Drakopoulou, 4-74 48th Av, Apt. 17L, Long Island City, NY 11109. Purpose: Any lawful activity

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 2856 48TH STREET REALTY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/21/2015.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to the LLC at 40-11 23rd Road, Astoria, New York 11105.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

AAPP LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/10/15.

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, 53-63 65th Place, Maspeth, NY 11378. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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.

First LIC LLC Arts of Org filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on 7/13/15. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 35-16 154th St., Flushing, NY 11354. General Purposes.

MD REVENUE MANAGEMENT LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/23/15.

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, 61-25 75th Street, 2nd Floor, Middle Village, NY 11379.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: SEIGE GROUP, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/21/2014. 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 C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

489 ATKINS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/11/15.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC PO Box 604561 Bayside, NY 11360. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: ANTAI LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/08/2015. 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 ANTAI LLC, 47-38 160TH ST., FLUSHING, NY 11358. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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.

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.

Otis & Finn LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/4/14. Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY desig. as agt. upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 25-42 37th St #1R, Astoria, NY 11103. General Purposes.

SMTP1 ASSOCIATES LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/3/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 16401 Jamaica Ave Jamaica, NY 11432. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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.

Notice is hereby given that an on-premises license, #TBA, has been applied for by Astoria Distilling Company LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on-premises establishment.

For on-premises consumption under the ABC Law at 31-00 47th Avenue, Suite 1150A Long Island City, NY 11101.

COSMOPOLITAN ASSOCIATES III, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/20/15.

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, c/o Cosmopolitan Associates, LLC, 58-47 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Suite 201, Bayside, NY 11364.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Island Interiors Group, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 5/4/15. 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, 119-50 Metropolitan Ave., Ste. 1B, Queens, NY 11415. General purpose.

PIAZZA DELLA EDGECOMBE, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 7/8/2015. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 65-11 Fresh Meadow Ln., Flushing, NY 11365, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

SR44, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/09/2015. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 108-13 44th Ave, Corona, NY 11368. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Atlanta Century Home Adult Day Care Fund, LP Cert filed with Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/6/15.

Office loc: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 13619 Franklin Ave., #4A, Flushing, NY 11355.

Term: until 12/31/99.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: TAYLORED HOMECARE SERVICES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/28/2015. 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 NICOLE TAYLOR, 99-05 195TH STREET, HOLLIS, NY 11423.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Vargas Financial Group LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 6/12/15. 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, 60-63 Myrtle Ave., Ridgewood, NY 11385. General purpose.

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.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 05/07/2015, bearing Index Number NC-000254-15/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) TYLER (Middle) ARTURO (Last) RODRIGUEZ. My present name is (First) CONNOR (Middle) JOSHUA (Last) RODRIGUEZ (infant). My present address is 8902 103RD AVE., 2ND FL., Ozone Park, NY 11417. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. My date of birth is September 05, 2010.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 07/23/2015, bearing Index Number NC-00042715/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) VICTORIA (Middle) ANNE (Last) PARK. My present name is (First) VICTORIA (Middle) ANNE (Last) PARK CASTILLO (infant). My present address is 12-25 118 ST., College Point, NY 11356. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. My date of birth is September 24, 2010.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF WYSM, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/05/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process may be serviced and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 39-01 MAIN STREET, SUITE 203, FLUSHING, NY 11354. Principal business address: 39-01 MAIN STREET, SUITE 203, FLUSHING, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful act.

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The overgrown Brinckerhoff Cemetery in Fresh Meadows includes headstones that were buried by a previous owner of the site to hide them. The borough president has allocated funds to PHOTO BY RICK MAIMAN purchase the site.

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Details still need to be worked out but it looks like the historic Brinckerhoff Cemetery in Fresh Meadows will be purchased through the efforts of the Borough President’s Office.

Borough President Melinda Katz recently announced that she has allocated $150,000 to buy the burial ground that dates back to 1730.

That was the asking price of its owner, Le Dan Cai, who cannot build on the property because it was landmarked in 2012.

Once the landmarking was in place, there was little the owner could do with the property.

Jim Gallagher, president of the Fresh Meadows Homeowners Civic Association, who has been fighting for years to save the neglected site, said Monday that he and members of Friends of the Brinckerhoff Colonial Cemetery have to meet with Katz to discuss a plan.

The nonprofit Friends group was organized after the city designated the site a landmark in an attempt to raise funds to purchase it. The group is headed by Yolanda Dela Cruz-Gallagher, the civic president’s wife, but fundraising has been difficult.

Cai bought the land, located on 182nd Street, near 73rd Avenue, for $105,000 in 2010 hoping to build two houses there. The site is overgrown with no sidewalk and a broken fence. Gallagher said someone threw an old TV set on the property recently.

The Brinckerhoffs were prosperous Dutch farmers, who had large land holdings in the borough. Two descendants, a lawyer who lives in Brooklyn and a Manhattan banker, have both expressed interest in helping to

maintain the site.

The two distant cousins want the headstones recovered and put back and if any are missing, for each grave to be marked in some manner.

The Dutch family cemetery had its last internment in 1872. A 1919 city survey indicates there are 77 graves there.

The burial ground was sold illegally by the city in 1961 after being erroneously condemned for nonpayment of taxes. The owner at the time admitted that in the 1980s he buried the remaining gravestones to hide them.

According to a photo taken in 1935, one of the first to be buried there was Aeltie Brinckerhoff. Hers was the only gravestone written in Dutch.

A 1936 newspaper article said men from the WPA would build a fence around the property and repair and improve the cemetery. It hasn’t been fixed since then.

Gallagher noted that the state is willing to provide a grant of $180,000 for restoring the site once it’s acquired. “It will require careful work pinpointing the grave sites and trying to dig up any remaining headstones,” he said. “It won’t be done in a week.”

Thanks to the 1919 survey, there is a record of the grave sites and headstone inscriptions.

Meanwhile, Gallagher is thrilled with Katz’s allocation: “It’s a positive step in the right direction.”

The belief is the land could go to the Parks Department as that agency does handle several other burial grounds, but most are located in larger park facilities. More than likely the city will retain ownership and the Friends Q group would maintain the property.

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In the middle of the last century, the city’s Sanitation and Police departments launched joint campaigns against narc ot ic s a nd ot h e r dr ugs ever y year.

Their biggest problems were usually marijuana growing fields at 37th Avenue and Crescent Street in Long Island City and 31st Street and 24th Road in Astoria.

In 1951, the Sanitation Department hit Police and Sanitation workers dig up pot plants from a lot on 31st the second location Street near 24th Road in Astoria, June 19, 1951. twice in three days to Later the lot was leveled and today Staremove thousands of marijuana plants. The man directing the project was John E. Glea- ples sits in place of the marijuana plants. son, chief inspector for the department. The The IRT elevated subway line completed in NYPD’s Narcotics Squad helped out by 1917, seen in the background here, is virtualQ ly unchanged today. identifying which plants were the weed.

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If you are looking for signs that 2015 may be a different kind of Mets season, look no further than this past weekend in Denver, where the Amazin’s swept a three-game series against the Rockies. Granted, the Rockies are one of the worst teams in the majors, but Colorado has had plenty of bad teams over the years who have routinely kicked sand in the Mets’ collective faces at Coors Field.

The best part of the weekend from the Mets’ perspective is that they were able to rest Matt Harvey and get a superbly pitched game on Sunday from unheralded Logan Verrett.

If the Yankees don’t win the American League East title, they will have to look back to this past weekend, when they dropped three out of four to the lowly Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium. Twenty-one-year-old Cleveland shortstop Francisco Lindor singlehandedly did in the Bronx Bombers with his timely hitting throughout the series.

The annual World Wrestling Entertainment late-August extravaganza, SummerSlam, took place Sunday at the Barclays Center. The WWE is renowned for its community service, and nearly all the talent was quite visible in various parts of our area in the days leading up to the event. Last Wednesday, wrestlers visited St. Mary’s Hospital for Children in Bayside.

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One of those kids was Maspeth’s Rocco Lanzer, an 8-year-old who is not letting leukemia get him down in the slightest. He told me that he’s a big fan of Cena, who has long been a paragon of virtue in the ring. Rocco is also a Mets fan, and he has no doubts that they will win the NL East title.

The WWE last Thursday teamed up at Yankee Stadium with the Bombers — who by coincidence were holding their annual HOPE Week (Helping Others Persevere & Excel). HOPE Week is the brainchild of Yankees media relations director Jason Zillo and is the gold standard in sports community relations. Yankees personnel go out and surprise a number of selfless individuals who help others less fortunate without any fanfare.

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