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Holy Hol ly C Child Jesus school sc cho celebrates its it ts c centennial PAGE 6 H Hundreds Hundre of Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy Academ alumni came back to Richmond A Hill las last Saturday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the school. John Devine, left, nivers and the t Rev. Thomas Fergus are seen here remembering the nuns who taught them reme and the friends they made at the school.

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SCA: We lack space to build new schools Meanwhile, 60 school trailers removed in four years with 40 more to go

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

School Construction Authority officials on Monday said they have the money ready to alleviate overcrowding in overutilized school districts, such as SD 24 in southwest and western Queens, but a lack of available space remains their main obstacle.

“The hardest job of the SCA is to try and find real estate,” Michael Mirisola, director of External Affairs at the SCA, told members of the Borough Board during the annual update of the agency’s five-year capital plan. “We have brokers in every borough, in every district. We are constantly doing tests to see if a site will hold a school. We go through that exercise many times during the week and some of them just don’t pass muster.”

School District 24 has consistently been one of the most overcrowded in the city — as of February of this year, its average school utilization rate was 115 percent.

Mirisola said the SCA is always open to tips on available space to fit a school, yet many suggested sites are ultimately deemed unfit for an educational facility.

“Generally, the No. 1 reason is size,” he said.

“If it’s a funded need and we don’t have a project, it’s because we’re looking for a location.”

Lots suitable for a new school site must be 20,000 square feet, the SCA official said, in

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, right, and Deputy Borough President Melva Miller review the School Construction Authority’s annual update of the capital plan during a Monday PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY meeting of the Borough Board. addition to “other specifications and other requirements.”

Only one new school is set to open in the SD 24 area in the next five years — a 600-seat institution planned for Astoria Boulevard in East Elmhurst in September 2021.

Meanwhile, construction on additions and

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annexes are underway at PS 19 in Corona and PS 128 in Middle Village.

And while the SCA has yet to catch up to the need in the district, Community Board 5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri is already curious what will be done with the seats when the population “ages out,” which, he said, citing

Census projections, is expected to happen around 2030.

“What is the plan for adaptive reuse or disposal of these excess seats after 2030? ” Arcuri asked.

Mirisola responded, “2030 is pushing it.

“Our projections go out about five years …

Every year though we do have a plan amendment, every year we change this.”

He half-jokingly suggested, “maybe senior housing,” an idea Arcuri approved of.

At the high school level, the SCA said it’s in the process of designing a 555-seat annex for Francis Lewis High School in Fresh Meadows — “the most overcrowded high school in any of the five boroughs,” according to Ben Goodman, the agency’s community relations manager.

That annex is expected to open in September 2021, the same time as a 1,000-seat addon to the Academy of American Studies in Long Island City.

The SCA also detailed the ongoing removal of mobile trailers being used as classrooms, saying 60 have been removed since 2014 and another 40 are in the process of being taken away.

Ten of those are located in SD 24 — three at PS 143, the Louis Armstrong School, in Corona; another three at PS 81 in Ridgewood; and Q four at IS 125 in Woodside.

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Celebrating the past and present at OLG Name change gives Howard Beach academy its ‘identity’ back: chairman

by Anthony O’Reilly

discuss the future of Catholic education in Howard Beach.

Prior to the ceremonial ribbon cutting The past is once again the present at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy — outside Our Lady of Grace, a special Mass and now, the school community is looking was celebrated with students and alumni in attendance. forward to the future.

Marybeth McManus, principal of the “This is our new beginning,” said Mitchell Weiss, chairman of the Howard academy since 2014, said the first word Beach academy’s board of directors. she thinks of “when I hear OLG is ‘family.’

“These children are our new beginning.”

“My second family has been all the stuWeiss and more than 100 people gathered Sunday to celebrate the changing of dents and families, who have shared my Ave Maria Catholic Academy’s name, journey over the years,” McManus said at back to Our Lady of Grace Catholic the Mass, celebrated at the church next to the school. “I enjoy hearing about a child’s Academy.

The 158-20 101 St. school was renamed family and their everyday adventures.”

The second word Ave M a r i a fou r McManus thinks of, years ago when it she said, is “suptook on the acadehis is our new beginning. port,” thanking her my model of educafaculty for backing tion, one of the first These children are our her, the students and in the Diocese of parents throughout Brooklyn to do so new beginning.” the years.

— it was previously — Mitchell Weiss, chairman of the “ You h ave a l l called Our Lady of Our Lady of Grace board of directors worked so hard and Grace. it is so evident on Many Catholic the smiling faces of schools in the diocese changed their names upon becoming our parents and students,” the principal academies four years ago, but since then said. “It is your professionalism that has institutions have been able to keep their made our school an amazing place. You name and have only had to add “academy” have had such an impact on our past and future alumni.” at the end.

The Rev. Marc Swartvagher, pastor of The school worked alongside Brother Ralph Darmento, deputy superintendent at OLG Roman Catholic Church, said the the diocese’s Office of the Superintendent, day was all about celebrating the past, present and future of the school, a theme to bring its “identity back,” Weiss said.

Plans for the academy’s future began that stuck throughout the day.

“What a great day it is,” Swartvagher the very next day, according to the chairQ man, when the board held a meeting to said at the beginning of the Mass.

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Mitchell Weiss, chairman of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy’s board of directors, cuts a ribbon celebrating the school getting its “identity back.” The school will once again go by OLGCA, rather than by Ave Maria Catholic Academy, the name it received in 2013. PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY

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102 Pct. No. 1 in the city But residents say quality of life remains an issue

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The 102nd Precinct, led by Deputy Inspector Deodat Urprasad, was criticized for not adequately responding to quality of life concerns.

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The 102nd Precinct announced last Wednesday that it has the greatest crime reduction in the entire city, down 25 percent, but residents and one official said the men and women in blue’s response to quality-of-life concerns leaves something to be desired.

“There’s much to be desired, and if I had to grade the performance of the 102 Precinct, they’d get a B,” Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) said last Saturday at the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association. “And I love the police, you’ll never hear me bash the police ... but this precinct really needs to kick it up a notch and take it to the next level.”

Crime statistics through Sept. 10 show there have been 613 reported index crimes in Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven and Ozone Park, compared to 815 at the same time last year.

The only category that saw an increase was murders, there

have been four so far this year, compared to three at this point in 2016. Robberies, felony assaults, burglary, grand larceny and grand larceny auto all dropped by double digits. Rapes were even at 15 reported cases.

“No. 1 in the city is hard to achieve but we are doing it,” Deputy Inspector Deodat Urprasad, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, said at Community Board 9 on Sept. 13.

But at the WRBA’s meeting, which no representatives of the command attended because they were providing security at a park fair in Richmond Hill, many complained they’ve been left in the dark about several quality-of-life issues.

“We’ve talked about this before with the 102nd Precinct,” said Martin Colberg, president of the WRBA. “They have got to step up their game.”

The civic president urged residents to continue calling 311 or 911 for emergencies and quality-of-life concerns.

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Centennial brings HJC alum together Hundreds come back to Richmond Hill school with fond memories

by Anthony O’Reilly

Graduates were given tours of their alma mater, many of them remarking how everyPatricia Winters doesn’t have the same thing seemed “so much bigger” than it did relationship with her fellow alumni from the during their younger days.

A special Mass was celebrated later that Incarnation School in Queens Village that graduates of Holy Child Jesus Catholic day in the church located across the street.

“I just loved everything about it,” said Academy have.

And she suspects she’s not alone in that Howard Beach resident Celeste Ventre, class of 1940. “I loved coming to school, even on boat.

“I can’t explain it,” said Winters, princi- Sundays.”

For some, returning to HJC for the annipal of the Richmond Hill academy. “The friends, the families are still in contact. It’s versary celebration felt like a duty.

“I was here a couple of years ago for the a different community that you’re not going to find in many other places. I don’t know church’s 100 and I felt like I should come too many other parishes with schools, now back for the school,” said 1945 graduate the academies, that can boast the number of Rev. Thomas Fergus, who now lives in New Brunswick, NJ. “I loved this place.” people we’re expecting here.”

“I was honored when they asked me to The school last Saturday welcomed hundreds of its alumni back to the halls of HJC come back,” said Ventre.

A school was needed in the area because to celebrate its 100th anniversary.

“It’s amazing to me the number of alum the number of families associated with HJC coming from the 1930s, who are still Church, which was built to alleviate overcrowding at an Ozone Park parish, grew involved and friends,” Winters said. from 100 in 1910 to 500 in 1916.

It was on Sept.

17, 1917 that a twostory school op e ne d w it h 11 cla ssroom s, 132 pupils and four Sisters of St. Joseph who educated the children.

The oldest living a lu m nu s , A nt on D ie t r ic h , 9 9, recalled t he old school before any renovations took place.

“I remember we were in the basement,” said Dietrich, a World War II veteran and former Anton Dietrich and Celeste Ventre, two of the oldest living alumni of Holy longtime member of Com mu n it y Child Jesus, recall their time at the Richmond Hill school.

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A photo of the first graduating class of Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy in Richmond Hill hangs in one of the classrooms. Alumni from around the country converged in Queens to celePHOTOS BY ANTHONY O’REILLY brate their alma mater’s centennial.

Board 9, who graduated the Richmond Hill school in 1934.

A third story was added to the school in 1939 and further renovations took place in the following decades.

What Dietrich, along with many others, recalled about their time in the school was the sisters who taught there.

“They used to smack you if you misbehaved,” the 99-year old said.

Fergus, though, said “they weren’t as bad as most people say,” but does remember some old-school discipline being doled out during his time there.

A sister of St. Joseph continuously taught at the school from its founding until 2005, according to a history of the parish on HJC’s website.

For some, the celebration was a time to reflect on the many friendship’s they made during their time there.

“I mainly remember all the friends I met playing sports,” said Long Island resident

John Devine, class of 1957. “Playing basketball and baseball, I met a lot of good people there.”

Regina Santoro, an active alumna of the school who still lives in Richmond Hill, also recalls the “friends and community-involvement.

“And it’s a testament to this school that 700 alumni are coming back from everywhere,” said the 1979 HJC graduate and member of CB 9.

Santoro’s daughter will be a part of the 100th graduating class in June, something that “made me cry when I found out,” the alumna said.

When asked what helped the institution reach this mark, Santoro said, “Good old Catholic education.”

The Rev. Chris Heanue, administrator at HJC Church, credits people like Santoro.

“I think the parish has been blessed with an active community that cares about it Q deeply,” Heanue said.

A KGH situation in Richmond Hill or Woodhaven?

CB 9 leaders fear library project delays

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Com mu n it y Boa rd 9 lea de r s la st Wed nesd ay expressed concerns that major renovations expected to start on the Richmond Hill and Woodhaven branches of the Queens Library may take longer than they’ve been told, citing a years-long ordeal at another branch not too far from their borders.

“The Kew Gardens Hills one was closed for years,” said board member Rabbi Daniel Pollack. “So whatever they say, we have to add a few months on to it.”

The KGH branch, on Vleigh place, closed in 2013 to make room for an expansion and was supposed to be finished in December of that year. It was only reopened

earlier this month and cost millions more than was projected.

In CB 9’s jurisdiction, the Richmond Hill branch is slated to close in January for 18 months for gut renovations. And then in June, the Woodhaven one will close for about six months.

Raj Rampershad, chairman of CB 9, said he’s meeting with Queens Library and elected officials to ensure the work is done as soon as possible, and that resources for those who rely on the libraries will be available.

“I feel bad for the children during the school months,” Rampershad said.

Queens Library officials are scheduled to speak at CB Q 9’s October meeting, the chairman said.

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P More bus regulations needed EDITORIAL

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ne hopes the horrific bus crash in Flushing that killed three and maimed 16 on Monday, some very seriously, will be enough for stronger regulations that will lessen the chance of the same thing happening again.

Nothing can be done that would truly prevent another private bus driver with a bad record from flying through a red light at twice the speed limit and killing people, of course. And no redesign of Northern Boulevard around Main Street could have stopped Raymond Mong from doing what he did.

But a tightening up of the laws regulating firms like the Dahlia tour bus company certainly would help.

Right off the bat, the state Legislature should pass and Gov. Cuomo should sign a bill that will put an end to the self-reporting of employees’ histories that the law allows now. The right state agencies did not know that Mong had been caught driving under the influence in Connecticut. The MTA did, which is why it fired him, but the DMV and the Department of Transportation, which regulates the private bus industry, did not. That should change right away, and

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no one, like Mong, who ever has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs should ever be allowed to drive a bus again. Especially a person who crashed into someone, causing injuries, and then fled the scene.

Now we learn through the Daily News that Mong also went through a red light on College Point Boulevard last year and smacked into a van.

There seems to be a pattern here. A couple of patterns, actually. Mong was a menace on the road, and the company that employed him didn’t seem to care.

Dahlia drivers have a long history of breaking the law, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The agency’s assessment is that the company has a record of “unsafe driving.”

So why hasn’t it been shut down? We expect it will be at some point, after the catastrophe in Flushing. Or that it will be sued out of existence. Fine. The dahlia is a gorgeous flower that comes in countless varieties. This Dahlia is a weed that, in our constitutionally protected opinion, needs to be pulled. Let’s see some new laws enacted before more people die.

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reedom can be very messy. And these days it’s often used to express anger, not for the first time in our history by any means but perhaps more often than at some other points. That all was on display Monday in Bayside, when a press conference held by state Sen. Tony Avella turned into a celebration of the First Amendment.

Avella was there to decry the city Department of Transportation’s insistence that it would go ahead with a redesign of piece of Northern Boulevard, over the belated objections of Community Board 11, which previously had approved the plan but then came up with another it liked better. At issue, as is often the case, the installation of a bike lane.

Bicycle lane advocates got wind of the event and showed up in protest. What resulted was some heated discussion, including Avella and one of the advocates calling each other liars. Another called him “Tony the bully” — we usually go with Tony the Tiger. He is fierce.

Avella will lose this one; the DOT is moving ahead with its plan.

But the winner Monday was the American people. Everyone exercised their First Amendment rights: the senator who spoke, the people who peaceably assembled to petition a government official for redress of grievances, the citizen who immediately posted video of the argument online and the press that was there to report on whatever happened.

It was good to see this one small example of our freedoms in action.

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traffic-calming efforts, are directly related to improved business activity, and that is our goal for Douglaston. Of course, traffic and especially parking are specifically critical to our business community, and must be addressed in any improvement plan.

We have actually personally interviewed our local businesses, over the last several weeks (Aug. 15 through Sept. 8) to discuss this important issue, and we are pleased to submit to you that a majority of the businesses support the Northern Boulevard redesign, as efforts to bring more business activity!

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We support this NYC DOT street and traffic improvement effort for Northern Boulevard and Douglaston Parkway, and offer to work with you to achieve our mutual goals.

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Pols’ shameful silence Dear Editor: Re. Anthony O’Reilly’s 09/14 report: “Dromm: DOE failing on yeshiva probe”: As one of City Councilman Rory Lancman’s constituents, I appreciate the fine things he does for his district. But that doesn’t excuse his silence, nor that of Councilman Barry Grodenchik, on the poor quality of education in NYC’s

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On appointing judges Dear Editor: In creating a Republican form of government, our Founding Fathers with their collective wisdom set up three branches of government, executive, legislative and judicial. They recognized the executive and legislative would be political in nature, but not the judiciary, which would address the law, free of ideological and political interference and inspire confidence in a court’s ruling. To ensure the latter, members of the federal judiciary were given lifetime tenure except in cases of unethical conduct. There were times when nominees to the Supreme Court did not even appear before the Senate, which judged their fitness by an examination of their legal and judicial scholarship.

The members of the Supreme Court are odd in number so as to avoid split decisions. Upon the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, President Obama was required without undue delay to nominate a replacement. He fulfilled his constitutional obligation and nominated Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, a centrist continued on next page

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Worsening storms Dear Editor: Bill Herbert was right about climate change not being mentioned during the hurricane coverage (“Americans are on our own,” Letters, Sept. 14). I did see Chris Cuomo try to bring it up, but Republicans attacked and said this is not the time to talk about climate change.

Harvey, Irma, Jose, Katia all in the last few weeks. Katrina and Sandy years ago. And now Maria. Ninety-seven percent of climate scientists agree that climate change is real and caused by human activities. It’s been think tanks funded by fossil fuel interests and Republican politicians that have made climate change a political issue.

More and more severe hurricanes every year. Stronger and more frequent. What fuels the strength of these hurricanes? Warmer ocean temperatures. Why? Global warming. Yet Republicans are outraged that Democrats want to address climate change at a time when millions are being affected by ... climate change.

That’s like saying that America shouldn’t have focused on stopping Hitler while millions were dying in concentration camps!

But people are criticizing Trump for saying he never even knew a category 5 hurricane existed. Give him a break. Hell, I didn’t know that a category 6 hurricane existed. But there it is, swirling around inside the White House.

A report was just announced stating that Trump has increased funding for debris removal. My question is just exactly how much will it cost to get him out of the White House?

Robert LaRosa Whitestone

buildings, boardwalks and other property.

At the height of the hurricane, winds were clocked at sustained speeds of 70 mph in New York City, with gusts up to 90 mph, and sustained speeds of 80 to 90 mph on Long Island with maximum gusts as high as 130 mph, especially over the eastern parts of the island. Trees toppled by the thousands across the region, taking down power poles with electric and telephone lines. Boats were smashed against the north and south shores by the raging winds, and the torrential rains turned streets into rivers causing massive floods everywhere. The IND subway system was severely flooded, and in Central Park alone, over 100 trees were uprooted, with hundreds more seriously damaged.

Then the storm roared into New England, ravaging the entire region with its monstrous winds, rains and storm tides, which were as high as 15 to 20 feet above normal sea level, especially in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Sept. 21, 1938, the day of the big wind, left people in shock. The “Long Island Express” hurricane, this unwelcome invader from the tropics, killed over 600 people from New Jersey to Maine, and left more than 2,000 others injured and destroyed property estimated at $308 million. Two hundred seventy-five million trees were uprooted and 26,000 automobiles were destroyed, as well as thousands of chickens and other livestock. Thousands of power poles were knocked down, cutting phone and electrical service to hundreds of thousands of people.

The area never received any warning from the Weather Bureau about the hurricane’s approach. There was one forecaster at the Washington, DC Weather Bureau who felt that this storm would strike, but he was overruled by more senior forecasters who said that it would not happen. Perhaps they should have listened to him, for he was absolutely 100 percent correct in his prediction.

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Orthodox yeshivas.

Councilman Danny Dromm spotlighted their shameful neglect of secular education, denying students any chance for productive lives and escape from poverty. While some yeshivas in Grodenchik’s district are “outstanding,” many throughout our city are not. A total focus on religious instruction cheats students and taxpayers. Why do the city and state provide an estimated $120 million a year to yeshivas? Doesn’t that violate the U.S. Constitution’s requirement to separate church and state?

Councilman Dromm deserves praise for calling attention to this issue. Lancman and Grodenchik deserve our disrespect for their silence, which isn’t acceptable or kosher. The Chronicle and other media must hold their feet to the fire.

Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

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Contrary to impartiality, but strictly on political and ideological grounds, Mitch Connell, the Republican Senate majority leader, announced Judge Garland would not even be given a hearing. McConnell’s justification was since Obama’s term in office was about to expire after the imminent presidential election, the choice to fill Scalia’s vacancy should be left to the people, whose voice would be heard in the election. Hillary Clinton did win the popular vote by about three million, but that voice of the people was ignored and Garland never got a hearing.

In a typically hypocritical fashion, McConnell now wishes to change the timehonored rule that permits a senator to issue a so-called blue slip that would prevent consideration of a nominee to the Supreme or federal appellate courts, from his or her state. The rational for such practice is not only would a senator know more about a nominee from his or her state than other senators, it works as an incentive to nominate moderates and ensures some degree of protection of minority rights. McConnell claims opposition by Democrats to change the blue slip rule is blackmail, ignoring of course the outrageousness of denying Garland a hearing.

Until there is true bipartisanship in selecting justices to the Supreme and federal appellate courts, I believe the blue slip rule

should remain and urge the Senate Democrats to reject McConnell’s attempt to remove it.

Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

Khrushchev was right Dear Editor: I remember well when, during the Cold War, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev visited America and gave his address to the United Nations. I don’t recall his exact words but as he pounded on the podium he declared something about there being no need for the Soviet Union to fight and destroy America because America will destroy herself from the inside.

I also remember well how we all characterized him as the crazy man, laughing at him. But now, seeing all of what is going on in our country, I must say that this is not a laughing matter anymore and the crazy man Khrushchev may not be called crazy after all. Our government is divided, most of our leaders have no patriotism, our country is torn by hatred, our youth has been poisoned with drugs and brainwashed, our education system is ranked among the lowest in the world, our media spread lies and the world is eyeing us like vultures the sky.

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Penn. judge dismisses Amtrak crash charges advocated by the NTSB since the 1970s.

The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office earlier this year declined to prosecute Bostian, citing concerns that the available evidence did not rise to the level required in the state to pursue criminal charges. The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office took over the case after relatives of crash victims lodged criminal complaints.

“The Amtrak crash was a tragedy and this case has a unique procedural history,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a statement issued by his office on Tuesday. “We are carefully reviewing the judge’s decision, notes of testimony and our prosecutorial responsibilities in this case Q going forward.”

A Pennsylvania judge has dismissed criminal charges against a former Forest Hills resident in the May 2015 crash of an Amtrak train that killed eight people and injured more than 200.

Brandon Bostian, 34, was the engineer on the train that derailed outside Philadelphia as it entered a curve at 106 miles per hour.

The speed limit was 50.

Rockaway Beach resident Justin Zemser, a cadet at the U.S. Naval Academy and former intern with Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), and Douglaston native Laura Finamore, 47, a real estate executive with Cushman & Wakefield, were among those killed.

According to published reports, Judge Thomas Gehret ruled on Sept. 12 that the crash was “more likely an accident than criminal negligence.”

Court records available online show Bostian now lives in Massachusetts.

The National Transpor tation Safety Board found Bostian at fault, determining that he had been distracted by a radio report that a nearby train had been hit by a thrown rock. It also faulted Amtrak for its then-continued failure to install Positive Train Control technology. PTC can automatically slow a train that is exceeding the speed limit along given sections of track, and has been

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Eric Ulrich to back property tax lawsuit De Blasio says the courts are not the way to reform the system

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property tax bill, what they owe to the city, has actually increased over the past few Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) years and it just doesn’t make any sense,” announced at the Woodhaven Residents’ Ulrich said.

The coalition — which includes megaBlock Association last Saturday that he will back a lawsuit alleging the city’s property developers Related Companies and The t a x syst em is not on ly broken , but Durst Organization — claims homeowners in pre-dominantly white neighborhoods pay unconstitutional.

“We have to come up with a tax system less than those in minority areas, like South that’s fair, that’s easy to understand and that Jamaica. Mayor de Blasio and his wife, doesn’t reward the rich and hurt the middle Chirlane McCray, in 2016 paid a little more than $7,000 on two class,” Ulrich said.

Park Slope properA coalition named ties, according to a Tax Equity Now NY, he system is broken and copy of their joint headed by for mer f ilings, whereas st ate Ch ief Judge they point out a lot of some Queens owners Jonathan Lippman pay much more than and Bloomberg interesting facts.” that on homes valued finance commissionat much less than er Martha Stark, in — Councilman Eric Ulrich, speaking on hizzoner’s.

April filed a lawsuit Tax Equity Now NY’s lawsuit The suit further in Manhattan alleges ow ners of Supreme Court alleging the system for taxing properties large apartment buildings pay the highest varies by neighborhoods and has a racial effective tax rate, the burden of which is then passed onto their tenants. bias that violates the Fair Housing Act. The coalition does not seek any monetary The South Queens councilman will file an amicus curiae brief in support of the law- relief for homeowners, but rather it asks the courts to change the way properties are suit in the coming days.

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Councilman Eric Ulrich will formally back a lawsuit seeking to have the city’s property tax system deemed unconstitutional, saying it favors homeowners in white neighborhoods and hurts those FILE PHOTO in minority communities. a lot of interesting facts,” Ulrich said.

De Blasio admits the system needs reforms, but does not believe the lawsuit is the way to achieve the desired result.

“Putting it into the court system, that’s not the way to make decisions,” he said at an unrelated press conference in April. “And also I guarantee you that will be years and

years of litigation that won’t result in anything anytime soon.”

And he won’t be suggesting an alternative any time soon.

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The Richmond Hill Block Association hosted its 44th annual park fair with tons of food, games and fun for people of all ages.

But there was also a somber element to the event, as the community remembered the late Assemblyman Mike Simanowitz, who died at 46 on Sept. 2.

Simanowitz represented a section of Richmond Hill and was active in organizations such Q as the One Stop Richmond Hill Center.

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Fair-goers explore the food section of the park fair, which offered zeppolis, jerk chicken and more.

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Several dancers and musicians showcased their talents throughout the fair. Members of the Queens Dance Academy are seen here performing a hip-hop routine.

The bouncy castle is always a crowd pleaser.

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Cops find enough fentanyl to kill 32M Two Queens residents arrested in record-setting raid in Kew Gardens

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“As a result, we’ve seen staggering numbers of fatal overdoses — far outpacing homicides in City and federal law enforcement officials Queens.”

Prior to the search, US Drug Enforcement on Monday announced the seizure of enough fentanyl to kill the combined populations of Administration off icials in New Jersey Australia and Ireland, and then some, allegedly observed Rogelio Alvarado-Robles and Blanca Flores-Solis, both of Queens, in a Walmart found in a Kew Gardens apartment building.

The record-setting bust took place Aug. 1, parking lot in Manahawkin, NJ. AlvaradoRobles allegedly took according to the city’s a shopping bag from Sp e c i a l Na r c o t ic s an unidentified male, Prosecutor, at 85-15 s a result we’ve seen which was then placed 120 St. Apt. 4F in Kew in a backpack carried Gardens, where they staggering numbers

by Flores-Solis and found 213 pounds of back to Kew fentanyl, or 32 million of fatal overdoses — far driven Gardens, where the lethal doses of the federal agents drug — it only takes outpacing homicides approached them and about two milligrams in Queens.” found cocaine in the of the stuff to kill a backpack. person.

— Queens District Attorney Richard Brown After securing a In recent years, fensearch warrant, agents tanyl has been mixed with heroin and has been linked to an increase and detectives raided the apartment and found in overdose deaths. The drug is 50 to 100 times the fentanyl along with heroin and other drugs.

“The sheer volume of fentanyl pouring into stronger than morphine. There were 99 fentanyl-related deaths in Queens from 2000 to 2014 the city is shocking,” Special Narcotics Proseand 158 involving the opioid and heroin, cutor Bridget Brennan said in a statement. “It’s not only killing a record number of people in according to the city Department of Health.

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Northeast.”

Alvarado-Robles and Flores-Solis are both charged with two counts each of first-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. If convicted, they face a minimum sentence of eight years in prison and a maximum of 20.

“The NYPD has been successful in drug interdiction to date, but this seizure goes down in history as a milestone in the ongoing fight against fentanyl,” said Police Commissioner James O’Neill. “This case demonstrates our Department’s deep commitment to protecting the public from drug cartels that seek to profit Q at the expense of our citizens.”

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MediSys, DOJ settle No Paris agreement? referral case for $4M No problem: de Blasio MediSys Health Network, Inc., which owns and operates Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and Flushing Hospital Medical Center, has agreed to pay $4 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, according to a statement issued last Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The settlement was announced by Bridget Rohde, acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Acting A ssist a nt At t or ney G e ne r a l C h a d Readler of the Justice Department Civil Division, and Scott Lampert, special agent-in-charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General for the New York region.

T he gove r n me nt’s i nve st igat ion revealed that the defendants submitted false claims to the Medicare program for services rendered to patients referred by physicians with whom MediSys had improper financial relationships.

Those relationships took the form of compensation and office lease arrange-

ments that did not comply with the requirements of the Stark Law, which restricts the financial relationships that hospitals may have with doctors who refer patients to them.

The allegations were brought to the government’s attention through the filing of a complaint under the federal False Claims Act. One provision of the law allows private citizens to bring suit on behalf of the United States and share in any recovery.

“Health care providers who enter into improper financial relations with referring physicians compromise the referral process and encourage over-utilization of services, to the potential detriment of both patients and taxpayers,” Rhode said in the press release. “We will hold health care providers accountable for their violations of federal law.”

Authorities also said they hope the action will dissuade other hospitals or networks from similar arrangements with physicians.

Representatives of MediSys could not be reached for comment on this story. Q

Mayor pushes building energy retrofits Mayor de Blasio last week announced an ambitions plan to mandate energyefficiency upgrades and other measures at 14,500 city- and privately-owned buildings in an effort to drive down greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

De Blasio, in a press conference on Sept. 14, said the city’s plans were accelerated by President Trump’s stated intention to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement.

“But New York City is not going to take it lying down,” the mayor said in a transcript of his talk. “We are going to matters into our hands.”

Mandated fossil fuel caps will apply to all buildings over 25,000 square feet.

Many would be forced to retrofit or replace some combination of boilers, water heaters, roofs and windows.

More affluent property owners would be required to foot the bill themselves.

De Blasio said there will be a low-interest loan prog ram for others whom he acknowledges would need the up-front assistance.

Any loans would be paid back on property tax bills.

But de Blasio also said that retrofitting to be more energy efficient would allow building owners to realize savings on their energy bills, thus at least partially offsetting the initial cost of compliance.

“So far, the city has, of our buildings, 1,211 that are either completed already with their retrofits, or in the process of being completed,” de Blasio said. “And then, with NYCHA, 420 buildings either completed or are in the process of being completed. So, one of the things that was an article of faith to me was to show we were putting our money where our mouth was. And you’ve seen, there’s a huge investment we’ve made in fixing our old buildings to send a message to the private sector there was no double standard. We were doing it ourselves, now we need them to do it.”

The Mayor’s Office did not respond to an email requesting the percentage of NYCHA buildings in Queens that are in compliance with the proposed standards. Q

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by Michael Gannon Editor

Mayor de Blasio’s office on Monday pointed to several gains made across the board in the city following the release of the annual Mayor’s Management Report.

The document is crammed with data designed to maximize accountability by making it public.

“The Mayor’s Management report isn’t just a collection of numbers, or a tool of good government,” de Blasio said in a statement issued by his office. “It’s also a statement of who we are as New Yorkers and the

Department data for FY 2017 released kind of leadership we demand from those who serve us. As New Yorkers strive to deepen the progress we’ve made together, the need for strategic, data-driven decision making has never been greater.”

The report covers the fiscal year running from July 1, 2016, to this past June 30. Under the NYPD subheading, murders as expected, were down, as were felonies in general. Average response times throughout the police department also decreased, as they did with

the FDNY. Civilian fire fatalities decreased nearly a third from FY 201516, falling from 64 to 43.

With Vision Zero having been one of the first major initiatives of his administration in 2013, the report cited a 10-6 percent drop in traffic-related fatalities. A Department of Transportation statistic where the mayor was actually trumpeting an increase was the miles of new bicycle lanes, which totaled 82.9.

One area with decidedly mixed results was from the Department of Correction.

While City Hall pointed to decreases in overall use of force and the uses of force with serious injuries, de Blasio’s office, in response to an email from the Chronicle, acknowledged that assaults on uniformed staff increased 1 percent, while inmate assaults of civilian staff rose 28 percent.

While that same email touted drops in assaults on uniformed personnel with either serious or minor injuries, published reports state that inmate-on-inmate violence is Q increasing.

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Police Officers Peter Paese and Michael Petrizzo, the 106th Precinct NCOs for Sector A — which encompasses everything south of the Conduit to the Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge — will appear at the Howard Beach Library, located at 92-06 156 Ave., starting at 4:30 p.m. Residents will have the opportunity to meet with the officers and get their contact information. Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park) is also scheduled to attend.

The NCO initiative launched in the 106th Precinct on July 17. Two officers are assigned to a sector and walk the beat every day they’re on duty, getting to know residents, business owners and community leaders in an effort to improve police-community relations.

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Ulrich launches group to promote bipartisan support for candidate

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) promised Monday that the co-chairmen of “Democrats for Ulrich,” a group aimed at fostering bipartisan support for the incumbent’s campaign, would not be the only ones from the other side of the political aisle to back him for re-election.

“We will roll them out in the next week or two and all the way up until Election Day,” said Ulrich, standing on Cross Bay Boulevard. “The campaign is going to build up a broad coalition of support of Democrats, Republicans and independents ... people who are not particularly satisfied with the direction Mayor de Blasio has been leading the city in and people who want me to continue to serve this district.”

“Democrats for Ulrich,” will distribute lawn signs bearing the group’s name and organize support for the councilman’s re-election campaign. He is running for a third, and final, term against the winner of the Democratic primary, Howard Beach attorney and transportation advocate Mike Scala.

Scala’s campaign criticized the bipartisan group in an emailed statement, saying, “‘Democrats for Ulrich’ is an oxymoron, as only the real Democratic nominee in this election will fight for working people.

“While the opponent favors a constitutional

Councilman Eric Ulrich, left, on Monday announced the launch of a Democratic group, led by former Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder and George Russo, second and third from left, that advocated PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY bipartisan support for the incumbent in the upcoming election. convention that threatens to undo our protections, Mike Scala wants to preserve pensions, collective bargaining and education rights.”

Voters on Nov. 7 will decide whether the state should convene a Constitutional Convention, which, if approved, would allow delegates appointed by elected officials to suggest changes to the state’s constitution.

Some fear the convention could drastically

affect union pensions and collective bargaining rights.

Ulrich has said he supports the convention, but only if the delegates leave bargaining rights and pensions untouched.

“Mr. Scala is a non-entity. Councilman Ulrich, on the other hand, has a record of accomplishments and broad bipartisan support,” Kevin Tschirhart, the councilman’s chief

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of staff and an unpaid adviser to the campaign, said in a statement responding to Scala’s criticism. “That is why Democrats, Republicans and Independents will reelect him this November.”

“Democrats for Ulrich” is led by former Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder — who during his tenure often enjoyed bi-partisan support — and community leader George Russo.

“I just hope this demonstrates to the voters in the district that I’m prepared to work with them for the next four years and I want to work with them for the next four years,” Ulrich said.

Goldfeder — who served in the Assembly from 2011 to 2016 and worked with the councilman on several issues — said Ulrich, “has proven time and time again that the residents of this community come first and above all else.”

“It’s not about party, it’s not about labels and it’s not about always agreeing on everything,” he added. “It’s about the desire to work hard and getting the job done for the people you represent.”

Russo, a member of the New York Racing Association’s board of directors, said, “As a Democrat, I can attest to the fact that unlike national politics, the Democrats and Republicans work together toward a common goal, which is to support our community, bring services to our community.”

“Eric represents all of us no matter our party Q or background,” Russo added.

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MTA wants ideas to save the bridge RFP seeks proposals for feasibility study; CB 9 may create Lefferts panel

by Anthony O’Reilly

slightly saying they were open to hearing ideas about how to best rehabilitate the T he Met rop ol it a n Tr a n s p or t at ion span while keeping the businesses intact.

The bridge con necting Austin and Authority will soon be accepting ideas on how to possibly save the Lefferts Boule- Grenfell streets is almost a century old vard bridge over the Long Island Rail and is falling apart.

This spring, a hole opened up in the Road tracks and the businesses on the storage room of Thyme Natural Market span, the Queens Chronicle has learned.

The state agency is in the process of that allows one to stare directly at the developing a request for proposals to seek railroad. Chunks of concrete have fallen plans from engineering firms, and the win- from the bridge as well, and the merning one would evaluate what would be cha nts clai m the la nd lord has been needed to rebuild the existing deck under- neglectful to address broken pipes, leaks neath the stores while at the same time and other issues.

When a Chronicle allowing the strucreporter visited the tures to remain. b r i d g e M o n d a y, The initiative is there were several b ei ng f u nd e d by his will destroy Kew businesses without Councilwoman Gardens. And it should power — which the K a r e n Koslow it z ow n e r s s a i d h a d (D-Forest Hills). not be downplayed been the situation “The MTA came for weeks. Others to us and said they by any means.” had their gates lacked the funds for — Andrea Crawford, Community Board 9 down and were not it ,” said M ichael member and Kew Gardens resident open.

Cohen, a top aide to Thousands have the councilwoman. sig ne d a n on l i ne “She basically told them, ‘Write up the RFP, I’ll find the petition calling on the transpor tation agency to come to a compromise. money for it.’”

The eventual winner of the RFP won’t It’s not known when the RFP will be issued and when a potential winning firm be the only engineer to suggest alternawould be picked to conduct the study — tives — retired engineer and former Kew both could take several months, according Gardens Civic Association President Al Brand determined the construction of a to Cohen.

About three months ago, the MTA had new deck below the bridge is possible.

T he M TA has not com mented on a different tone toward the bridge and told business owners there that their buildings Brand’s plan — it’s not known how much might have to be demolished once the col- his idea would cost — but he has the suplective leases with landlord Zee N Kay port of the civic and Koslowitz.

“If this can be done, we are in favor of Management runs out in 2020.

The MTA would then reconstruct the it, obviously. It preserves the buildings and that part of downtown Kew Gardens,” aging structure.

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The MTA will soon be accepting proposals from engineering firms to look into the possibility of reinforcing the Lefferts Boulevard bridge. Stores are at risk of being destroyed and some, such PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY as the ones seen here, have allegedly been neglected by the landlord.

Pistone told the Chronicle in July. “But if someone comes up with some other way of doing it that accomplishes the same thing, we’re good with that too.”

Meanwhile, Community Board 9 members are looking to support the businesses in any way possible.

“This will destroy Kew Gardens,” said Andrea Crawford, a resident of the community, at CB 9’s meeting Sept. 13. “And it should not be dow nplayed by any means.”

Crawford and other Kew Gardens residents serving on the panel suggested creating an ad-hoc committee, the sole purpose of which would be to find ways to assist the Lefferts Boulevard businesses.

“I would absolutely volunteer to be on that committee,” said Jan Fenster. “We need to do everything we can.”

A vote to create such a sub-panel was not taken during the board’s meeting, but could be take place in future months, Q according to CB 9 leaders.

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by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Former Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 32 President Paul Narson passed away at the age of 75 last week. The late Flushing resident is remembered as a tenacious fighter for those who served. PHOTO COURTESY MICHAEL O’KANE

Paul Narson, the former president of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 32, died last Wednesday night at NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens in Flushing.

He was 75.

Serving in the U.S. Army from 1959 to 1965, mostly in Germany, Narson was stationed in Berlin during its 1961 crisis.

In civilian life years after his honorable discharge, the Flushing resident was a different kind of soldier.

“He was a powerful advocate for veterans,” Michael O’Kane, who succeeded Narson as the chapter’s president in 2015, told the Chronicle. “He was passionate. He was vocal. He was outspoken.”

Although Narson did not serve in Vietnam,

according to O’Kane, he was eligible to join the VVA because of when he served.

The late veterans advocate forcefully advocated for the Vietnam veterans memorial that his 32 chapter predecessor chief Pat Toro first started working on.

“Now, it’s actually coming to fruition,” national VVA President John Rowan said.

The project is expected to be completed in Elmhurst Park in the fall of next year.

The City Council’s Veterans Committee chair man recalls Narson as a st rong advocate.

“He was a driving force behind getting the Veterans Department bill passed and signed into law,” Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) said. The legislation created a city agency dedicated to veterans.

“He used to show up to a lot of the

hearings, particularly the ones that focused on [post-traumatic stress disorder] and other mental health issues impacting the veterans community,” Ulrich added.

“He did a lot for the chapter,” VVA 32 Vice President Paul Feddern said. “He really did.”

Prior to retiring, the late veteran worked in sales for an auto glass company and after that, for a plate glass business.

A Bronx native, Narson also was a member of the Jewish War Veterans and American Legion. He was inducted into the state Senate’s Veterans’ Hall of Fame in 2015.

He was buried at Calverton National Cemetery on Long Island.

Narson is survived by his wife, Marilyn; his daughter, Maria; his son, David and his Q grandaughter, Isabella.

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State DOT turning Flushing Triangle from auto holding area to greenery

by Michael Gannon Editor

Okay, so it isn’t Adirondack State Park; never theless, the state is working on replacing a long-time eyesore in Maspeth with a little but long-sought-after patch of green.

The state’s Department of Transportation has begun turning the triangle formed by 59th Street, 59th Avenue and Flushing Avenue into a fenced-off little emerald island.

The land, owned by the state, has over the years become a parking spot for area auto repair businesses. The site has been cleared and is surrounded with brand-new sidewalks and curbs.

Planting is expected this fall. In a statement released by her office, City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale) said that in an overwhelmingly industrialized neighborhood, even a little bit of greenery can go a long way.

“Throughout our city, especially in manufacturing areas where there is more truck traffic, it’s important to preserve and invest in new green space for the community’s benefit,” Crowley said. “This once discarded Flushing Avenue Triangle provided just that opportunity.”

In an email to the Chronicle, Diane

A changing of the guard is taking place at the Flushing Avenue Triangle in Maspeth, with the state creating a small green space on land that for years had hosted vehicles parked by area PHOTO BY STEVE FISHER auto repair businesses.

Park, a spokeswoman for the DOT, said the work, which began back in August, will be completed before winter sets in. It will cost

an estimated $169,000.

Roe Daraio, president of the Communities of Maspeth and Elmhurst Together

civic association, said she and her group welcome the project.

“If it is maintained,” Daraio said. “It’s in an industrial area, but it is very close to a residential area. The main thing is if they keep it properly fended off to protect it from trucks.”

Crowley said the community and elected officials at the city and state levels have been advocating for the project for about eight years.

“This is exactly how our government should work,” state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said. “Elected officials, working together with our residents and government agencies, to improve the quality of life throughout our communities.”

Assembly woma n Cat her i ne Nola n (D-Long Island City) also thanked Gov. Cuomo and others for their assistance in moving the project forward.

She also said that removing the cars is in itself a benefit.

“Advocat i ng for st reet safet y a nd greenspace is important.” Nolan said.

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The Myrtle Avenue Fall Street Festival in Ridgewood drew big crowds last Sunday as it always does, and a splendid time was guaranteed for all. The six-hour festival featured more than 200 merchants, children’s rides, classic and custom cars, a cosplay contest, music by Joe Fuoco and Friends, a ramen competition and much more.

Some scenes of the fun, starting on the left side: At top, a group enjoys a vintage city bus from the 1960s, which folks also got to clamber into.

Below them, a glimpse of how popular the event, held by the Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District, is.

Above, Jacqui Collins of Brooklyn flashes what could be a peace sign or could be the V for victory, as she won the event’s cosplay contest for her portrayal of Hikaru Shidou from the Magic Knight Rayearth anime series.

At left, Verity Lin, 2 1/2, of Ridgewood looks like she

might already have had enough of Queens traffic! No doubt the camera just missed her smile.

On the right, at top, the balloon men draw a crowd.

Below them, butterfly-adorned Sabrina Rogers, 9, of Ridgewood shows her smile; while next to her, the Reverends Mike Lopez, left, and Angel Lugo, of All Saints Church in Ridgewood, enjoy the fair with friend Rose Santamaria.

Above, Miguel Crespo and his son, also Miguel, 3, of Ridgewood smile for the camera in front of a classic Buick Riviera from the mid-’80s; and next to them Joy Zou and Nick Pai of Manhattan also meet our lensman.

At right, Crystal Perry and her daughters Alyssa, 6, and Elise, 5, of Bushwick enjoy the festival.

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The Rego Park-Forest Hills Lions Club’s annual street fair brought its regular crowds to 63rd Drive in Rego Park last Saturday.

At right, Eitasn, 5, and Joseph, 3, pose for a family picture after conquering the Jurassic Adventure slide.

At top left, Jason Perez grills up flank steak that he serves with potatoes and plantains. If you need a beverage to go with it, John Wayne, second row left, cuts open some of the last water coconuts to make it out of Florida before Hurri-

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cane Irma. One of his customers, Louis, sips out the water before tearing into the coconut.

At top center, NYPD Officer John Maser, 112th Precinct Community Council President Heidi Chain, and Lions Gloria Piraino and Antonio Robles, front, take a break in the shade.

Below them, Officers Pabla of the 114th Precinct and Llanos of the 104th were part of the contingent from New York’s Finest.

At left, a party panorama.

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Avella, activists spar over bike lane plans Pol, CB 11 want DOT to implement board’s design for Northern Boulevard

by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

By the time state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) arrived at his press conference Monday, more than 30 counterprotesters had gathered.

The lawmaker and Community Board 11 had planned to criticize the Department of Transportation for “ignoring” the board’s new plan to make Northern Boulevard safer.

Earlier that day in Flushing, three people had been killed and 16 injured at Route 25A and Main Street when two buses crashed.

Avella picked the Alley Pond Golf Center as the location for his press conference. One of the board’s concerns about the DOT’s plan, which would establish a two-way protected bike lane and remove a lane on the boulevard where some people park, is that customers at the golf center would have trouble parking because of the spots.

And even as the transportation agency implements its own plan, the board — which voted to support it in June — remains committed to a new alternative advanced by one of its members.

When the senator got to the event, he decided to move it inside the golf center because of the activists outside. But some of them were standing by the door and had no intention of staying outside if Avella was heading in.

“Allow me the right to speak what I think is correct,” the senator said as he argued with Transportation Alternatives organizer Juan Restrepo. “I have no problem talking to you, but my press conference is my press conference.”

The organizer said that the activists had a right, too. “The intention is for us to peacefully be here,” Restrepo added.

Avella’s decision to isolate the press conference from the activists infuriated some of them.

“Tony the bully! Tony the bully!” Fresh Meadows resident Tammy Osherov said.

Fresh Meadows resident Tammy Osherov and other protesters criticized state Sen. Tony Avella on Monday.

State Sen. Tony Avella argues with Transportation Alternatives activist Juan Restrepo on Monday.

Both are on opposite sides of a controversy involving the Department of Transportation’s bike PHOTOS BY RYAN BRADY lane plan for Northern Boulevard.

Along with others, she followed the senator inside.

“I have a right to be here,” she said. “I want to hear what he has to say.”

Avella did not exactly meet Osherov — who earlier this year had protested his membership in the state Senate’s Independent Democratic Conference — with open arms.

“You shouldn’t be here at all,” he said angrily. “Because you’re a political organizer for [Rep.] Joe Crowley.”

Osherov shot back at him, at one point saying: “You should be ashamed of yourself, I’m a constituent of yours.”

With an Avella staffer saying that they did not want to interrupt the golf center’s business, the press conference moved outside.

The controversy, which did not end there, is the latest in a recent saga about Northern Boulevard.

The street is a Vision Zero Priority Corridor. And because cyclist Michael Schenkman was fatally struck by a car on Northern last year while biking to the Joe Michaels Mile, the area has been of particular concern to cyclist activists and the DOT, which devised its bike lane plan in response to the death.

In June, the board approved the agency’s plan to establish a bike lane on the north side of the street near the Joe Michaels Mile to increase access to the trail. But because the Transportation Committee did not vote on the DOT plan and some felt that a vote of the whole board was premature then, CB 11 revisited it.

Board Transportation Committee CoChairman Bernard Haber developed his own plan over the summer, which CB 11 voted to approve last week after rescinding its original decision on the DOT’s proposal.

The agency’s plan aims to create a bike lane on the street; the CB 11 plan would

have pedestrians and cyclists share an extended sidewalk in the area.

The DOT is moving forward with its own plan. It aims to complete the project, which it says will cost $600,000, “within the next few weeks,” according to spokeswoman Alana Morales. She also said that the process of “installing the safety enhancements on Nor ther n Boulevard” has begun, although she did not immediately respond when the Chronicle followed up to ask exactly what had been done.

The agency has said that Haber’s plan will cost around $10 million, would have to be a capital project that could not be paid for during this fiscal year and would take years to complete.

In a statement provided to the press, Schenkman’s son, Peter, criticized CB 11 for supporting a plan that is estimated to take so long.

“My father did not have five years to wait,” he said. “The families of Bayside, Little Neck and Douglaston do not have five more years to wait.”

Avella and CB 11 think that the board’s plan is safer and would avert creating serious congestion on the strip of Northern in question.

“The community board believes, and so do I, that it’s actually safer to have them on an extended sidewalk on this stretch rather than cutting off a lane of traffic,” Avella told reporters during the press conference. “Anybody who knows Northern Boulevard at this section knows during rush hour, it is bumper to bumper. So, if you’re reducing a lane of traffic, you’re just going to make the traffic situation more dangerous and unsafe.”

In a statement, the agency defended its conduct.

“DOT is open to continuing the discussion about board member Bernard Haber’s

concept, however, DOT’s plan, which incorporated much of the Board’s previous feedback and received a vote of support this summer, allows the agency to immediately deliver critical safety benefits for the community and all street users,” a spokesperson said in an email.

While Avella spoke at the press conference, activists who oppose his stance on the issue surrounded the senator. But so did a few who agreed with him.

“The rush hour traffic is beyond describing with words,” Douglaston resident Irene Solano said. She later added: “I want a bike lane, but I want a bike lane that is safe.”

Michael Gannon of the Douglas Manor Association spoke in favor of CB 11’s plan, as did a representative of the board itself.

CB 11 District Manager Joseph Marziliano said that the board’s vision would “eliminate some of the blind spot issues we see along the Cross Island Parkway entrance and exit ramps. ... It would also leave the third lane of traffic open on Northern Boulevard.”

One of the protesters interrupted the district manager: “Do you ride a bicycle?”

Avella shot back: “You promised not to say anything. Are you going back on that promise? Cut it out!”

According to Restrepo, Transportation Alternatives organized the protest with the Douglaston business Peak Mountain Bike.

The senator is no friend of the advocacy group. “Transportation Alternatives, they have to bully everyone,” he said. “They do this all the time.”

Avella was also not impressed with the opposition’s turnout. “Meanwhile, this is the best they can do?” he later added. “When you think about it, they had the whole weekend to organize. I got, like 30 or 40 emails about this. They can generate much more, which shows me it’s a small population.”

The Douglaston Local Development Corp. and the Westmoreland Association, a Little Neck civic group, have also endorsed the DOT’s plan over CB 11’s. But Avella told reporters that Transportation Alternatives “generates the opposition” and that he had not heard from anybody opposed to CB 11’s plan who was “not connected to” the group.

Former CB 11 Chairman Steve Newman said that he was a part of or affiliated with the advocacy group and accused the senator of “telling outright lies.”

Avella responded in kind: “You just lied, because you told me you would keep quiet.”

While large majorities of the board voted to rescind CB 11’s decision approving the DOT’s plan and approving Haber’s plan, not all on the board are in favor of it.

The other Transportation Committee cochairman, Steve Pivawer, thinks the DOT’s plan is superior to Haber’s. He defended the loss of a traffic lane on Northern Boulevard when speaking to reporters.

“I think the point that’s being missed here, the big point is that this stretch of road is dangerous for everybody, including motorists,” he said. “It’s too wide open, it Q encourages speeding.”

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Demolition of old store building is moving along opposite transit hub

by Michael Gannon Editor

Another long-anticipated construction project is clearing a major hurdle in Downtown Jamaica.

Demolition of an old one-story commercial building at 93-43 Sutphin Blvd. across the street from the Long Island Rail Road’s Jamaica Station, appeared to be close to completion this week.

The old store is making way for a hotel that was first announced in 2013. Able Hotel Management, which runs a number of hotels on Long Island, has proposed a 24-story building with more than 200 rooms.

Viral Patel, CEO of Able, said in an email that demolition should be complete by the second week of October, with a groundbreaking this winter. Construction should be completed in late 2019 or early 2020.

Back in 2013, Patel stressed the location’s obvious attraction for a hotel operator — its proximity to Jamaica Station, which is connected to Manhattan by the Long Island Rail Road plus the E and J/Z subway lines; is served by numerous bus routes; and is across the street from the JFK AirTrain for those either going to or coming from John F. Kennedy Internation-

The demolition of an old store on Sutphin Boulevard is paving the way for a hotel across from the Long Island Rail Road’s Jamaica Station, rear left. A crane from the Crossing at Jamaica Station PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON apartment complex project looms in the background across the tracks. al Airport.

At issue from the start was the protection or relocation of vital infrastructure located

on or near the site belonging to Con Edison a nd t he Met ropolit a n Tra nspor t at ion Authority.

As of Tuesday, a large portion of one exterior wall and some bricks outlining the foundation were all that remained recognizable from the old building, which most recently served until a few years ago as office and meeting space for the Sutphin Boulevard Business and Improvement District.

And with the city, state and office of Queens Borough President Melinda Katz dedicating time, treasure and manpower to the revitalization of Downtown Jamaica in the last few years, the demolition is not even the largest project on Sutphin Boulevard.

That would be a few hundred feet to the north, at the southeast corner of the intersection of Sutphin and Archer Avenue, where BRP Partners broke ground in April on the Crossing at Jamaica Station.

Large amounts of work already have been done on the $407 million project which will include some commercial and community space in a two-tower complex with 669 units of affordable housing and a 187-space parking garage.

More than 250 of the units have been negotiated as permanently affordable.

The city and developers have estimated that the Crossing project will have created about 4,000 construction jobs by the time it Q is completed in 2019.

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A morning Flushing will never forget 3 killed after speeding charter hit MTA bus, 17 injured; pols call for tough regs

by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

The city watched in horror as details of the multiple-casualty bus collision at Northern Boulevard and Main Street in Flushing on Monday morning emerged.

The macabre crash killed three people a nd i nju red 17, some critically.

It happened around 6:15 a.m. when the driver of an otherwiseempty Dahlia Travel & Tours bus sped through a red light on Route 25A at the intersection, hitting the back of an MTA Q20 bus that was turning right onto the boulevard from Main Street.

According to the National Transportation Safety Board, the Dahlia bus was driving between 54 and 62 miles per hour.

The posted speed limit on Northern at the location is 30 miles per hour.

The impact forced the tour bus to get wedged between the MTA bus and a building with businesses, destroying the storefront of Kennedy Fried Chicken.

Emergency responders pronounced Flushing resident Henry Wdowiak, 68 — who was walking before the tour bus pinned him between it and the building — dead at the scene, according to the NYPD. Gregory Liljefors, 55 years old and also of Flushing, was a passenger on the MTA bus, cops said. He died after being transported to NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens.

The speeding charter bus’ driver, 49-year-old College Point resident Raymond Mong, was pronounced dead at Elmhurst Hospital Center.

According to the police, 14 passengers on the MTA bus were injured, along with its driver, and two in their own vehicles were injured.

A former MTA bus driver, Mong was fired from the agency after it learned he had pleaded guilty to DUI in 2015 in Connecticut, according to the Daily News. Still, he was work i ng for t he Da h lia tou r company.

According to the New York Post, the state Department of Motor Vehicles was not aware that the nowdead driver was driving for Dahlia.

That Mong was working for the tour company is not the only fact indicating that it is not exactly one of the safest in the business.

A Dahlia bus went off of Interstate-95 in Connecticut last February, according to DNAInfo, which also reported that a Queens woman died of injuries received because of the crash.

The MTA bus hit in the devastating crash Monday morning is held up by a truck hours after the crash. In the aftermath of the triple-fatality tragedy, which was caused by a speeding private bus driver, some say stricter regulation is PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY needed to prevent similar catastrophes.

The website also said that a man a Dahlia bus picked up in Manhattan, who was drunk, slashed a passenger in the face on the same highway in 2014.

And in 2003, a Dahlia bus going from Manhattan to Atlantic City went off the Garden State Parkway and was thrown over, according to NBC New York, killing two people and injuring 28.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s assessment of Dahlia on its website says that it has a record of “unsafe driving.” On a scale of zero to 20 for on-road performance — zero being the safest — the website said that as of Aug. 25, the company had a rating of 13.6.

And the federal body’s website also lists the company for myriad driving violations recorded during a 24-month period. During that time frame, the administration’s website says that Dahlia vehicles have received two violations for speeding 15 or more miles above the speed limit; one for speeding 11 to 14 miles over the speed limit and another for speeding six to 10 miles above it. It also lists one violation each for the following infractions: improper passing, unlawfully leaving or parking a vehicle on a road and another for failing to obey a traffic device.

The Chronicle could not reach Dahlia for comment.

The NTSB analyzed the scene of the collision and is working on an investigation of the incident.

“We sent a team of seven investigators up and we’re looking at the humans, the machines and the environment,” board spokesman Eric Weiss said in an interview.

He added that the entire probe

will take a year to 18 months to complete. However, he said, “we should have a preliminary report out in the next two weeks or so that will have information from the on-scene portion of our investigation.”

The NYPD is also probing the crash.

The Department of Buildings has fenced off the building that the tour bus slammed into. And according to the office of City Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing), the agency has issued a vacate order for the property.

CBS New York 1010 WI NS reporter Glenn Schuck tweeted out a picture of the walled-off building on Tuesday morning, saying: “Dramatic repairs already at bus crash site here in Flushing #1010wins.”

In the aftermath of the crash, some are calling for policy changes to avert similar disasters from happening.

“We want to make sure these things don’t happen again,” Koo told the Chronicle at the scene of the wreckage Monday.

Mayor de Blasio and MTA Chairman Joe Lhota held a press conference that morning, discussing the devastation.

“This is an absolutely — very painful moment,” the mayor said.

“We know that one of those who was lost was simply walking down the sidewalk on Monday mor ning, maybe on their way to work, and out of nowhere this happens.”

In the wake of the tragedy, Koo and others in the City Council say that action must be taken to tighten regulations on charter bus companies to prevent more people from dying in accidents caused by them.

“As with any city sanctioned

transportation vehicle, private bus companies must be held to high standards of safety and accountability when they put the lives of others in their hands,” Koo said in a prepared statement. He added: “While there is a place for these businesses, yesterday’s devastation demands a closer look at how this industry can be better regulated.”

The Flushing lawmaker joined City Council Transportation Committee Chairman Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan), Comptroller Scott Stringer, Julia Kite of Transportation Alternatives and Flushing Chinese Business Association President Peter Tu to discuss how they think the crash should be responded to at a press conference on Tuesday.

“Today, I am calling for more stringent measures to ensure we keep non-compliant, low-performing private bus companies off our streets for good,” Rodriguez said in a prepared statement released after the event. “The behavior of drivers

should have strong consequences for charter companies. In the coming months, we will hold an oversight hearing on charter bus regulation at the City Council and continue to work with the Administration to prevent the loss of lives due to negligent and ir responsible pr ivate bus operators.”

With what Rodriguez’s office called the goal of “cracking down” on malfeasant bus companies in mind, those at the press conference called for collaboration between the NYPD, the city Department of Transportation and the Council to tackle the issue.

Cou ncil man Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans), a former bus driver who used to be the president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1056, was utterly appalled by the tragedy in Flushing, calling it a “horrific tragedy” in a statement to the media.

In an interview, the lawmaker said that the deadly collision highlights a charter bus industry in dire need of stricter regulation.

Compared to the stringent practices of the MTA, he said, many private companies have lax rules.

“Deregulation has allowed for folks who don’t necessarily meet these standards to enter the industry,” the councilman told the Chronicle. “And we see it time and time again, where you don’t have professional drivers.”

Dahlia, he said, is an example of a company that does not follow the rules closely. Miller pointed to the situation of Wong and his previous DUI. “There’s no way that these guys were in compliance,” he added, pointing to how the DMV was not aware that the driver was working for the company.

“We have to take this crisis and use it as an opportunity to make this Q industry safer,” Miller said.

The Department of Buildings fenced off the building badly hit by the Monday TWITTER PHOTO / GLENN SCHUCK bus crash in Flushing.

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Project ReBloom an inspiring story Garden at the Margaret Tietz center restored in memory of late patient

by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Project ReBloom has been a great success.

That’s the name given to an effort to restore the garden at the Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The project ultimately became one in honor of Fay Dor, a Great Neck, LI woman who died at the Jamaica Hills facility last fall. She was staying there after being transferred from a hospital, having been paralyzed by a horrific hit-and-run accident.

tions and planting materials and recruited volunteers to help her plant.

Now, Schneider said, art therapy classes are hosted in the garden. “You can see that with the residents, it’s made a big difference,” she told the Chronicle. “Their families want to take them and sit outside in the garden and stuff. It’s affected so many people; so many people have gained.”

The Margaret Tietz center held a cocktail party last week honoring donors to the new garden restored in Dor’s memory. The facili-

ty’s public affairs director, Linda Spiegel, spoke; so did Eitan Dor, one of the late Great Neck resident’s sons, along with Councilman Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens) and the rehabilitation center’s administrator, Audrey Marchand.

The new garden has made waves at the Jamaica Hills facility. “The residents, the family members that come, the staff, they all appreciate it,” Spiegel said in an interview. “I mean, really, everybody has said Q something.”

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Prior to her passing, Dor’s friend, Lake Success, LI resident Sharyn Schneider, spearheaded Project Rebloom: an initiative to restore the garden at Margaret Tietz.

Due to budgetary constraints, the center’s garden was not what it used to be. Schneider explained her hopes of restoring it to Dor, who loved the idea. “She picked out the tulips that she liked,” Schneider told the Chronicle. And after her friend passed, it became a project in the memory of the late Great Neck resident.

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The beautiful, restored garden at Jamaica Hills’ Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center dedicated to the late Fay Dor. The center’s public affairs director, Linda Spiegel, below, speaks at PHOTOS BY MARK WEIDLER an event last week honoring donors who supported the restoration; Dor’s son, Eitan, stands beside her.

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Health facility offers more care than ever before NYC Health + Hospitals held a ribboncutting ceremony Sept. 7 to announce the opening of a recently renovated health center in Jackson Heights, featuring expanded services. Funded with $1.8 million through Mayor de Blasio’s Caring Neighborhoods initiative, the facility upgrade reflects NYC Health + Hospitals’ commitment to community-based ambulatory care, one of the chief strategies of the health system’s transformation agenda.

Formerly a pediatrics-only practice, the NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health site will now provide a range of services, including women’s health, behavioral health, adult primary care and family medicine, as well as pediatrics.

Located at 34-33 Junction Blvd., the health center is expected to grow quickly to serve 10,000 patients annually. The new layout includes 13 upgraded exam rooms, new medical equipment and furniture, and an uplifting decor to create a welcoming environment for patients, as well as staff.

The site will employ a full-time nutritionist and a bilingual social worker to support behavioral health services.

The health center will begin seeing patients this month. It will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays; and from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursdays. The center’s

Celebrating the opening of the renovated NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health center in Jackson Heights are Kaushal Challa, left, senior assistant vice president of ambulatory care for NYC Health + Hospitals; Bill Foley, H+H senior vice president of hospitals; City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland; Dr. Daniela Atanassova-Lineva, a pediatrician with H+H; Dr. Walid Michelen, CEO of H+H/Gotham Health; area residents and patients Sasha Williams and 6-month-old Klynn Rose; state Assemblyman Francisco Moya; Angelo Moultair, an H+H/Gotham Health board member; and Dr. Sonia Angell, deputy commissioner of the COURTESY PHOTO city Department of Health. patients will also have 24-hour phone access to clinical advice. To make an appointment, patients can call (718) 334-6150.

Officials lauded the improvements to the

facility and its expanded mission.

“Making ambulatory care more pleasant and convenient for the whole family is important to encourage New Yorkers to seek

the preventive and chronic care services they need,” said Stanley Brezenoff, interim president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals. “The Mayor’s support through the Caring Neighborhoods initiative has been an effective catalyst for this expansion of health care services in Jackson Heights.”

“We welcome the renovation and expansion of this health center, a key place where our community can access much needed primary health care services,” said City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland (D-East Elmhurst). “Providing affordable health care to our underserved residents is crucial in our efforts to reduce health disparities among New Yorkers.”

“The renovation of the NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health site is a welcome addition to our Jackson Heights community, and I congratulate them on their grand opening,” said Assemblyman Francisco Moya (D-Jackson Heights). “With significantly more exam rooms and equipment, the health center will provide thousands of Jackson Heights families with high-quality services to keep them in good health and good spirits.”

Other Queens officials lauding the facility in statements were state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst), Assemblyman Michael Den Dekker (D-East Elmhurst) and BorQ ough President Melinda Katz.

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“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” That popular adage can be applied to personal health, particularly with respect to women’s health screenings.

• Breast cancer: Both men and women can get breast cancer, but women are at a far greater risk than men. According to Breastcancer.org, roughly one in eight women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. The Canadian Cancer Society says breast cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in Canadian women. The earlier a woman finds breast cancer, the better her chance for survival.

Cancers caught early are less likely to spread to the lymph nodes and vital organs than cancers caught at later stages. Recommendations on mammogram screening start time and frequency vary with age and risk factor, so women should discuss and develop an individualized plan with their doctors.

• Cervical cancer: Doctors advise that women should receive pelvic exams beginning at age 21, or earlier for women who are sexually active. Pap smears are screenings that help detect the presence of cancerous cells on and around the cervix that may be indicative of cervical cancer.

Guidelines continually change regarding the frequency of Pap smear testing, but the general consensus is women age 30 and older may need screening every three years

if they have not had any abnormal tests in the past, according to Everyday Health.

Women should speak with their gynecologists regarding how frequently they should be tested for cervical cancer.

• Bone density test: Osteoporosis, a weakening of bones that causes them to become more fragile, may initially be symptom-free. Osteoporosis is often discovered only after a fracture. The National Osteoporosis Foundation says that estrogen decreases during menopause can cause bone loss, which is why women have a higher risk of developing osteoporosis than men. In addition to healthy living habits, bone mineral density tests beginning at age 65 or earlier can help identify problems early on. Certain risk factors may require women to begin receiving bone density tests before age 65.

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All women need to get the facts and recognize the signs The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance says women need to know ovarian cancer is the deadliest of all gynecologic cancers. That’s because the earliest symptoms are frequently subtle and can be confused with other conditions. If ovarian cancer is detected before it has spread, there is a 90 percent survival rate. However, only 15 percent of ovarian cancer cases in the United States are diagnosed early.

Each year, approximately 21,980 women — 1 in 72 — will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Of those, 85 percent are diagnosed in the later stages.

In 2014, approximately 14,270 women died in the United States from this disease. It is estimated by the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer that there are over 238,000 new cases diagnosed annually and nearly 152,000 deaths worldwide.

Ovarian cancer frequently goes undiagnosed until it has spread to the pelvis and other areas of the abdomen. Recognizing the early symptoms of ovarian cancer can help women get the treatment they need before the disease progresses.

Cancers that originate in the cells of the ovary are classified as ovarian cancer. Tumors can occur in the epithelium, or lining cells of the ovary itself, or the fallopian tubes or lining of the abdomen.

Some of the earliest symptoms of ovarian cancer include: • bloating; • pelvic and abdominal pain;

• feeling full quickly when eating; • urinary urgency or frequency; • fatigue; • back pain; • menstrual irregularities; • indigestion; • pain with intercourse; and • constipation.

Certain risk factors can increase a woman’s chances of developing ovarian cancer. According to the Mayo Clinic, women between the ages 50 and 60; women who have inherited genetic mutations, including the genes known to increase risk of breast cancer (BRCA1 and BRCA2); women whose first menstruation was early; women who have undergone hormone replacement therapy; women who smoke; or women who have used an intrauterine device are at greater risk of developing ovarian cancer.

No specific test exists to detect ovarian cancer. A Pap smear will screen for cervical cancer, but such a test is ineffective at detecting ovarian cancer. A doctor will conduct a pelvic examination and feel the uterus and ovaries.

Imaging tests, such as ultrasound and CT scans, can help determine if there are abnormalities in the ovaries. A blood test, which will detect the protein CA 125, can help to determine if ovarian cancer is present. If cancer is suspected, a sample of tissue and abdominal fluid will be used to confirm ovarian cancer.

There are four stages of ovarian cancer. Stage I means cancer has been found in one or both of the ovaries. Stage II means cancer has spread to other parts of the pelvis. In Stage III, ovarian cancer has spread to the abdomen. Stage IV cancer is found outside of the abdomen.

Treatment of ovarian cancer typically involves the surgical removal of the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus and nearby lymph nodes. In addition, doctors may remove a fold of fatty abdominal tissues called the omentum, where ovarian cancer often spreads. Afterward, chemotherapy is frequently used to kill remaining cancer cells.

Remember, ovarian cancer is a serious condition that is not often diagnosed until it has spread. Women can be on the lookout for subtle clues that can indicate ovarian cancer and then alert their doctors immediately upon detection of such symptoms.

Talk to your doctor if symptoms last more than 2 to 3 weeks. You are your best advocate. For additional inforQ mation go to ovariancancerawareness.org.

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Summer in the Borough Photo Contest!

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Another summer gone, another tough job of judging entries in our Summer in the Borough Photo Contest. The nod in this, our ninth annual competition, goes to Jennifer Becker of Howard Beach for her great shot of a rainbow as seen from Rockaway Beach. She wins free passes to any one of a number of familyfriendly entertainment events in or near the city. Congratulations!

Also gorgeous were the two photos of sunset on Jamaica Bay taken on different days by Donna Faiella of Howard Beach. Yes, that’s a watermelon sitting there at the edge of Charles Park!

The left side of the page belongs to Margaret Pross of Forest Hills. At the top, she captured the light of the sun during the eclipse making fascinating shadows through the leaves of trees

along the sidewalk on 71st Avenue. She also imagined that an orchid at the Queens Botanical Garden looked like little dancing fairies. While at the QBG, she also got close to a butterfly.

Above is a man in Sikh garb riding a bicycle who caught the eye, and the imagination, of F.E. Scanlon in Flushing.

Next to him, the alligator captured by Richard Melnick of Astoria reminds us it’s a good thing the Queens Zoo has fences!

And, finally, Eugene Ward of Forest Hills, last year’s winner, caught some of the fun in the fountains at the Unisphere.

Keep an eye out for our next competition, the 10th Annual Holiday Photo Contest, coming in just a couple of months!

— Peter C. Mastrosimone

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ARTS, CULTURE & LIVING

You didn’t build that Did you ever imagine a New York City with an even more futuristic skyline? With apartment buildings in the Hudson River? With residential communities built around bridge towers, an airport on New York Harbor or raised above western Manhattan?

With the Dodgers playing under a retractable roof years before the advent of the Astrodome or plastic grass?

Some of the greatest architects, planners and engineers the world has

ever known did. And the Queens Museum is paying tribute to them by showing what might have been in an exhibit titled “Never Built New York.”

The exhibit contains more than 200 sketches, drawings, blueprints and models of skyscrapers, public buildings, transportation infrastructure, parks and entertainment venues that never came off the drawing board or moved much beyond small 3-D models.

Architects and authors Sam Lubell and Greg Goldin, co-curators of the exhibit, had in 2013 worked on a

similar project titled “Never Built Los Angeles.”

“We thought it would work for New York,” Lubell said in an interview with the Chronicle.

Their quest connected them with more than 20 colleges, libraries, archives and other sources. Lubell said one of their aims is to get people who visit thinking of and talking about the relevance and importance of architecture, not just from the past but in the present and future.

Some of the earliest include Calvin Pollard’s design for a 425-foot Gothic

monument to George Washington in Union Square, and John Rink’s unsuccessful submission to a competition for the design of Central Park in 1858.

More modern exhibits are models and designs for the Freedom Tower and a 2002 reinterpretation of the fallen Twin Towers.

“More than half of what we got was original,” Lubell said.

And some of their finds were like Indiana Jones discovering the Holy Grail.

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New exhibit highlights projects that never came to pass

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boro EXHIBITS

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“First I Was Afraid,” with works in various media by 11 artists, addressing what living in an age of anxiety means and trying to make people feel less alone. Thru Nov. 19, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City. Free.

Info: (718) 937-6317, dorsky.org.

Take Root, with performances of works by Sarah Starkweather and the Muliebris Dance Theatre, part of a monthly series. Fri.-Sat., Sept. 22-23, 8 p.m. $15 advance; $20 cash at door; $22 credit card. Fertile Ground, featuring five dance troupes and a postperformance discussion with wine, moderated by Valerie Green. Sun., Sept. 24, 7 p.m. $13 advance; $13 cash at door; $15 credit card. Both at Green Space, 37-24 24 St., Long Island City. Info: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org.

Photos of Astoria & NYC, with a rotating selection of pictures by Astoria photographer Brian Sills, available for sale. Thru Thu., Nov. 30. QED, 27-16 23 Road, Astoria. Free. Info: (347) 4513873, qedastoria.com.

“Sitting with the Garden,” watercolors mostly painted at the Queens Botanical Garden by Che Min Hsiao. Thru Sun., Sept. 24, QBG, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free with admission: $6; $4 seniors, students; $2 kids over 3. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

“Self-Interned, 1942: Noguchi in Poston War Relocation Center,” works by Isamu Noguchi focusing on his time voluntarily spent in a WWII camp for Japanese-Americans ordered there by the U.S. Thru Sun., Jan. 7, 2018, Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. $10; $5 seniors, students; NYC HS students, kids under 12 free.

Info: (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org.

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“Bayside: The Actors’ Enclave,” with photos, posters, newspaper articles and ephemera from the early 20th century, when many stage, vaudeville and silent movie stars lived in the neighborhood. Thru Dec. at least, Thu.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat., 12-4 p.m., Bayside Historical Society, 208 Totten Ave., Fort Totten Park. $5. Info: (718) 3521548, baysidehistorical.org.

“Nicola L.: Works, 1968 to the Present,” with functional art including “White Foot Sofa,” left, paintings, video works and more that “take up notions of skin and surface.” Thru Mon., Dec. 18, SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. $5 suggested; $3 students. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org.

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THEATRE “Cast,” with a rotating cast of four performers each negotiating a new script, using audio and video recordings of performing artists generated by Yanira Castro. Part of a trilogy by “a canary torsi,” with the other two shows playing elsewhere concurrently.

Fri.-Sat., Sept. 22-23, 7 p.m., The Chocolate Factory Theater, 5-49 49 Ave., Long Island City. $20. Info: (718) 482-7069, chocolatefactorytheater.org.

Queens Hip Hop Festival, with music, film, art, yoga and more. Fri.-Sun., Sept. 22-24, various times and locations. $20-$50; some events free.

Info: bit.ly/2wvz0kp.

Whether you’re a do-it-yourselfer, hobbyist, tech enthusiast like John Abella, above, or fan of those who are, you can’t beat the World Maker Faire when it comes to family-friendly celebrations and demonstrations of all kinds of creative ideas. See Special Events.

FLICKR PHOTO / JOHN ABELLA “Divas de España” (“Divas of Spain”), a comical musical revue about what it means to be a diva, in tribute to those such as Charo and Sara Montiel, starring Inma Heredia. Each Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 4 p.m., thru Oct. 8, Thalia Hispanic Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. $35. Info: (718) 7293880, thaliatheatre.org.

“Jimmy and Carolyn,” a “hysterical, true-to-life” comedy-drama about a retired auto body repairman and his wife visiting their gay son and his life partner, and the family memories and choices that are raised. Fri.-Sun., Sept. 22-24; Thu.-Sun., Sept.

28-Oct. 1, varying times, Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $18. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org.

“Love is Dead,” a “paralytic presentation of murder, deceit and sexism,” told in a series of stories, with mature subject matter and content. Thu.-Sat., Sept. 21-23, 8 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $18. Info/tickets: (718) 3920722, secrettheatre.com.

AUDITIONS Sacred Music Society, under Maestro David Close, to sing at weekly Sunday Mass at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church and annual Christmas Concert, for all ages and different levels of singing ability. Rehearsals each Tue., 7:30 p.m., OLQM, 110-06 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills. Info: (718) 2686251, ourladyqueenofmartyrs.org/music.

MUSIC Jose Conde Eclectric & Ola Fresca, playing original tropical Latin roots dance music exploring many genres. Fri., Sept. 22, 8 p.m. (7 p.m. dance les-

son), Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16; $10 students. Info/RSVP: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

Florence Price: Classical Music Revolutionary, chamber music by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, focusing on the trailblazing black female composer, with monologues telling her story. Sat., Sept. 23, 3 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free; bring canned goods for a food drive. Info/RSVP: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

Music from the Movies, with a wide selection including children’s films; trivia contest and prizes.

Sat., Sept. 23, 6 p.m., Maple Grove Cemetery Celebration Hall, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens.

Free. Info: (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org.

LECTURES/TALKS An Evening with Frank Oz, the main creative partner of Muppets creator Jim Henson and director of “The Muppets Take Manhattan,” on their work together, with video clips. Fri., Sept. 22, 7 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $50. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

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Muslim in America, with author and Pakistani emigre Sabeeha Rehman describing her story “from secular Muslim in an Islamic society to observant Muslim in a society fearful of Islam.”

Mon., Sept. 25, 1:30 p.m., Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. $8 suggested.

Info: (718) 268-5011, cqy.org.

Oktoberfest Flushing Style: Sauerkraut and Kimchi, celebrating the season’s bounty with German-American and Korean-American foods, with music, raffles, as a museum fundraiser. Sat., Sept.

23, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. $30 advance; $35 at door. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

Queens County Fair, the 35th annual, with livestock and produce competitions, pig races, hayrides, beer garden, kids’ entertainment and more. Fri.-Sat., Sept.

23-24, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park. $10; $5 kids under 13. Info: (718) 347-3276, queensfarm.org.

World Maker Faire, a family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, with tech enthusiasts, crafters and more displaying gadgets, art and other DIY creations. Sat.-Sun., Sept. 23-24, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $25-$80 (VIP booster pass $1,200). Info: (718) 6990005, nysci.org.

Dribble for the Cure, the 7th annual, with people making up teams and dribbling basketballs with members of the St. John’s Red Storm, along with children’s activities, to raise funds for the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation Laboratory at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital and New York Medical College. Sat., Sept. 23, 10 a.m., St. John’s University Carnesecca Arena, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Jamaica. Info: 1 (800) 354-7273, pcrf-kids.org.

Blessing of the Pets, a more than 20-year tradition, with pets of all kinds welcome; they must be restrained. Photos of pets that cannot make it or have died may be brought so they can blessed that way. Sat., Sept. 23, 11 a.m.12 p.m., Emanuel United Church of Christ, 93-12 91 Ave., Woodhaven. Free. Info: (718) 849-1153, pookie411@aol.com.

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by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Flushing native Arian Asllani, better known by his stage name Action Bronson, has rapped about everything from Pio Pio’s iconic rice and beans to ceviche and more.

And now, the rapper and gourmand has released a new book that chronicles his culinary adventures, while offering a few of his favorite recipes.

“F--k, That’s Delicious: An Annotated Guide to Eating Well,” was released Sept. 12 in bookstores everywhere by the entertainer.

“Bronson is this era’s Homer, and “F--k, That’s Delicious” is a modern-day ‘Odyssey,’ a synopsis of the 224-page book reads on Abrams Books’ website. The book was co-written by Rachel Wharton, a James Beard Award-wining food writer.

The book includes more than 40 recipes “inspired by [Bronson’s] childhood, family tours and travels.”

“Journey from bagels with cheese that represent familial love ... And: the tacos in LA. The best Dominican chimis. Jamaican jerk. Hand-rolled pasta from Mario. Secrets to eating good from Massimo. Meyhem Lauren’s Chicken Patty Potpie.

And more! more! more!”

Such recipes range from chicken Parmesan to his “mother’s Jewish delight, Challah.”

But as the title might suggest, it’s not exactly child-friendly reading.

“F--k That’s Delicious” is the name of a series hosted by Bronson on Vice, which shows his adventures on stage and in the kitchen, all over the world — in Australia, France, Jamaica and elsewhere.

But he’s never forgotten his home borough. While filming his show, he’s visited Dani’s House of Pizza in Kew Gardens, Tony’s Beechhurst Deli in Whitestone and more.

In a Sept. 14 appearance on “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” he brought the host a plate of baked ziti from “an Afghani pizzeria in Flushing, Queens called Napoli.”

Bronson called Napoli, located on 69th Avenue, his “neighborhood spot.”

The cookbook is far from Bronson’s first foray into Queens native Action Bronson is now a rapper by trade, but the former chef has never let go of his love of food. He released his the culinary world — before making it big as a rapper, he was a chef who trained at the Art Institute of own cookbook, which shares the title of his show, on Sept. 12.

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From Moliere to Mel Brooks, on Queens stages

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In a break with tradition, the fall community theater season promises a veritable smorgasbord of shows that are rarely produced, including some, if memory serves, that are making their local debuts on the Queens circuit.

Among the musical offerings, first up is “Young Frankenstein,” an adaptation of the Mel Brooks motion picture comedy of the same name, presented by Royal Star Theatre beginning Nov. 3.

The show, for which Brooks provided the music and lyrics, as well as the book with Thomas Meehan, is a parody of horror films, most particularly the classic 1931 version of “Frankenstein.”

Under the direction of Maryellen Pierce, musical director Paul L. Johnson, and choreographer Amanda Montoni, the cast is headed by Giovanni Marine as Frederick Frankenstein, grandson of the famed mad scientist; Joe Marchione a s The Monster; Michael Park as the hunchback, Igor; Stephanie Sands as Inga, the yodeling laboratory assistant; Donna Falzon as the mysterious Frau Blucher; and Amanda Doria as Elizabeth, Frederick’s fiancee.

Performances at Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy

The cast of Royal Star Theatre’s production of “Young Frankenstein” strikes a musical stage pose during an early rehearsal. The show is directed by Maryellen Pierce, above right with musical director Paul L. Johnson. Below, Jim Chamberlain, front, young Audrey Butler, Ludovic Coutaud and Debbie Smith of the Gingerbread Players are all decked out at a rehearsal of “Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme.” PHOTOS BY MARK LORD Auditorium (179-14 Dalney Rd., Jamaica) are on Nov. 3, 4, 10 and 11 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 5 at 3 p.m.

Tickets: in advance: $18; $15 seniors 65+ and children 12 and under; $2 more at the door.

More: Visit royalstartheatre.org or call (718) 428-8681.

Opening the next night is the ever-popular “Little Shop of Horrors,” the macabre tale of a rare plant that threatens to take over

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Time’s running out ...

To see the Queens Botanical Garden’s exhibit of watercolors by Che Min Hsaio, most of them of the QBG grounds, which he walked “over and over and over and over” to absorb the scene. Nearly all the

paintings are bucolic landscapes.

“Before Sunset,” above, with its flock of birds frolicking around a tree, is Hsaio’s favorite. The exhibit runs through Sept. 24. Learn more about it online at bit.ly/2wnXEiw.

the world, making a return visit to the borough.

In this incarnation, Billy Marengo is the nerdy Seymour; Nicole Intravia is his adoring girlfriend, Audrey; and Eli Koenig is harried shop owner Mr. Mushnik.

Direction is by Cathy Chimenti, with Alan Baboff serving as musical director and Jenifer Badamo providing the choreography.

Performances by Theatre By The Bay at the Bay Terrace Garden Jewish Center (1300 209 St., Bayside) are on Nov. 4, 11 and 18 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 5, 12 and 19 at 3 p.m.

Tickets: $22; $20 seniors 62+ and children 12 & under.

More: Visit theatrebythebayny. com or call (718) 428-6363.

“She Loves Me” is a musical valentine that tells an often-told tale of a pair of co-workers who, unbeknownst to either one, are lonelyhearts pen pals to each other (in the days before Facebook) and — no spoiler alert here — end up falling in love.

Stephen Ryan is Georg and Lisa Bondi plays the object of his affection, Amalia. They are given support by Frank Franconeri as dapper cad Kodaly and Lauren Jacobs as Ilona, a young woman who’s been around.

The Parkside Players production is directed by Bill Logan; Paul L. Johnson is musical director; Amanda Montoni choreographs.

Performances at Grace Lutheran Church (103-15 Union Tpke., Forest Hills) are on Nov. 18, 24, and 25 and Dec. 1 and 2 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 19 and 26 at 2 p.m.

Tickets: $20; $18 seniors.

More: Visit parksideplayers.com or call (718) 353-7388.

One French play with music and one straight play from Britain also are on the horizon.

Moliere’s “Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme” (“The Bourgeois Gentleman”), first presented in 1670, is a comedy surrounding a merchant whose burning ambition is to join the ranks of the aristocracy.

The title role is played by Jim Chamberlain, who is joined by, among others, Debbie Smith as his long-suffering wife; Natalie Lombana as his daughter; and Ludovic

Coutaud as her suitor. All are under the direction of Dolly Guinther.

Performances by The Gingerbread Players take place at St. Luke’s Church (85 Greenway South, Forest Hills) on Nov. 4, 5 and 12 at 2:30 p.m. and Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $15; $12 each in groups of six or more.

More: See gingerbreadplayers. org or call (718) 268-7772.

Douglaston Community Theatre presents “Cat’s Cradle,” a British mystery by Leslie Sands about an unsolved case of a kidnapped infant ... with, naturally, some surprising developments.

The cast of local favorites, directed by Vincent Scott, includes Barbara Mavro, Annette Daiell, Joe Pepe, Dan Bubbeo, Richard Weyhausen, Dean Schildkraut, Melissa Goller, Eleni Rosenboom and Adrianne Noroian.

Performances are set for Nov. 3, 4, 10, 11, 17 and 18 at 8 p.m., and Nov. 12 and 18 at 2 p.m. DCT is located at Zion Church Parish Hall ( 243- 0 1 N o r t h e r n B l vd., Douglaston).

Tickets: $19 adults; $17 seniors and students.

More: Send an email to doug commthtr@gmail.com or call (718) Q 482-3332.

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One such find was a modernistic model proposed for the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art building from the 1930s.

“We learned that the model existed when we were looking at sketches at the Aver y Architec tural and Fine Ar t s Library at Columbia University,” Lubell said. Not knowing their chances of success they asked MoMA for the model on loan, and got an affirmative.

“That was exciting,” he said.

They scored another coup with the addition of the model for Steven Holl’s Parallax Towers, an apartment complex slated to extend 72nd Street westward

‘Never Built New York’ When: Through Feb. 18, 2018 Where: Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park Entry: $8;$4 seniors; free 18 and under. (718) 592-9700; queensmuseum.org

into the Hudson River. The model on display, at 11 feet tall, is almost as impressive as the idea.

“The plan was to connect the towers with horizontal elevators,” Lubell said.

He added that a similar project since has been completed in China, with covered walkway bridges replacing the elevators.

And some of the names behind the s topped or never-s t ar ted projec t s include Frank Gehr y, Frank Lloyd Wright, I.M. Pei, Robert Moses and R. Buckminster Fuller, people not necessarily accustomed to being told their projects were not welcome.

“No one is immune to ‘Never Built,’” Lubell said.

The exhibit was designed by Christian Wassman. And while Goldin and Lubell were pleased that they had found a willing host, the Queens Museum folks had one more pleasant surprise — an offer to place models of the projects on their famous New York City Panorama.

“We were thrilled,” Lubell said. “That Panorama is one of the gems of the city.

It wa s a drea m t hat t hat wo ul d happen.”

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A New York that never was comes to life

Even in a city built on audacious projects, some, even those proposed by legendary architects and designers, never come to pass. The Queens Museum offers a glimpse of what might have been with “Never Built New York. On the cover: Lighted models of PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON never-built projects sit upon the Panorama.

Meaning, of course, that none of the existing features could be removed or harmed during the exhibit. In stepped Joshua Jordan, director of the fabrication lab at Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture and some of his students.

“They made 45 models to scale out of resin plastic,’ Lubell said.

They are lighted to stand out — if only for a brief time — in the city that never sleeps, but would never quite Q have a place for them elsewhere.

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boro ro continued from page 32 Bell Blvd. Sunday Stroll, a street fair with music, performances, games, a bounce house, tastings and more, by the Bayside Village BID. Sun., Sept. 24, 12-5 p.m., between 39 and 41 Aves. Free. Info: (718) 423-2434, baysidevillagebid.com.

Free flu shots and health screening clinic, for all who are insured and bring their card, facilitated by Rite Aid. Wed., Sept. 27, 9-11:30 a.m., Ridgewood YMCA, 69-02 64 St. Info: Sonia Thompson, (212) 912-2180, sothompson@ymcanyc.org.

Blessing of the Pets, with all types welcome and treats for both them and their people available, to also mark “thankfulness of God’s creations in honor of St. Francis of Assisi.”

Sat., Sept. 30, 11 a.m., Church of the Resurrection, 85-09 118 St., Richmond Hill. Free. Info: (718) 847-2649, resurrectionrichmondhill.com.

St. Kevin Alumni Back to School Night, a reunion for all classes, with honors going to two graduates and one former teacher. Sat., Sept. 30, 5 p.m. Mass at the church (45-21 194 St., Flushing); 6-7 p.m. wine and cheese tour of the school (45-50 195 St.); 7-10 reunion at the parish center. $75; must RSVP by Mon., Sept. 25. Info: (718) 357-8110, klough@stkevinca.org.

TOURS/HIKES Spirits Alive 2017: Diversity Through Time, the annual self-guided walk with more than 20 actors in period costumes portraying some of Maple Grove Cemetery’s historical figures to recall their lives; visitor costumes encouraged.

Sat., Sept. 23, 2-4:30 p.m., 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Free; donations suggested.

Info: (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org.

The Great Men of Maple Grove Cemetery, a walk to their final resting places led by certified tour guide Jo-Ann Raskin. Sun., Sept. 24, 1-2:30 p.m., meeting at Victorian Administration Building, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. $5.

Info: (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org.

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SPORTS

Bird Walks with NYC Audubon, spotting and ID’ing birds and learning how the Queens Botanical Garden provides them with resources like food and shelter. Sun., Oct. 1 and 29; Sat., Oct. 14, 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free with admission: $6; $4 seniors; $4 students, $2 children over 3. Info/registration (req’d): (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

MARKETS Ridgewood Y flea market, with clothing, books, toys, games, jewerly and more, as a fundraiser for its children’s programs. Sat., Sept. 23, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 69-02 64 St. Info: Sonia Thompson, (212) 912-2180, sothompson@ymcanyc.org.

Richmond Hill, 117-09 Hillside Ave., every Sun., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Largest flea market in Queens. Info: (347) 709-7661, richmondhillfleamarket.com.

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SOCIAL EVENTS Italian Charities of America dance, with food, drink and more. Sat., Sept. 23, 8 p.m.-12 a.m., 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. $10. Info: (718) 478-3100.

Israeli folk dancing, with instruction for beginners, in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. Each Mon., 7:30 p.m. (beginners’ instruction); 8:3010 p.m. (intermediate dances), Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke, Fresh Meadows. $10. Info: (718) 380-4145, hillcrestjc.org.

MEETINGS Creative Conversations: Elmhurst, the monthly dinner meeting where artists network, organize, meet area stakeholders and more; open to the public; by the Queens Council on the Arts. Fri., Sept. 29, 6-8 p.m., New York Tibetan Service Center, 83-02A Broadway, 3rd floor. Free. Info/RSVP: (347) 505-3018, queenscouncilarts.org.

CLUBS “Hooks & Needles” Crochet & Knit Club, with participants bringing projects, hooks, needles and yarn, or working on charity projects.

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SENIOR ACTIVITIES Woodhaven/Richmond Hill Senior Center, with arts and crafts, knitting, Wii bowling, education and more. Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., lunch at 12 p.m. Strength/stretching exercise class every Mon., 1 p.m.; yoga class every Thu., 10 a.m.; Zumba every Fri. starting July 1. 89-02 91 St., Woodhaven. Info: (718) 847-9200.

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BEAT

Rays borrow Mets home

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

For the first time in Citi Field history, it hosted Major League Baseball games in which the Mets were not participants.

Hurricane Irma forced the Tampa Bays Rays to move their scheduled three-game series last week from the Tropicana Dome in St. Petersburg, Fla. to elsewhere. The MLB asked the Mets to pitch in and have Citi Field host the games and the team agreed. The thinking was that playing the games at Yankee Stadium would disadvantage the Rays even further than just losing their home fans. Although they would have preferred not to have made a detour to Queens, the Rays players were impressed with the ballpark and especially the Mets’ players clubhouse. Rays pitcher Jake Faria admitted the spacious and modern facilities were superior to that of their home ballpark.

The relocation of the Yankees-Rays series created an unplanned homecoming for former Mets first baseman Lucas Duda, now with the Rays, who appreciated the Mets clubhouse staff giving him his old real estate — the locker in the rear corner. I chatted with Duda in the home dugout during batting practice prior to last Monday’s game, which the Yankees won 5-1.

Duda came up through the Mets’ farm system and it was the only professional baseball organization that he was familiar with until he was

traded to Tampa Bay in late July.

He expressed absolutely no bitterness at Mets general manager Sandy Alderson’s decision to move him. “I completely understand the business side of the game and I don’t mind it.”

Duda then graciously added that he thinks his successor at first base, Dominic Smith, will be a terrific player and that young players such as Michael Conforto, Brandon Nimmo, Amed Rosario and the aforementioned Smith comprise a special group.

Duda agreed with my assessment that he didn’t receive the appreciation from fans and management for working hard at improving his defensive play at first base during his Mets tenure. “I know that I wasn’t Keith Hernandez out there but I worked hard to become respectable.”

Tampa Bay Rays managing general partner Stuart Sternberg grew up in Canarsie and graduated with a degree in finance from St. John’s University, so it’s not surprising that he grew up a Mets fan.

I joked with Sternberg that, given the way his favorite team’s season has gone, as further evidenced by their three embarrassing blowout losses to the Cubs last week, Mets fans may insist on the Rays playing all of their home games at Citi Field. “That would be fine with Q me,” he said with a hearty laugh.

See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

Looking back at LIC: A streetcar named retired

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Show n in 1928 in front of the 34th Street Fer r y Wa rehou se & Ferry Restaurant, which was owned by Mar y Suhy, is a rare and valuable classic that gave Long Island City riders a treat for a few years.

The old BMT trolley car was built in 1899 and purchased from the Nassau Electric Railroad Co. on Feb. 28, 1927. It was sent to the Third Avenue Railway System shop for restoration and return to service.

At that time TARS The old 34th Street Ferry Warehouse and Ferry Restaurant, No. was operating the Long 2-03 Borden Ave., in Long Island City, taken Dec. 4, 1928.

Island City Steinway The storage warehouse has been Lines. Sadly, for trolley car fans, the 1899 relic was too costly to keep repair- replaced by an upscale restaurant called ing and was scrapped and junked at the Crabhouse. This area near the waterfront is experiencing a building boom. Q start of the Great Depression in 1930.

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Rapper cookbook continued from page 33 New York City’s cooking program and worked at several restaurants, and Citi Field. Even after leaving the kitchen, food was still a part of his work. You can find mentions of several dishes in his music.

Just one example of this can be found in “The Come Up,” which came out in 2009. “Peace to Queens, she the queen of life/Eating Pio Pio chicken, smothered beans in the rice/And we out.” And in the same song, “fire kissing the roasted salmon on the cedar plank.”

Bronson told Rolling Stone in 2011, “No one raps about food like I do. I rap about fine dishes — like, all kinds of things that only real chefs and real foodies are going to know about.”

In 2015, August Martin High School students took home second place in the Stay Hungry competition, in which teams of students and professional chefs turned song lyrics into a dish, for making one dish mentioned in Bronson’s “Nordic Wind.”

“Got the lamb rack, pan-roasted, laced it with fennel/Little yogurt that been drizzled over might be a winner.” The contestants added potatoes for good measure.

The Queens native’s cookbook has

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been praised by celebrity chef, and friend of Bronson’s, Mario Batali.

“This is a book that is at once a testament to a wild palate, to a man with a gastronomic vision, to a hip-hop artist of the top of the top category and a student of life with legendary curiosity,” Batali writes. “Bronson is the Leonardo da Vinci of pop culture’s multi-cosmic, infinitely overstimulated, twenty-first century children of the handheld devices. At the very same moment all this is swirling around in your head, on your tongue, throughout every single muscle of your dancing, jumping being, you realize ... F--k!!! This Q is delicious.”

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LOOKING TO BUY Estates, gold, costume jewelry, old & mod furn, records, silver, coins, art, toys, oriental items. Call George, Tractor Trailer Training Classes Forming Now. If qualified train 718-386-1104 or 917-775-3048 daily or weekend. Financial Aid, PLEASE CALL LORI, 718-324-4330. Pell Grants, Post 9/11 GI Bill, Job I PAY THE BEST, MOST HONEST Placement Assistance. National PRICES FOR ESTATES, FURNI- Tractor Trailer School, Liverpool & TURE, CHANDELIERS, LAMPS, Buffalo, (Branch) 1-800-243-9300 COSTUME JEWELRY, WATCHES www.ntts.edu/admissions (WORKING OR NOT WORKING), FURS, COINS, POCKETBOOKS, CHINA, VASES, GLASSWARE, STERLING SILVERWARE, FIGLana Stein, M.A. URINES, CANDLESTICKS, PAINTINGS, PRINTS, RUGS, PIANOS, and GUITARS, VIOLINS, FLUTES, TAG Steven Stein, Ph.D. SALES, CLEANOUTS, CARS

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3 Mermaid’s Realty LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 7/19/2017. Cty: Queens.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 35-22 29th St., Long Island City, NY 11106.

General Purpose.

Notice of formation of 7421 QUEENS BLVD. REALTY LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/21/17. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 133-47 Sanford Ave., Unit C1E, Flushing, NY 11355.

Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of formation of ALBA ALVAREZ DESIGN, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/22/16. Office in Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 6406 Fleet St., Apt. 6B, Rego Park, NY 11374.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Public Forum WHEN: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 7pm WHERE: Queens Borough Hall 120-55 Queens Blvd Room No. 200 Queens, NY 11424 MORE INFO: hallettsastoria@durst.org Halletts Members LLC, the master developer of the Halletts Point Development (26-01, 26-02, 27-02 1st Street, Astoria, New York), is applying for a temporary closure of an approximately 324-foot segment of 1st Street between 26th and 27th Avenues and approximately 209-foot segment of 26th Avenue between 1st and 2nd Street in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. The temporary street closure of 1st Street and 26th Avenue would aid the construction of three buildings on adjacent lots (Block 915, Lot 6; and Block 916, Lots 1 and 10) by allowing the two street segments to be used as staging areas for construction equipment. The development sites were analyzed as part of the Halletts Point Rezoning Environmental Impact Statement (EIS - CEQR No. 09DCP084Q) which was approved in 2013. The affected street segments are proposed for closure through 2018. By law, all street closures lasting longer than 180 days require a public forum to be followed by a Community Reassessment, Impact, and Amelioration Statement (CRIA) or Environmental Assessment Statement incorporating any public comments and responses.

At this forum, Halletts Members LLC will present information about the temporary street closure.

Members of the public are invited to attend and will be given the opportunity to make comments. This forum complies with Local Law 24 of 2005, (Title 34, Chapter 2, Section 2-16 of the Rules of the City of New York).

Notice of formation of BLOSSOM BEAUTY & AUXILIARY SERVICES, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/01/2017. Office in Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to, Unisex Blossom Beauty Salon, 121-07 Sutphin Blvd. 1st Floor, Jamaica, NY 11434. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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BrainBase Communications, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/20/2017.

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: United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13TH Avenue Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

SUPREME COURT QUEENS COUNT Y – Matter of the Guardianship of ALICE E. GAILL ARD, Index No. 97116. Pursuant to an Order of the Court, dated September 5, 2017, by Justice Lee A. Mayersohn, an application to sell the premises 13525 217th Street, Springfield Gardens, N Y 11413 will be made on October 17, 2017 at 9:30 am, at IAS Part 22G of the Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Room 22, Jamaica, N Y 11435. Only of fers over $425,000.00 Contact David Smoren, E s q., 2 5 4 -10 Northern Blvd., Little Neck, NY 11362 Tel – 718-2256700; Fax 718-225-3366.

DNJ Development LLC. Filed 8/15/17. Office: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 82-40 189th St Fl 1, Hollis, NY 11423.

Purpose: General.

Notice is hereby given that a license, serial# 1303967, for beer and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer and wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 42-35 Main Street, Suite 1J, Flushing NY 11355 for on-premises consumption. The company’s name is Go Go Fast Food Inc. dba Hundred Taste

Notice of formation of MARQUEE GROUP USA, LLC Articles of Organization Filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 09/01/2017. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY Shell mail copy of any process served against the LLC 3709 Main ST STE 201A, Flushing NY 11354.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of YG NEW YORK LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on SEPTEMBER 5, 2017.

Office in Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to, YG NEW YORK LLC, 6237 ELLWELL CRESCENT, REGO PARK, NY 11374. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on the 1st Day of September, 2017, bearing Index Number NC47917, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, in room- grants me the right to Assume the name of SUNAH FRANCES CHO. My present name is SUN AH CHO aka FRANCES SUN AH CHO aka SUN A. CHO aka SUN CHO. My present address is 64-12 214th Street, Oakland Gardens, NY 11364. My place of birth is in Korea.

My date of birth is on March 4, 1981.

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STATE OF NEW YORK, SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS, Index No. 714234/2016 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, v. LEONARD ROBERTS, JR., SHARON EDWARDS, NAYLOR ROBERTSON, CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES LLC, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA, CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, CITY OF NEW YORK TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, and JOHN DOE, Defendants.

To the above named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorneys within thirty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of Honorable Cheree Buggs, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 11th day of August, 2017 at Jamaica, New York.

The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage on the following property: BLOCK: 9467: LOT 4 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the southerly side of 95th Avenue, formerly Chichester Avenue, distant 60 feet easterly from the southeasterly corner of 95th Avenue and 126th Street, formerly South Villa and Sherman Streets; RUNNING THENCE southerly parallel with 126th Street, 90 feet; THENCE easterly parallel with 95th Avenue, 20 feet; THENCE northerly parallel with 126th Street, and part of the distance through a party wall, 90 feet to the southerly side of 98th Avenue; THENCE westerly along the southerly side of 95th Avenue, 20 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Subject to easements, covenants, and restriction of record.

These premises are also known as 12608 95th Avenue, Richmond Hill a/k/a South Richmond Hill, NY 11419.

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Apts. For Rent Centreville/Ozone Park, studio apt.

No pets, non-smoker, G&E incl. $725/mo. Call 917-673-5216 Howard Beach, 6 rms, 3 BR, tenant pays heat/electric, excel cond. $2,000/mo. Call Agent Maria 718-757-2394, JFRE Howard Beach/Lindenwood, just renov, lg studio, EIK, granite countertops, S/S appli, new bathroom, excellent closet space, heat & electric included, no pets/smoking, $1,200/mo. Credit check required! Owner, 917-533-9609

SUN. 9/24 • 12:00-3:00PM 161-38 96TH STREET 1 FAMILY DETACHED, EXCELLENT COND., 40X100, 4 BRs, 3 BATHS, ALL CERAMIC A MUST SEE ASKING $625K

AGENT MARIA 718-757-2394 @JFRE Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Sat 9/23, 12:00-3:00PM, 89-07 165 Ave. Hi-Ranch, 40x100, 4BR, 2 full baths, pvt dvwy, 1 car gar.

Reduced, $659K. Connection I RE, 718-845-1136 Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Sun 9/24, 12:00-3:00PM, 88-15 158 Ave. Mint Cape 60x100, 3BR, 2 full baths, 1st fl, extended open fl plan, new kit, S/S appli, lg LR, FDR, lg master BR, walk-in-closet, 2 lg BR. 2nd fl, new bath, full fin bsmnt, lg den, new windows, electric, CAC, IGP with new liner. Asking $819K. Connexion I RE, 718-845-1136 Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Sat 9/23, 12:00-2:00PM, 162-11 91 St. Beautifully maintained Brookfield, Hi-Ranch, 10 rms, 3 BR, 3 baths, 40x100, cath ceilings, new heat & central air. Howard Beach Realty, 718-641-6800

Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Sat 9/23, 12:30-2:30PM, 87-16 164 Ave. Lovely Hi-Ranch, great for Kew Gardens, ex-lg furn rm, work- extended family, just needs updating gentleman preferred. $220 per ing. C21 Amiable II, 718-835-4700 week, no smoking. 718-847-8993

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Houses For Sale Howard Beach, totally new built in 2015, mint Colonial, 3 BR, 2 baths on top fl, master has walk-in closet, balcony & master bath, laundry room on top fl. 1st floor has beautiful kit, S/S appli, granite countertops, lg LR, DR, den, 43x100.

Asking $699K. Connexion I RE, 718-845-1136 Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Cape on 50x100, 4 BR, 1 full bath, full bsmnt, needs renovation.

Asking $599K. Connexion I RE, 718-845-1136

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Comm. Space For Rent LINDENWOOD GARDENS COOPERATIVE Inc. has Two commercial spaces available for rent in Howard Beach, NY: Each 2,200 sq. ft. space is available for limited commercial use, to be discussed upon viewing.

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kalian trans service, Limited Liability Company Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/10/2017. 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: Karl Perez, 123-10 Ocean Promenade Apt 6N, Belle Harbor, NY 11694 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Tole’s Mgmt, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/31/2017. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13TH Avenue Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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See you next August PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON

What a difference a week makes.

While the National Tennis Center has its regular programs all year, all looked vacant and a little sad and somber last Sunday, seven days after the 2017 US Open came to its annual crescendo with the crowning of the men’s singles champion.

Gone were the nearly 700,000 fans, and the lines for food vendors, above left and bottom

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center. With the television cameras gone, so too is the massive outdoor video screen below the big clock and above the main entrance to Arthur Ashe Stadium, top center.

But even with the main gates closed and vendors gone, one little guy, at right, had no trouble getting in and grabbing a snack.

— Michael Gannon

Howard Beach Realty, Inc. Thomas J. LaVecchia,

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LONG BEACH Beautifully maintained Brookfield Hi-Ranch, 10 rms, 3 bedrms, 3 bths, 40x100, cath ceiling, new heat & cent air.

Beautiful Studio Condo, 400 sq. ft., (The Broadway Bldg.), 2fl.,

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HOWARD BEACH Co-op Hi Rise, Beautiful, 2 bedrms, 2 new bths, lg din rm, all renovated move in cond, 2 ceiling fans, 2 ac units, new dishwasher, track lighting, must see,

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Lovely Hi-Ranch. Great for extended family, just needs updating. Hardwood floors that have been covered with rug.

• Rockaway Beach • Impeccable professionally designed Condo with private terrace. Invites comfort and exquisite elegance. Generous living space and stylish finishes. Remote window treatments. Perfect for relaxing and entertaining. Magnificent views of ocean and NYC skyline.

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Great studio apartment with terrace located in beautiful Heritage House south. Needs some TLC, near shopping center, school and transportation to Manhattan.

1 Bedroom, 1 full bath, Eff kitchen, dining room, living room, 1 AC, all utilities included, great starter home.

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Hi-Ranch, on 40x100, 4 BRs/ 2 full baths, pvt. dr, 1 car garage.

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Mint Cape on 60x100, 3 BRs, 2 full baths.

First floor, extended open floor plan, new kitchen, SS appl., large living room, formal DR, lg master bed, with walk-in closet, 2 lg BRs. 2nd fl, new bth, full finished bsmt. w/lg den, new windows, electric CAC, in-ground pool with new liner.

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All new mint AAA "Waterfront Home" Colonial amazing views, 3 BRs, 2 baths, huge kitchen & living room, kitchen features new granite countertops, custom center island, new cabinets & stainless steel appliances, 2 new baths/ Jacuzzi, tiled floors.

Totally new (built in 2015) mint Colonial featuring 3 BRs/2 baths on top floor, master has walk-in closet, balcony and master bath. Laundry room on top floor. 1st floor has beautiful kitchen, stainless steel appl. & granite counter, large living room, dining room & den, 43x100 Asking $699K

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Custom large Colonial, huge MBR w/luxury bathroom, premium floors, radiant heat and CAC unit on each floor, gourmet kitchen w/ hi-end appliances, 3 more BRs, 3 baths, study, 41x107.

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"WATERFRONT" Corner 1 family, 3 BRs, 1 1/2 baths, 20x80 lot w/2 car garage. Large dock, fits 5 boats, 30x22 deck over water.

New siding w/architectural roof.

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Lovely 2 family featuring 6 bedrooms/2 full baths, on 40x100 lot. Full finished basement, pvt driveway.

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HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD • Hi-Rise Co-op – 2 BRs, 1 bath, w/terrace. All updated...Reduced 199K • Mint Garden – 2BR with FDR, 1 bath, newly carpeted, soundproof, low maint. ...Asking $245K CLOSED • Hi-Rise Co-op – All new 2 BRs, 2 baths, with 19" terrace. Pack bags/move in ....................... $269K IN CONTRACT • Garden - 3BR, 1 bath, needs renovation. ............................ $179K • Garden Co-op – 3 BRs, 1 bath (freshly painted), 2nd floor, new refinished wood flooring, party room, (fee) ........ $199K RENTALS • Howard Beach/Lindenwood 3 bed, 1 1/2 bths, 2nd fl. $2,100 incl. heat & hw

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Tel: 718-848-4700 Fax: 718-848-4865 kwrliberty@gmail.com

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Sunday Sept. 24 3:30-5:30 pm

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162-43 99 Street

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OZONE PARK Charming Well-Maintained & Renovated 3 BR Det. Colonial With LR, Formal DR, Eat-In-Kit, Fin. Bsmnt & Relaxing Backyard.

Price: $569,000

HOWARD BEACH

Gorgeous 3 BR, 3.5 Bath Tudor W/Original Woodwork. Bright, Top Floor Corner Unit, Spacious LR, DR, 2 Large Stunning Brand New Waterfront Property! New Everything: Kit. W/Granite Counters & Outdoor Entrance, Large Fin. BRs, 2 Updated Baths, Updated Kitchen, Plenty of Kitchen, 3 Baths, LR/DR, Appliances, Full Fin Bsmt, Attic Bsmt With Outdoor Entrance, LR, DR, Two Fireplaces, Closets, Close To All Conveniences! Price: $299,999 That Can Be Used As 4th BR Price: $849,000 Ren. Yard, Pty Dvwy. Price: $449,000 Contact Carolyn DeFalco Contact Valerie Shalomoff Contact Tamara Johnson For More Info 917-995-1465 For More Information 917-208-9176 for more info 646-533-8142

OZONE PARK

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Sunday Sept. 24 12-3 pm 12 West 8th Road

ELMONT Beautiful Cape Style Home Located In Prime Elmont Area. LR, DR, Eat-In-Kit, Large Half Fin Bsmnt, Partially Fin Second Flr. Lots of Potential! Price: $429,999 Contact Christine Ziccardi 516-322-3940 or Rene Rose 718-810-0293 For More Information

Bright Beautiful 1 Fam. Det Complete With 3 BRs, 2 Baths, Liv Rm, Din Rm, Full Fin Bsmnt, Garage & Pvt Driveway!

Price: $530,000 Contact Valerie Shalomoff For More Info 646-533-8142

OZONE PARK Det 2 Family With Private Dvwy & Garage, 2 Living Rms, 2 Dining Rms, 2 BRs, 2 Full Baths, Great Investment Property Or Starter Home!

Price: $619,999 Contact Carolyn DeFalco For More Information 917-208-9176.

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Big Beautiful Corner Semi-Det 1 Fam. Complete With 2 BRs, 2 Baths, LR, DR, Kit, Standing Attic, Full Fin Bsmt, Garage, Pvt Dvwy, Backyard, New Boiler & New Stoop!

Price: $585,000

Lovely Sunny 1 BR/1Bath Unit With Terrace In Luxury Doorman Building.

Price: $268,000 Contact Sarah Newcomb For More Info 917-459-7549

Contact Glenda Inestroza For More Info 646-325-3627

Sunday, Sept. 24 12-2 pm 84-02 108 Avenue

Beautiful 2 BR Co-op With Formal Din Rm, Kitchen, LR, & Full Bath With Jacuzzi.

Price: $294,000

S. OZONE PARK

BROAD CHANNEL Complete & Fully Ren! Property Sits On A Double Cambridge Paved Lot With Parking For Up To 3 Cars, 3 BRs, 1.5 Baths, Formal DR, LR, Laundry Rm, Kit. W/Stainless Steel Appliances, Full Det. 1 Car Gar, & Lrg Backyard.

Price: $615,000 Contact Chris Snyder For More Info 347-698-6763

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Contact Theresa Laboccetta 347-531-9060 or Maryann Corcoran 917-838-2624 For More Information

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Full Renovated 1 Family Det. Colonial, 3 BRs, 2 Baths, Fin. Basement, Open Concept Kitchen, LR, DR, Det. Garage, Pvt Driveway.

Price: $599,000

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OZONE PARK Semi Detached 1 Family With Attached Gar. And Private Dvwy, 2 Large BRs, LR, DR, Full Bath & Porch!

Price: $590,000 Contact Danraj Pooran For More Info 347-605-1370

LONG ISLAND CITY Huge 6 Family All 3 BRs. Price: $2,200,000 Contact Raj Pardal 646-533-9262 or Natasia Pagoulatos For More Infor 917-335-1143

OZONE PARK

RICHMOND HILL

Legal 3 Family With Two Stores On 35X103 Lot. Great Income Property!

Price: $999,998 Contact Subhas Ramroop For More Info 347-581-5596

Large One Family In The Center Of Richmond Hill!

5 BRs, 1.5 Baths, LR, DR, Eat-In-Kit, Full Fin Bsmnt, Porch, Pvt Driveway & Garage!

Price: $799,000 Contact Pedro Duarte For More Infor 646-552-4422

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