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Urgent Care On Stage Theater Might Get Treatment
By Kevin Boyle The long-neglected theater on Beach 116th Street might be getting the urgent care it needs. And, in turn, offer urgent care to area residents. According to the project manager, the theater has had two separate engineer reports completed in recent weeks with each asserting that the building is essentially structurally sound. The front of the building, which was added to the massive theater as an extension, is another matter. That will have to be replaced or reconfigured. Architects will soon get to work on renderings which are expected to include plans for a comprehensive urgent care facility, retail shops, and parking. Other than a brief period in the 1990’s when part of the structure was used for a theater, pasta restaurant, and art gallery the hulking brick building has been vacant for more than two decades. Its ownership has a murky history with a series of transfers between corporations. In the spring, Michael Konig, of Broadway Healthcare Management and a consultant to the Park Inn on the
boardwalk said he “has influence over the building” though wasn’t sure if he actually owned the property. Apparently, he has enough influence to push this project forward. Architects are expected to produce preliminary renderings within 60 days of getting the engineers’ reports. The overhaul could cost between six and eight million dollars. News of the plans seems to sit well with Krzysztof Sadlej, the executive director of the Beach 116th Partnership. He said, “A quality care facility is a needed community asset and would likely bring more customers to Beach 116th Street all year long. Allowing for a diversity of uses on the property that included street-level storefronts could breathe some fresh life into the beach-bock. I’m excited by the prospect of it coming alive again--revitalizing the Seaport Theater property is crucial to the continued transformation of Beach 116th Street.” The theater isn’t the only urgent care facility on the drawing board. Developers for the court house on Beach Chanel Drive and Beach 90th Street are expected to start
construction by year’s end. And then there’s North Shore LIJ. The massive medical group with 16 hospitals under its umbrella is expected to take space at 115-06 Beach Channel Drive, which just happens to be the same address as a current urgent care facility called Bayview which has no affiliation with North Shore. Rockaway has one hospital, St. John’s, in Far Rockaway. It has the only emergency room on the peninsula. Urgent care facilities are opening in various locations and offer treatments that don’t require trips to the hospital. The services at urgent care outfits will vary. Healthcare is a changing landscape and some urgent care facilities will undoubtedly expand to cover a wider range of emergencies. In the short term, health care providers generally agree on the
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A Hidden Gem Uncovered
By Katie McFadden Unless you’ve heard of it through word of mouth, come upon it during a boat outing in Jamaica Bay or discovered it through social media, you would never expect to find a waterside restaurant and bar with quality food and breathtaking views hidden behind a gas station. The Wharf Bar and Grill is a hidden gem that has served locals for decades. There are no flashy billboards indicating “The Wharf is here” along the bayside of Beach 116th
Street and Beach Channel Drive. Yet The Wharf hasn’t been a secret to locals and now those coming down for the day have started to uncover one of the peninsula’s best kept secrets. Ever since Bill and Mavis Bulloch originally opened The Wharf as a bait shack and private club, the property has maintained a sense of exclusivity. “Bill Bulloch wanted to pick and choose his customers and that’s just what he did. There were no signs, no advertising. If you were welcome one evening,
you could come back the next day and not be allowed in,” current coowner Bobby Leckie recalled. When Leckie and Jimmy Bulloch became co-owners in 1979, they opened The Wharf to the public, but still managed to keep it somewhat secret. “I chose not to advertise or put signs out because I wanted to keep the idea of it being a hidden gem in people’s minds,” Leckie said. However through a quick Google search of places to eat around busy Beach 116th street, the secret of The Wharf is out. Over recent years, visitors to the peninsula have started to discover the Wharf as one of the perfect places to end a beach day while watching the sunset along the city skyline. “I don’t think people in general come to the Rockaways for the cuisine, but here, I think they come for the waterside and the beautiful views of the city,” Leckie said. Leckie also takes pride in the food that the Wharf serves. “This is not a local fast food place where you drive in and out in 10 minutes. It takes time to cook fresh items,” he said. Being by the water, some of the house favorites include seafood items like broiled scallops, but Leckie says some of the most popular items are the marinated steak platter and the fish tacos, which he says were on the menu years before other places found acclaim serving them. The restaurant has been home to some locals for many decades. Some staff members, like the cooks, have been working there for more than 30 years. Staff member Joanne has been there 23 years and daytime manager Maureen Lynch has been there for 17 years. Many locals got their first taste of the workforce at The Wharf. The owners have a longstanding tradition of hiring young locals to work as busboys and busgirls. “We’ve
helped family, friends and anybody I’ve met along the way who want to put their kids to work,” Leckie said. Leckie says The Wharf has seen more than 100 bartenders behind the bar in his 36 years as coowner. Including the kitchen staff, bartenders, barbacks, waitresses, managers and busboys, the restaurant has about 50 current employees, each of which are treated like family. The bayside building took a beating during Sandy, but Leckie and Bulloch had it open just four weeks after, so residents had somewhere to go and so staff members could continue to support their families. “I can proudly say, nobody missed a paycheck here,” Leckie said. With insurance and FEMA help lacking, staff members returned the favor by chipping in to help renovate the restaurant. For many generations, The Wharf has been a place to create memories. “We’ve had proposals here, weddings here, 50th anniversaries here, birthday parties for God knows how many people,” Leckie says. With more people discovering The Wharf, more memories are sure to me made for whoever stops by. “There was a time when I didn’t understand Bill Bulloch’s approach to business, but I understand it now. I only wish I could pick and choose my customers, but that’s not the case nowadays. But, the more people, the better business should be,” Leckie said. The Wharf is located at 416 Beach 116 Street and is open seven days a week starting at 9 a.m. Some locals whisper the Sunday brunch can’t be beat. The kitchen is open until 10 p.m. on weekdays and midnight on the weekend. Make sure to hit the ATM before sitting down, as it is cash only. Photos by Katie McFadden
By Kevin Boyle
The Real Thing I kinda hate when people notice anything new. Nice haircut. Ooh, new car. Oh, you got new furniture. Hey, you lost weight – even if you haven’t. All those observations just make me self-conscious. Because those things make me cringe I try to limit my comments about new stuff I might notice with other people. Though sometimes it’s a challenge. I recall seeing a normally gray-haired guy suddenly appear with a dye job that had gone terribly purple. I didn’t say a word but I felt my eyes darting back and forth to his hair that
looked like funeral bunting. Sometimes you can’t hold back. Last week’s cover boy, Steve Stathis, got a haircut last year that was so bad you had to keep asking him if he needed help. It lasted for weeks. No one had to specify, they just asked: What happened? Steve would shake his head, I know. But this time I hope the new look is noticed and approved. I’m talking about the masthead on the front page. I’m hoping you see and like the Rockaway Times’ MADE IN ROCKAWAY tagline. When you’re at the store or picking up a free
paper from your doorstep look for the Made In Rockaway label so you know what you’re getting: Boyleing Points and a locally owned newspaper. Beware of imitators. Hey, even if you use The Rockaway TIMES for the bottom of your birdcage at least it’s homegrown! You know that feeling when something’s not quite right. In the old days, you’d go to some big picnic or church event and see a big tub of cold soda. You’d run over for a drink and then your shoulders would sag a bit. Oh man, C & C cola? C & C was the poor man’s Coke or Pepsi. You’d drink the entire thing wishing it was a real Coke. Remember Hydrox cookies? They were counterfeit Oreos. You ate them as a last resort. Even the milk didn’t taste as good with them. Of course, China is notorious for ripping off brands. They sell pizza at Pizza Huh not Pizza Hut. They sell Arm and Hatchet baking soda and sell coffee at a place called Sunbucks. It’ll be okay if The Rockaway
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By Alex Karinsky
Stoked: Surf Association Launches The rumblings were reverberating for some time about an association of this kind and then it happened. Approximately fifty or so people turned up to the inaugural meeting Monday, August 11th at the Rockaway Beach Surf Club to discuss some recent concerns, such as the banning of boogie boards, and to listen to other future potential issues, like new designated surf beaches. Most of this initial crowd signed up to be lifetime members for $20 and those new members got to vote on a few items; who will be the executive committee; how frequent the association should meet and whether it needs to be a non-profit 501(c)3 status with annual dues or a simpler “open as-
sociation” with a one-time lifetime membership (with a t-shirt!!!!). The results were pretty much in favor of six spring/summer and two winter meetings and a onetime lifetime membership for only $20. The members of the board have ocean knowledge that adds up to more than 250 years among the seven members. That’s a lot of ocean smarts right there! Where this association separates itself from others is that members are not only active in other local civic associations and even the community board, but also organizations like the Greybeards, Friends of Rockaway and the Surfrider Foundation. What this affords us is to be a unified voice that can be consistent across
all the peninsula associations for the government to hear us loud and clear. This became very apparent when the RBSA called upon the Parks Department to immediately reverse the wholesale banning of boogie boarding. The letter campaign started soon after The Rockaway Times went to press. Letters went to Reuters, Associated Press, local news stations NBC, CBS, ABC, NY Post, Daily News etc., and the entire world-wide surfing media agencies. It had garnered so much attention, that by 3:30 p.m. Friday, the Parks Departments lifted the ban. It was a great win for the entire peninsula! And the RBSA! But this is only the beginning. There are many faults in the propositions of Parks Department’s. Rules and Regulations, including the Lifeguard Union’s interpretation of these rules. The RBSA is an association of upstanding professionals in society and
we aim to be equally professional when engaging these authoritative agencies to exact the change WE need for OUR “quality of life” issues, and not to be pursued as criminals enjoying our life on the beach we’ve committed our life to. The follow-up meeting is on Tuesday Sept. 2, 8 p.m. at the RBSC on 87th St. We are looking to address proposed designated surf beaches, surf craft rules – defining which crafts should and can be surfed where and designated swimming areas to perhaps extend the swimming time past 6 p.m., boogie board or not! So come on down, join the association and let us hear your voice! And remember, your NIMBY is also our collective back yard, we’re in it together to build our world into an international powerhouse, to make us all winners! If you can’t make it down, try to join up at the following website: rbsurfersassociation.org
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The High Tide A little of this and that Rob Walsh, former NYC Commissioner of Small Business Services, came to Rockaway to catch up with business owners on Beach 116th Street last Saturday. He was also here just to catch some rays. Some officials leave and never look back. Gotta tip our hat to Rob Walsh who still cares about the people he met after Sandy. *** Break an axle on your car? Or an ankle crossing the street? If not, you were lucky. Work crews left deep gullies or trenches on Beach Channel Drive and Beach 123rd and on Cronston Avenue near Beach 135th marked by a single cone. *** In our mermaid picture last week we neglected to mention the name of the mermaid: that was Danielle McCarthy. *** The fight for mayor continues. Or at least it seemed that way this week when former candidate Sal
Albanese took some Twitter shots at Anthony Weiner. Albanese gave a nod to the Rockaway Times for nicknaming de Blasio OTB as is One Term Bill. Weiner said maybe it’s time Sal got OTB (Over The Beating) he took in the race. Sal took exception and zingers flew. *** After a brief ban, boogie boards are allowed again on open beaches. But now we hear Stand Up paddle boards are now the thing that PEP officers don’t like. People have been called out of the water for using this “unauthorized watercraft.” Only a matter of time before Department of Buildings issues fines for sand castles. *** When the boardwalk finally gets built, some people in the 120s (among other places) will be unhappy with beach access. EDC and Parks says not all blocks will have ramps in Phase 3. The elderly and people with strollers or wagons will have to walk more than a
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Page 7 a name change as well. Sheila T. Smith Gonzalez will head St. Camillus Catholic Academy. Catholic schools are becoming academies which are governed by boards consisting of lay people and pastors and others. *** You can bring your bathing suit or dance shoes or both to the beach on Sunday. Here’s a chance to learn to swing dance (you remember when you did it in the 1920’s, don’t you?) with free lessons at 5 p.m. Or you can show your skills or enjoy the show. The fun starts at 5 and continues til 10. Caracas at Beach 106th Street will have music earlier in the day with a plan to march down to join the Swing Dance fun. *** The Rockaway Rotary resumed its annual summer food drive for the local food pantries at Deirdre Maeve’s in Breezy. The Rotary chose not to have the food drive there last year because of the devastation people in Breezy were suffering and thought it inappropriate to ask those in so much need to give to others. This year, with Breezy in a better place, The Rotary chose to once again collect for those in need. Maureen Walsh of The Rotary says they were overwhelmed with the generous response of Breezy Pointers. ***
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Remembering The Stoop
Dear Editor: I grew up in The Bronx in the 1950’s. The neighborhoods consisted of four story buildings (known as walk--ups}. That meant: no elevators. Most of the buildings had a stoop attached. The stoop was all concrete (6 steps) with cast iron railings on either side. The superintendent of our building swept and hosed down the stoop everyday (the cleanest seat in town). Proper etiquette was to sit on either side of the stoop, never in the middle, so that tenants could come and go unobstructed. During the summer months, my stickball buddies and I would take a break after five hours of playing, and sit on the stoop, with our drink of choice, usually Mission Orange, Dad’s Root Beer, or Coca-Cola and talk baseball for hours. The stoop had a low ledge on both sides, so after our baseball discussion, we would chose up sides and play a few games of “Off The Point.” This was done by slamming a Spalding ball against the ledge with the idea your opponent would have to catch it. An automatic homerun would be if the ball traveled over two stoops of adjoining buildings (about 150 feet). A lot of the parents would sit on the stoop, on the hot summer evenings, and socialize with their neighbors, and hope for a breeze, as most people did not have air conditioning in their apartments. As I got older, I would buy the Daily News, sit on the stoop, and memorize all of the daily baseball box scores (especially The Yankees} Shortly after, I would be reading the entire newspaper. I learned more from sitting on the stoop than going to Public Library. In the 1960’s, they began to build high-rise buildings in NYC, and a lot of neighborhoods lost their personality – they lost their stoops -- and neighbors have not known each other as well ever since. The stoop was such a fabric of all neighborhoods. Even today they have a TV show filmed on a stoop. I don’t play stickball anymore, I don’t have a stoop to sit on, but I still read the Daily News. Bill Dickesheid
Chiding Cyclists
Dear Editor: I’m sorry, cyclists have to start taking more responsibility on our
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city streets. My family and I moved after Super Storm Sandy to a main street in Rockaway Park. Since we now have a terrace that my wife and I can sit out on, we see everything, by that I mean every car, truck, bus, and all the bike riders that go by in a shared bike lane. I have nothing against people who ride bikes, it’s a good thing. The problem I have is almost every day we see bike riders many of them that think they are the only ones on the road. They travel the wrong way because they don’t follow the traffic patterns they are required to follow, dart out of the shared bike lane into the traffic, go from the street to the sidewalk whenever they want, which is illegal to do. There are even times we see two or even three cyclists riding abreast in a shared bike lane, to all the cyclists please remember the words are “shared bike lane” this will definitely cause problems with the traffic behind you. Many, and I say many, are texting with one hand actually looking down at their phones while they are riding their bikes. How can you do this, it’s just plain crazy. Oh yes many who drive vehicles text and drive or talk on their cell phones which is also dangerous, but this right now this is about you the bike riders of our city. Please follow the laws for your own protection and safety and remember you don’t have all that steel around you like a vehicle for at least some kind of protection. Well anyway, to all the cyclists out there, enjoy the rest of your summer and enjoy riding safely. Danny Ruscillo
Congrats To Poppa
Dear Editor: Regarding the cover story about Steve Stathis of the Graybeards: Way to go Poppa! I won’t say congrats on retirement because I know you’ll never slow down. But, I will say congratulations on creating and leading the Graybeards for 13 years! I’m sure they will live on and make you proud. Rob Figliulo
Bar Comment
Dear Editor: In regards to The Beef Chip column. First, I miss the buyback policy. It does not really exist in Denver and when I tell people of this they look at me as if I said a unicorn is making gold coins outside the bar.
I know the cash on the bar custom system and it usually works really well. In our group no one ever really abused the honor system. I also liked the fact that you could leave your cash on the bar and never give it another thought that it might be gone. I think if bars would...gasp!!! accept credit cards in Rockaway this might alleviate some of the issues as a bartender might be more suspect and more inclined to verify who is drinking on the tab. I know this is not a fool proof idea and I know that the credit card companies charge a fee for accepting the card as payment. (But it’s an idea). Steve Zartman
Homeless Headache Will Worsen
Dear Editor: Another shelter in Queens. Mayor de Blasio is going to go down in history as the ONE term Homeless Shelter Mayor who de-stabilized scores of neighborhoods in Queens and Brooklyn. These shelters do not benefit anyone but the slumlords who own and run the facilities. Most concerning to the neighbors surrounding the shelter and the folks living in the shelter is: it gets more dangerous. Why? Because the homeless families who can leave, because they are able to find homes, will leave as soon as they can. The ones that can’t (usu-
ally the less desirable ones: folks on drugs, mental illness, financial, etc), remain. As time rolls on, the less desirable ones remaining will increase in numbers at the shelter. Hence, it develops into a dangerous shelter. Dangerous for the neighborhood and the residents at the facility. A homeless shelter with such big number of homeless residents is not the answer. NYC needs affordable housing, where people can leave in a decent home. We have to stop taking in homeless people flooding our city from other states because of our Right to Shelter laws. We can’t even take care of our own, why are we taking in more than we can possibly handle? Joann Lee
Boogie Commitment
Dear Editor: Pry my boogie board from my cold dead hands. Beachgoer
Way To Go Steve
Dear Editor: To Steve Stathis: Best for the future Steve. Congrats on 42 years of marriage, your family and what you and the Graybeards have done for Rockaway and NY! You were a great guy as a kid growing up with you and have excelled ever since! BJ McManus
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Common Sense Prevails Give the Parks Department offi- ways, beachgoers are prohibited cials credit: they can read a news- from entering the water at any paper. closed sections of the beaches. We On Saturday, the Parks Depart- will review the use of boogie boards ment banned all boogie boards. at our beaches after the summer. On Thursday, the Rockaway Times Regards, Dorothy Lewandowski Common sense pre(RT) reported it with vailed. And it didn’t pictures and an explotake long. Hats off to sive report by Alex Karoogie boards Alex Karinsky for getinsky. ting on this story imLater that same will be allowed in mediately and hats off Thursday evening at open sections of to Parks – they righted a Rockaway Civic Asa wrong. Of course, sociation meeting beaches through called to order to dis- Labor Day, as long things are not perfect. Enforcement of beach cuss boardwalk access plans, someone hand- as they do not cre- rules is an uneven practice. Sometimes ed a copy of the Rock- ate an unsafe PEP officers are overaway Times to Queens zealous; other times Parks Commissioner condition. they seem oblivious. Dorothy LewandowsThat uneven enki. Deputy Parks Commissioner Liam Kavanagh, also on forcement is just one reason to cheer the formation of the Rockahand, got a look as well. They saw the Karinsky column; way Beach Surfers Association of they read the editorial. They prob- which Karinsky was just elected ably realized that a massive pro- president. This group has the potest, sure to attract TV cameras, tential to be the eyes and ears for a lot of beach-related issues besides was inevitable. The next day Lewandowski is- good waves. They’ll be the first to sued a letter through the Parks know about safety issues, water quality, and erosion, to name a few. press office: With the lifting of the boogie Boogie boards will be allowed in open sections of beaches through board ban, the group is already Labor Day, as long as they do not showing strength. create an unsafe condition. As al-
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The Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment program, known as DSRIP, provides an $8 billion Medicaid waiver to state hospitals allowing them, ideally, the ability to retool to better offer health care services. The five-year grant program has three goals: to develop an integrated delivery system, to reduce hospital readmissions by 25 percent and to reduce the unnecessary use of hospital ER rooms. While there will still be a need for hospitals, Brown thinks there will be fewer hospitals and they will be smaller. “We’re the only hospital on the peninsula,” he said. “We’re going to be around for the long-term, but we will be different.” The goal is to better manage medicaid patients’ lives. “If you’re a patient in a physician’s office, before he says ‘go to the hospital,’ he’s going to start thinking of alternatives,” Brown explained. “It’s less expensive.” For example, for a patient with a chronic disease like Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, health care providers will develop a care plan to help manage the disease and prevent flare-ups that would send the patient to the emergency room. Brown envisions St. John’s, which currently has 240 beds, becoming smaller in size. And if hospitals become smaller, it’s likely that the labor force may shrink as well. Brown said there is money set aside to retrain employees to work in other aspects of health care. Just a year ago there were rumors circulating throughout the community, as well as local media, that the hospital could close. Brown said that was never the case. “We’re going to be around for the long haul,” he said. “We’ve been here over 100 years, and we plan to be here over
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with an estimated 350-400 people coming through the doors. It didn’t matter if you were a surfer or not, everyone came to enjoy the inspiring films, eat and drink and soak up the good vibes. The festival was greatly supported by the community and local businesses with fantastic donated raffle prizes. The major prizes included a 6’2 custom made surf-
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Boom! A Look At THAT Generation By Nancy Brady As the last of the generation known as Baby Boomers turn 50 this year, the aging of this generation will have great impact on their families, the economy, society as a whole, and on the Baby Boomers themselves. This column, written by a Baby Boomer, is about issues pertinent to Baby Boomers. To begin with, to define the term “Baby Boomer”- after World War II, there was a marked increase in the number of births in this country. While different definitions of the years span for categorizing this group exist, the US census defines Baby Boomers to be those born between 1946 and 1964. As a group, Baby Boomers were considered to be by some the wealthiest, most physically fit, and the first generation to be optimistic about the world improving with time. Baby Boomers were teenagers and young adults during times of dramatic social change in this country. The Baby Boomers were the first generation to grow up with television, witnessed the first moon landing, the assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King. The women’s movement, civil rights movement, Woodstock and Watergate were also memorable events during
Baby Boomers’ coming of age. Baby Boomers commonly define with popular music as an expression of their identity, as evidenced by lyrics in rock and roll, Beatles music, Woodstock Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones, to name a few. This group has been subdivided by some to be two separate groups, those born between 1946 and 1955; and from 1955 through 1964. This subdivision was generally made because of the “coming of age” events that defined each particular group. The former were considered to be more optimistic about social change, and men particularly in that age group internalized the effects of the draft and the Vietnam War. Those born during the later years are considered to be generally less trustful of government and more cynical in nature. The aging of the Baby Boomer generation is expected to have great impact on our society. It is anticipated that there will be a great impact on the Social Security program, due to the glut of retirees. There will also be effects on economics and consumerism since Baby boomers comprise the largest group of consumers. Health issues associated with the aging process will have impacts on the health care system, and
the availability of long term care. Baby Boomers delay retirement – for several reasons- such as longer life expectancy, reductions in their retirement assets due to economic downturns, and second marriages with younger children to support. This delay in retirement will have the effect of decreased job availability for the younger people entering the work force.
This article has touched on only several of the issues surrounding Baby Boomers. Future columns will address these, and other issues more closely. Peace, Nancy Brady. (Nancy Brady is a registered nurse, and an attorney. She is Partner at Brady & Marshak, LLP, Attorneys at Law, and can be reached at 1-718738-8500)
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Between the groins By John Cori
Meetings Mean Something The past few weeks have been quite interesting on the meeting front. It’s extremely rare to find a night on our wonderful peninsula where you cannot find a meeting to attend, helping better our amazing communities. Sometimes I think a good slogan for our peninsula would be, ROCKAWAY: MEETING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD! I had the pleasure of attending a meeting about the formation of the new, Rockaway Beach Surfing Association(RBCA) followed by a Rockaway Beach Civic’s Parks committee meeting on the boogie board ban. And then there was a very intense meeting of our Community Board 14 Committee of Social/Health to deal with the depositing of a homeless shelter in the heart of Arverne, by Mayor de Blasio The meeting to form the Rockaway Beach Surfing Association
was held at the Rockaway Beach Surf Club on Beach 87th and the EL Rockaway Freeway), The meeting was quite informative as many new members spoke of the fraternal bond and brotherhood found within the surfing community, especially the one found here on the peninsula when surfing on New York City’s only urban surfing beach. At this meeting Alex Karinsky was elected President of Rockaway Beach Surfing association. Congratulations to Alex! Your passion for the surf will put the RBSA on the forefront of civic activism! It’s always fun to attend a meeting of the Rockaway Beach Civic Parks Committee. Rarely will you find a passion for our beaches Parks and Play areas than you will find at one of these colorful meetings. This committee is chaired by none other than my partner in crime, Eddy Pastore.
Eddy’s passion for our parks and beaches is second to none! When Eddy was kicked out of the water with his boogie board, you would have thought they stopped selling cheese to pizza places! Eddy immediately called a boogie board meeting to address the boogie board ban by NYC Parks. The boogie board meeting was held on the boardwalk at 97th and was attended by members of the surf, swim and boogie board communities. This was the meeting which precipitated the furious letter writing campaign to NYC Parks Commissioner Liam Kavanagh, to reverse the boogie board ban. I think we had quite an effect!!! The most difficult meeting I had to drag my brain to was CB14 social/health committee meeting hosted so graciously by The Knights of Columbus on Beach 90th street. The committee is chaired by CB14 board members Felcia Johnson and Dr Gerald David. At this meeting we were given lessons in civics, understanding, compassion and tolerance by the Department of Homeless services. A representative from homeless services told us how we in the Rockaway Peninsula should be more understanding of homeless people and their situation. It’s amusing how they want us to be more understanding, yet
The Rockaway Times at no time was the Department of Homeless services civil, understanding, tolerant or compassionate when they shoved a massive adult homeless shelter down the throats of the people of Arverne. It is unfair for the Dept of Homeless Services to drop property values and diminish our quality of life! It was also reveled at this meeting that many of those using this new homeless facility are extremely socially dependant and have had serious issues dealing with life in a normal neighborhood setting! “It was also revealed that the Department of Homeless Services may pay Housing Bridge, the company running the shelter, as much as $3,600 per month in rent per family.” It does get somewhat comical when the City of New York can pay $3600 to rent an apartment for a homeless family, yet can not pay less than 38 dollars per year, per person on our peninsula to subsidize our ferry! If you are reading this prior to 3 p.m. on Thursday, August 21st please make every effort to attend the Rockaway Peninsula’s most current and important meeting on the steps of City Hall at 5 p.m. There is a bus leaving from Beach Channel Drive and beach B108th at 3:30 and it’s free.
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Between the Bridges in Broad Channel By Peter J. Mahon
Broad Channel Artists: “Those talented few!” Last week I told you about our Broad Channel neighbor Lenny DeVirgilio, a retired school teacher and displaced Sandy victim who also worked as an extra in films and television. That got me to thinking about what other talent might quietly reside within our community of Broad Channel. So with your permission I have decided to tack this week’s column leeward to explore the oftentimes forgotten artistic segment of our community.
The term “Art” is sometimes defined as the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination on the part of a talented few, typically in a sensory form such as painting, sculpture, music or some other creative venue, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. (Translation: they make or do stuff we like a whole lot!) Our community of Broad Channel has more than its
fair share of those talented few, you just don’t hear of them too often. I thought I would use this week’s column to fix that. One such individual is our Broad Channel neighbor Frank Scafo, best known to his friends and neighbors as “Elf”. On any given summer weekend with nice weather you can view Frank’s Nautical and Broad Channel themed work neatly displayed in front of his house at 11-17 Cross Bay Boulevard on the corner of West 12th Road. You won’t be disappointed. Our Broad Channel neighbor Eddy Wright from East 8th Road also came to my attention last week as being a member of those talented few when he presented my wife Grace with an exquisite, intricately hand carved, animal themed wood sculpture as a gift. Thank you George, the piece will be treasured. Lest I forget our Broad Channel neighbor Gloria Tubridy, from West 11th Road, who is a signage artist extraordinaire. Her work is featured on many commercial buses, cars, vans, and boats as well as seasonal or event themed store window, poster and banner signage art work around Broad Channel and elsewhere. Broad Channel is also not without its own exceptional musical artists. Charlie Arnemann, Diane Arnemann, Jeff Dady, Joe Stephan,
The Rockaway Times Guy Long, Tommy O’Reilly and Sean Minardi all comprise our town’s renowned band, Wax R Back, which revels in good old fashioned rock n roll with the sounds of the 50’s and 60’s. It has been said that “The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without the work.” It is without question that our local Broad Channel artists and neighbors mentioned above each possess both the gift and the work to prove it. I know there are many, many more of our neighbors here in Broad Channel who are unsung “artists” living quietly among us but, unfortunately, my editor has reminded me that this is not a PBS Special and I am limited to 500 words. If you enjoyed this departure from the norm or know of a BC artist you would like to see mentioned, let me know and I will revisit this topic in the coming weeks. Broad Channel – Why would anyone want to live anywhere else? See y’all next week. Contact info: email: rtbetweenthebridges@gmail.com or call or text: 374-226-1293
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The Rockaway Times hits the streets some time Thursday morning and continues to be delivered throughout the day. For those who get the paper early enough, there will still be time to join a rally. Although the city plans to discontinue the Rockaway ferry at the end of October, local activists have not given up in their fight to keep it. Peninsula residents are planning a press conference at City Hall on Thursday, Aug. 21, to advocate on behalf of the ferry. Residents from throughout Rockaway, Broad Channel and Brooklyn are expected to attend. The ferry has operated since November 2012 when the A Train suffered damage as a result of Hurricane Sandy. The ferry was intended to be a temporary fix, but the city has extended service several times.
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The Neponsit Adult Day Health Care program still has not returned to its location at 230 Beach 102nd Street. The 100 or so clients of the program have been traveling to a Brooklyn site daily since they were displaced from the Rockaway location by Hurricane Sandy nearly two years ago, according to David Paller, the president of the Neponsit ADHC registrant council. The Rockaway location, which also houses other offices, has been open since a few weeks after the storm. However, clients of the Neponsit ADHC have repeatedly been told that their facilities are not yet ready by the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, which manages the ADHC, Paller said.
Most recently, clients were told they would be able to return in August. That still hasn’t happened. Clients are picked up at around 7:30 a.m., arrive in Brooklyn at 9 a.m., then leave at about 2 p.m. to make it back to Rockaway in the late afternoon. Paller said many patients have health problems and are too fragile to make the daily trek to central Brooklyn. He said the ADHC has not provided any answers to clients, other than new return dates that never come to fruition. “As far as we’re concerned, it’s almost as if we don’t exist,” Paller said. Requests for comment to the HHC were not returned as of deadline.
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Be Well. Be Happy By Paulette Mancuso
Take heart Every now and then “life” throws a curveball, which seems to come from left field to add insult to injury, and multiple negative emotions take their turns at trying to get the best of us. Not only that, but our bodies come up with ills that create imbalance and uneasiness. So, observing this, we note that the mind and body – both powered by the heart - really react and act in unison. Recently, I learned a lesson. I have all of the tools learned through yoga to counteract any thing that doesn’t align with my well being. And, I practiced them and practiced them during a time of real real angst. I thought if I practice surely I won’t feel such sadness or surely I won’t feel sick in my stomach. Surely I won’t “stress” eat or have a glass or two too much of wine. I did feel and do these things and at first was surprised. But then I realized how centered I really was even though I had moments
of dis-ease because they didn’t last. I let go of the negativity through mindful breath awareness, restorative yoga and meditation. What’s the lesson? The lesson is that by adapting these wonderful tools we talk about week after week in Be Well, Be Happy, living day to day is better. If we can only have the presence of mind – being in the present moment – to stop and not let that negativity in, stress would be less, disease would ease and love would abound. To quote my Dad – whom I deem a true “yogi” even though he never did yoga – “Stop, Look, Listen”. Stop in your tracks when that curveball hits. Look at what the situation is and mindfully assess it. Listen to your inner voice, what is really going on and what aligns with your nature. STOP. LOOK. LISTEN. It seems so simple, yet, in this day and age,
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Garden View I know that I confessed to crepe myrtle envy in my previous column but I am fairly certain that some of my neighbors are sweating the two white hydrangea trees that are the show stoppers in my post Sandy landscaping. There are sightings of these majestic beauties in gardens all over the neighborhood. Often they are featured as duos. I am not complaining and seriously I am not really purporting that I was the first one on this bandwagon. Each time I spot one or two in a garden, I am delighted. The creamy white blossoms are sweetly delicate but tough and long lasting. They seem to both waft and hang heavy on a shapely tree with deep green foliage. Hydrangeas, in general, are a lovely Rockaway garden staple. There was an entire border of blue mopheads lining the driveway at my house. I estimated that they may have been added to the landscape thirty years before I be-
came their stewardess. Over the past eleven years they have had a prominent place in my garden and in my garden’s lore. They were pulled out during a total landscape renovation several years ago and spent a mild winter heaped in the backyard. I replanted small cuttings the next spring on the opposite side of the house and evidently that was home as they bloomed blue and sky blue and forget-menot blue. The sea of blues made me happy every morning and I am quite sure a photo of my Rockaway hydrangeas could have graced the cover of any home and gardening magazine. Move over, Martha! These sentimental macrophyllas were ravaged by the storm but came back for the most part and I have faith that in time they will attain their full splendor. A care tipI am adding aluminum sulfate in early spring and Miracid occasionally with watering in the growing season to encourage all the beauti-
ful blues. Back to the “en vogue” white hdyrangeas—in addition to my trees I put in some Annabelle bushes. They are classic and old fashioned with creamy white mopheads that turn to a soft limey white. Mine have grown taller than expected and a bit leggy and the ocean wind is rough on the soft leaves. I think they may have to be moved to a different spot. I have seen them look wonderful as a group planting surrounded by boxwoods but that would be somewhat formal for my seaside garden. There is another white hydrangea option which I discovered while nursery roaming this summer. I happened upon something en-
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Beach 116 Partnership Has Big Plans for Rockaway Businesses along Beach 116th Street are determined to be part of Rockaway’s revitalization. The Beach 116th Partnership was founded just after Hurricane Sandy, as a way to brighten and revitalize the Beach 116th corridor, according to Krzysztof Sadlej, the group’s executive director. It was formed with the Queens Chamber of Commerce, the New York City Economic Development Center and the city’s Department of Small Business Services. Through a series of initiatives, the partnership, which comprises 45 businesses, hopes to bring attention to the neighborhood and boost the local economy. One initiative, funded by CitiBank, allowed for the renovations of more than 30 storefronts along 116th Street. Other projects include a Christmas tree lighting, benches and flower pots placed along the corridor and Poland’s International Children’s Day festival in June, which saw more than 10,000 visitors. The income generated from the festival paid for the Beach 116 mural, located at Beach 116th Street and Newport Avenue, which was painted by Geoff Rawling, a New York City artist who lived in Rockaway for decades. A popular project is the tree giveaway the group does, which is one of the most successful in the city, Sadlej said. Many Rockaway residents saw their greenery destroyed by the storm; those residents also have space at which to put the trees. The types of trees handed out vary, but in the past they’ve included include crape myrtles, cherry blossoms and chinese dogwoods. Sadlej said ideas such as adding benches and flower pots to
the corridor may seem simple, but they are additions that weren’t there before. “Together we’re greater than the sum of our parts,” he said. “That Rockaway renaissance that people were talking about before the storm is hitting its stride.” The partnership answers directly to merchants, unlike, for example, business improvement districts in other parts of the city, which are managed by property owners. Lana Meli who owns Lana’s Loft, a stylish boutique said, “I think we’ve done a pretty good job so far in cleaning up the street and making it more inviting. Our goal is to become the Main Street of Rockaway that brings all the neighborhoods together from Breezy to Arverne through cultural events, street fairs, etcetara. It’s a slow process, but as they say, Rome wasn’t built in a day!” While membership is targeted at the businesses near and along Beach 116th Street, anyone can join. The prices are $75 for an individual, $125 for a small business and $300 for a corporation. Businesses in the area are not required to join, but membership incentives include having the opportunity to guide corridor improvements and staff support for marketing purposes as well as help interacting with city agencies. Members also vote annually on the partnership’s board. Mark Mina, who owns Elite Productions, a production company, is a board member on the partnership, and said the partnership has been a way for local businesses to unify and grow. “After being beaten up by Sandy, and not being treated well by the city, we unified to take care of ourselves,” he said. “We’re introducing the corridor back to the world and letting them know they can shop here again.”
Geoff Rawling helping beautify 116th. Paul, of Paul’s Bicycles, said the best project spearheaded by the partnership was the children’s festival because it helped bring attention to the neighborhood. He said he would like the partnership to focus on the issues that are really holding back the corridor, including over aggressive parking enforcement, an overabundance of homeless individuals on the block and rebuilding the boardwalk. Claudette Flatow owns Cuisine by Claudette, the popular eating place and catering business. She sees great progress. “The partnership has done wonderful things
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The 30th St. Francis Summer Classic ends with five championwith ship games tonight (Thursday, Aug Team Cyclops 21) and Friday evening. Thursday’s schedule begins with the Grammar ChamA Boys Shot Of Middle Movie Reviews On The Side pionship at 7 p.m on Court 2. 265 We know you have been wait- rights should have won multiple Entertainment, Curran’s Supeing. The anticipation is palpable, Academy Awards. Paltry box ofrior Meats, BHYC, and Pubco Tax fice sales that barely recouped the emotion is ground shaking, won quarterfinal games on Monand the people are about to get the films original budget and day, with semifinals on a face-to-face showdown with exactly what theyscheduled want. The Wednesday. ill-fated, dreaded and despised blockbuster film Forrest Gump At 7:30 onList. Court 3, the Girls were contributing factors that left Countdown Grammar Senior title be conYou know you arewill from Blah Shawshank collecting dust for the tested. Rockaway W.I.S.H. and PipBlah Blah, 37 things to do while in next several years. pin’s Pub were the favorites going Blah Blah Blah or 17 sayings people Though Morgan Freeman reinto Back on ceived an Academy nomination for say Tuesday’s while Blahsemifinals. Blah Blahing. Court 2 at 8:15 we willatbeBeefchip the Men’s This week, & Best Male Actor it was not until the Open final between Quigley InsurTeam Cyclops have compiled a list film made it to VHS and 24-hour ance and Caiazzo and TNT reruns that it received the atof motion picturesPlumbing that are often Heating. overlooked, and hardly given the tention it was due. Not to mention On Friday, The Boys credit they are due. We Grammar do not of- the film has been #1 on IMDB’s Senior finalof begins the night at top 250 since 2008. Be that as it fer a rank these movies on top 7:00. Quarterfinals were sched3 or top 5 as with all other lists may, as I am sure many can relate, uled for Tuesday semifinals last Friday with Animal because, well it’s with a waste of time began Shawshank is an instantaneous on Wednesday. It all wraps up WE wit Hospital and like our hipster friends, click on ofthe buttondefeatwhile the‘OK’ Rockaways the BoysTO High champion- ing WANT BESchool DIFFERENT! channel Allthe outside The surfing. Wave for GirlsactivHigh shipThe at 8:15. Monday’s quarterfimovies of yesteryear of- School ity ceases and nothing else exists crown. The championship nal winners included the topmany two players fered pop culture references while listening to Andy tell Keely Red, are Kathryn Gibson, seeds Breen Electric andgeneration the Gray- McEachern, of the people of our “Remember Emily Red, hope is a good Peckham, Gacould relate toas onJa&personal basis, briella thing, maybe best ofLimonta, things, beards as well E Industries, Citera, the Elizabeth andthe often sent a deeper and no good thing Aryn ever dies.” and Melons who wonmessage a thrill- Kaitlyn Mahon, McClure, on the rights and wrongs, the Emer Though the life an amateur ing triple overtime battle and against Moloney, andofTyara Campo do’s and do not’s of thisscheduled game we and turned poker IC/IC. Semifinals were the professional coaches are Bob andplayer Patty call life. is a roller coaster that statistifor Wednesday. Gibson and Kevinride McEachern. The Shawshank Redemption often to the depths Championship week actually cally Seemay you at the lead schoolyard. for example is a movie that by all
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Back In The Day The Fishing Report By Matt Whalen
Ahoy Rockaway ! Water Temperature 68.5*F B9th St. High tide seemed to hang around for an extra long time on Saturday in the back bays and creeks. This must be keeping the fluke well fed with bait fish because they don’t seem to want to leave. The action is still on but, understandably it’s mostly shorts but, you can still find a fish to keep– if you keep fishing. Tom’s Wave service station bait although on the smaller side. Some some bittersweet memories in this great shot of Ruggers at a 7s tourney. Not & tackle Beachare: Channel Drive people are moving from theBrady; Cross necessarilyon in order Tim Tubridy; Kevin Griffith; Rick Sternberg Pete in Rockaway Park: Bay Bridge over to Magnolia pier Joe Moore; Tommy greaney (RIP); Timmy stackpole (RIP) Pat savage; Kevin Callaghan. We contacted Tom today and he with reports of increased porgy actells us that the porgy action is on tion there. aatplatform on which to make Hold’em on thewas map and the Marine Park Bridge. Wethat also of Texas Christopher Whalen fishing dream a reality. Matt Damon’s notethe movie ‘Rounders’ started it all. saw some porgies being caught at the beach on B-9th St and caught worthy performance of a seemingly Since his win, no “professional” has and off of the sea wall just west a fluke. The sandy bottom dwelling relatable post grad student turned ever won the WSOP. Much to the of The Wharf on Beach Channel fluke fell for Chris’s presentation of poker pro, gave a young accountant chagrin of pros like Phil Helmuth, Drive. spearing on a slow retrieval. Chris named Chris Moneymaker the push who berate amateurs for their style Fluke are still going strong, and also caught a small sea robin. Both to accomplish what “only happens of play, the game itself would not as long as the bait holds out there fish were released unharmed back in the movies.” attain the popularity without an should be no problem in continu- into to the water.such as MoneyIn what has been called “The ordinary person ing to catch them. Snapper are in, Photos courtesy of Matt Whalen Moneymaker Effect”, his win at the maker accomplishing this feat. It World Series of Poker put the game
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