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Borough-based jail proposal advances City Planning Commission approves Blaz proposal for replacing Rikers facilities by Ryan Brady Editor

new jail in Kew Gardens is one step closer to becoming a reality. That’s because the City Planning Commission on Tuesday approved the de Blasio administration’s plan to replace the Rikers Island complex with four borough-based jails, including one at 126-02 82 Ave. by the Queens Criminal Courthouse, where the old House of Detention stands. The new, 1,150-bed facility for the borough is planned to hold all of the city’s female inmates as well as males from Queens. The commission voted 9-3. Its seven mayoral representatives each came out in favor of the proposal, as did appointees of the borough presidents of Manhattan and Brooklyn. But those of the other three — including Raj Rampershad of Richmond Hill, who represents Queens Borough President Melinda Katz — voted against the plan. The CPC approval sends the jail proposal to the next step in the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure: the City Council. The body will consider and vote on the project. Multiple published reports said criminal justice activists interrupted the planning commissioners as they spoke at Tuesday’s meeting. Mayor de Blasio in 2017 announced his proposal to shut down the troubled Rikers Island

A rendering shows the jail that the city plans to build at 126-02 82 Ave. in Kew Gardens where the old House of Detention used to operate. The proposed facility would house all of the city’s FILE PHOTO female inmates and male detainees from Queens. facilities and replace them with jails in each borough except Staten Island. It is planned to be completed by 2026. Implementing the plan has required shrinking the city’s inmate population. It numbered at about 9,400 when de Blasio first announced the proposal and has since dropped below 7,500. However, for the plan to work, the number can’t exceed 4,000.

Last year, the city shut down one of Rikers’ nine jails, the George Motchan Detention Center. Many residents in Kew Gardens and elsewhere in Queens and the other boroughs slated to have jails have criticized the mayor’s proposal, arguing that the facilities should not be placed in communities where people live. No New Jails, a group that protested at the

CPC’s meeting this week, also has been a major critic of the de Blasio administration’s plan for closing Rikers. “The City Planning Commission, in rubberstamping the Mayor’s plan, just gave Bill de Blasio a blank check to expand mass incarceration,” NNJ member Kei Williams said in a statement. “At any point members of the CPC could have had an honest discussion of the plan’s substance — namely, building thousands of cages for humans — but they steamrolled the public while focusing on space for retail and building height. The cruelty is almost surreal.” Shutting down Rikers and opening smaller facilities had been recommended by a commission established by then-City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito in 2016. The group was chaired by New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, who praised the CPC after its Tuesday vote. “The City Council will now deliberate on the City’s proposal and I am hopeful that they will work to make this plan the best that it can be for those inside and outside of the facilities,” the judge said in a statement. “We have a once-in-generations opportunity to shut the door on a dark chapter in our City’s history and open a new one in which our justice system can serve not only as a beacon of fairness for New York, but for our whole country.” Q

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Feds back out of HB barrier project Plans to build 17-foot-high berm in Spring Creek Park are in doubt by Michael Shain Editor

The federal government has yanked more than $50 million it had promised to build a stor m-resistant ber m through Spring Creek Park to protect Howard Beach and Lindenwood from the damage caused by another Hurricane Sandy. Since 2015, construction of a barrier in Spring Creek Park has been a centerpiece of government plans to prevent a repeat of the 2012 disaster that struck neighborhoods south of the Belt Parkway. In a let ter last June to state officials, the Federal Emergency Ma na ge me nt Age ncy said it would not be funding the planned construction of an earthen wall aimed at protecting homes f rom the k ind of stor m su rge t hat damaged and destroyed hundreds of homes on the mainland side of Jamaica Bay during Sandy. The original design, released last year, called for the construction of a berm 17 feet high and 50 feet wide at the crest. It would run parallel to the water and stretch from the foot of Joseph P. Addabbo Bridge on Crossbay Boulevard to the Belt Park-

way south of Lindenwood. A pedestrian path at the top would allow people to walk the length of the federal park, well above the tall saltmarsh cordgrass that covers much of the park. Several openings in the wall would allow access to the beach. Earlier this year, the developers of the TWA Hotel trucked 70,000 cubic feet of sand excavated from its construction site at JFK International Airport to the park, where it was to be used to build the berm. Until this week, FEMA’s decision to w ith hold f u nd i ng a p p e a r s t o h ave been known only to a handful of people at the agencies involved in designing and building the project. A spokeswoman f o r t h e s t a t e ’s Department of Environmental Conservation, which had requested the funds, declined to make any officials available for an interview. It issued only a terse statement saying: “DEC is currently working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to identify a funding source for the construction phase of this project after FEMA denied funding for the second phase of the project.”

A devastating storm surge swept over the shoreline of Spring Creek Park, above, during Hurricane Sandy, damaging hundreds of homes in Howard Beach. Plans to build an earthen barrier in PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN, ABOVE, AND USACE the park to prevent a repeat, left, are suddenly on hold. The Army Corps of Engineers still lists details of the berm project on its website as a future commitment. But a USACE spokeswoman this week directed all questions to the state DEC, which has wiped all mention of the project from its site. A FEMA spokesman said this week the funding was withdrawn “because the project was not cost effective.”

The exact amount New York State has requested from the federal government was not immediately available. But the sum is believed to be more than $50 million, according to knowledgeable sources. The state is faced with a choice of cutting back and reducing the cost of its original plan, picking up the full cost itself or Q dropping the proposal altogether.

Flithy sludge dump caught on video Parks Department has been using parkland to dispose of its waste by Michael Shain

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An arial photo shows Councilman Bob Holden and an aide last week inspecting the site in Forest Park where the Parks Department dumped smelly sludge collected from sewer catch basins on PHOTO COURTESY NYC CITY COUNCIL / CARLA TORRES its own property. It has since been removed.

Red-faced city Parks Department officials had to explain this week why it let its own workers dump a truckload of smelly slime and garbage in Forest Park. Last Thursday, passers-by noticed tank trucks spewing liquid waste — loaded with bottles, cans and other garbage — on the ground in a little-used section of the park in Glendale. The waste, said a spokeswoman for the department, was the sediment collected from sewer catch basins and spray shower drains. Parks workers had been using rented trucks to remove the junk that clogs the drains and causes back-up f looding, she said. “This was not hazardous waste,” the spokeswoman said. Still, witnesses said the black stuff that came off the truck gave off a strong ordor, witnesses told WCBS/Ch. 2 news, which

first reported the dumping story Thursday night. And it wasn’t just dirt that was dumped but all kinds of trash and recyclable material. The spot where the sludge was dumped is a section of the park that is slated to become a new entrance to the park from Myrtle Avenue near Union Turnpike. The area is “not currently in use,” said the spokeswoman. Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village), whose district covers Glendale, was one of the first on the site after videos of the dumping, uploaded by local resident Frank Schorn, began to circulate on social media. “To hear that Parks Department is actually dumping in one of its own parks ... disbelief,” he told Ch. 2. “It’s embar rassing. They should be ashamed of themselves.” By the next day, nearly all traces of the mess had been cleaned up and a paved section of the ground hosed down. continued on page 8

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Caught in crossfire of pipeline war

‘No exceptions can be made’ for medical gas line in Howard Beach by Michael Shain Editor

Phone calls to National Grid’s customer connection depar tment these days go straight to voice mail. “Due to the Northeast Supply Enhancement Pipeline of National Grid awaiting state approval,” the recorded message says, “all phone messages are taking longer to be returned and all paperwork submissions are taking longer to be reviewed. Your patience is greatly appreciated at this time.” Andrew Sampino, a retired beauty-products manufacturer who lives in Howard Beach with his wife, Virginia, knows the message is a polite falsehood. Requests for new gas service are not “taking longer to be reviewed.” They are being denied. All of them. Sampino has been trying since early summer to get permission from National Grid to a install a 20-foot gas line from the street in front of his house on 83rd Street to his side yard. Sampino, 78, who has been taking care of the wife since she was diagnosed with dementia seven years ago, paid $17,000 to have an emergency generator installed next to the house in case of a blackout — not unheard of in Howard Beach. “God forbid, the lights go out,” said

Andrew Sampino, 78, ordered an emergency generator installed next to his Howard Beach home to make sure, in case of a blackout, his wife’s medical equipment workd. But he is caught in a PHOTO BY MIOHAEL SHAIN growing dispute between National Grid and Gov. Cuomo. Sampino, “She’s in danger.” Without power, he cannot get his wife up and down the stairs in the house and can’t

Hunt for vandals in anti-Semitic scrawl by Michael Shain

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At least three different law-enforcement agencies are looking for the vandals who painted anti-Semitic and racist slogans on a well-known Rockaways beach club last weekend. Officials believe someone broke into a shed used to store art supplies on the grounds of the Silver Gull Beach Club, wh ich is located on federal la nd between Jacob Riis Park and Breezy Point. The vandals used the paint to scrawl slogans like “Heil Hitler” and “Gas Chamber” on the walls and doors of the beach club’s playground. A swastika and an anti-black slur also were written on the walls. The vandalism, discovered last Friday, was painted over by the managers of the private club soon after police had been called. The U.S. Parks Police said they were investigating the vandalism as a hate crime. But early th is week, both Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio said they

had directed their own investigators to join the case. “Enough is enough,” Cuomo said in a statement released with the news that he had assigned the state police to aid in the hunt to “ensure the cowards responsible are held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. “Let me be very clear: We have zero tolerance for hate of any kind in New York.” De Blasio announced that he was launching a new Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes ahead of schedule. In part, he said, the early start was so that the office’s new executive director, Deborah Lauter, a former Anti-Defamation League official, could join the probe. “These are not just crimes of vandalism, they are clearly crimes of hate plain and simple,” said state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), whose district includes the club. “As the world’s most diverse borough, we in Queens need to come together and let everyone know that hate Q has no place in our communities.”

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“The infrastructure serving the region has reached full capacity and is unable to meet growing demand,” Karen Polise, a spokeswoman for National Grid told the Chronicle in an email this week. “Unfortunately, no exceptions can be made as adding additional service without [a new pipeline] would pose a risk to the operational integrity of our system and compromise natural gas use for our existing 1.8 million customers in New York City and on Long Island,” the email said. Sampino is an innocent victim, caught in the crossfire between National Grid and Gov. Cuomo, who are engaged in a trench war over a proposed natural-gas pipeline across New York Harbor. State regulators last May denied National Grid permission to build a 23-mile pipeline from New Jersey to the Rockaway peninsula, claiming it would be an environmental hazard. In response, National Grid, citing what it claims are looming gas shortages, stopped processing all requests for new hookups. The moratorium has prevented building projects large and small in Queens and on Long Island from getting gas service. Last week, Cuomo ordered the state’s Department of Public Service, which oversees utilities, to investigate National Grid’s refusal to provide service — and to find another gas provider for the region if the company doesn’t start servicing new customers again. “I understand, I ran a business,” Sampino said, sitting in his living room while his wife watched TV with a part-time attendant in the next room. “But this is a medical problem,” he said, his voice rising. “I’m not going to lose my wife after nearly 60 years because some jackass won’t lay a gas line.” Hurricane Dorian, which this week flattened the Bahamas. and was threatening Florida and the Carolinas before heading north, was just another reminder, Sampino said, that he lives in a vulnerable area. “If anything happens to her, I will go Q ape,” he said.

Mosquito spraying Thursday City trucks are set to spray for mosquitoes Thursday night, Sept. 5, in parts of central and South Queens. The spraying will take place between 8:30 p.m. and 6 a.m. in Kew Gardens, Woodhaven, Forest Park and parts of Br iar wood, the cit y Depar t ment of Health and Mental Hygiene said this week. The spray trucks will use what the department described as “very low concentrations” of insecticide. “The risks of pesticides applied by the Health Department for mosquito

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Neptune owner: ‘We’re staying’ Diner proprietor says land sold, but not business by Michael Gannon Editor

The Neptune Diner is an Astoria institution, having been at the intersection of Astoria Boulevard and 31st Avenue under the shadow of the N/W subway line for more than 40 years. And when, according to city records, the property at 31-05 Astoria Blvd. was sold for a tidy sum last year, rumors started to spread that the neighborhood site which has hosted generations of Sunday dinners, first dates and late-night snacks, might see its days numbered. But the owners are telling the Chronicle that the sandwiches, burgers and fries, pastries, Greek specialties and omelettes that come with perfectly prepared home fries are going nowhere. “We’re not closing,” Peter Katishtis, who owns the business with his brother, George, told the Chronicle in a telephone interview last week. “We’ve been here about 40 years. The land was sold, but we have a lease for another three or four years. We’re staying open.” The location is a good one, just below the Astoria Boulevard subway station at the intersection of two major roads. It also is at the perfect spot for hungry travelers just coming into Queens via the RFK-Triborough Bridge. George Stevens, a regular customer, said Sunday he hadn’t heard the rumors, but is

The property has been sold, but an owner of the Neptune Diner in Astoria says they still have a PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON lease for the popular restaurant. glad they are nothing more than that. “It’s a good restaurant,” Stevens said. “They have good food, good service and good prices.” Queens has been hit hard by the loss of popular diners in recent years.

The Flagship Diner in Briarwood and the Shalimar in Rego Park closed in July and November 2018, respectively. This year the Terrace Diner in Bay Terrace closed in March, followed by Kane’s in FlushQ ing in May.

Making the grade with NYLCV Nine Queens legislators get perfect environmental scores by Michael Gannon

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Five Queens lawmakers in the New York State Assembly and four members of the Senate have received perfect scores in the annual state legislator scorecard issued by the New York League of Conservation Voters. The scores were tabulated based on an individual representative’s support for or sponsorship or co-sponsorship of 16 bills that were considered of major importance to the NYLCV. Perfect scores in the Senate went to Sens. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria) and John Liu (D-Bayside). Perfect scores in the Assembly went to member s Viv ia n Cook ( D -Ja m aica) , Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills), Daniel Rosent hal ( D -Flu sh i ng) , Nily Roz ic (D-Fresh Meadows) and Aravella Simotas (D-Astoria). “I’m privileged to announce that in my first year as President, the State Legislature had the best session for the environment in living memory, including two bold nationleading policies on climate and transportation,” NYLCV President Julie Tighe said in her forward to the 11-page report. Tighe said those were the Climate Change Leadership and Protection Act, which

requires the state to achieve 100 percent clean power by 2040, and carbon neutrality by 2050 with an 85 percent reduction in total greenhouse gas emissions, the most ambitious piece of climate legislation in the country; and the passage of a congestion pricing law for Manhattan’s central business district.

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The law will impose an as-yet unspecified toll on vehicles entering Midtown or Downtown Manhattan, which Tighe said will reduce the number of vehicles on the road and raise needed revenue for mass transit. Other bills taken into consideration included measures to allow municipalities to legalize electric bikes and scooters, and funding initiatives for clean water and renewable energy projects.

The scorecard is broken down by legislative house, region of the state and county. The entire scorecard can be found and downloaded online at nylcv.org/news / nylcv-releases-2019-state-environmentalscorecard/. Rounding out the ratings for the Queens delegations, Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-East Elmhurst) scored a rating of 94 percent while Sens. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) and Toby A n n Stavisky (D-Flushing) came in at 89 percent. Scores for the rest of the Queens delegation to the Assembly included Brian Barnwell (D-Maspeth), Ron Kim (D-Flushing) and Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) with 94 percent; and Alicia Hyndman (D-Springfield Gardens), Clyde Vanel (D-Queens Village) and David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) at 89 percent. A sse mbly wom a n Cat he r i ne Nola n (D-Long Island City) stood alone at 85 percent , wh ile members Cat ali na Cr u z (D-Corona) and Michael Den Dek ker (D-East Elmhurst) registered 83 percent. Assembymen Jeffrion Aubry (D-Corona) and Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) came in at 78 percent. Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach was rated at 72 percent and Michele Titus (D-Far Rockaway) got 54 percent. Q

Vet’s BBQ set Sept. 21 St at e Se n. Jo e Add abbo Jr.’s (D-Howard Beach) annual veterans barbecue is back. The cookout is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 21 at the Howard Beach Motor Club, at 59 Russell St., in Howa rd Beach , t he senator’s of f ice announced last week. Addabbo has been sponsoring the vets barbecue from the first year he was elected to the state Senate 10 years ago. Local businesses donate most of the food and refreshments for the meal and the Motor Club lends its facilities free of charge for the benefit of the vets. All veterans are invited and are permitted to bring a guest. But because space is limited, the event requires reservations. Those planning on attending can call Addabbo’s office at (718) 38-1111. The barbecue will run from noon to 3 p.m. “Every year dozens of veterans come to the barbecue and they all have a great time,” Addabbo said in a prepared statement. “It is my honor to host this event.” Q — Michael Shain

Forest Park continued from page 4 The debris was hauled to a landfill operated by the Tully Group, a private, solid-waste disposal company that, among other sites, administers the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island and a transfer station in Willets Point. Apparently, the practice of dumping nontoxic waste, at least temporarily, in unused sections of Forest Park is not isolated. After unloading the sludge on a paved area of the park, “cleanup with mechanical equipment is much more effective,” the spokeswoman said in an email, indicating that the contents of the trucks are dumped for a short while with the intention of cleaning it up later. She declined to answer if the department engages in similar practices in other parks. Forest Park is the third largest in Queens — after Flushing Meadows Corona and Cunningham parks. Because the 500-plus acre park is substantially woods, it is a favorite of hikers and nature lovers, more so than families who use the city parks for sports, playgrounds and picnics. But the secluded nature of large areas of the park has made it a magnet for all sorts of clandestine behavior. Q

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P Keep fighting the jail plan EDITORIAL

he news out of the City Planning Commission was disappointing but not unexpected: The panel voted 9-3 to approve the misguided plan to close the jails on Rikers Island and replace them with new lockups in four of the five boroughs, including one at the site of the old Queens House of Detention in Kew Gardens. Long ago, the powers that be in our fair city made the logical conclusion that the best place to house dangerous criminals, and others charged with infractions yet to be proven in court, is an island from which there could be little chance of escape. Today, our parttime mayor — the man who showed up to City Hall for all of seven hours in the entire month of May — and his cohort think it’s more important to keep these miscreants closer to home, and to put them in facilities with retail for the public on the ground floor. Don’t forget that the claims made by those who want Rikers closed about who is

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housed there are mostly false. As Queens Assistant District Attorney James Quinn will tell any civic group that listens, “These are not nonviolent defendants being held on Rikers Island. They are not turnstile jumpers. They are not misdemeanor marijuana defendants. They are not prostitutes.” More than 90 percent of Queens detainees held there because they can’t make bail are facing felony charges. Yet the “Close Rikers” crowd wants to free nearly half the people held in city jails — at least — and the replacement facilities that are planned won’t be able to hold any more than the remainder. There are even those who say Rikers should be closed and not replaced. What? A city with no jails? Dream on. Not happening. Despite the CPC vote, all is not lost — yet. The City Council still has to approve the plan for it to go forward. We hope you’ll join us in calling on the members to vote no. Rikers needs reform, not replacement.

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he truck rambled through a wooded section of the park, those behind its mission thinking it would be far from prying eyes. Pulling into a clearing, it disgorged its load: stinky sludge, empty bottles and cans, myriad bits of trash. Who was the perpetrator? An unscrupulous contractor avoiding the cost of clearing a construction site? A fed-up landlord who just evicted a slob and thought he could cut corners? A store owner closing up shop and wanting to save every last penny in his retirement? Nope. The entity that last week committed this violation of law and common sense, this crime against nature, this snub in the face of everyone who does his or her best to separate trash from recyclables, was our own Department of Parks & Recreation. Who knew the stewards of our green spaces think they should dou-

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Bringing children down Dear Editor: Re “Scrap gifted and talented classes?”, Aug. 29: Instead of encouraging better education in schools that are lagging, this [expletive deleted] excuse for a mayor and his cohort Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza would rather bring down children who are excelling in their studies. Everyone knows that the key to rising out of poverty is education, so why would these clowns cater to the lowest common denominator? De Blasio can’t manage a housing project but he has visions of running the country! All he’s done is waste money trying to get on the ballot to run for an office for which he is eminently unqualified. I wouldn’t vote for him for dogcatcher. Linda Sperling Forest Hills

End competitive admissions Dear Editor: Re Michael Shain’s Aug. 22 report “Applying to high school simplified”: Eliminating one round of New York City’s high school admission process is a halfway measure that won’t work. Scrap the entire process and restore a simpler system that was used until 17 years ago. Throughout the entire 20th century, admission to nearly all of NYC’s public © Copyright 2019 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsiblefor errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc.at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., The Shops at Atlas Park, 71-19 80th St., Suite 8-201, Glendale, NY 11385.

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high schools and middle schools (then called junior high schools) was based on the district system. After completing elementary education, students were assigned to the next-level school closest to their home. In my case, I graduated from Kew Gardens Hills’ PS 164 in 1951, went to JHS 157 in Rego Park for the next three years and then attended Forest Hills High School from 1954 to ’57. All were a relatively short distance from my home. That changed when Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s administration began in 2002. Schools Chancellor Joel Klein introduced a competitive admissions process for all middle and high schools. Students applied to the school of their choice, regardless of its location. A computer algorithm determines admission based on grades, standardized test scores and seating availability at each school. Admission to more than 400 high schools and middle schools was affected by this process. Only NYC’s eight specialized high schools, like Brooklyn Tech and Stuyvesant, are exempt.

ble as temporary garbage dumps? The place damaged by the department’s utter callousness was Forest Park. Luckily, area resident Frank Schorn caught the truck spewing its nasty discharge on video. Councilman Bob Holden saw it, CBS did a story and presto! The crap was cleaned up. However ... Parks claimed the mess, taken from sewer catch basins, is nontoxic. Really? This street sludge contained no motor oil or other chemicals? Seems unlikely. Regardless, would you want your kid playing on the ground it had been dumped upon? The agency then refused to say which other parks, in Queens or not, it abuses in this disgusting manner. Parks should know that parks are not appropriate way stations for garbage. C’mon, it’s 2019. Respect the Earth. We can’t believe we have to say any of this.

Now, top-quality schools like Forest Hills HS are overpopulated, while poorer-quality schools have empty seats. It’s an ineffective imbalance. NYC school students and their parents face fierce pressure applying for college. They shouldn’t have to face similar pressures getting into middle and high school. Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza must dump the entire competitive process, except for the eight specialized schools, and restore district-based school placements. This will result in a more equitably balanced enrollment and improve quality at all secondary schools. Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

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Dear Editor: NYC Comptroller and 2021 mayoral wannabe Scott Stringer’s call for the MTA to bring all Queens Long Island Rail Road stations up to speed, including reopening the old Elmhurst Station and building the long-promised Sunnyside Yards Station, missed another critical need. Why not reopen the still-intact underground Woodhaven LIRR Station that was closed in 1976? It would require a minimum amount of work to restore this station including signal modifications and adding elevators to bring it into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act for resumption of service. Residents of Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Ozone Park and other neighborhoods, along with those transferring from bus routes adjacent to a reopened Woodhaven Station would have new transportation options. In addition to transfer opportunities at the LIRR East New York Station for the A, C, J, Z and L subways or the LIRR Nostrand Avenue to the Nostrand

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generous in giving many readers the right to be heard, it permits readers amongst themselves to debate the issues. In that connection, reader Edward Riecks (“Dems are way too left,” Aug. 29) has every right to take issue with my letter that appeared in the Aug. 22 issue of the Chronicle, and I now seek to respond to his letter. I am a moderate Democrat, as are most other Democrats I know. There are some liberals, and nothing wrong with them. I expect there will in due time be unison to defeat Trump. Mr. Riecks is incorrect in claiming the party has moved far to the left and will be on life support when in fact it is where it always was, in support of the little people, ONLINE not billionaires. W he n M r. Miss an article or a Riecks suggests letter cited by a writer? unless the DemoWant breaking news crats move away from all over Queens? from the left it Find the latest news, will disappear, he past reports from all is confused. over the borough and Under Trump, a more at qchron.com. Lincoln Republican Party is no longer on life support, it no longer exists. He also seems to ignore that in the 2016 election the majority of the American people voted for Hillary Clinton, not Trump. The latter only won by reason of an archaic Electoral College. I would like to respond to the letter that also was in response to my letter, from Sarah Goodman (“Trump, Jews and faith”) that also appeared in the Aug. 29 edition, but space suggests I wait until a further edition. In 1920 H.L. Mencken, a journalist, wrote the following: “ As democracy is perfected, the office of the president resembles more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissistic moron.” Amen. Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

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LETTERS TO THE continued from previous page the Second Amendment to be able to legally own a gun; what has to be done is for Congress to substantially prevent, through tougher background checks, the ability of those people to ever obtain possession of a firearm with the intent to kill and injure innocent people. Our nation is being transformed into an unsafe nation, because of these frequent and terrifying mass shootings, and this is not the United States of America that we all know and love as Americans. This unnecessary and awful carnage must end, and it must end now, not later! John Amato Fresh Meadows

Hero for vets tops our mayor Dear Editor: William Shuttleworth deserves a hand from every American who lives free in this country. Mr. Shuttleworth, a retired Air Force veteran, walked from Massachusetts to California, to bring to light the plight of homeless veterans in our country. These veterans sacrificed their own lives for our freedom and gave me the right to question those in high authority. So, I ask this of our mayor, a candidate for president of the United States, why does he put illegal families first for a lottery for affordable housing before doing anything for the homeless veterans? I will probably get no answer, but I still asked the question. Thank you, Mr. Shuttleworth, for your service and the sacrifices you make to help the homeless veterans of our nation. Kathleen Schatz Rego Park

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The anniversary of WWII Dear Editor: Sept. 1, 2019 marked the 80th anniversary of the global catastrophe that erupted in 1939 … World War II! At daybreak on Sept. 1, 1939, Hitler launched a “blitzkreig” on Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany. After the fall of Poland, a “sitzkreig” descended over Europe. On May 13, 1940 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill vowed to vanquish fascism while promising nothing “but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” He pledged that Britain would stand tall “against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime.” Churchill personified British bravery and determination. While remaining neutral, America

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responded to Churchill’s appeal for military supplies. FDR and Congress enacted the Lend-Lease Act, which amounted to $50 billion over the course of the war. The planned final German victory over England, “Operation Sea Lion,” was about to begin. Hitler launched “Operation Eagle” with the goal of driving the Royal Air Force from the sky. Reich Marshal Goering thought his Luftwaffe alone could bring Britain to her knees. However, the RAF had better plans. The “London Blitz” took its toll on the sturdy British, but the RAF prevailed … Great Britain was saved! The wartime PM told parliament: “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

One week of Trump horrors Dear Editor: The Amazon forest is burning. Brazil’s President Bolsonaro turned down $20 million in aid pledged by the G7 summit leaders (evidently because the French president hurt his feelings), and Trump supports this move. Amazing. Trump asked his advisers if he could disrupt a hurricane by dropping a nuclear weapon in the eye. I’m not making this up, people. This imbecile thinks the best way to stop a hurricane is to explode a nuclear weapon inside it. What’s next? Throw paper towels onto the Amazon fire? Have fire departments spray water on hurricanes? Speaking of which, another hurricane just missed Puerto Rico. And Trump claimed that Puerto Rico has received $92 billion in federal aid since 2017. The island has actually received $14 billion. The $92 billion figure is a rough estimate of potential stormrelated aid Puerto Rico could need over the next two decades. But those are just facts, and they don’t pertain to Republicans. Trump complained that a massive storm was “as usual” heading toward Puerto Rico. I’m sure what’s most distressing to Trump is that he’ll have to cancel a few rounds of golf at his resort in Florida. He’s deporting immigrant children with cancer and cystic fibrosis. Basically signing their death sentences. He told his aides he would pardon them if they broke laws to seize private land to build his border wall. He wants to hold the world summit at his resort. It’s against the emoluments law! In the Constitution! But it’s just another reason for his impeachment. Satellite images show that North Korea is developing a nuclear submarine with weapons capabilities able to reach the U.S. Who cares? Trump says Kim Jong-un is a good guy and they’re “in love.” He also said, “We have to start looking for a new news outlet. Fox isn’t working for us anymore!” Why? Because they’re starting to report the truth? All this happened in one week! Sorry, almost forgot, another mass shooting in Texas with seven dead. Yawn. Robert LaRosa Whitestone

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‘Restorative justice’ in, school discipline out by Bob Friedrich What will it take for New Yorkers to acknowledge that our education system is failing a generation of children and it needs to make a course correction? Educators are trying against all odds to teach our kids while mired in a system that is designed to overlook misbehavior, disrespect and even brutal attacks on teachers. Three short years ago I wrote about the city’s educational and political establishment introducing policies that eroded school disciplinary codes and undermined teacher efforts in the classroom and students’ ability to learn. I wrote back then that, by tinkering with the discipline code in 2015, Mayor de Blasio made it virtually impossible for teachers and principals to discipline students for behavior that in the past would have led directly to a suspension. Suspensions would no longer be granted for incidents such as spitting, shoving, throwing objects or bolting out of a classroom or profanity even if directed at teachers. Without serious punishment, classrooms are no longer conducive to learning and have become chaotic environments inviting more disruptions for those who desperately wish to learn. The mayor’s new policy directives required principals to go through a laborious process in order to receive approval from Department of Education bureaucrats before a suspension would be granted for classroom insubordination. Virtually all disruptive behaviors would no longer merit grounds for suspension. Instead, principals were directed to utilize a new approach called “restorative justice.” Rather than suspending a student for antisocial or aggressive behavior to provide temporary relief from antilearning behaviors, restorative justice demands that we ask the offending student to “think really hard” about what he or she has done, or write a note of apology or essay explaining why their behavior was wrong. Only an unbending rigid ideology would be so incapable of understanding the damage such antisocial behaviors have on the classroom that even granting temporary relief is too much to ask. It was obvious even back in 2015 that these socially engineered measures would create significant obstacles for teachers and students concerned about a favorable learning environment. Coddling disruptive students predictably increases the amount of insubordination and boisterous conduct in the classroom. Four years after implementation of restorative justice policies, the results are in, and they are not pretty. Knife seizures have almost doubled since de Blasio started tinkering with the discipline codes shortly after he was first elected. In the 2018-19 school year, police confiscated more than

2,500 weapons of all t y p e s , 1,6 0 0 of which were knives. Ac c o r d i n g t o a report released by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, city schools led the entire state in the number of “violent and disruptive incidents” last year. These incidents included assaults, sexual offenses and bomb threats. Although city schools account for 40 percent of the students in the state, they accounted for 56 percent of all incidents statewide. The number of sexual offenses in the city was more than three times higher than in other counties. Another disturbing statistic was that only 8.3 percent of traditional city public schools reported zero incidents; while 47.2 percent of Long Island schools and 25 percent of city public charter schools did. Teamsters Local 237 President Gregory Floyd, who represents more than 5,000 school safety agents, has blamed a rise in bullying among students on de Blasio’s relaxed school-discipline policies, which allow misbehavior to propagate without consequences in the public school system. But remarkably, de Blasio praised the program of restorative justice and touted schools as being safer than ever. He said, “We had to address the overuse of suspension.” The city recently announced it will be adding 285 social workers to the “safer than ever” city schools for “social-emotional support.” The data simply do not support the mayor’s boast of safety inside our schools. Many teachers, principals, administrators and parents have spoken to the media about anarchy in the classroom, thanks to a system that rewards permissiveness and punishes disciplinary actions by teachers. United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said he agrees in theory with the restorative justice approach, but he has warned in the past that thousands of children affected by tolerance of misbehavior “will lose instruction as a result of those disruptions.” Such tepid criticism by Mulgrew of the mayor’s grand social engineering scheme is not surprising, since de Blasio has negotiated favorable teacher compensation contracts that exceed inflation and work rules providing more nonclassroom time for teachers. Unfortunately, with no pushback from voters or the union representing those teachers on the front line of this anarchy, a system that condones student misbehavior, pot smoking in the hallways, profanities hurled at teachers, chairshoving and assaults is unlikely to change. Q Bob Friedrich is President of Glen Oaks Village, a civic leader and a former City Council candidate.

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Hamilton Beach’s annual Baby Parade last Sunday featured the neighborhood’s sweetest faces as parents and their children marched down 102nd Street for the community’s Labor Day Weekend tradition. “This is one of the longest-running parades in the city of New York — except for Manhattan,” said Roger Gendron, lef t, pr esident of the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association.

“It’s a nice way to end the summer for the kids.” “It’s a great community tradition, over 60 years,” said state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach). “That’s what keeps Hamilton Beach a great community.” Among those taking part was Councilman Eric Ulrich (D-Ozone Park), along with his daughter Lily. As tradition dictated, the parade kicked off at the West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department and ended at

Hamilton Beach Park. Friends and neighbors lined the route applauding and shouting encouragement to the marchers. At the end of the street, community members fired up the grills and served hot dogs and hamburgers to those in attendance. Two bounce castles and an FDNY fire simulation training facility were also set up for the kids to enjoy. — Isabella Bruni

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Gov. Cuomo announces the opening of the Brooklyn-bound, second span of NYS PHOTO / FLICKR the Kosciuszko Bridge last Wednesday.

Gov. Cuomo announced the opening of the Brooklyn-bound, second span of the Kosciuszko Bridge last Wednesday. The two-span Kosciuszko is the first major bridge crossing built in the city since the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge opened 55 years ago. The opening of the new bridge — which connects Maspeth to Greenpoint and is part of an $873 million design-build construction project — was accomplished four years ahead of schedule and on budget. “Today isn’t just about a new bridge that is smart, functional, on-budget and done early — it’s also about what this bridge symbolizes,” Cuomo said. “At a time when we have so much negativity, frustration and anger in this country, this bridge is an example of what government and society can do when you focus on the positive. This is New York State at its best. We built this and we made this happen.” The opening of the second span comes one month ahead of the target date that had been announced in May. The two spans are meant to ease travel, enhance safety and reduce congestion by providing travelers with five Queens-bound travel lanes and four Brooklyn-bound travel lanes on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, plus a 20-foot-wide bikeway and walkway on the Brooklyn-bound span. The first span opened in April 2017. The first phase of the project got underway in December 2014 and involved the construction of the new span over

the Newtown Creek. The new Brooklyn-bound span measures 952 feet in length and contains more than 3,000 tons of US manufactured steel. The governor also noted the project has helped to support approximately 11,300 jobs in construction and related fields in the area. “We know projects like this are not just about safety and traffic flow — it’s about creating better connections and improving quality-of-life for local residents,” said Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul. Several months ago Cuomo told the story of how his father would time every trip to miss the traffic at the bridge and how in the evenings he would have to plan when to leave home. “It was always about timing around the traffic at the Kosciuszko Bridge, which was horrendous,” he said. Cyclists have complained since the opening that it is difficult to get onto the new bridge’s bike lanes. “Getting on the span right now does feel a little bit like playing ‘Frogger,’” one Williamsburg cyclist told the New York Post. The city’s Department of Transportation has bike lanes planned for both sides of the bridge. A DOT spokesman told the Post the bike lanes would be implemented soon. The bridge, known as the Meeker Avenue Bridge when it opened in August 1939, is named for Tadeusz Kosciuszko, the Polish-Lithuanian war hero who fought alongside the Americans during the RevoluQ tionary War.

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Ceremonies throughout the borough pay tribute to lives lost 18 years ago by David Russell Associate Editor

Gordon Aamoth. Igor Zukelman. Those are the first and final names read each year at a ceremony in Lower Manhattan as the nearly 3,000 victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, Washington, DC and Flight 93 over Pennsylvania are remembered. Queens, as always, is set to pay tribute as well. On Saturday, Sept. 7, Friends of Maple Grove Cemetery in Kew Gardens will host a conversation on service and remembrance moderated by Jo-Anne Raskin from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the Victorian Administration Building at 83-15 Kew Gardens Road. Admission is free with an RSVP and light refreshments will be served. Sunday, Sept. 8 will see the fourth annual Run for Richie, a motorcycle ride in memory of Richard Pearlman, an 18-year-old volunteer with the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps who was killed when the towers came down. The rally begins with “kickstands up” at 1 p.m. at the Aqueduct Race Track parking lot next to Resorts World Casino in South Ozone Park. The Poppenhusen Institute will pay tribute on Sunday at 1 p.m. at 114-04 14 Road

Numerous memorials will commemorate the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on FILE PHOTO the World Trade Center, Washington, DC and Flight 93 over Pennsylvania. in College Point. There will be a violin performance by Karla Simmons and a lighting of memorial candles. Admission is free. For more information call (718) 358-0067 or go to poppenhusen@juno.com. Several events will be held on Sept. 11 itself. The JFK Chamber of Commerce and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will have a gathering for all wishing to pay their respects at 7:30 a.m. at the JFK

Airport Ballfield, adjacent to Building 141 at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Contact Clorinda Antonucci with any questions at jfkcocexec@gmail.com. The Bellerose Jewish Center will pay tribute at 11:30 a.m. at 254-14 Union Tpke. in Glen Oaks. The event will be inserted into the regular second-day Rosh Hashanah service. Clergy of various faiths, elected officials, first responders and local dignitaries will share their reflections.

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Tennis fans from Maryland including Dr. Karen Casey, second from right, have their photo taken by a USTA employee by the newly unveiled tribute to Althea Gibson at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. At right, Gibson is among the tennis legends who greet pedestrians on 71st Avenue in Forest Hills, just blocks from the stadium where she made sports and American history back in 1957. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON

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The US Open was open only to amateurs and was played in Forest Hills in 1957 when Althea Gibson became the first African A mer ica n to w i n t he U.S. Nat ional Championships. On Aug. 26, the USTA paid tribute to Gibson, unveiling a statue outside of Arthur Ashe Stadium on the grounds of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Gibson won 11 Grand Slam titles, including six in doubles competition. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971 and was inducted into the US Open Court of Champions in 2007. “Althea Gibson’s talent, strength and unrelenting desire to achieve made her a great champion,” said Patrick Galbraith, president and chairman of the Board of the USTA in a statement issued by the organization. “She made tennis a better place, by opening doors and opening minds, doing so

with grace and dignity. She is receiving a recognition she richly deserves.” “It’s simple. She’s the first African American to break the color barrier in our sport,” former USTA Chairwoman Katrina Adams said. “By doing so, she made it possible for every person of color after her to have a chance to achieve their goals in the sport. This is a tribute that’s long overdue — period.” The USTA has even had personnel standing by at sculptor Eric Goulder’s creation statue to snap cell phone photos for tennis fans who frequently have been lined up for a look at the work. Dr. Karen Casey was one of them on Aug. 29, visiting from Maryland with friends. While Casey has been to the Open before, she was not going to miss an opportunity to pay tribute to Gibson. “I’m a tennis player, and we’re all tennis fans,” she said. “She’s my hero. She’s an inspiration.” And while Casey is a fan of

Swing with the Kiwanis The venerable Kiwanis Club of Howard Beach is taking its act on the road — heading for Brooklyn’s Marine Park Golf Course for its annual golf outing. The tournament is set for Monday, Sept. 16 at the public course at 2880 Flatbush Ave. The golf outing is one of the Kiwanis biggest fundraisers of the group’s ambitious college scholarship program. The shotgun start of the tournament is 9:30 a.m. Check-in and breakfast begin at 7:30 a.m.

As is tradition, prizes will awarded for first, second and third place finishers; for the tee shot closest to the pin; and the longest drive from tee. All the money raised in raff les and sponsorships go to the scholarship fund, which provides financial support to four graduating high school seniors living in the 11414 ZIP code. For more information on the tournament, contact Daniel Golom at (347) 277-0186 or Dino Bono at (646) 401Q 2805. — Michael Shain

Serena Williams, Gibson remains at the top of Casey’s pedestal. “Without Althea, there is no Serena,” Casey said. The statue is not the first artistic tribute to Gibson. Since 2017 she has been depicted just down the street from the old Forest Hills tennis stadium on a mural beneath the underpass at the Forest Hills Long Island Rail Road Station. The mural depicts Gibson using her entire 5-foot-11 frame in preparation for delivering her devastating serve with a wooden racquet that was standard issue for the day. Also on the mural are King, known for her attack style of play, shown ready to receive a serve; and Ashe, from 1968 when he became the first African-American man to win the U.S. Championship. While it was the first time the U.S. title was open to professionals, Ashe’s first-place prize money went to runner-up Tom Okker

— Ashe needed to maintain his amateur status as he was serving in the Army at the time. Also pictured is Douglaston native John McEnroe, though Johnny Mac’s visage has been all but obliterated by water leakage. Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) helped coordinate creation of the mural along with community organizations. His office said Wednesday that they are working with the LIRR and others in an effort to clean and preserve the mural. In an email the LIRR told the Chronicle that the damage is from groundwater, which it called a common occurrence on concrete bridge abutments. It requires that approved projects be put on panels, as was done recently under the overpasses on Yellowstone Boulevard and Ascan Avenue. The railroad said it is looking at ways to resolve the situation with the mural, but Q does not have details at this point.

RH Park Fair next Saturday The Richmond Hill Block Association’s annual Park Fair, one of the oldest community events in Queens, is turning 46 this year. The fair is set for Saturday, Sept. 14 in Forest Park, at the Buddy Monument on the park’s eastern edge, at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Park Lane South. The fair features local vendors, carnival food, rides, games, live music, a flea market, raffles and all sorts of familyfriendly fun. The Richmond Hill Block Association, founded in 1973, has been sponsor-

ing a community fair from its first year in existence. “The Park Fair is the RHBA’s primary fundraiser each year, allowing them to conti nue thei r com mu n it y focused work,” Paul Bankert, the association’s vice president, said in a email to the Chronicle. The fair runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will go on rain or shine, the organizers said. The event is an all-volunteer effort, Q Bankert noted. — Michael Shain

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Sudden fish die-off in Little Neck Bay DEC: Affected species may have been bunker chased by predator Editor

When Ronald Ramo and his wife headed to Little Neck Bay on a sunny Saturday afternoon, they didn’t expect to make a shocking discovery. Walking by Little Neck Bay on the Joe Michael’s Mile near the Bayside Marina on Aug. 24, the couple saw something that initially looked like garbage in the water. “There was just a mess of dead

fish everywhere,” said Ramo, who lives in South Ozone Park and works as an attorney in Manhattan. He and his wife went north up to Fort Totten, where along Shore Road they saw even more of the dead fish. Some were in the water and others lay on the shore. “In all my years of boating and fishing, I’ve never seen a die-off like that in my life,” said Ramo. In total, he said he could see 100 to 150 fish dead in the bay that

Dead fish lie in the Little Neck Bay water on Aug. 24.

day. Some of them seemed to be floating south toward Alley Creek, he said. Ramo also noticed that small, scavenger fish did not appear to be impacted by the die-off. The state Department of Environmental Conservation told the Chronicle that it’s aware of the incident. According to the agency, the affected species is bunker, a kind of herring. “It is not unusual to see dead bunker at this time of year as these fish swim in large schools and can be chased by predators (such as bluef ish) into enclosed areas where oxygen can be rapidly depleted, resulting in fish mortalities,” the agency said. Dead fish often have a noticeable odor. Ramo said he didn’t notice a strong smell, but others did. A user of the website Reddit created a thread on Aug. 25 about dead fish in Little Neck Bay. One user com mented, “It smelled AWFUL there today.” Back in 2005, a large die-off in the bay led environmentalists to say the cause was lack of oxygen brought on by excessive use of lawn fertilizers by homeowners. Q

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Vidal Guzman, second from right, of JustLeadershipUSA addresses a group supporting Peggy Herrera, in white, outside the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica. Herrera claims officers abused their authority when responding to a call involving her son with emotional problems, and that police PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON are not properly trained to handle such situations.

Peggy Herrera of Jamaica has two distinct complaints that brought her and a small group of supporters to the NYPD’s 103rd Precinct on the morning of Aug. 30. Both, she said, are the result of a 911 call that summoned police to her home on Aug. 25 when her son was having a mental health crisis. Herrera said her son had calmed down by the time police and EMS arrived, and fearing for how her son might be treated, she refused to open her door to responders. She said she subsequently was arrested and her son dragged out of her apartment by his neck as she was being taken into custody. Backed by representatives of groups such as Black Lives Matter, JustLeadershipUSA, #CLOSERikers and others, Herrera leveled accusations of abuse against specific officers from the 103rd Precinct. But she and her supporters also called on the City Council to conduct hearings in order to establish protocols under which police are not the first responders to answer a call for an emotionally disturbed person. “They are not trained to handle that,” she said. Herrera is employed by the NYPD as a school crossing guard in the 103rd. She said she has never been arrested before and that she was kept in a filthy lockup for two hours with no justification. “He told me, ‘You’re being arrested because you don’t listen,’” she said, referring to a sergeant at the scene. She is demanding a meeting with precinct

leadership, and the group representatives said they will be back at the 103rd in greater numbers should such a meeting not take place. The precinct referred all questions to the NYPD press office. According to the press office, police arrived to find Herrera outside and her son inside, refusing to open the door; and that she “informed officers that the male inside expressed that he wanted to hurt himself earlier in the day.” Police said officers established a dialogue with the son and summoned an Emergency Services Unit and hostage negotiation team. They said Herrera was charged with obstructing governmental administration after the ESU team arrived and she stepped in front of the door, refusing to allow them to enter the home. Herrera said by that time her son had calmed down. Victoria Phillips, who works with emotionally disturbed patients, said there are alternatives to police in such cases. “People who work in homeless shelters need to deal with the same people as police,” she said. “Social workers deal with the same people. I’ve worked on a MICA (mental illness chemical addiction) ward. I was taken hostage once for two hours. Do you know how I de-escalated it? With my mouth, with my words, my training.” Figures provided to the Chronicle by the mayor’s ThriveNYC program on Aug. 16 state that more than 8,000 NYPD officers and staff have received training in mental health first aid. Another 13,000 have gone through crisis intervention training, with the department allocating $5.3 million for additional Q training for the 2020 fiscal year.

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American tennis drought continues Eliminations make it 16 years since US male player has won a major by David Russell Associate Editor

There’s no more U.S. in the US Open on the men’s side of the draw. The last two American men — 14thranked John Isner and unranked Tennys Sandgren — were eliminated last Saturday. Isner was the highest-seeded American male in the tournament and believed the Queens crowd was behind him. “Two matches, two great crowds,” he said after last Thursday’s win over Jan-Lennard Struff in straight sets. “It helps when you don’t play another American. They’re not torn a little bit. But I do think the crowd has been on my side.” The 1990s saw Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras rack up championships in their primes as well as Jim Courier becoming the youngest man to reach the finals of all four Grand Slam singles tournaments. But no American has won a major title since Andy Roddick won the US Open in 2003. Isner has been the top-ranked American male, usually between 10 and 20 overall. “In the ’90s, being ranked, let’s say 13 in the world, would be like the fifth-best American,” Isner said. “Times are different but it’s cyclical and I think maybe five or six years down the road it might be a little different.” After winning the 2003 US Open, Roddick

John Isner is the top-ranked American men’s tennis player but he lost in the third round at the WIKIMEDIA COMMONS PHOTOS, LEFT BY BOSS TWEED / FLICKR; RIGHT, SI. ROBI US Open. made it to four more finals, losing them all. The only other American to make it to the finals since 2003 was Agassi, who lost to Roger Federer at the 2005 US Open. There were a few close calls in recent years as Sam Querrey made it to the semifinals at Wimbledon in 2017 and Isner made it to the semis there in 2018.

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A busy summer, a busy fall by Lisa Komninos The month of August went as fast as I thought it would. It was busy, though, with many events. The 102nd Precinct sponsored its annual National Night Out Against Crime event on Aug. 6 at Victory Field. The Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. had a table again and we gave out smiley-face cups, stickers, pencils and mini airplanes. Thanks again to the precinct for its hard work making the event a complete success. The next event was the Aug. 9 Oldies Music Night at the Forest Parkway Plaza, with Plastic Soul performing. We had a great crowd — residents, visitors and, of course people coming home from work on a Friday who stopped to listen. Several were dancing. Since it was such a success, we’re trying to plan another music night real soon. Then on Aug. 27 Assemblyman Mike Miller and the GWDC co-sponsored a MetroCard Van visit. The mobile unit was in Woodhaven from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Forest Parkway-Jamaica Avenue intersection. MTA reps were on-site and answered MetroCard issues along with other services. The GWDC had a table along with Assemblyman Miller. We gave out info on

all matters, and some constituents just came over to say hello and grab some info before going to their destination. We plan on doing more combined events with Assemblyman Miller whenever possible. Now that September is here, it’s again time for Mets tickets. We are in the last phase of getting tickets for the Monday, Sept. 9 game. It is not 100 percent confirmed but as of this paper’s deadline, I am confident we are getting them. If you would like tickets call our office at (718) 805-0202, leave a message and we will call you back. August is over but I will definitely try to sneak in a few more beach days. And although September marks the end of summer it is not to be hated (and it’s my birthday month too — lol) so enjoy the cooler weather and back-to-school days. Last but not least, don’t forget the Wonderful Woodhaven Street Festival on Oct. 13, from 12 to 6 p.m. As usual we will have bands, food, rides, games, ponies and much more. If you’d like to be a vendor or want more information, call the office. We are all part-time staff, in the office from 1 to 6 p.m., Monday, Tuesday and Friday (and during Street Fair time much later than that). Enjoy September and see you in October. Q

Photo contest! The Queens Chronicle’s 11th annual Summer in the Borough Photo Contest is under way — and you’re invited to join in! Take your best shots of children playing, workers working, lovely landscapes, birds on the bay — whatever you think best says “summertime in Queens.” Check out these photos taken by two prior winners, Jennifer Morrison and Nancy Morelli, and see if you can do as well. Our main requirement is that the photos be taken in the borough this summer. We also ask that you give us all the details you can, especially the location, the names of any people in the photo, whenever possible, and when it was taken (but don’t use time stamps!). Some entrants give us a whole backstory, and that’s never a problem. And please tell us where you live and whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer. The winner will receive tickets to a family-friendly performance in or around the city, such as an off-Broadway show. Send your high-resolution digital photos to peterm@qchron.com (say “contest” in the subject line), or mail prints to Queens Chronicle Photo Contest, 71-19 80 St., suite 8-201, Glendale, NY 11385. The deadline is Monday, Sept. 23, the day summer ends. Good luck!

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“I certainly think a grand slam champion from the states could renew the interest of the younger generation of kids coming up,” Isner said. He added, “There’s so many great American champions that I grew up watching that certainly inspired me to play but it’s been tough sledding for us.”

The crowd was behind Isner and was disappointed when he lost to Marin Cilic in a tough four-set match. The 34-year-old Isner, who stands 6 feet, 10 inches tall, liked the crowd just as much. “I did want to play in events like this just to be in atmospheres like I was used to watching the Panthers play or watching the Carolina Hurricanes play,” he said. A self-described “sports junkie,” Isner said he loved the atmosphere of arenas when he would watch on TV. And he happened to be growing up as a good tennis player. “I think it was my calling to at least give it a shot to play professional sports because I didn’t really have much interest in anything else,” Isner said. He said he wants to continue playing so that his daughter — Hunter Grace, who was born last September — can watch him and be old enough to remember it. Isner and his wife, Madison, are expecting a boy soon and the tennis player acknowledged he would encourage his children to play a lot of sports and see what they gravitate toward. Outside of his own family, a major for Isner or fellow American would look good. “Somebody breaking through and winning a slam would do a lot for the young kids in Q our country,” Isner said.

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Number of homeless seniors on the rise by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

Longtime Long Island City resident Melanie Lee has been through the homeless system and back and knows all too well what so many of her fellow senior citizens face on a daily basis. “I had difficulty keeping up with the expenses of the house,” she explained of a family residence in Corona, where she had lived on and off with her mother since 1984. “My family decided it was too much to maintain and sold it.” So, in 2014, Lee found herself without a place to call home. “I wasn’t making enough money,” she said. She eventually made her way to a shelter in the Bronx; a short time later she transferred to another facility in the same borough, where she remained for just over a year. She then entered a halfway house in Jamaica where she stayed for a short while. Then her sister took her in. Lee now lives in a two-room attic apartment in her sister’s house in East Elmhurst, seemingly no worse for wear. “I did fairly well,” she said. “I was put in a room they called the medical room.” Lee, now 62, is overweight and walks with a cane, so she qualified for the space which holds 24 beds, dedicated to people with chronic ailments. “They kept the temperature in the summer so cold people had to have comforters,” she said. In winter, it was extremely hot. She recalled that certain amenities were taken away — the microwave, an exercise room, and “there were not as many activities” as she would have wanted. But she did attend a group for writers, run by a social worker, which provided her with “one very positive experience” of being homeless. After she left the system, she was asked to speak at a conference for authors in training.

About half of homeless Americans are age 50 or over, according to the Association of Mature American Citizens, citing federal government numbers. PHOTO BY OLDNEWYORK / WIKIPEDIA Finding oneself without a place to live, for whatever reason, is, unfortunately, becoming more and more commonplace. According to the Coalition for the Homeless, a notfor-profit advocacy group, “In recent years, homelessness in New York City has reached the highest levels since the Great Depression.” According to its website, in June, 60,849 homeless people were sleeping each night in the city’s municipal shelter system, based on information from the NYC Department of Homeless Services and Human Resources Administration and NYCStat shelter Census reports. Among those hit hardest are the elderly.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reported that 553,000 Americans were homeless last year, according to Dan Weber, president of the Association of Mature American Citizens. He added in a prepared statement that “half of them were over 50 years of age and studies show that the 50-plus segment of the homeless population is likely to triple over the next ten years. In 1990, only 11% of the homeless population was 50 or older.” “Senior homelessness is not just people who are down on their luck and without any finances,” said Bruce Cunningham, executive director of the Queens Interagency Council on Aging. “Homelessness is growing because seniors on fixed income are being priced out of the rental housing market.” The issue is one that will be front and center at QICA’s annual legislative forum, to be held on Oct. 11. The first draft of the organization’s position paper reads, in part, “Seniors, though among the most vulnerable of the city’s citizens, have been virtually ignored in the planning for affordable housing. Although New York’s senior population is made up primarily of renters living alone and poor, efforts to deal with this housing crisis are woefully inadequate.” In addition, the paper points out, “Many seniors live in apartments that cannot meet their changing needs as they become more frail and disabled.” Echoing the sentiments of the Coalition for the Homeless, Cunningham concluded, “We are faced as a society with a conundrum that I don’t think has existed since the Depression of the 1930s. The working-class retired poor have little to fall back on because they no longer [have income] enough to sustain their health and well-being. Let’s pray the day does not P arrive again that they are faced with standing in lines.”

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Maintaining a healthy diet is just one of the ways a woman can reduce her risk of getting diabetes. needed to utilize the sugar are removed. Foods that contain refined carbohydrates include white bread, white rice and pretzels. And as noted by the United States Department of Agriculture, it’s safe to assume grain products are made with refined grains unless the packaging notes they are made with whole grains or whole wheat. • Get a good night’s sleep. People who fail to consistently get a good night’s sleep may be increasing their risk of developing type 2 diabetes because a lack of sleep can make them more resistant to insulin. A 2012 study from researchers at the University of Chicago published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that sleep deprivation hinders the ability of fat cells to respond to insulin. The fat cells of study participants after they were deprived of sleep needed nearly three times as much insulin to regulate blood sugar as the cells needed on a typical night’s rest. That dogged resistance to insulin over time can allow sugar and cholesterol to accumulate in the blood, increasing a person’s risk of diabetes and heart disease as a result. Though the National Sleep Foundation admits sleep needs vary depending on a person’s age and those needs are impacted by an individual’s health and lifestyle, many experts agree adults need somewhere between seven to nine hours of sleep per night. Diabetes is a potentially deadly disease that can negatively impact a woman’s life in a variety of ways. But there are many methods for proactive women to reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes so they can live fuller, healthier and P happier lives. — Metro Creative Connection

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Choosing the right doctor Choosing the right doctor is one of the most important decisions people can make for their health. If you are unsure whom to turn to for your general care, experts point out that internal medicine specialists, or internists, specialize in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a broad spectrum of illnesses that affect adults throughout their lives, making them the right choice for many adults. Before selecting an internal medicine doctor, it’s helpful to learn a little bit more about their training and specialties. Trained to care for adults, many general internal medicine doctors, or general internists, practice in an office-based setting as primary care physicians for adults, following patients from their teens through their senior years for ongoing medical care. Other general internists spend the majority of their time caring for hospitalized patients in the role of a hospitalist. Due to the broad, intensive nature of core internal medicine training, which requires a three-year residency program after graduating from medical school, general internists aren’t limited to one type of medical problem or organ system, making them especially well-qualified to care for patients with complex conditions or multi-system diseases. “Comprehensive education and training make the internist particularly suited to care for the whole person,” says American College of Physicians President Dr. Robert M. McLean. “Many patients appreciate the tailored prevention and treatment plans that

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The truth about osteoporosis Commonly known as the “silent disease,” osteoporosis is a condition where your bones lose density and become more fragile. It’s described as silent because it typically progresses with no obvious symptoms until a fall or misstep leads to a fracture. Luckily, there’s a lot you can do to build bone strength, prevent osteoporosis and reduce fracture risk. True or false: Osteoporosis is an inevitable part of aging. False. Bone loss, even osteoporosis, can affect you in your 20s, 30s and 40s. While your age and gender may play a large role, you can control many of the risk factors that lead to excessive bone loss, fractures and osteoporosis with medication, a healthy diet and weight-bearing exercise. The truth is you can have strong bones at any age. What causes it? According to the National Institute on Aging, osteoporosis is a disease that weakens bones to the point where they break easily. Although many people think it’s caused by a lack of calcium, it’s actually caused by a lack of new bone mass. When you’re young, your body breaks down old bone and replaces it with new bone tissue — but at around age 30, bone mass stops increasing. So, as you enter your 40s and 50s, bone may be broken down faster than it can be replaced. Is it preventable? Decreased bone mass is a part of aging, but that doesn’t mean you’re doomed to develop osteoporosis. Remember: Your bones are alive!

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Alley Pond citizen scientists want you to join their club by Victoria by Vict Zunitch

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M Michael Faraday taught himself physics and chemistry while working a day job as a bookseller’s assistant, and ultimately made some of the most consequential scientific discoveries ever, allowing humans to put electricity to practical use. No Faraday, no smartphone. It’s not too late for you. Aspiring citizen scientists can join Alley Pond Environmental Center’s Adult Citizen Science Club, which is looking for more participants and is open to all, aged 18 and up. Citizen scientists are nonprofessional scientists who collect and analyze data in the natural world, sometimes in collaboration with the pros. The avocation is increasingly popular, and the work it produces is a “real thing” in the scientific community, which welcomes extra hands on deck to gather voluminous data sets via crowdsourcing. The club can be “anything the members want it to be,” said Tom McGlinchey,” a club participant and APEC board member. Currently, the club is about gathering plant-population data in the lower estuary area of Alley Creek,

just to the east of APEC’s parking lot, and uploading it to the free iNaturalist app. The members aim to document the living plant species in the lower estuary and thus contribute to the New York Botanical Garden’s New York City EcoFlora Project, led by Daniel Atha of the NYBG’s Conservation Program. EcoFlora seeks to engage citizens in protecting and documenting the city’s plant species, in part by uploading photos of the ones found here to iNaturalist. After meeting with Atha, a club member urged documenting a defined area, APEC’s lower estuary. Club participants, who have nicknamed themselves “the Creekers,” have since spent many meetings gathering data as conditions allow, sometimes challenging themselves through muddy trails to collect the information. One participant had been independently gathering numerous photographs of Alley Pond Park’s flora since before the club was founded, identifying what he believes are several hundred different types of grasses; he has since combed through his archives for lower estuary photos and contributed those to the project. continued on page 31

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W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G EXHIBITS “Who Takes Care of New York?”, an exploration of NYC civic groups and how they care for their communities, with maps, art and storytelling meant to empower visitors on how to make lasting change. Thu., Sept. 12 (opening reception 6-8 p.m.)-Sun., Sept. 29 (special events on select days throughout), Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

LECTURES/TALKS Jewish Heritage History in Queens, with Borough Historian Jack Eichenbaum giving a nostalgic talk about how Queens’ Jewish population has evolved over the years and members of the audience sharing their own memories. Sun., Sept. 8, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. $5; $3 students, seniors. Info: (718) 939-0647, queenshistoricalsociety.org.

“Under the Bonsai Tree,” with sculptures and drawings by Chris Bogia that reflect perfection and reference the home, though sometimes with a darker element. Sat., Sept. 7 (opening reception 6-9 p.m.), Mrs., 60-40 56 Drive, Maspeth. Free. Info: (347) 841-6149, mrsgallery.com.. “Sculpture & Textiles by Linda Rettich,” with sculptural scenes made of tiny beads, figures, textiles, culinary delights and more. Sat., Sept. 7 (opening reception 2-4 p.m.)-Sun., Dec. 22, Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. $2 suggested. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org. “Above and Beyond — The Ultimate Flight Experience,” with interactive components including flight simulation, augmented reality, design and skill challenges and more, examining innovations in aviation from the first powered flights to space. Through Sun., Sept. 8, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $4 plus admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. “Tiffany’s Iridescence: Glass in Rainbow Hues,” exploring the science and artistry behind Louis C. Tiffany’s groundbreaking achievements in iridescent art glass, with vivid colors, hypnotizing patterns and more. Through Sun., Oct. 6, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 5929700, queensmuseum.org.

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sion that landed men on the moon for the first time 50 years ago, with never-before-seen footage. Daily through Tue., Jan. 21, 2020, 3 p.m., New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $6; $5 kids, students, seniors, plus admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

“Imaging Women in the Space Age,” with vintage and current images of women as aviators and astronauts from fashion, TV, film, pop culture, toys and more; part of Space Out Summer programs honoring the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. Through Sun., Nov. 3, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. “Community: You never really know your own language until you study another,” with colorful sculptures representing protest posters and made using images of people’s palms and a 3-D printer. Through April 2020, Rufus King Park, Jamaica Ave. between 150 and 153 Sts., Jamaica. Free. Info: (347) 505-3018, queenscouncilarts.org.

MUSIC The Maspeth Melody Makers, a new chorus for people who wish to sing in a group for the sheer

Sailing can take you away, without even leaving Queens. The American Small Craft Association is offering its intensive sailing course over the next three Saturdays at Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. PHOTO COURTESY TASCA joy of it, with no auditions or previous experience singing in a group necessary. Each Wed. beginning Sept. 11, 1:30-2:30 p.m., the Selfhelp Senior Center, 69-61 Grand Ave., Maspeth. Free. Info: (718) 429-3636.

TOURS/HIKES Birding for Beginners, an introductory nature walk teaching the essentials of birdwatching. Sat., Sept. 7, 10-11 a.m. Tree Trek, a hike teaching how to recognize common native and cultivated trees, with poetry inspired by such tall, perennial, woody plants. Sat., Sept. 7, 2-3:30 p.m. Wellness Walk on West Pond, a moderate stroll around “the Crown Jewel of bird sanctuaries.” Sun., Sept. 8, 10-11 a.m. All starting at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit.

FILM Bang on a Can: Balún, with the “dreambow” Puerto Rican and (now) Brooklynite band that includes Raúl Reymundi, left, and Angélica Negron, performing its blend of electronica, dreampop, reggaeton and more to wrap up the season’s Bang on a Can concert series. Fri., Sept. 6, 6 p.m., The Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org.

“It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,” the epic 1963 slapstick comedy about the hunt for a buried treasure of cash, with an ensemble cast of stars.Sat., Sept. 7, 5 p.m.; Sun., Sept. 8, 2 p.m, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

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DANCE Queensboro Dance Festival, with multiple troupes from the borough performing as part of a tour running through Oct., activities and more. Thu.-Fri., Sept. 5-6, 6 p.m., Hunters Point South Park, near 50 Ave. and Center Blvd., Long Island City. Free. Info/RSVP (requested): (929) 282-0620, queensborodancefestival.com.

AUDITIONS Belle’s Players, the Kew Gardens Community Center theater group, seeks new members. Each Tue., 1-3 p.m., 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Info: (718) 268-5960.

“Los Reyes,” the critically acclaimed 2018 dreamy study of two street dogs and young skateboarders who share a park in Santiago, Chile. Daily through Sun., Sept. 8, varying times, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us. GRASSHOPPER FILMS

“Apollo 11: First Steps Edition,” an exclusive version of the 2019 documentary about the mis-

Book Talk and Signing: “Images of America: The 1939-40 World’s Fair,” with Bill Cotter discussing his photo-heavy book, which includes shots of James Earle Fraser’s 65-foot George Washington statue, right, and selling and signing copies with fair memorabilia at hand. Fri., Sept. 6, 7:30 p.m., Bayside Historical Society, the Castle, 208 Totten Ave., Fort Totten. $5 (books extra). Info: (718) 352-1548, baysidehistorical.org. BILL COTTER COLLECTION

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Learn to Sail Intensive Class, a three-week course with lectures and sessions on Meadow Lake, by The American Small Craft Association. Sat., Sept. 7, 14 and 21, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Flushing Meadows Corona Park Boathouse, 30 Meadow Lake Trail. $300. Info: Marcia Sherriton, (516) 377-0233, vicepresident@sailtasca.org, sailtasca.clubexpress.com. Fly: Kite Making, with artist Rafael Domenech leading a session inspired by an experimental class taught at the German Bauhaus school of art early in the 20th century, and 100 kites being flown together. Sat., Sept. 7, 3 p.m., Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Free. Info/RSVP: (718) 956-1819, socratessculpturepark.org. Defensive driving course, for better skills, insurance and point reduction; and to cut down on accidents, by the National Safety Council. Sat., Sept. 21, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., St. Mel’s Church of Flushing, 26-15 154 St. $45. Info/registration: (631) 360-9720. continued on page 32

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Jethro Tull lead vocalist and flautist Ian Anderson hopes his upcoming show at Forest Hills Stadium is a better experience than the band’s 1976 concert at Shea Stadium. Anderson, who was featured with guitarists Robin Trower and Rory Gallagher that day, remembers the constant barrage of planes from LaGuardia interrupting with noise. And he was playing in the middle of the field, which was a long way from the fans to begin with. The worst part was that right before he walked on the field, he realized he was drenched from head to toe because somebody poured a cup on him and it

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wasn’t beer. “Somebody poured a pint of piss over my head,” Anderson said in an interview last Friday. Ian Anderson’s “50 Years of Jethro Tull” tour takes him back to Queens next week. He is the last original member of a band that has released 30 albums, selling more than 60 million copies. The changing lineup also has played more than 3,000 concerts in more than 50 countries. Anderson said American audiences have a reputation of being friendly and hospitable though he did warn his group before an orchestral show at the Beacon Theater that New York crowds “can be a little demonstrative” and not to be put off their game by whistling and comments. “To my surprise they were as good as gold,” he said. Anderson noted Latin countries have younger crowds while the audiences in the U.S., UK and Germany skew older. “They’re not quite dead yet but we have the odd paramedic rush into the audience from time to time,” he said. In the early 1970s, Jethro Tull albums “Thick as a Brick” and “A Passion Play” reached the top of the charts, while “Aqua-

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Rock legend chats before Forest Hills Stadium show

Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson will bring the group to Forest Hills next week as the COURTESY PHOTO group celebrates a half-century of making rock music. lung,” “War Child,” “Minstrel in the Gallery” and “Songs From the Wood” made it into the Top 10. Anderson is credited with introducing the flute to rock as a front-line instrument, and he has been the constant in a group that has seen plenty of combinations.

When they perform, there will be images on a video board behind them, some abstract, some literal, some historical. “There’s something gratifying about working with video,” Anderson said. Jethro Tull has legions of fans but continued on page 33

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C M SQ page 30 Y K NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE RECORD OF DECISION / FINDINGS STATEMENT, FINAL DESIGN REPORT / FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND NOTICE OF DESIGN APPROVAL PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NO. X735.82 VAN WYCK EXPRESSWAY CAPACITY AND ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS TO JFK AIRPORT PROJECT, QUEENS, NY The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), has prepared a Final Design Report/Final Environmental Impact Statement (FDR/FEIS) and Joint National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)/State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) Record of Decision (ROD) and SEQRA Findings Statement (Joint ROD and Findings Statement), signed and dated August 13, 2019 and August 14, 2019, for the Van Wyck Expressway Capacity and Access Improvements to JFK Airport Project. The documents were prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Council on Environmental Quality regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the NEPA (40 CFR Part 1500-1508), the FHWA Environmental Impact and Related Procedures; Final Rule (23 CFR Part 771), and the NYSDOT Procedures for Implementation of the State Environmental Quality Review Act at 17 New York Codes, Rules, and Regulations Part 15.

Milton Berle, right, has about had it with his mother-in-law, Ethel Merman, center, while his wife Dorothy Provine is fed up with both of them in “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, PHOTO COURTESY MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Mad World,” playing this weekend at MoMI.

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Lots of movies have chase scenes; Stanley Kramer’s classic 1963 comedy “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” is a chase scene — of three hours, complete with the original intermission — that will show this coming Saturday and Sunday as part of the Museum of the Moving Image’s annual “See it Big!” 70mm film festival. Kramer’s chase begins with a highspeed car pursuit coming to an unfortunate end in the California desert, with a dying Jimmy Durante telling comedy legends Sid Caesar, Jonathan Winters, Milton Berle, Buddy Hackett and Mickey Rooney about a buried fortune he stole 15 years earlier. While they think they have concealed the information from police, who show up at the wreck soon afterward, they are being tailed from the star t by law enforcement under the direction of twotime Oscar winner Spencer Tracy, a police captain who has been trying to catch Durante and the money for 15 years. Kramer, in the process, enlists the help p of nearly every comedy mainstay in every medium going back nearly 50 years, some of whom don’t even speak in their cameos. Ron Gersh of Forest Hills saw the movie when it first debuted in theaters. He was with a group at MoMI last Sunday to see it again. “I’ve probably seen it four or five times,” he said. “I like Stanley Kramer’s movies. And I think a lot of people today may not have even heard of this. I don’t think you could make a

movie like this today, especially with all the cameos — Jack Benny, Joe E. Brown — first, you couldn’t afford to pay them all.” Aside from Tracy, Berle had Emmys to his credit and long had been known as “Mr. Television;” Ethel Merman was a star of screen, stage and the music industry; Jack Benny and Eddie “Rochester” Anderson were radio stars in the 1930s; Buster Keaton had his first starring roles in silent comedy movies in 1920. And you can’t tally all your cameos without a scorecard. Along the way as the group forms alliances, comedic crosses and doublecrosses, Kramer introduces viewers via cameo — the list on the website IMDB is three pages long — to Jerry Lewis; Carl Reiner; the future Mr. Howell from Gilligan’s Island (Jim Backus); a young Peter Falk five years before Lt. Columbo; the last three Three Stooges; both landlords from the 1970s show “Three’s Company” (Norman Fell and Emmy-winner Don Knotts) and many, many more. Q

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continued from page 27 Par t of the fun is the wide-open prospects for the use of the data. Any scientist who wishes to can access the information on iNaturalist. “That’s the genius of citizen science. It’s accidental,” McGlinchey said. Dit Cheung, also an APEC board member and club participant, said it grew out of APEC’s work facilitating p u b l i c s y m p o s i a c o n c e r n i ng t h e Department of Environmental Protection’s plans to address excess stormwater and raw sewage that sometimes overflow into the creek, proposals that are still under review. APEC realized

that although it was serving children and families thoroughly, it was underserving adults and missing out on the chance to harness their energy and interest. “The club was formed because we When: Sun., Sept. 8 (and each 2nd and realized that without the participa4th Sun. of the month), 10 a.m. tion of adults, we would not be perWhere: Alley Pond Environmental Center, forming the part of the mission that 228-06 Northern Blvd., says we are to not just educate, but Douglaston to advocate,” Cheung said. Entry: Free. (718) 229-4000, The club meets twice a month, on alleypond.com the second and four th Sunday of every month, at 10 a.m. Members

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Members of the Alley Pond Adult Citizen Science Club discuss native flora at their most recent meeting. That includes pokeweed, left, which is used to make dye and may have a medicinal function. On the cover: Club participants hit the trails in Alley Pond Park to PHOTOS BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH make their observations of the natural world. first gather indoors for discussion and then visit the grounds. Participants are encouraged to dress suitably for walking in the mud and to protect from sun and bug exposure. At the Aug. 25 meeting, members

planned for their par t icipat ion in APEC’s Alley Creek Walk on Sept. 22 at 9 a.m., which will be guided by a local naturalist. The hike, like the club, is free, but preregistration is encourQ aged.

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Never destined to be a cartoonist: St. Albans’ Roker by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Albert Lincoln Roker Sr., born Feb. 12, 1932 in Freeport, Bahamas, West Indies, knew the value of hard work as he watched his mother, Remilda, toil long hours as a maid for wealthy people on Long Island. After he married he became a New York City bus driver in 1953 and worked the busy Flatbush Avenue route, accepting long hours of overtime to advance himself. The couple bought their first house at 128-27 148 St., South Ozone Park the next year. Their son Albert Lincoln Roker Jr. was born in August 1954. When Al Jr. was 10 years old, shortly after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted, the Rokers became an early integration family, moving into the upscale all-white Saint Albans neighborhood, purchasing a home at 202-27 120 Ave. With loving and dedicated parents, Al Jr. excelled at Xavier High School and went to SUNY Oswego College with the hope of being a cartoonist. However, things changed for Al Jr. when he started working as a weatherman for the NBC affiliate in Cleveland in 1978. He came to NBC Channel 4 in

The Al Roker house, 202-27 120 Ave., St. Albans, at left with white fence, as it appears today. New York in 1983. He was in the right place at the right time. When veteran NBC weatherman Dr. Frank Field got into a contract dispute, Roker took over for him. NBC soon learned that he could do more than call the sun and rain. His genial, sociable and cheerful personality made him the obvious choice to replace Willard Scott on the “Today” show when Scott retired in 1996. He also has hosted the network’s broadcast of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade since 1995. In December 2018 Roker was honored for 40 years at NBC. Who knows if he would Q have fared as well as a cartoonist?

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MARKETS End of Summer Treasure Bake & Book Sale, also with clothes, household items, one-of-akind items, toys and more. Sat., Sept. 7, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Sun., Sept. 8, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Church of the Resurrection, 85-09 118 St., Richmond Hill. Info: (718) 847-2649. Flea Market, with vendor spots available for $35. Sun., Sept. 8, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., St. Raphael’s Church, 35-20 Greenpoint Ave., Long Island City. Info: (718) 729-8957. St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church Flea Market, outdoors, with 160 vendors. Every Sat.-Sun. until Nov., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Union Tpke. and Parsons Blvd.-150 St., Jamaica. Info: (718) 969-3226.

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Chuseok Korean Moon Festival, the 37th annual South Korean cultural celebration with K-Pop musical performances, food vendors, products and more. Sat., Sept. 7, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun., Sept. 8, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org. “Family Feud” tryouts, with five people related by blood, marriage or legal adoption auditioning for the popular game show. Sat.-Sun., Sept. 14-15 (times and location not disclosed beyond “the New York area”); or by video submission. Info: (818) 451-4281, familyfeud.com/audition.

SOCIAL EVENTS Saturday night dance, with a live DJ playing classics, oldies, top 40 Italian and Latin music, food and more. Sat., Sept. 7 (and every other Saturday all year), 8 p.m.-12 a.m., Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. $12. Info: (718) 478-3100. Yoga and tai chi, with participants enjoying classes in sun or shade. Yoga: each Sat., 9:3010:30 a.m., 11 a.m.-12 p.m.; each Sun., 10-11 a.m.; tai chi: each Sun., 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; both through Sept. 15, Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 956-1819, socratessculpturepark.org.

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Alley Eco-Club — a Citizen Science Club for Adults, a new group with participants making and recording their observations about the natural world and discussing them at meetings. Sun., Sept. 8 (and each 2nd and 4th Sun. of the month), 10 a.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES AARP Auburndale Chapter 3334, with new members welcome to socialize and enjoy refreshments, entertainment, guest speakers, parties and occasional luncheons. Meetings Mon., Sept. 16 and every third Mon. of the month, 1-4 p.m., Msgr. Finnerty Parish Center, 195 St. and 45 Ave., Bayside. Info: (718) 357-3365. Gold Senior Center, cultural, educational and recreational programs; socialization, interaction and meeting new friends, weekly yoga class, hot, kosher nutritious meals, stimulating programs, games, trips, current events, speakers, entertainment, singalongs and “Zumba for Seniors.” $3 suggested contribution. Every Wed., 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke., Flushing. Info: (718) 380-4145.

SUPPORT GROUPS Gam-Anon is a 12-step program for families of someone with a gambling problem. Call hot line (212) 606-8177. Medicare specialist consultations, by appointment, every other Wed., 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Catholic Charities Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Expwy. Info: (718) 225-1144. Monthly bereavement group, for anyone dealing with the loss of a loved one, with informative handouts and light refreshments provided. Each second Wed. of the month, 2:30-4 p.m., Maspeth Town Hall, 53-37 72 St. Free. Info: (718) 3356049, maspethtownhall.org. PTSD for veterans and service members: Reach out to a anonymous support group in your area. Info: 1 (800) 273-8255.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 08-16-19, bearing Index Number NC-000493-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) WILSON (Last) CUEVAS. My present name is (First) WILSON (Last) CUEBAS AKA WILSON CUEVAS. The city and state of my present address are Woodhaven, NY. My place of birth is MAYAQUEZ, PUERTO RICO. The month and year of my birth are October 1949.

Notice of Formation of Chen Law Firm, PLLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/21/2019. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: WEITAO CHEN, 60 KNIGHTSBRIDGE RD, 3F, GREAT NECK, NY 11021. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of ANNA FEKETE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/03/2018. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: THE LLC, 121-25 KEEL COURT, COLLEGE POINT, NY 11356-1553. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF QUEENS POLISH & SLAVIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff against KAMA PROPERTY GROUP CORP., et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on March 4, 2019. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Supreme Courthouse, 8811 Sutphin Boulevard, Court Room # 25, Jamaica, N.Y. on the 20th day of September, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. Lying and being in the Borough of Queens and State of New York. In the condominium known as “BRIARWOOD AT FOREST PARK CONDOMINIUM.” Together with an undivided 1/48th% interest in the Common Elements. Said premises known as 84-74 98th Street, Unit 9, Woodhaven, N.Y. 11421. (Block: 3907, Lot: 1009). Approximate amount of lien $320,506.37 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 70933417. Regine P. Severe, Esq., Referee. STEVENS & LEE, P.C. Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 485 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10022, 212-537-0423

Notice of Formation of ELLORUS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/10/19. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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MASTORAS BUILDERS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/03/19. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 134-01 Atlantic Avenue, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

File No.: 2017-2121/A. CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT To: Gerard A. Laviano, Linden T. Laviano, Gerard T. Laviano, Julius L. Laviano, Frances Woodward, Trent D. Laviano, Linda Laviano Gardner, George Shearer, Attorney General of the State of New York. The unknown distributees, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of Corinne Shearer, deceased, or their estates, if any there be, whose names, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence be ascertained. Being the persons interested, a copy of this citation and account and amendments to it, if any, shall be served on the Guardian ad Litem, Lawrence Litwack, Esq., as creditors, legatees, distributees or otherwise in the Estate of Corinne Shearer, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of 70-20 108th Street #6A, Forest Hills, NY 11375, in the County of Queens, State of New York. SEND GREETING: Upon the petition of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public Administrator of Queens County, who maintains her office at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York 11435, as Administrator of the Estate of Corinne Shearer, deceased, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate at the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, to be held at the Queens General Courthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 24th day of October, 2019 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, why the Account of Proceedings of the Public Administrator of Queens County, as Administrator of the Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a reasonable amount of compensation to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of $43,589.04 and that the Court fix the fair and reasonable additional fee for any services to be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceedings on kinship, claims etc., prior to entry of a final Decree on this accounting in the amount of 6% of assets or income collected after the date of the within accounting; and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow an amount equal to one percent on said Schedules of the total assets on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any additional monies received subsequent to the date of this account, as the fair and reasonable amount payable to the Office of the Public Administrator for the expenses of said office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(3); and why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship, Dated, Attested and Sealed 26th day of August, 2019, HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate, Queens County, James Lim Becker, Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court, GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., (718) 459-9000, 1981 Marcus Avenue, Suite 200, Lake Success, New York 11042. This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested unless you file formal legal, verified objections. You have a right to have an attorney-atlaw appear for you. Accounting Citation

DRINI RIDGEWOOD LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/26/2019. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 3725 56th St, Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

MILAGRO’S HOME BAKERY LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 4/19/19. Off. Loc. Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail proc.: c/o Ruth Santos, 35-46 65 St., Apt. 4D, Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of MZN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/20/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: MOSHE NATANOV, 82-14 DONCASTER PLACE, JAMAICA ESTATES, NY 11432. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

LAM’S LAB, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/27/04 under the name EVERGREEN PHARMACY, LLC. Latest date to dissolve: 12/31/2024. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 46-30 Kissena Boulevard, 1st Floor, Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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9400 LIBERTY CHICKEN LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/26/2019. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Nafees Bukhari, 9400 Liberty Ave, Ozone Park, NY 11417. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Notice of Formation of APS Auto Group LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/29/2019. 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: OLEKSANDR VYSHNEVSKYI, 90-61 PITKIN AVE., OZONE PARK, NY 11417. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Kids Grow, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/06/2018. 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: Monette Stuart, 104-40 Queens Blvd., Apt 18N, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of HEAL WELL ACUPUNCTURE PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/08/2018. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: THE LLC, 41 17 VERNON BLVD. APT 4A, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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This lovely waterfront home has lots of potential. Features very large rooms, porch in front and sunroom in back. Great for boat lovers offering dock space and 2 boat slips. Located in Old Howard Beach on quiet block. Must see!! Also near schools and transportation to Manhattan- express bus and A train. ©2019 M1P • CAMI-076485

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Lovely 2 Family Home In Middle Village North. Minutes to PS/IS 128, Our Lady of Hope and Juniper Valley Park. 1st floor has access to backyard and pool. Front parking spot. Near M train and local and express buses. Walk to Eliot Avenue. Ideal for extended family-Bring Mom!

Lovely All Brick 2 Family On Water. Features semi in-ground saltwater pool (12x24) and full deck to dock. Dock space and boat slips. Master bedroom features Jacuzzi tub. Large master bedroom with 2 additional rooms and center all bathroom. EIK features deck with sliding doors just lovely for your morning coffee overlooking the water. Walking distance to Charles Park and close to shopping and transportation.

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Beautiful Townhouse, 2 terraces, 3 BRs, 2 full baths, 2 half baths. Kitchen with SS appl., granite counters and table. Deck, AG pool, tiled floors, all renovated, 2 car driveway, garage, view of water from front balcony.

Mint AAA Hi-Ranch. 3 BRs/2 full bths. 3 zone radiant heat, porcelain tiles in 1st floor, gas Heat Glo fireplace, quartz countertop, top floor all GE Cafe series kitchen, SS appl., granite counter. All new kitchen and bath, 2 separate electric 220 boxes, tankless water heater, sec. cameras, hi-hats throughout, ductless AC, Pella sliding doors, no Sandy damage.

Beautiful Low Ranch. 3 BRs, 2 1/2 Bths, pavers front and back, French drains, in-ground sprinklers, new front Andersen window, x-lg. bath w/shower & Jacuzzi, granite tiles in liv. rm., 40x100, lg. fin. bsmt., move-in.

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

Mint (all redone Low Ranch), new stoop, 42 x 100 lot, 3 BRs, 2 full baths, newly open kitchen, SS appl., granite counter, vaulted ceiling, skylight, Mitsubishi AC unit, full fin. bsmt., Andersen windows.

Stunning Huge All Brick Colonial on 80x100. House totally gutted and redone last 3 years, 5,000 sq. ft., 3 level house, 49x45. 5 BRs, 5.5 Bths. Legal maid's quarters, 3 new kit, oversized 2 car garage (900 sq. ft.). In-ground heated pool, 2 balconies, sun room & 600 sq. ft. private deck. New roof, solar, parking for 7 cars, wood burning fireplace, Pella windows, new electric. Exclusive New Listing.

Mint Low-Ranch (All brick). 3 BRs, connected to 2-3 full bths. Updated kitchen with skylight, 3 new baths. Updated kitchen with skylight, 3 new baths, living room with cathedral ceilings and skylight, oversize formal DR, granite kit., hardwood floors in BR. Full fin. bsmt., large den, CAC, 1 year old roof, updated windows, pvt. dr., no water from Sandy!

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Mint High Ranch, move-incond, 3 BRs, 2 full baths, 1st floor, 2 large rooms, full bath, laundry room and heating system, central air, sliding glass doors to lg. yard with in-ground pool. Asking $809K

Totally unique, mint 2 fam, on the water, 41x110. Featuring 3 floors. Dock to 4 boat slips. MUST SEE.

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2 fam, 6 over 6, 3 BRs, 2 baths each floor. Finished basement. CONR-076489

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NT IN CO Beautiful Hi-Ranch. Top floor features 3 BRs, 2 all new full baths, new mint kitchen with granite countertops, SS appl., custom granite island, tiled kitchen floor, walk-in apt., central air, in-ground pool, solar panels fully paid for, minimal electric cost. Asking $849K

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Brookfield Style, High Ranch. 4 BRs, 2 1/2 baths. Beautiful kitchen, 6 burner Viking stove, custom cabinets and countertop/ island, fireplace, new roof & windows. Asking $899K

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