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Some electeds support AEG Live park festival Music event is one of four vying for Flushing Meadows next year by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

t appears that at least some Queens elected officials are ready to rock. A handful of borough lawmakers have thrown their support behind the Panorama music festival planned for Flushing Meadows Corona Park in 2016, according to a release from Goldenvoice, the California-based regional division of AEG Live — the entertainment company hoping to host the event. “The Panorama Music Festival will provide a fantastic opportunity for Queens to take its rightful place as a New York City showcase,” Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Bronx, Queens) said in a statement issued last Wednesday. “I am excited to help bring a world-class music, technology, food and art festival to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.” In October, AEG Live, the company behind Coachella in California — one of the most attended music festivals in the world — was the first to officially declare interest in hosting a Flushing Meadows event. Originally, Panorama was sched-

uled to take place from June 17 to June 19, but a Dec. 15 report by the Brooklyn Vegan said AEG Live and Goldenvoice were in the process of rescheduling the event for a different month. A Goldenvoice representative said he was “unable to comment on those questions at this time” when asked to confirm the report. Other elected officials who provided quotes of support to the music company include Councilmembers Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), Julissa Ferreras-Copeland (D-East El m hu rst) a nd Peter Koo (D-Flushing.) “The Panorama Music Festival will bring much needed jobs and tourism into our area,” Koo said. “Working with an array of stakeholders, Goldenvoice has developed a smart plan to create the world’s best music event right here in our community.” Goldenvoice spokesman Sam Boykin said the group plans to give back to the community through donations per paid ticket to the newly formed Flushing Meadows Corona Park Alliance and the hiring of area

Some Queens elected officials are getting behind seeing crowds like the one seen here at Coachella flock to the borough for a 2016 music festival planned FLICKR PHOTO / THOMAS HACK for Flushing Meadows Corona Park. residents to work the festival, as well as a free, three-day medical clinic. Boykin said the clinic will offer free dental, medical and vision services, including cavity fillings, free prescription eyeglasses and even “minor medical procedures.” “All services are available on a first-come, first-serve basis with no eligibility requirement to participate.” The location of the clinic and the

exact dates it would be open have yet to be determined. On Nov. 1, the Madison Square Garden Co. revealed it hopes to put on a Flushing Meadows music and arts festival from June 24 to June 26 featuring 40 performers playing to an estimated 225,000 attendees. Two weeks later, a Parks Department source told the Chronicle that Founders Entertainment, the compa-

ny that puts on the wildly popular Governors Ball music festival on Randall’s Island every June, has applied to host a similar three-day event in Queens’ biggest green space from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2. And last week, the Parks Department told the Chronicle that Live Nation, the largest entertainment company in the world, had also filed for a music festival permit. The idea of renting out a public park for a massive, for-profit event hasn’t gone over well with Borough President Melinda Katz, who has stood opposed to any permit unless a public review process is undertaken. “The merits, or lack thereof, of any existing individual application cannot be fairly considered in the void of official policy on renting out public parks,” Katz said in a statement issued to the Chronicle last week. Earlier in the month, the Queens Chamber of Commerce and the Mason Tenders’ District Council of Greater New York’s political action committee penned letters to Parks Department Commissioner Mitchell Silver in support of the MSG Co.’s Q planned festival.

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Residents argued about SBS, zoning, patrol groups and more by Anthony O’Reilly

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Det. Brian Moore, an officer in the 105th Precinct, was fatally shot in the head in Queens Village, sparking a days-long call for support of all police precincts. Joe Thompson, president of the Howard Beach Civilian Observation Patrol, defended his community service after it was reported he had once pleaded guilty to a crime, for which he served no jail time, years earlier. Despite following the law since then, he faced heavy scrutiny from community leaders. Further controversy ensued when it was reported his group is not officially sanctioned with the NYPD, igniting a feud between Thompson and the 106th Precinct. Goldfeder made his first plea for the Department of Health to spray South Queens and the Rockaways with insect adulticide to prevent the spread of the West Nile virus in the area. Hamilton Beach resident Keith Kolm was arrested for the first time in 2015, for allegedly stealing an ATM and placing a fake 911 call in an effort to lure police watching him away from his home. More charges would follow. South Queens residents expressed concerns over the closure of a runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport, saying work being done on the tarmac would result in more airplanes flying closer to their homes. Valentina Marie Allen, a 2-year-old Howard Beach girl, died due to complications of several heart and birth defects. To honor her memory, community residents lit up their houses in red and tied red balloons to their porches. Justin Zemser, a Rockaway resident, was one of the six people who died when an Amtrak train derailed in Philadelphia. He was a former intern for Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park). Ozone Park rapper Lionel Pickens, better known by his stage name Chinx, was gunned down at Queens Boulevard and 84th Drive after a show in Brooklyn. Thieves who stole copper wire from the A train line caused a traffic nightmare after their act stalled the subways during morning rush hour.

Doc Brown famously told Marty McFly at the end of “Back to the Future” that they wouldn’t need roads where they were going — their destination being 2015. But the truth is that we still do need roads, and different roads were fought over in South Queens throughout the year. The Select Bus Service proposal on Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards was one of the most controversial issues throughout the year, and will most likely continue to be in 2016. And just as there will be death and taxes in the years to come, 2015 was also filled with political controversy and development drama. So come take a trip down that road called Memory Lane:

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January Former Gov. Mario Cuomo died in his Manhattan home as his son was being inaugurated on Jan. 1. Queens leaders remembered him as an inspiration and an unwavering force for all New Yorkers. New York Racing Association officials met at Aqueduct Race Track after 11 horses died during or after races at the South Ozone Park venue during a two-month span. In what would later prove to be a controversial topic, Community Board 9 shortened its list for its new district manager, after Mary Ann Carey retired from the position in October 2014, to five candidates. A room of more than 100 frustrated South Ozone Park residents lashed out at the city’s Administration for Children’s Services for the placement of a proposed juvenile detention center on a residential block. The topic would be revisited several times throughout the year. Martin Colberg, president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, announced the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Ambulance Corps was planning to shut down its operations a year and a half after the building at 78-19 Jamaica Ave., the structure next to its headquarters, had not been repaired and thus left the volunteers without a home. Queens was spared the brunt of what was supposed to be a historic snowstorm. Boston, however, did receive massive amounts of the white stuff.

February Political activist and former City Council candidate Albert Baldeo was sentenced to 18 months in prison for attempting to block a federal investigation into a campaign donation scheme he allegedly ran, though he was acquitted on that. A day after Baldeo’s sentencing, Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica) was indicted by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for allegedly filing false documents with the city Conf licts of Interest Board. It was the second time in one year that Wills was indicted.

Woodhaven residents at a December town hall on the Department of Transportation’s Woodhaven-Cross Bay Select Bus Service proposal expressed their disapproval of the plan. More meetFILE PHOTO ings on the project will be held in 2016. Mayor de Blasio announced during his State of the City address that ferry service would return to the Rockaways in 2017, the year he and the City Council are up for re-election. Frustrated South Ozone Park residents crashed a CB 9 meeting to lambast member Patrick Khan, who at the time they believed owned the building at 133-23 127 St., the one being turned into a juvenile center. Five days after that, the residents marched outside the facility. Khan — whose name was later cleared — would later send a letter admonishing the board for allowing the residents to slam him without giving him the chance to respond to the allegations. Former CB 9 member Sam Esposito, while still a part of the panel, cast doubt on the district manager search and alleged the advisory committee seeking a full-time candidate would switch one of the three up for consideration out for someone who was already eliminated. Borough President Melinda Katz urged the board to halt the process until new members were appointed, a suggestion the panel chose to ignore when it ...

March ... Elected Lisa Gomes, formerly the assistant district manager, to the position by a vote of 19-15, beating former political aide James McClelland. A week later, the board elected Raj Rampershad its new chairman, replacing Ralph Gonzalez, who later quit the panel. After measures it implemented in January proved to be successful in reducing horse deaths at Aqueduct, NYRA lifted its 14-day waiting period for horses competing at the South Queens track. Former Congressman Bob Turner was picked to lead the Queens Republican Party, bringing unity to the long-divided group. The popular Phagwah parade — which marks the Hindu holiday of Holi — did not make its way down Atlantic Avenue in 2015 because of an ongoing feud among members of the parade’s organizing committee that had split into two factions and could not agree which

side would get the permit for the celebration. Members of the Howard Beach Motor Club decried the presence of two sinking boats in Hawtree Creek — which are still there. The Department of Transportation picked its design for Select Bus Service — in which there will be a designated bus lane in both directions along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards. The buses, starting in 2017, will travel alongside the median and pick commuters up from the islands. Woodhaven resident Luis Lopez allegedly started a blaze in his landlord’s illegal cellar apartment at 91-21 90 St. after the owner tried to kick him out. The fire spread to seven other houses, displacing the families there. The alleged arson brought up concerns of illegal conversions in the community. The city paid $6.8 million to contractors under the Build it Back program for work that was flawed or incomplete, an audit by city Comptroller Scott Stringer found.

April Katz chose not to reappoint Vincent Evangelista, the CB 9 member who oversaw the panel’s cont roversial d ist r ict ma nager sea rch committee. Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) and the X-Bays Softball team celebrated renovations made to the baseball field at Frank Charles Park, which had been in disrepair for years The Borough Board expressed reservations over the city’s plan to eliminate parking requirements for new developments in transit zones under a citywide rezoning proposal, part of Mayor de Blasio’s affordable housing plan. Three South Ozone Park residents and the South Ozone Park Civic Association West filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court seeking to block the juvenile center. The DOT rolled out a plan that would eliminate left turns onto Jamaica Avenue from Woodhaven Boulevard as part of SBS, an idea that was lambasted by the community.

June Thompson said his group would be disbanding on July 1, but later retracted that statement. He would do that again in the future. His group is still around. Lindenwood residents decried the cracks and bumps along 153rd and 155th avenues, calling on the DOT to make immediate repairs to the roads. The South Richmond Hill Civic Association came to an end after its president resigned and no members stepped up to serve on the executive board. A Zumba fundraiser held at Gold’s Gym in Howard Beach brought in $6,000 for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where Valentina Allen received treatment. City Comptroller Scott Stringer rejected a continued on page 9

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DI: Cops found man with drugs, weapons Robert Brown, of Howard Beach, allegedly was breaking into cars A Howard Beach man who was arrested for allegedly breaking into two cars in the community had multiple weapons and drug paraphernalia in his house when police caught him, according to Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct.

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In a community notice issued last Tuesday, Schiff said Robert Brown was spotted breaking into two cars at 160th Avenue and 92nd Street when one of the victims spotted him. Brown allegedly signaled that he was reaching for a gun in his waistband and fled into his own house. The victim reported the crime and police arrested Brown at his home, Schiff said, and it was there that cops executed a search warrant and discovered a litany of weapons and drugs. The list of items allegedly recovered from the home, according to Schiff, consists of a loaded .38 Charter Arms Special, 5 BB guns that look like real firearms, two handgun holsters, loose ammunition for 9 mm and .38-caliber guns, six knives, brass knuckles, a slim jim (a tool used to break into cars), drug paraphernalia, a police shield in a holder, a set of police cuffs, three radios capable of transmitting on police frequencies, two small flashlights, a black hat and gloves, heroin, pills and fireworks. “As you can see some of these non-contraband items are innocent objects that many of us have,” the deputy inspector said in his notice. “However, when these innocent items are found with contraband such as miscellaneous police items, burglary tools, drugs, and/or weapons, we in Law Enforcement

The 106th Precinct laid out the weapons and drug paraphernalia allegedly recovered from Robert Brown’s house, which included guns, knives, heroin, police items, burglary tools and more. They PHOTOS COURTESY NYPD were found after Brown’s arrest. tend to think that individual has or will use these items for illegal purposes.” Schiff said Brown has three prior arrests for possessing drugs and illegal weapons and one for petit larceny.

Riders Alliance wants SBS now Transportation advocates disappointed at delays by Anthony O’Reilly

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Frustrated by delays on the city’s Select Bus Service plan for Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards, the transportation advocacy group Riders Alliance expressed disappointment in what its members called an unclear timeline for full implementation of the proposal. “While the plans are headed in the right direction, I don’t feel reassured that the current proposal addresses ongoing vehicular injuries and fatalities. The City and MTA should prioritize the reliability and safety of bus riders and pedestrians alike,” Katherine Stier, a Riders Alliance member and a Glendale resident, said in a statement issued by the group on Monday. “We need transit upgrades now.” The group, in its statement, cited years of studies on Woodhaven Boulevard, chief among them the 2009 congested corridor study that resulted in the placement of bus lanes — not part of the SBS project — from Metropolitan Avenue to Dry Harbor Road in Rego Park. Despite that, “implementation of the highest quality BRT for the rest of the corridor has been delayed.” BRT stands for Bus Rapid Transit, a variation of SBS.

The Riders Alliance recently rallied for SBS service with the public advocate. FILE PHOTO “Woodhaven Blvd. has been found to be one of the most congested and deadly roadways in New York, and not all major bus stops or intersections will receive full BRT treatment any time in the near future,” the group added. The DOT earlier this month announced SBS lanes would be implemented along

Woodhaven from Park Lane South to the Liberty Avenue/Rockaway Boulevard intersection in early 2017. Buses will pick up commuters from the median and they will pay the fare at the stop before boarding. The Rego Park lanes will remain as they are until full SBS service is implemented along the rest of the corridor at a still-to-bedetermined date. In late November, the project’s start was pushed back to 2017 after residents and some elected officials expressed opposition to it. Residents have said they’re concerned the elimination of a traffic lane to make way for buses will increase congestion, and that the banning of left turns onto major corridors, such as Jamaica Avenue, will result in more vehicles on residential side streets. The Riders Alliance, however, claims SBS is necessary for commuters who rely on mass transit every day. “Drivers, bus riders and pedestrians have been waiting for more than 5 years for badly needed improvements, and the city and MTA’s departure from their own process is a further delay we can’t afford,” Toby Sheppard Bloch, a Community Board 5 member, said in the group’s statement. A DOT spokesman did not respond to Q requests for comment by press time.

The Queens District Attorney’s Office said Brown is being held on $35,000 bail, which he has not yet posted. “Another bad guy off the street for a Q while,” Schiff said.

Mixed-use site on 101 Ave.? A developer is proposing a fourstory mixed-use building at 110-12 101 Ave. in Richmond Hill, according to city records. According to permits filed with the Department of Buildings on Dec. 22, the building would have 1,006 square feet of commercial space and 8,964 square feet of residential space. Flushing-based developer Edward Hicks is proposing nine dwelling units in the building under R-2 zoning, meaning the apartments would be one-family living spaces. The commercial space falls within C2 zoning, meaning the first f loor can be used as a store, trade school, funeral home or other business use. The building will replace a parking lot, the address of which was 110-04 101 Ave. until October. The lot is located next to an auto repair shop. The plans for the building are pending a review by a DOB examiner, according to public records. T h e b u i l d i n g ’s o w n e r i s Sukhjinder Singh, who is operating th rough 129-10 Atlantic Avenue Q LLC, the records state. — Anthony O’Reilly

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continued from page 4 contract for the juvenile detention center in South Ozone Park, citing unspecified “inconsistencies” in the proposal. A week later, it was announced he is conducting an audit of the system. The city filed a formal appeal of new flood maps put forth by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which it claims wrongfully put thousands of residents in flood zones and would require them to purchase flood insurance, or pay higher premiums. Hamilton Beach residents were angered after the Department of Design and Construction was a no-show at a civic meeting focused on a capital project on James Court — which would fix the deteriorated street that floods during high tide.

July Wills and community advocates were pleased that the Department of Homeless Services removed dozens of sex offenders from the former Skyway motel because it was less than 1,000 feet from a school. But did the DHS actually do it? Thompson’s patrol group claimed it was talking with the 106th Precinct about official sanctioning, but Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, the precinct’s commanding officer, said that was untrue. Community advocates called for the cleanup of Charles Park and the neighboring beach, lamenting the filthy conditions there. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. declared bankruptcy and sold its 10 Queens stores, including the Howard Beach and Lindenwood Waldbaum’s. The former became a Stop & Shop and the latter a Key Food. Ulrich called on Jamaica Hospital Medical Center to remove Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s name from its nursing and rehabilitation pavilion after the Jamaica Estates native made disparaging remarks about U.S. Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) war record. A man leapt in front of a moving A train at the Howard Beach stop in an apparent suicide, waving to the conductor before he made the fatal jump, according to sources who responded to the scene. The DOT began repairing a traffic circle in Lindenwood at the end of 153rd and 155th avenues, but still did not say if it would repair the actual roads. Later that month, Goldfeder and community civic leaders called on the same agency to reconfigure a traffic triangle where the two avenues meet 88th Street after a woman was injured in a hit-and-run accident. John Adams and Richmond Hill high schools were listed as two of nine Queens schools on a state list of “struggling” institutions. The schools have two years to make significant progress, or they will be closed by the state. Gov. Cuomo announced the TWA Flight Center, unused since 2001, will be converted into a 505-guestroom hotel with 10 bars and restaurants in 2018.

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September The woman whose car was left running in the Staples parking lot told the Chronicle she was preparing to sue the parking company that was left in charge of her car while she flew to Hawaii. Staples later announced it would lock up the parking lot to its vacant Howard Beach store to prevent cars from parking there. Richard David, a CB 9 member, told the Chronicle he is considering a campaign against Wills. He would join the councilman and Hettie Powell, a Rochdale Village resident who ran in 2013 — in a three-way Democratic primary in 2017. Howard Beach resident William Ryan was diagnosed with the West Nile virus, months after Goldfeder warned the DOH a case was likely in his district. NYPD legend and Richmond Hill native Jack Maple, founder of CompStat, was honored when Park Lane South at 108th Street, the corner where he once lived, was co-named after him. Ulrich announced a study of Jamaica Avenue to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the corridor in an effort to attract a big-name business there. A public hearing on the future of John Adams High School, one of the “struggling” institutions, only lasted an hour due to the small number of people attending the event. Schools elsewhere Queens, however, saw packed auditoriums with parents and community leaders concerned about the future of them.

October Hurricane Joaquin started barreling toward the East Coast, sparking fears of Sandy-like damage coming to South Queens three years later, but it then rolled out to sea, though it caused major damage to North Carolina. The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced it would start remediation work at Spring Creek later in October. Thompson, the leader of the Howard Beach patrol group, apologized to the 106th Precinct for remarks he made earlier in the year about them in an effort to mend the bridge between the two. Schiff said the two had “a long road ahead” of them. Howard Beach resident Bernard DeVito died of complications due to the West Nile virus. He was 69. The trial of Vincent Asaro, a Howard Beach resident charged with masterminding the 1978 Lufthansa heist, began in federal court in Brooklyn. He was later found not

guilty by the jury. The Queens Chronicle first reported that the WoodhavenRichmond Hill Ambulance Corps voted to sell its headquarters. Community leaders were outraged by the decision and the lack of communication from the volunteer group. Rockaway native and NYPD officer Randolph Holder was fatally shot while on patrol in Manhattan. Stop & Shop opened in Howard Beach at the former Waldbaum’s site.

November Community leaders were outraged when graffiti vandals marked up PS 207 with lewd images and profanity. At press time, the vandals have not been caught. The City Council unanimously approved the creation of the Department of Veterans’ Services, legislation proposed by Ulrich a year and a half ago. Queens veterans and advocates praised the law, which de Blasio decided to support months after saying he wouldn’t. The Borough Board and CB 9, within a week of each other, voted down the controversial zoning plans that are a key part of the mayor’s affordable housing initiative. Members of SOPCAW argued whether to refile the lawsuit seeking to block the juvenile center after their attorney told them the city was able to get the case moved to federal court and then have it dismissed because the plaintiffs alleged the building violated ADA rules and they did not have standing to argue that. Woodhaven residents decried the lack of cameras in Forest Park, even though funding for them was secured in 2013. Kolm, the Hamilton Beach recidivist who got in trouble with the law in April, turned himself into the 106th Precinct a week after his girlfriend bailed him out of jail. The SBS proposal was pushed back to 2017. The DOT will be hosting a series of town halls on the matter in 2016. An hours-old baby boy was found in a Nativity scene at Holy Child Jesus Church in Richmond Hill by Jose Moran, Ulrich’s father-in-law. The Queens district attorney decided not to prosecute the child’s mother. An arsonist still on the loose burned 40 Hindu prayer flags on Thanksgiving in Woodhaven. Hindu and IndoCaribbean activists condemned the hate crime.

December More than 100 people blasted the DOT during a Woodhaven town hall on SBS, telling its Queens Commissioner Nicole Garcia they don’t want it and the plan should be scrapped. Elected officials and activists held a rally in front of the home where the Hindu flags were burned, calling for peace and understanding. Public Advocate Letitia James and SBS supporters rallied for the Queens bus service ... at City Hall. Woodhaven residents criticized the rally’s location. Howard Beach leaders panned a National Parks Service plan to offer public access to Spring Creek. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) called for repairs to the deteriorating trestles of the abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line. The DOT said it would be implementing a “short-term” version of SBS for Woodhaven Boulevard from Forest Park Drive to the Rockaway Boulevard/Liberty Avenue intersection in early 2017. The full roll-out of SBS will come shortly after that. Community leaders expressed concern over two RVs, seemingly from out of town, parked within the 106th Precinct’s area. One was towed after it was discovered it had expired registration and inspection stickers, but the other remains by JHS 202, the Robert Goddard School. The two men who killed Gerrardo Antoniello, son of the former owner of Romeo’s Pizza on Cross Bay Boulevard, during a 2009 home invasion each got 34 years in prison. Q

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Remember when the DHS told Wills it removed sex offenders from Skyway? The councilman in August announced two sex offenders were moved into the shelter after officials made that promise. The agency said those two were scheduled to move in before the councilman made his announcement and later kept its word of removing the offenders from the site. A task force was formed to oppose the proposed left turns bans for Jamaica Avenue and other key intersections that are a part of DOT’s Woodhaven-Cross Bay SBS plan. Hamilton Beach residents wanted to see James Court repaved, have a wraparound bulkhead at the end of the block and have all utilities moved to one side of the road. Bus lanes not part of SBS were implemented along Woodhaven Boulevard from Metropolitan Avenue to Dry Harbor Road. Though not in South Queens, much would be said there about those lanes in the following months. Stringer said he would approve the contract for the juvenile detention center, but also announced he is auditing the city Administration for Children’s Services for alleged improper

spending methods for the contracting and construction of the centers. The City Council approved a 500-seat school to be placed on a vacant lot in Centreville. Goldfeder and Ulrich began a campaign to have JFK workers stop parking on residential streets in Howard Beach for days at a time, citing concerns from residents it was becoming difficult to find parking spots in the community. As the two were dealing with that problem, the Chronicle discovered that a long-term parking company was storing vehicles in the parking lot of the vacant Staples on Cross Bay Boulevard. One car was left running with the windows down until the gas ran out. Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale) endorsed a proposal to landmark the interior of Neir’s Tavern, the historic Woodhaven bar where parts of “Goodfellas” were filmed. An assistant principal allegedly helped students at John Adams High School in Ozone Park cheat on state Regents exams, according to the New York Post. Former Councilman Al Stabile died of natural causes at 68. The community remembered him as a fierce advocate for the district. Howard Beach resident Gary Russo — who gained internet fame in 2011 for singing Sinatra songs while on his lunch break at the Second Avenue Subway construction site — was found dead in an apparent suicide.

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ll through 2015, community volunteers you may or may not know have been working to improve the quality of life in Queens, as they do every year, many to no or little fanfare. They’ve been growing gardens on what had been desolate lots, raising money for charity, working to protect historical structures, keeping an eye out for criminal activity, and much more. It would be impossible to cite them all in this space, but we wish to thank at least a few who stand out in our minds as the year comes to a close. Start with Ryan and Danielle Allen of Howard Beach, who suffered a great tragedy when their 2-year-old daughter, Valentina Marie, died last May of severe birth defects. The Allens did not suffer silently and withdraw, as parents in their position understandably might. Instead they joined with other members of the community, such as family friend Phyllis Inserillo and Gold’s Gym manager Justine Orr, to give back to those who had done their best by Valentina, by raising tens of thousands of dollars for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where their daughter had been treated. While the direct beneficiary of the effort was the hospital, all of South Queens was elevated as the entire community came together in honor of the Allens’ little angel. “Team

Valentina” was quite unlike anything we have seen before. Then there are those who raise money to fight horrible diseases, especially cancer, at events like the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk in Flushing Meadows Corona Park and the Relays for Life held in communities from Middle Village to Bayside. They also deserve thanks. Other volunteers take a different tack. Groups such as G-COP, the Glendale Civilian Observation Patrol, augment police services by cruising neighborhoods and reporting suspicious activity, because the police simply can’t be anywhere. Sometimes, such volunteers can make mistakes, as Joe Thompson, leader of the Howard Beach Citizens Safety Patrol, found when he publicly feuded with the 106th Precinct. Still, the work Thompson and his crew perform serves the community well. No one knows how many incidents have been prevented just because someone saw an officiallooking enforcement vehicle roll down the street. Preventing crime can be risky, but it’s not the only kind of volunteerism that can be controversial. In Ridgewood, a group of people who appreciate the importance of growing things turned a derelict piece of MTA property into a community garden. They were making a lot of progress — until

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the MTA kicked them out. They had no permission to be there. It’s a shame, because the transit agency had let the site go to hell, but the volunteers had no recourse. It was a different story on the other side of the borough, however, as South Jamaica residents such as Marian Dolphus and Alexander Stanley turned a strip of land next to LIRR tracks into a garden and nursery, with MTA permission. All as volunteers. Others cleaning up neglected sites include Debra Ann and Sheri DiMeglio, the “Two Girls on a Mission,” who’ve been working to improve Charles Park in Howard Beach; and the Woodhaven Historical Society and Anthony Pisciotta, who’ve been restoring cemeteries in Woodhaven and Ozone Park, respectively. Also big on preserving the past is the Newtown Historical Society, which, led by Christina Wilkinson, has been getting landmark items like the Captain Malcolm A. Rafferty Monument in Long Island City and the Ridgewood Arches repaired, the former with the help of the Parks Department and the latter with support from Maspeth Federal Savings and O’Neill’s Restaurant. All these volunteers, and many others, such as civic association and community board members, get our thanks for their work, both in 2015 and, we’re sure, in years to come.

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Close that shelter Dear Editor: (An open letter to Mayor de Blasio) Congratulations on firing Gilbert Taylor as Commissioner of the Department of

Homeless Services. This was long overdue given his lack of knowledge about the state of the city’s homelessness crisis and his disconnect with DHS operations. As you try to reorganize the two seemingly redundant agencies, the Human Resources Administration and DHS, perhaps you can revisit poor decisions Commissioner Taylor made during his brief tenure, such as opening a family shelter in the ill-suited Pan American hotel in Elmhurst. Since the shelter opened last June, without any notice or community input, the community, including local elected officials, has raised concerns about its suitability to house homeless families with children. For example, School District 24 is already the most overcrowded one in the city. Opening a 216-room shelter for families with children further overwhelms it. In addition, the Pan American facility does not meet city and state requirements for shelters for homeless families with children. The old hotel is not equipped with cooking facilities in each unit, as required per Section 21-124 of the NYC

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any apartment buildings for the safety of others. If you are a resident and a pit bull moves into your building, send a letter to the landlord, co-op board or management company informing them that you will sue them for violating your proprietary lease if the undesirable pit bull bully resides there. Bye-bye, bully breed. Joseph N. Manago Flushing

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Administrative Code, nor does the shelter provide child-care services, as required by NYS regulation 18 NYCRR Part 900. These regulations were enacted to help homeless families. Why create a shelter that doesn’t follow them? Most egregiously, the building is in poor condition. It fails to meet building codes due to lack of maintenance and has received numerous violations, including an invalid certificate of occupancy, and fire safety and boiler violations. Why put homeless families in a building that’s not safe? By setting this precedent, DHS is only encouraging other shelter operators to flout building and health and safety regulations. DHS made a hasty, ill-advised choice in siting a homeless shelter in the old Pan American hotel. Let’s hope you will correct this oversight by closing it and relocating the families to a more suitable facility. Jennifer Chu President, Elmhurst United Elmhurst Editor’s note: This is an edited version of the letter sent to the mayor.

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Reform the Council Dear Editor: While “Commission weighs in on city pay raises” (by Michael Gannon, Dec. 24), constituents have their own New Year’s wish list for New York City Council members in 2016. The average salary for a New Yorker is $41,000 per year. An NYC Council member’s base salary is $112,500 plus bonuses, for what is officially designated as a part-time job. Virtually every member receives an additional lulu ranging from $4,000 to $28,000 for chairing Council committees. In exchange, all should show up for work full-time. Those holding down a second outside job should either give up their bonus or outside work. Donate one day’s salary to your favorite private charity for each day you fail to show up for work. Include in your district mailings identifying personal attendance records for all full Council and Council committee meetings, legislation you have sponsored and voting record on all Council bills. Stop passing frivolous legislation that infringes on constituents’ civil and economic liber ties, along with naming streets after dead people. Leave your private car at home instead of using free parking at City Hall. Buy a Metro Card and use public transportation

The satellite location at the office of state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), located at 159-53 102 St., will no longer be opened every Wednesday. At the centers, Build it Back applicants can review the process on their houses, apply for temporary housing and more. T he prog ra m, st a r ted by Mayor Bloomberg in 2013, seeks to rebuild houses devastated by Superstorm Sandy or repay homeowners who had the work done themselves. It was fraught with delays and problems in its first few months and in 2014 de Blasio revamped the system. It has since made progress in Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island — the three boroughs hit hardest by the Oct. 29, 2012 storm. De Blasio, on the third anniversary of the storm earlier this year, announced the program will finish construction on all single-family homes by the end of 2016, a prediction that was met with excitement by some Queens elected and civic officials and skepticism — and some cyniQ cism — by others.

to and from work like millions of New Yorkers do daily. If running for state Assembly, state Senate, Congress or other public office in 2016, do not use your current elected position as a stepping stone to run. Resign your Council seat today. This will free you to run for another office fulltime on your own time and dime. List any campaign contributions from recipients who receive annual member item funding. Do not accept any “pay for play” or other special-interest campaign contributions from those doing business with NYC to avoid the appearance of any conflicts of interest. Do not have taxpayer office-funded staff drive you around or ghostwrite any letters to the editor or guest op-ed articles under your name. Write your own material. Ordinary New Yorkers can only dream of such plums. We are hard working ,especially municipal employees. They never see such financial rewards, work hours or other perks of office that are readily available to Council members. Larry Penner Great Neck, LI

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A New York Knicks player was hospitalized on Wednesday after being robbed and shot in the leg in Maspeth. Accord i ng to published repor ts, reserve forward Cleanthony Early had just left CityScapes, a 58th Street strip club, around 4:30 a.m. when the Uber he was riding in was boxed in by three vehicles about a mile from the venue. Up to six men donning ski masks jumped out of the cars and, according to reports, they robbed Early of his cell phone, two gold chains and the gold caps on his teeth before shooting him once in his right knee, the same knee he had arthroscopic surgery on last year. Early’s girlfriend, who was with him in the car, was uninjured while the Uber driver was robbed of his identification. The Wichita State alum was taken to Elmhurst Hospital Center and listed in stable condition, reports said. The Knicks released a statement on Twitter, saying “We are aware of what

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A 20-year-old man was shot early Wednesday morning at the BrooklynQueens border by two people he apparently knew, Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, said in a community notice. The victim and the two perpetrators were sitting in a parked car opposite 436 Sapphire St. in Lindenwood, just on the Queens side of the border, when the other two “decided to rob him,” Schiff said. The per ps, still on the loose, demanded his wallet and keys to the car, the commanding officer said. A struggle ensued and the man was shot once in the leg, according to Schiff. The two perps fled on foot. The victim is in stable condition at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. Police who responded to the scene alleged the vehicle “reeked of marijuana,” the deputy inspector said. “Obviously, something else was going on here,” he added. “The investigation is continuing.” The incident is the precinct’s 11th Q shooting in 2015. — Anthony O’Reilly

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Help on the way for shelter opponents James, NAACP and NAN promising legal assistance for Hollis Ave. suit by Michael Gannon Editor

“This is war.” Public Advocate Letitia James was quoting a song that played Tuesday night as she entered Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in St. Albans to met with residents who have been trying to stop a homeless shelter from moving in on Hollis Avenue. And she promised them some heavy artillery in the form of a lawyer who will help them with their petitions in state Supreme and Appellate court this coming week. The group People for the Neighborhood organized soon after Rita Stark leased out long-vacant apartment buildings to The Bluestone Group, which has a track record of renovating distressed properties and converting them to supportive housing through government and nonprofit agencies. The buildings in question are located between 202-02 and 202-24 Hollis Avenue. Residents on Dec. 16, acting without an attorney, got a temporary restraining order keeping up to 90 homeless veterans out of the buildings. An appellate court upheld the injunction two days later. During the discovery process, it was learned that had it not been for the Dec. 16 injunction, the city’s Department of Human Resources and Department of Homeless Services would have had 30 men in the apartments as of the 18th, 55 as of Tuesday night. “They told us they were going to do what they had to do,” resident Anthony Rivers said to the more than 150 people in the church. Every big hitter from the area served by Community Board 12 was at the meeting, which was sponsored by the board, the Jamaica Branch of the NAACP and the Queens Chapter of the National Action Network. Leroy Gadsden, president of the NAACP branch, and the Rev. Phil Craig of NAN also promised legal support. CB 12 long has fought the addition of more homeless shelters and other supportive housing, with Board Chairwoman Adrienne Adams pointing out Tuesday that it has 11 of the 19 large-scale shelters in Queens and, as

Public Advocate Letitia James, standing, promised her office’s support for residents trying to keep a homeless shelter for up to 90 veterans from opening on Hollis Avenue in St. Albans. Adrienne PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Adams, left, and state Sen. James Sanders Jr. also spoke at the meeting. of the end of 2014, approximately 32 percent of the homeless population. Adams then read off the percentages for every district in Queens. Community Board 14, with 12 percent, and CB 1, with 10 percent, also were in double digits. Community Board 2, at the other end of the spectrum, had 2 percent. “Community Board 11 — zero,” Adams said, reading from a Dec. 2014 calling for a shelter moratorium. Not a single speaker, including James, state Sens. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) and Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans) or anyone else, felt it is strictly a coincidence that the concentration has been placed in a region of largely black neighborhoods. “Community Board 12 is the default destination for things other communities don’t want,” Adams said.

The shelter would be across the street from Mt. Olivet, prompting a handful of speakers to ask if any in the city have opened across from a synagogue. City and state regulations call for a “fairshare” distribution of such facilities, but also are worded ambiguously enough to effectively render them meaningless. “I’m a lawyer. I’ve fought fair share cases,” James said. “None have been successful, because it’s not a law.” Resident Marilyn Mays said her immediate part of the neighborhood already is doing its own “fair share” with 80 supportive housing residents in the nearby Hollis Court complex. “And now you are going to give us 90 more?” she asked incredulously. James did agree when a woman in the audience called it a civil rights matter. James said if any money for the project is coming from the U.S. Department of Housing and

Urban Development, residents could possibly make an argument that the shelter policy is discriminatory based on race. Residents are due back in court in Queens Monday to follow up on the initial TRO — Rivers said four parties, including the city, have filed motions for dismissal — and Jan. 7 in Brooklyn for the appeal. Several speakers accused the city of tweaking the lease process to make supportive housing appear to be permanent in nature in order to bypass neighborhood notification regulations. Comrie accused the city of setting up a false narrative in order to accuse residents of being anti-veteran. So did Sanders and Rivers — both of whom served in the Marine Corps. “I served for four years,” Rivers said. “My brother served for six and was awarded the Purple Heart. We’re pro-veterans. So are my friends who I served with. “But we’re also not homeless, and there are underlying reasons why some of these men are homeless,” he added. Several residents have questioned how the men would receive necessary services. Comrie said it has nothing to do with the people being veterans. “Any 90 single men won’t work,” he said, pointing to the six schools, two daycare centers and numerous churches in the area, as well as the one city park in the neighborhood. Gadsden and others said that one person and one alone can stop the shelter proposal in its tracks — Mayor de Blasio. He said all present and their neighbors should call the Mayor’s Office at (212) 442-9161 between the hours of 1 and 2 p.m. “If you get voice mail, leave a message,” Gadsden said. “Jam those phone lines. Let the mayor know you are sick of how your neighborhood is being disrespected.” James, who was elected with massive support in Southeast Queens, and the Rev. Bishop Charles Norris Sr. of Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church, recommended reminding the mayor of the region’s electoral heft in advance of the Q 2017 elections.

Safety upgrades for stretch of Amtrak rail by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Just over six months since t wo Queens natives and six others were k illed when an Amtrak train derailed in Philadelphia, the railroad giant has installed a key safety measure to avoid a similar crash from happening. Automated braking technology known as positive train control was installed between New York a nd Ph iladelph ia la st weekend, the only stretch of

May derailment killed two Queens natives tracks in the Northeast Corridor where such a system was not already in place. Amtrak completed the installation just days before the Dec. 31 deadline set forth by Congress in 2008, when the legislative body mandated that all commercial and freight lines nationwide have the system in place. Shortly before 9:30 p.m. on

May 12, Nor theast Regional Train 188, driven by Amtrak engineer and Forest Hills resident Brandon Bostian, derailed in Philadelphia midway between its trip from Washington D.C. to Pen n Station in Manhattan. T h e t r a i n wa s t r avel i n g around 100 mph — twice the speed limit for the section of t rack it was on — when it

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Northeast Regional Train 188 was operated by engineer and Forest Hills resident Brandon Bostian when it derailed in Philadelphia in FILE PHOTO May, killing eight.

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Miracle baby is now nearly one year old One Queens family’s story of TTTS, twin to twin transfusion syndrome by Etta Badoe

16th week of Daly’s pregnancy, it became very clear that somehen Christine Daly, a thing was wrong. “This time, she was in the mid37-ye a r- ol d s o c i a l worke r at t he H ig h dle of the sonogram and she sudSchool of Applied Communica- denly stopped and left to get the tions in Long Island City, and doctor,” Daly said. When Bonanno spoke to Chrisher husband Michael found out they were pregnant with twin tine and Michael, she informed girls, the couple was shocked them that the twins were showing signs of TTTS, a rare disease that and “ecstatic.” The Ar ver ne residents who affects around 4,500 identical twins married seven years ago had spent who share a common placenta four of those years trying to get every year, according to the Twin to Twin Transfusion Foundation. pregnant. Abnormal blood vessels from After a miscarriage, they tried intrauterine insemination — the the placenta connect to the umbiliinjection of sperm into the uterus cal cord and circulation of the during ovulation — and in vitro twins during pregnancy which fertilization — the assisted com- causes f luids to pass from one bination of the egg and sperm twin — the donor — to the other before the embryo is transferred — the recipient. A twin is likely to have TTTS if the ultrasound shows into the uterus. a full bladder and excessive fluids Both processes failed. When the stress and worry of in the recipient and shows no sign trying to get pregnant became too of a bladder and f luids in the much they decided to take a break. donor. A difference in size of 20 perThen as fate would have it the minute they stopped trying, the cent or more between the twins is another indicator of TTTS — couple said they “got lucky”. At Christine’s first sonogram, which is not hereditary, but occurs the couple discovered they were randomly. Ultrasound screening greatly having twins. A fraternal twin herself, Daly’s improves the survival rate of twins initial reaction was disbelief and who develop the disease because it allows doctors to diagnose and then concern. “It was quite scary because we treat patients in the womb instead didn’t even know if I could hold of during labor. But the effects can still be twins,” Daly said in a phone interdevastating. view with the Common are Chronicle. va r iou s bi r t h Her uter us t was a very, very defects, hear t was unicornuate disease and — half the size risky, stressful even death, and of a normal uterthe most used us with only one pregnancy, but treatments fallopia n t ube in the end I have include drainand one ovar y ing the excess attached to it — a beautiful baby am niocentesis and that made f luid from the getting pregnant who I don’t know recipient twin more d if f icu lt and laser surand high risk. what I would ever gery to separate Becau se of do without.” the connecting her cond it ion , vessels. she was already — Christine Daly The later seeing Dr. Clartwins develop issa Bonanno, of Columbia Universit y Medical the disease, the better the chance Center, who advised her of the of survival particularly after 28 r isks with a t win preg nancy, weeks when the babies can be including the possibility of the delivered. But ultimately the outchildren developing a rare disease come is determined by the number called twin to twin transfusion and type of connecting blood vessels the twins share. syndrome. Once TTTS was diagnosed, But Daly, a Middle Village native, didn’t really focus on the Daly was referred to Dr. Russell potential problems. She was just Miller, the director of the Carmen and John Thain Center for Prenaexcited to be having twin girls. However, a s a nu r se per- tal Pediatrics at Columbia for formed a sonogram during the treatment. Chronicle Contributor

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Cailyn Rose Daly, now nearly one year old, with her parents, Michael and Christine. She survived twin to twin PHOTO COURTESY THE DALY FAMILY transfusion syndrome. Her twin sister, sadly, didn’t. “I can’t even begin to tell you how amazing this man is,” she said. Days after the diagnosis, the bladder of one of the twins failed to show up on an ultrasound, suggesting a significant loss of fluids, while the other twin had the lion’s share of the placenta. Daly, who was in a lot of pain, made the decision to perform laser ablation, also known as fetoscopic placental surgery, on Sept. 29, her birthday. She remained awake throughout the procedure and said her husband was able to watch the whole thing on the screen as the doctors separated the twins’ vessels. During the post-surgery sonogram, they discovered only one of the twins still had a heartbeat. “I had to go through the rest of the preg nancy car r ying both babies which was extremely difficult,” she said. The living twin’s fluids continued to be erratic and blood collected on her brain, while Christine developed pre-eclampsia and cholestasis of her liver and had to be given a blood transfusion. At 32 weeks, three-pound Cailyn Rose Daly was born via C-section with the u mbilical cord wrapped around her neck. She spent two weeks after her

Jan. 16 birth in Columbia’s neonatal intensive care unit with a feeding tube attached to her, but the infant survived. “It was a ver y, ver y risky, stressful pregnancy,” the girl’s mother said, “but in the end I have a beautiful baby who I don’t know what I would ever do without. “I tell this story because Cailyn is such a fighter. She’s really a miracle,” she added. “Unfortunately we had to lose a baby.” They decided not to name the twin who succumbed to TTTS. Daly can’t praise her family enough for the suppor t they showed throughout the stressful ordeal. “I was blessed to have the suppor t of my family,” she said. “They are truly my rock and I owe them so much for the love and the strength they showed me. “I can’t say enough about the NICU at Columbia,” she added, saying she still keeps in touch with the staff there. “It’s one of the world’s best.” She also can’t praise the Twin to Twin Transfusion Foundation or founder Mary Slaman-Forsythe enough, calling them “amazing.” Daly has since become a member of the organization’s online support group, which provides guidance and support for families

dealing with TTTS and even puts them in touch with other members of the organization who have experience with the disease. She even formed a friendship with another member who lost a son to TTTS around the same time as herself. Through donations, the foundation also provides funding to help pay for the surgery and even housing when necessary. The TTTS Foundation has designated December as the disease’s international awareness month in the hopes of drawing further attention to the little known, but devastating condition. On December 7 the Terminal Tower lights in Cleveland were turned blue in honor of World TTTS Day, and for the rest of the month, the foundation offered suggestions on how members can help awareness through fundraisers and donations. A day doesn’t go by when Daly doesn’t think about the baby they lost. “Knowing Cailyn Rose has an angel looking over her gives me a little relief,” she said, adding that when Cailyn is old enough she plans to tell her about the circumstances of her birth and the baby sister she lost. For more information on TTTS go to tttsfoundation.org. Q

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Road rage incident in ’11 left one dead by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

A Connecticut man has been arrested in connection with a road rage incident that left one man dead in Kew Gardens four years ago. According to reports, 52-year-old George Cupi, a Shelton resident, was arrested on Dec. 21 and charged with being a fugitive from justice. He was held in lieu of $250,000 bond until New York authorities could arrange for his transfer. On July 14, 2011, reports stated that Kew Gardens brothers Roberto and Jovanny Adanes were sitting in their doubleparked Cadillac Escalade on 125th Street, preventing Cupi, who was driving a white van, from continuing down the road. The three men then angrily argued for a few minutes before Cupi allegedly threatened them and left the scene. He returned a short time later and after a brief scuffle, the Shelton resident allegedly shot each of the brothers once, killing Roberto with a point-blank blast to the chest, before speeding off.

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Cops on the hunt for this pain in the butt by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The Oakland Raiders have been such a disappointment in recent years, at least one of their fans has apparently started taking his pent-up anger out on other people. Cops are on the hunt for a man they say stabbed a straphanger in the butt four times at the Forest Hills-71st Avenue station and then on the Jamaica-179th Street-bound F train they both boarded on Dec. 20 shortly after 7 p.m. According to police, both the suspect and the 42-year-old male commuter were waiting for the train when the victim felt the suspect bump into him with an unknown hard object. As they boarded the F train, the suspect bumped into him once more. And when the victim got off the train at Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike, the assailant jabbed him in the rear end twice more. Police said the victim did not know he had been stabbed four times until he arrived home and noticed blood stains on his pants. He was treated at Forest Hills Hospital and released.

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Fires, memorable deaths and a bus crash made headlines by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Tucked between the hustle and bustle of Jamaica, Jackson Heights and Flushing sits the normally quiet Queens oases of Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens and Briarwood, where area children go to accomplished schools and violent crime is nearly nonexistent. But the picturesque, tree-lined neighborhoods certainly didn’t live up to their tranquil reputation in 2015. A famous rapper was gunned down on a Briarwood street corner. In Rego Park, a bus careened into a threestory building on Woodhaven Boulevard, injuring eight people in one of the more dramatic scenes of the year. In Forest Hills, parents took the Department of Education to school on overcrowding while an arsonist burning down unoccupied homes left investigators scratching their heads. And Kew Gardens, specifically Borough Hall, played host to a pro-police assembly, a safe streets march and even a World Series pep rally for our beloved National League champion New York Mets. Yeah, peace and quiet wasn’t exactly Central Queens’ modus operandi in 2015.

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Many Queens residents won’t soon forget this past winter, as bitter cold enveloped the borough while the snow seemingly never stopped falling. After a few minor snowfalls earlier in the month, Forest Hills received a foot of the white stuff while 11 inches fell in Rego Park between sundown on Jan. 26 and noon on Jan. 27. While the storm was a serious one, predictions of a crippling three feet of snow — which led to officials shutting down public

Investigators comb through the charred remains of a home in Forest Hills after an arsonist burned it to the ground in early November. The firebug would go on to torch a total of seven FILE PHOTOS buildings over the final two months of the year, puzzling police. transportation due to winter weather for the first time in the city’s history — came to fruition in Suffolk County and parts of New England, not the five boroughs. Less than a month after Dets. Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were assassinated in Brooklyn, multiple city and state law enforcement, religious and civic associations attended a Borough Hall rally organized by retired NYPD Capt. Joe Concannon, demanding that the police department receive the support it deserves from Mayor de Blasio’s administration. The NYPD wasn’t the only thing being propped up by those gathered in Central Queens, as residents came out by the hundreds to help save the Cinemart Cinemas in Forest Hills through a screening of “American Sniper.” T he Depa r t ment of Tra nspor t ation announced at the end of the month that a redesign of Queens Boulevard in order to make the roadway safer for pedestrians and mot or ist s wou ld begin in 2015.

February

Don’t cry, don’t raise your eye! Iconic rock band The Who rocked the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium at the end of May, playing to a sold-out crowd for their final show of The Who Hits 50 tour’s North American leg.

A man walked into the lobby of 80 - 02 Kew Gardens Road, which houses an office of the FBI, District Attorney Richard Brown and a number of other stores, on Feb. 24 a nd claimed he had a bomb, forcing the evacuation of the building. He was arrested

on the spot, and police said he had a history of threatening to blow up the Kew Gardens structure, which he did prison time for nearly a decade earlier.

March Maybe the reason this December has been so warm and dry is because the weather gods are paying Queens residents back for the relentless snow and cold seen as the first day of spring crept closer. After the second-coldest February in borough history, March began with another round of frustrating snowstorms that left area civics venting to the Chronicle while Queens residents wondered if the sun’s warmth would ever return. On a bitterly cold late-winter Saturday, dozens of Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets members rallied and marched a mile along Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills — chanting and holding photos of people who died crossing or riding their bike along similar major thoroughfares — before arriving at Borough Hall to demand safety improvements along the boulevard from Sunnyside to Kew Gardens to keep pedestrians safe. When it comes to busy boulevards, the final design for Select Bus Service along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards was released by the DOT, sparking contentious debate among Community Board 6 members and others as to whether such a plan would actually benefit those commuting up and down the roadway by car or by bus.

April The month began with a promotion for the area’s top cop, as Capt. Judith Harrison, commanding officer of the 112th Precinct, was bumped up to Deputy Inspector. The Borough Board met in Kew Gardens to hear a presentation on the city’s comprehensive rezoning pitch, aimed at fostering

more senior and affordable housing. The two-headed plan, which includes Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and the Zoning for Quality and Affordability text amendment, didn’t go over well with most, with the issue of relaxing parking requirements for senior and affordable housing in the latter element being the main reason for the board’s skepticism. In Rego Park, worried residents demanded a stop sign for the intersection of Saunders Street and 64th Road after a string of car accidents. To their dismay, the DOT said the corner did not meet the requirements for stop sign installation. To end the month, the DOT hosted public workshops on Select Bus Service along Woodhaven Boulevard, a controversial plan with both ardent supporters and detractors throughout central and southwest Queens.

May A five-month fight between the parents of incoming Forest Hills kindergartners and the Department of Education got underway early in the month, when dozens of moms and dads received notice that their kids — despite being zoned for them — could not attend either PS 144 or PS 196 because of overcrowding. The parents eventually coalesced into one group, and after weeks of pressure, the DOE reduced the number of pre-K seats at both schools to ma ke room for more kindergartners. In mid May, the hip-hop world mourned the loss of Ozone Park musician Lionel Pickens, better known by his rap name Chinx. The popular artist was gunned down as he sat in his car in Briarwood in the early morning hours of May 17, prompting calls for an end to inner-city gun violence from iconic rappers such as Jay-Z in the days following the murder. Forest Hills was singing a different tune at the end of May, when The Who — one of the most successful rock bands in the history of music — ended the North American leg of their The Who Hits 50 tour with a sold-out concert at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium.

June The Forest Hills schools saga continued into June, as Borough President Melinda Katz and Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills), who both have children at PS 144, called on the DOE to consider the shuttered Parkway Hospital as a possible annex for PS 196, which sits next door. Speaking of shuttering, the Northeast’s only remaining Sizzler closed its doors for good on June 1. But employees of the restaurant chain’s Forest Hills location, some of whom are college students using their earnings to pay for school, said management didn’t tell them the eatery was closing until they came in for work that day. continued on page 22

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Two lawmakers announced on Monday that a public hearing will be held in Manhattan next month to find out how the state might simplify the city’s “complicated and unfavorable” property tax regulations. The hearing will take place at the state Assembly’s Hearing Room, located at 250 Broadway, starting at 1 p.m., Assemblymembers Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) and Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) said in a joint statement. “Communities across Queens have some of the highest rates of homeownership in the whole city,” Goldfeder said. “Our families

Lawmakers seek to simplify the code deserve to have a fair property tax system free of expensive red tape that discourages investing hard-earned dollars right here in the community.” “Queens families have been crippled by sky-high property taxes and a system that lacks accountability and transparency for taxpayers,” Rozic said. “Through this comprehensive hearing we will work to create a system that benefits our community and determine what is being done right and what needs improvement.”

According to the statement, both lawmakers have heard from constituents that the city’s property tax bills are difficult to understand and that they require help filling out exemption for ms or appealing the assessed value of their properties. The hearing, hosted by the Assembly’s Committee on Real Property Taxation, seeks to “evaluate the current system in its totality and discuss possible improvements made through new state legislation,” the release states.

The lawmakers welcome any oral or written testimony on the subject but they must last no longer than 10 minutes. Those testifying are asked to provide 10 written copies of their statements for the committee’s record. The public may also provide suggestions to the Assembly members without publicly testifying. Those wishing to submit comments can reach Goldfeder’s office by calling (718) 945-9550 or emailing GoldfederP@assembly.state.ny.us or Rozic’s office by calling (718) 820-0241 or emailing RozicN@ Q assembly.state.ny.us.

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The Queens Chronicle had such an abundance of gifts donated by ou r readers for needy ch ild ren th is yea r that we ended up delivering seven bags’ full to another homeless shelter for families just in time for Christmas. The recipients were children living at the Westway Motor Inn, located on the Astoria-East Elmhurst border. That means the paper’s 21st annual Holiday Toy Drive benefited kids at six Queens shelters, plus one each in Brooklyn and Harlem. Among the final contributors to the effor t were PS 290, the ACE Academy for Scholars at the Geraldine Ferraro Campus, in Ridgewood, the Q348 Pre-K Center in Maspeth and the Jerry Fink Real Estate firm in Howard Beach. We cannot thank our donors enough for making the children’s holiday much brighter than Q it might have been. — Peter C. Mastrosimone

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Central Queens was unusually active in 2015 continued from page 20 The city announced it would be hiring 1,300 new police officers in fiscal year 2016, while a “reorganization” of the department would lead to each cop having his or her own specific geographic beat within their specific precinct, something Harrison was thrilled about.

July Officials announced that a trailer would be installed at PS 144 to temporarily alleviate overcrowding at the school, something elected officials and parents had called for since early May. T he Depa r t ment of Desig n a nd Const r uct ion announced that plans to redesign the former Civic Virtue statue site outside Borough Hall had gone out for bid, with the fall of 2016 eyed as a completion date for the pedestrian plaza dedicated to influential Queens women. The Forest Hills resident known as the “jeweler to the stars” was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver just feet from his front door on July 19 Some of 40-year-old Aron Aranbayev’s clients included sports icons such as boxer Floyd Mayweather, Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James and New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, as well as celebrities like Sean “Diddy” Combs, Jay-Z, Khloe Kardashian and Kevin Hart. Aranbayev’s family operates Rafaello and Co., a successful jewelry store in Manhattan’s Diamond District. The man who hit Aranbayev was arrested on July 31 and charged with second-degree murder.

August The annual National Night Out Against Crime event was a hit in Forest Hills, as dozens flocked to MacDonald Park in early August for an afternoon of good food, free shirts, games and family fun. District Attorney Richard Brown took the city to task on the Queens House of Detention, an old Kew Gardens jail just off Queens Boulevard, with the prosecutor expressing an interest in using the site as sorely needed office space. Dr. Ben Carson became the first presidential candidate, Republican or Democrat, to stump for votes in Queens, as the retired neurosurgeon and GOP hopeful discussed pressing domestic and foreign issues with 100

attendees in Forest Hills on Aug. 12. One of the wilder events of the year brought August to a close, as a Resor ts World bus slammed into a three-story building along Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park on Aug. 24 as it tried to avoid a car that cut in front of it. The dramatic scene featured passersby rescuing bus passengers from the destroyed vehicle and dozens of f i rst responders treating those disoriented and injured on the street in front of the crash scene. A law office and a handf ul of apar t ments were heavily damaged, as were the bus and a parked car. Somehow, no one was killed in the wreck, but eight people were injured, including the bus driver.

Injured riders lay strapped to backboards after the bus they were riding on slammed into a three-story Rego Park building on Aug. 24. Eight people were hurt in the crash.

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A Forest Hills institution announced it would be leaving the neighborhood, as Muss Development confirmed that Barnes & Noble on Austin Street would close at the end of the year and be replaced by department store giant Target in 2016. Residents bemoaned the loss of the bookstore, with some even launching a petition to save it. Those living along Hoover Avenue in Briarwood called on the city to resurface the street they say is so riddled with potholes that it damages their vehicles. The DOT confirmed it would look into repaving Hoover Avenue in 2016. Speaking of roadwork, Kew Gardens residents couldn’t take the sleepless nights caused by the loud noises of traffic rolling over wavering metal plates covering National Grid work ditches at the corner of Metropolitan Avenue and Park Lane South.

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October

Raucous New York Mets fans rallied at Borough Hall in late October after the Amazin’s clinched the National League pennant and a berth in the World Series. Sadly, it was the Kansas City Royals who won the Fall Classic in early November.

School issues ruled the roost in the year’s 10th month, as after months of activism, parents of PS 144 pupils got their wish in terms of a planned extension at the overcrowded Forest Hills school. The DOE announced on Oct. 19 that the 330-seat extension will be ready by the 2019-20 academic year. A report by the United Fe de r at ion of Te a che r s revealed that Forest Hills High School had the most overcrowded classrooms of any public school in the city in 2015 with 264. A Kew Gardens resident was hit with a six-figure fine for illegally dumping waste from his business into the already contaminated Newtown Creek.

The mysterious case of the Forest Hills arsonist gripped the area throughout the last two months of the year, with the majority of the fiery cases occurring in November. The criminal torched five abodes that were under construction or renovation in the Cord Meyer section of Forest Hills — home to many Bukharian Jews — and in some cases, the flames spread to adjacent, occupied houses. Police stepped up patrols throughout the area in an effort to apprehend the firebug, but the man is still on the loose. After the borough’s beloved Mets breezed through the Chicago Cubs in the National League Championship Series at the end of October, the eyes of the world descended on Queens in November as the borough’s team qualified for their first World Series in 15 years. Pep rallies were held across the region, including at Borough Hall, where hundreds of hyper fans chanted, sang and cheered on their favorite ballclub. The Amazin’s fell short in the Fall Classic, but the team’s magical run through the 2015 playoffs won’t soon be forgotten by Mets fans across the borough.

December The Forest Hills arsonist continued to dominate the news as the final month of 2015 arrived, as false leads puzzled police. First, the firebug left a coded note near the scene of a blaze that supposedly contained his name. However, police solved the riddle but determined the person named was not the arsonist. Later, a suspicious man on a motorcycle photographed at the scene of one of the arsons turned out to be just a passerby who tried to help. In the weeks since the last fire in early December, police have undertaken measures such as installing new security cameras in the area as well as using specially t rai ned ca n i nes, but the a rson ist has yet to be apprehended. Like 2016, demolition of the former Joe Abbracciamento Restaurant on the Middle Village-Rego Park border was fast approaching in December. The venue, which shuttered and was bought by a developer in 2014, was f lipped again in February, with the new owner filing Q demolition-related plans earlier this month.

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Activist swims along nasty Newtown Creek Christopher Swain braves feces, used condoms to encourage cleanup effort by Hannah Douglas

which leaked, and he later remarked that one of his eyes was hurting and burning. In the mid-1800s, areas along the banks of Newtown Creek Clean water activist Christopher Swain braved some of the worst contaminants Newtown Creek has to offer during his were packed with more than 50 industrial facilities — from swim along the waterway last Wednesday in an effort to make petrochemical plants to oil refineries — and in 1856, the city started dumping raw sewage right into the water, according to waves in a seemingly stagnant stream. The 47-year-old swimmer’s “grandma breast stroke” the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s website. In the 1990s, the state revealed that Newtown Creek wasn’t across the length of the creek lasted for nearly three hours, from around 8:20 to 11 a.m, and immediately after, he held a compliant with the Clean Water Act’s water quality standards, and since then, a number of governmentpress conference near the East River sponsored cleanups of the creek have connection, to encourage a full cleanup taken place. of the waterway. Following that industrial background, “It was probably the worst, most disthe agency stated that the creek “is one of gusting swim I’ve ever done,” Swain said the nation’s most polluted waterways.” between shivers, mentioning how the The EPA put the creek on the Superwater went in his mouth twice. fund list in 2010 of the most “hazardous He swam the creek’s approximately waste sites” in the U.S., allowing the 3.5 miles after having a go in the Gowaagency to evaluate it for potential action. nus Canal in October. “In a way all of these urban waterways “We smelled chemical smells that were stolen from us … and I’d like to were similar to cinnamon toast, but we steal them back,” Swain said. know it’s not cinnamon toast,” the activ- Swain swimming in Newtown Creek. Nicole Butterfield, a Westchester ist said. He also encountered stenches of sulfur, gas and oil, in addi- County middle and high school English teacher, who paddled alongside Swain in a kayak, said they took samples of the tion to bumping into fecal matter and used condoms. His swim included East Branch, one of the five tributaries water’s temperature and pH levels, as well as photographs. of Newtown Creek, and he said he is anticipating dips in the She also joined Swain for the Gowanus journey. “I think if more people got to know this area and realized other four in January — English Kills, Maspeth Creek, Whale that it’s a great asset to the community, then they might get Creek, and Dutch Kills. For the swim, he sported a search-and-rescue-style dry suit excited to clean it up,” Butterfield said, later mentioning how complete with a swim cap and earplugs. He also wore goggles, Swain has come to her class to speak. Chronicle Contributor

Clean water activist Christopher Swain discusses his disgusting swim in Newtown Creek last Wednesday. He dove into the contaminated creek to encourage its full cleanup. PHOTOS BY HANNAH DOUGLAS

The water’s surface temperature was about 50 degrees, according to an interactive map of the swim on Swain’s website. “I want to live in a world where every single waterway — not just New York City, but in the world — is swimmable every day,” he said. For a visual representation of the swim, visit swimwith Q swain.org.

$150K is final offer for Brinckerhoff site Tony Avella, activists call on owner to accept money for burial ground by Anthony O’Reilly

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For Yolanda Dela Cruz-Gallagher, president of the Friends of the Brinckerhoff Colonial Cemetery, the purpose of purchasing the Dutch burial site is to preserve an important part of Fresh Meadow’s history. “This is the community’s legacy that’s included in here,” Cruz-Gallagher said as she held a ceremonial $180,000 check, used to symbolize the money allocated for the purchase of the cemetery. “Let’s give it a final resting place.” The check was provided by state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) on Tuesday at a press conference at his district office. Avella said $150,000 of that would be used to have the preservation group purchase the site from its owner, Le Dan Cai, and the other $30,000 to cover legal costs associated with the proposed sale. He, and the Friends of Brinckerhoff, said that is their final offer to Cai, who purchased the cemetery for $105,000 in 2010, two years before it was landmarked against her wishes — making it impossible for the owner to place two homes on the site, at 182nd Street near 73rd Avenue, as she had planned. “You’re going to get a profit,” Avella added, “but it’s not going to be hundreds of thousands of dollars.” The senator said he has been in contact with Cai about the sale of the property but

Yolanda Dela Cruz-Gallagher, right, holds a check presented by state Sen. Tony Avella, left standing, for the Friends of the Brinckerhoff Colonial Cemetery to purchase the Dutch burial site PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY / INSET FILE PHOTO located in Fresh Meadows. communication with her ceased about three months ago after another community newspaper reported Borough President Melinda Katz and Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) together allocated $450,000 for the city to purchase the site. However, only $150,000 of that was for the purchase and the other $300,000 was for the

repair of the neglected property — which is covered with weeds and surrounded by broken sidewalks. Avella believes that report made the owner believe she was going to get more than $150,000 and said Katz is in agreement that the friends group should purchase the site for that price.

“It’s a win-win situation,” he said, adding it would take the plot of land off the owners’ hands. Lancman, however, fired back in a statement pointing out he’s already allocated money for the cemetery and that he doesn’t “understand the point of Tony’s press conferences except to mislead the community into thinking he’s accomplishing something other than playing politics. I mean, can we make the cemetery a ‘no politics’ zone, at least for the holidays?” Contact information for Cai, or her business Linda Cai Trading Inc., was not available. The Brinckerhoffs were prosperous Dutch farmers, who had large land holdings in the borough. Graves at the Fresh Meadows site date back to 1730 and the last burial was in 1872. If the Friends of the Brinckerhoff group are able to purchase the site, it would be cared for by the Queens County Farm Museum, according to Jim Gallagher, president of the Fresh Meadows Civic Association. The two sites have a connection because the museum’s Adriance Farmhouse is named after a family that is buried at the cemetery. James Trent, founder and president of the museum, said the cost of maintaining the cemetery would be “minimal” and Joan Hausmann, treasurer of the friends group, said the property taxes on it would also be Q inexpensive.

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At first glance, it may seem out of place for a science museum to prominently feature an art exhibit. Whereas science is a system of knowledge for understanding the natural world, art, broadly, is about how humanity relates to that world — to view art is to look through the artist’s eyes. And even so, that glimpse may father many interpretations. This year’s science juror, Dr. Paula Ehrlich, president and CEO of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation, quotes Wilson, a lauded scientist and environmental advocate, in her statement accompanying the exhibit: “In the early stages of creation of both art and science, everything in the mind is a story.” The story for this year’s topic, biodiversity and extinction, takes on a sometimes somber tone, but its outlook is often hopeful and regards the wonder of a world worthy of protection. Ashley Williams’s “Sentient: Sleep and its Consequences” is a magnificent photorealistic Continuedonon page continued page 31

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Amid distant squeals, grunts, laughter and taunts, a long, quiet hallway bathed in crisp white light invites reflection. The New York Hall of Science in Corona is a frequent host to class field trips for school children, but a humble exhibition of photos, paintings and other images presents the work of 23 artists on a sober subject — the well-being of our planet, and the life it supports “Science Inspires Art: Biodiversity / Extinction” is organized by Art and Science Collaborations, Inc., a nonprofit intent on “rais[ing] public awareness about the artists and scientists using science and technology to explore new forms of creative expression, and to increase communication and collaboration between these fields.” ASCI’s relationship with the New York Hall of Science dates back to 1993, and they have run an exhibition there annually since 1998. Previous formats saw the organization pay tribute to digital prints, eventually focusing each year on topics ranging from the cosmos to geometric patterns and biology.

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ASPCA mobile unit dog & cat spay/neuter clinics. Petland Discounts, all begin at 7 a.m. Sun., Jan. 3: 147-17 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Sun., Jan. 10: 55-52 Myrtle Ave., Ridgewood. Info: petlanddiscounts.com.

Candlelight tour, Greater Ridgewood Historical Society. An evening of live music and good cheer while exploring the historic 18th century Dutch farmhouse by candlelight. Sun., Jan. 3, 6 p.m. Onderdonk House, 1820 Flushing Ave. $10 adults. Info: (718) 456-1776, onderdonkhouse.org.

Richmond Hill Bingo. Every night (except Tues.), 6:30 p.m. Also every Wed., Thurs. and Sat., 11 a.m. 117-09 Hillside Ave. Great cash prizes daily. Must be 18 or over to play. Info: (718) 847-1418.

High School to Art School Alumni Exhibition: Chapter 2, by Queens Council on the Arts. Edison Price Lighting Gallery, 41-50 22 St., Long Island City. Thurs., Jan 7, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info: queenscouncilarts.org.

Rego Park Jewish Center Bingo, every Tues. in Dec., 97-30 Queens Blvd. Early game, 7 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m., regular games at 7:15 p.m., $4 includes 12 games. Cash prizes, everyone 18 and over. Info: (718) 459-1000.

“Altered Appearances,” images that are not always what they appear to be. Thru Jan. 4. Fisher Landau Center for Art, 38-27 30 St., Long Island City. Free. (718) 937-0727, flcart.org. “The World of Anomalisa,” screening and display of puppets and sets from Golden Globe-nominated film. Thru Mar. 27. “Walkers: Hollywood Afterlives in Art and Artifact,” exploring Hollywood movies as contemporary art. Thru Apr. 10. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $12 adults, $9 seniors and students, $3 kids 3-12. Info: movingimage.us. “Catalyst,” new projects by Meredith James, Kameelah Janan Rasheed and Casey Tang. Looks at how personal and cultural forces form narratives. Thru Feb. 28. Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Suggested $8 adults, $4 students, free under 12. Info: queensmuseum.org. “Hotter Than That — 90 Years of Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five,” celebrates the jazz great’s landmark 1925 recordings that went on to be the first records created under Armstrong’s name. Thru Oct. Louis Armstrong House Museum, 34-56 107 St., Corona. $10 adults, $7 seniors, students and children, free to LAHM members and children under 4. Info: (718) 478-8274, LouisArmstrongHouse.org.

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Twilight concert, Con Brio Ensemble, Sun., Jan. 10, 4:30 p.m., The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. $12 pp, $10 students and seniors. Info: (718) 459-1277.

THEATRE “Antony and Cleopatra,” staged Shakespeare reading by Queens Library and Titan Theatre Company. Mon., Jan. 4, 5:30 p.m., Woodside Library, 54-22 Skillman Ave. Info: titantheatrecompany.com. “City Girls and Desperadoes,” set in the world way before ‘Just say No.’ Jan. 7-10, 13-17, 8 p.m. weekdays, 7 p.m. weekends with additional matinee Sun., Jan. 17, 2 p.m. $18. The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. Info: secrettheatre.com.

CLASSES The groundbreaking group “The Hot Five” had a major impact on the course of jazz. Explore their legacy and original recordings at “Hotter Than That — 90 Years of Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five” on display at the Louis Armstrong House Museum. PHOTO COURTESY LAHM “Pirate Pete’s Parrot: A High-Seas Adventure for Kids and Adults (without the scurvy).” The Secret Children’s Theatre promises music, mischief and a boatload of laughs; watch as Pirate Pete, a lovable rogue, and his crew embark on a song-filled journey to find his runaway parrot. Sat., Jan. 30 and every other Sat., 2 p.m. The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $10 children, $15 adults, $40 family 4-pack. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

FILM “Greensboro: Closer to the Truth,” by Adam Zucker, explores the murders of five union organizers, many African American or Jewish, at the hands of Klansmen and Nazis in 1979, followed by discussion “Martin Luther King Day: Film Screening with Filmmaker on Klan Killing of Black and Jewish Civil Rights Activists.” Mon., Jan. 18, 1 p.m. Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Suggested donation $8. Info: (718) 268-5011, cqy.org/library.

AUDITIONS “The Odd Couple” (female verison), St. Gregory’s Theatre Group. Auditions: Mon.-Tues., Jan. 4-5, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Oak Room at St. Gregory the Great Church, 242-20 88 Ave., Bellerose. Please bring a headshot and resume; sides to read will be provided. Performances Feb. 19-21. Rehearsals to be in the evenings during the week. Info: (718) 989-2451, sgtgproductions@gmail.com.

SPECIAL EVENTS Three Kings celebration, Latin American Cultural Center of Queens. Sat., Jan. 9, 2:30-4 p.m. PS 13 Clement C. Moore School, 55-01 94 St., Corona. Free/donations welcome. Info/RSVP for both events: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

KIDS/TEENS Saturday family workshop, for children ages 5-12 and their adult companions to explore different works on view through hands-on, art-making activities. Special needs kids welcome. Sat.-Sun., Jan. 2-3, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Queens Museum, Studio A (second floor), Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Info: queensmuseum.org. “The Big Family Quiz Thing,” presented by Big Quiz Thing and Mommy Nearest, features six rounds of multimedia trivia fun. Topics range from pop culture and history to sports and the indefinable. Sun., Jan. 17, 1-3 p.m. Q.E.D: A Place to Show and Tell, 27-16 23 Ave., Astoria. $7 in advance, $12 at door for kids; $10 in advance, $15 at door for adults. Info: qedastoria.com. Play4Autism Martial Arts program by New Beginning Tae Kwon Doe, 64-64 Dry Harbor Road, Middle Village. Program every Sat., 12-1 p.m. $25. Info: (718) 894-7777, play4autism.org. Preschool children’s programs: Monday Magic Learn & Play, every Mon., 3-4:30 p.m., Bay Terrace Center, 212-00 23 Ave., Bayside. Gym and creative exploration for disabled preschool children (ages 3-5) and their families, every Mon. and Wed., 3-4:30 p.m. Samuel Field Y, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy, Little Neck. $5 per family. Info: Amanda, (718) 423-6111 ext. 242, ASmith@sfy.org.

COMMUNITY Discussion on Jewish philosophy: “Haskalah, Reform and Reconstructionalist Judaism” by Queens Community for Cultural Judaism. Sat., Jan. 2, 1 p.m., Congregation of UUCQ, 147-54 Ash Ave. at 149 St., Flushing. Refreshments and first-time guests free. Info: Rabbi Klein (347) 561-9064.

“Open Studio: Working with Color,” a drop-in program, encourages families to explore the galleries and make art in response to their experiences. No registration required. Every first Sun. of the month. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. Info: noguchi.org. Modern Dance at Green Space, by Valerie Green and the principles of body/mind fitness. Thru May 31. Green Space Studio, 37-24 24 St. #301, Long Island City. Prices vary. Info: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org. Poetry writing workshop group: Explore the craft of poetry writing, enrollment is free and open to all. Every Tues. 1:30-3 p.m., Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Sponsored by Queens Community House. Info: (718) 268-5960, queenscommunityhouse.org. Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Call: (718) 969-1128. Kids art classes, Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at ARROW Community Center, 35-30 35 St., Astoria. For ages 8-16, every Tues. and Thurs., 4:30-6 p.m. and Sat., 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

MEETINGS Jamaica Arts Leaders Town Hall, by Queens Council on the Arts and Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, explores the needs of Jamaica-based artists by engaging the community. Wed., Jan. 13, 6:308:30 p.m. Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 16104 Jamaica Ave. Free. Info: queenscouncilarts.org. AARP: Open to the public. Chapter 1405, Flusing, Bowne St. Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Ave., 1st and 3rd Mon. each month, 1 p.m; Chapter 2889, Maspeth, American Legion Hall, 66-28 Grand Ave., 1st and 3rd Wed. each month, noon; contact: (718) 672-9890. Chapter 4163, Ozone Park, Living Word Christian Fellowship Church, 132-05 Cross Bay Blvd., last Tues. each month, noon. continued continued on on page page 00 32

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Just in time for the new year, there’s a blurb making the rounds on the Internet: “I’m opening a gym called ‘Resolutions.’ It will have exercise equipment for the first two weeks and then it turns into a bar for the rest of the year.” While it’s meant as a joke, it reflects the reality for far too many individuals who give up too easily while seeking selfimprovement. But with advice from pros such as nutritionists and personal trainers, you, too, can be on your way to a happier, healthier new you. “Start with one change,” suggested Parvaneh Golbari, a registered dietician and nutritionist who works out of two Queens offices: 69-02 Austin St. in Forest Hills and 65-06 Myrtle Ave. in Glendale. A specialist in weight management, she said, “I don’t give diets. We change lifestyles,” stressing the importance of individualizing plans. “I sit with a person, evaluate their job, their break times, if they eat alone, if they eat out. For a person who eats out all the time, the diet is completely different from

Losing weight and staying fit are among the most common New Year’s resolutions, but are often dropped over time. Nutritionists such as Parvaneh Golbari, above, can help you COURTESY PHOTO, RIGHT stick to your goals, as can joining a gym. a person who eats at home,” she said. “We have to find the bad eating habits and change them.”

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out, to eat at the same time ever y d a y. A n d , s h e added, don’t eat late at night. “Make a schedule for yourself,” she said. “The body knows when it is time for food and when it is not t i m e. T h e b o d y doesn’t ask for food when it is not hungry. It works after a few weeks.” Among the snacks she recommends are light yogurt, low-fat cottage cheese and “a handful of nuts.” To be avoided are sugary sodas and juices and fried foods. She suggested when eating out to order “a big bowl of salad with dressing on the side.” A salad drowning in dressing “spoils the benefits,” she said. For people with particularly strong cravings for sweet s, Golbari recommends 10 0 -calorie snacks. “I don’t cut out sweets completely,” she said, as that rarely leads to success. continued on page 00 continued 33

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Nadir and Peppermint believe their work will “facilitate oil painting of an outcropping of stone covered in lichen in recovery from a cultural memory disorder that they call nearly neon colors. The accompanying caption explains ‘industrial amnesia.’” Indeed, the foreign worlds of these that pollutant-sensitive lichen behave “like a canary in a microbes appear alien and, though they surround us, are perhaps alienated from our daily lives. coal mine,” providing scientists with valuable information. ASCI’s art juror, Elizabeth Corr, Farther down the wall, an indusmanager of art partnerships for the trial metalworking complex appears Natural Resources Defense Council, toy-like upon a great, grassy dune in said of “Microbial Selfies” in a Jon Wyatt’s “Port Talbot Steelworks statement, “[they] haunted me with & Kenfig Dunes, South Wales.” So their strange splendor. Moreover, lush is the hillside that the factory their methodologies — fusing artistappears to be a miniature perched When: Through Feb. 28 ry, technology, science and experiupon the thick fur of some grizzly Where: New York Hall of Science, mentation — beautifully embodied bear in close-up. Wyatt specializes in 47-01 111 St., Corona the exhibition’s theme.” capturing the drift between humaniCal Griffin, a tourist visiting the city ty and nature. In his artist’s stateTickets: $15; $12 children, from southern Utah, regarded Don ment, he says his work “asks the students and seniors Cooper’s “Don’t Walk on the Water” viewer to re-evaluate our culture’s nysci.org and said, “We’re not leaving a very changed and fraught relationship good footprint on the planet, are with the land.” Another series of otherworldly images were digitally we?” Cooper’s work is of feet resting on the surface of captured by their subjects themselves. “Microbial Selfies” water, with a graveyard of cans and bottles below. Griffin explained that he and his family had come to is a series created by Leila Nadir and Cary Peppermint that utilized specially designed technology to allow fermenting the Northeast hoping to experience some more traditional containers of things such as kombucha, kimchi and beet winter weather — on the day of their visit, it was in the kvass to manipulate their own images with photo-editing mid-60s and raining; Christmas was even warmer. Not every visitor to the exhibit was so charitable with software. Changes in pH levels, oxygen and color all interhis time and focus. Of the half dozen or so field trips in acted with the software to create the resulting images.

The exhibit features a wide range of media, including sculptures, textiles, digital images and natural formations. On the cover: A survey of some of the work focusing on the dialogue PHOTOS BY NEIL CHIRAGDIN between humanity and nature. attendance at the museum that day, only a handful of students managed to walk through the exhibition. Heard among one gaggle of middle-school students, upon stumbling into the space, “What is this? Portraits? Still life? This is kind of weird,” before picking up the pace on the way over to Gingerbread Lane: 500 square-feet of gingerbread houses. Although the exhibition can seem a bit out of place to the museum’s core audience of younger individuals, the artwork is absolutely fantastic, and every caption serves to make each piece only more intriguing. After you’ve made the rounds in the hallway, you will likely find yourself wanting more, and perhaps thinking of ways to find glimmers of that natural beauty outside. It is there, and it Q is worth preserving.

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Probate Citation File No. 2015-3233/A Surrogate’s Court-Queens County Citation The People of The State Of New York, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEES OF ELIZABETH COLL DECEASED, IF LIVING, AND IF ANY OF THEM BE DEAD TO THEIR HEIRS, NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, LEGATEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, ASSIGNEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, WHOSE NAMES ARE UNKNOWN AND CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED AFTER DUE DILIGENCE AND THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COUNTY OF QUEENS, A petition having been duly filed by Ralph G. Nieves, who is domiciled at 800 Grand Concourse, Apt. 4D-North, Bronx, New York 10451, YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE Before The Surrogate’s Court, Queens, County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on, January 28, 2016, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Elizabeth Coll, lately domiciled at 79-11 267th Street, Floral Park, New York 11004-1316, admitting to probate a will dated November 3, 2008, a copy of which is attached to the will of Elizabeth Coll, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that letters testamentary issue to Ralph G. Nieves: Dated, Attested and Sealed December 1, 2015, Hon. Peter J. Kelly, Surrogate, Margaret M. Gribbon, Chief Clerk, Robert K. Erlanger, Erlanger Law Firm PLLC, Attorney for Petitioner, 122 East 42 Street, Suite 620, New York, New York 10168, attorney address, Telephone No. 212-686-8045

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12/17/2015, bearing Index Number NC-000847-15/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) ALEXANDRIA (Middle) ASHLEY (Last) ARROYO. My present name is (First) ASHLEY (Middle) ALEXANDRIA (Last) ARROYO AKA ASHLEY ALEXANDRA ARROYO CAJIGAS. My present address is 76-42 162nd Street, Flushing, NY 11366-1046. My place of birth is PUERTO RICO. My date of birth is September 09, 1990.

NOTICE OF FORMATION (DOM LLC) OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: DAVI TAX & ACCOUNTING, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/29/2015. Office location: New York County. Amended 11/16/15 to 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, 2642 30TH STREET, ASTORIA, NY 11102. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license, Serial#1290545, for beer has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 42-83 Main Street, Flushing NY 11355 for on premises consumption.The company’s name is Golden Tiger Cuisine Inc.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: N HOME, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/05/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 89-12 Cooper Ave., Glendale, NY 11385. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1290165, for beer, wine, and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 45-23 Greenpoint Avenue, Sunnyside, NY 11104 for on-premises consumption. APU Foods Corp.dba Riko.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12/17/2015, bearing Index Number NC-000793-15/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) DAVID (Middle) KONGHAO (Last) WANG. My present name is (First) KONG (Middle) HAO (Last) WANG. My present address is 39-19 210th Street, Bayside, NY, 11361-1951. My place of birth is CHINA. My date of birth is October 02, 1971.

Notice of Formation of Green Acre 10615 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 11/12/15. Office location: Queens County. NY Sec. of State designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served, and shall mail process to 69-07 Little Neck Pkwy, Glen Oaks, NY 11004. Purpose: any lawful activity.

SHARPE HOLDINGS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/25/2014. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 2061 Steinway St., Astoria, NY 11105. Reg Agent: Tinesha Sharpe, 2061 Steinway St., Ste 1R Office, Astoria, NY 11105. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

1879 Grove LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 6/26/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 239 Devoe St., Apt. 7L, Brooklyn, NY 11211. General purpose.

Notice of formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC), 435 East 76th Street LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/18/2015. NY office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is c/o the LLC, 176-11 Henley Rd., Jamaica, NY 11432. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: C&L EMPIRE 168 LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/04/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to THE LLC 140-19 58TH RD FLUSHING, NY 11355. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

ENIGMATOYS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/13/2015. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O US Corp. Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave, Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Reg Agent: US Corp. Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave, Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Hit That Juice LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/30/15. Office location: Queens C o u n t y. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 45-57 172nd St., Flushing, NY 11358. General purpose.

Notice of formation of SSUPERETTE DESIGN LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/16/15. Office in Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 44-15 Purves St. #8B LIC, NY 11101. Purpose: Any lawful purpose

3071 35TH STREET LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12 /18 /14. Amended to 3282 37TH STREET LLC on 11/19 /15. Of fice : 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, 25-56 31st Street, #302, Astoria, N Y 11102. Purpose : Any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1290341, for beer and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer and wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 43-22 Queens Boulevard, Sunnyside, NY 11104 for on-premises consumption. 44 Sunnyside Corp.dba Riko.

Notice of formation of Complete Insurance Brokerage,LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/23/2015. Office located: Queens County. SSNY designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 25-31 Astoria Boulevard, Astoria, NY 11102. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Forever Paid Productions LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/22/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 147-17 Brookville Blvd, Rosedale, NY 11422. Registered Agent: Dennis R. Bembury, 35 Eileen Way, Edison, NY 08837. Purpose: General.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: LIT TLE VIOLET LLC. Articles of Organization (DOM L LC ) were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/22/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to C/O Christopher Tang, 72-36 Austin Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number (PENDING) for beer and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer and wine at retail in a restaurant under t he A lc oholic Beverage Control Law at 47-38 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City, NY 11101 for on-premises consumption. Sushi Daizen Inc.

NOTICE OF FORMATION 42-13 PROPERTY LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 11/13/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 42-17 Bowne Street, Flushing, NY 11355 which is also the principal business location. Purpose: any lawful activity.

61-10 MYRTLE AVENUE LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/06/15. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 3000 Marcus Avenue, Suite 3W4, Lake Success, NY 11042. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of Cosmic Web Systems LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/30/2015. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: Princy Thayyil, 8438 Lefferts Blvd., 3, Kew Gardens, NY 11415. Purpose: IT Consulting and Quality Assurance Services.

Gem Sof t ware LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 8/14/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 14-16 Bell Blvd., Bayside, NY 11360. General purpose.

MJ Skincare LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/28/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 212-14 39th Ave., Bayside, NY 11361. General purpose.

Notice of formation of Take Out Pest Control, LLC Articles Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/20/15. Office in Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to LLC, C/O United Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose

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For those who live near PS 159 in Bayside, it’s no secret there are frustrations in trying to navigate the two-lane road in front of the elementary school while parents drop off and pick up their children. More than once John Stuckey has found cars in front of, or even in, his driveway during the morning, making it impossible for him to park there. His wife, Diane, simply avoids driving home when children will be coming to school. “It needs to be controlled,” said Stuckey, who lives in a cluster of red brick row homes directly across the street from the school. “The worst part is traffic in the mornings.” Several residents expressed similar feelings at a recent meeting of the Northwest Bayside Civic Association, complaining that traffic issues are commonplace when children are dropped off in the morning and again when they’re picked up in the afternoon. Some parents will pull their cars into residential driveways near the school, which sits on 33rd Avenue, between 205th Street and the Clearview Expressway Service Road. Others double- and triple-park or wait in “No Parking” zones, congesting the road and creating headaches for those in the neighborhood, they said. Chadney Spencer, the civic president, said it’s a problem that hasn’t gone away. And those like Stuckey, who live across the street from the school, are especially affected. “They have to adjust their own lives, their

Bad parking, traffic light vex area

Residents living near PS 159 in Bayside worry about traffic congestion and safety when children PHOTO BY MATTHEW BULTMAN are dropped off and picked up from the 33rd Avenue school. doctor’s appointments, their appointments for anything, when they get out of their own driveways or when they want to get back in,” Spencer said during the civic association’s meeting. Spencer, who lives on nearby 203rd Street, blamed the issues on an “onslaught of little things.” But one main culprit, some say, was the introduction of a traffic light in recent years where 33rd Avenue meets the service road. Traffic heading east on 33rd, toward the ser-

vice road, gets backed up in front of the school as cars wait for the light to change. There are also some drivers, in a hurry to beat the light, who race through the street, creating a potentially dangerous situation, neighbors said. PS 159 Principal Paul Didio said the school is aware of the concerns and wants to work with residents to “make it better for everyone.” He noted the school puts messages on all its calendars and meeting agendas, reminding

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parents not to double-park or block traffic. “We put out that message on a monthly basis at the school,” he said. To be sure, problems of traffic congestion are not exclusive to PS 159. Residents have complained of similar issues at schools around the borough, including PS 163 in Flushing and PS 128 in Middle Village. Still, those who live near the Bayside elementary school say they fear it has become a safety hazard. “I get aggravated by it but I worry about the kids,” Stuckey said. For many, one solution could be to change the traffic signal facing 33rd Avenue to a blinking red and make the light on the service road a flashing yellow. That could keep traffic moving along the avenue and eliminate the desire of drivers to beat the red light. Spencer suggested it might also be helpful to close the eastbound lane of 33rd Avenue during the problematic time periods, which would allow those who live across from the school to leave their driveways unimpeded. Others proposed adding “No Standing” signs to the school’s side of the road, as opposed to the “No Parking” signs that are there. Speaking at the civic meeting, state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) volunteered to arrange a meeting between the association and the school, police and the city’s Department of Transportation to come up with a solution. “What we will do is ask the DOT to come Q up with some suggestions,” he said.

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10 years of revving up their motor skills Auto industry school celebrates by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

Since opening its doors in 2005, the Center for Automotive Education & Training in Whitestone has prepared thousands of young men and women for skilled jobs in the industry. To mark the center’s 10th anniversary milestone, a celebration was held there on Dec. 16, complete with testimonials from former students, remarks in person and via video from elected officials, some of whom were on hand for the groundbreaking over a decade ago, and presentations by industry insiders. “The center has made my story possible,” said Allison Musante, who today is general manager of Smithtown Acura on Long Island. She credits the classes she took there with being instrumental in advancing her career. Her dream, she said, had been to become an executive in a Fortune 500 company. As it turned out, she entered the auto industry as a receptionist while still in college. Circumstances soon found her advancing to bookkeeper and, eventually, office manager. “I was thrown into a role I never trained for,” she said. “I resolved to become as knowledgeable about the industry as possible,” Musante said, and started studying at the center. That was 10 years ago. “The center continues to evolve to meet the needs of the industry,” she said.

Mark Schienberg, president of the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association, which is headquartered in Whitestone and represents nearly 400 franchised automobile dealerships in the metropolitan New York area, called the school “one of the most exciting projects in the association’s history.” At the center’s grand opening, he recalled, the goal was for it to become the hub for training those entering the industry and to help them get high-paying jobs in their chosen field. “We have exceeded all those expectations,” he said, suggesting the facility has become “the nucleus for automotive training in the New York area. ... One of the cornerstones of this facility has been its ability to attract young men and women into our industry. We know just how important it is to teach skills and provide workers with the tools they need to succeed.” To mark the anniversary, $5,000 scholarships were presented to each of 10 students from various schools, including four from Lincoln Technical Institute and one, Nicholas Bhurasingh, of Thomas A. Edison High School in Jamaica. In addition, 10 1.2-liter four-cylinder General Motors engines, worth more than $4,000 apiece, were donated to 10 different schools for their auto technologies programs, to expose students to the latest in vehicle evolution. Also honored with $5,000 scholarships were

Speaker Allison Musante credited the Center for Automotive Education & Training with advancing her career, while Mark Schienberg, president of the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association, called the PHOTOS BY MARK LORD school one of his group’s “most exciting projects.” four veterans of the armed services, including Ferdinand Villar, a U.S. Army infantry specialist from Flushing. Among the guest speakers was state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing), a former teacher at Edison, who said, “We have a great system of vocational education in New York City,” adding, “One of the best economic engines we have is higher education.” Taped messages of congratulations were offered by several elected officials: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Bronx, Queens), Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, as well as by Michael Mulgrew,

president of the Unite d Fe d e r a t io n of Teachers, who said the school has “made a difference in thousands of students’ lives.” Scott Shaw, CEO of Lincoln Technical Institute, praised the center and said, “Technology is changing the way we live. The students are no longer backyard mechanics. Cars are more and more sophisticated. The industry is constantly changing.” Over the past decade, the center has hosted more than 80,000 visitors including 36,780 dealership employees. It has also held over Q 2,500 seminars, events and launches.

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Win and they’re in by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

It has been hard to take talk of the PatriotsJets “rivalry” seriously because when you use that term in sports the implicit assumption is that both teams are consistently good and each has won its share of their matchups over the years. As realistic Jets fans must glumly admit, their team has not been very good in recent seasons, and as long as Tom Brady has been the Patriots QB, which goes back to 2001, the Jets have come out on the short end of the final score. Saying the Jets have a rivalry with the Patriots is akin to saying the Washington Generals have one with the Harlem Globetrotters. Perhaps it was Sunday’s unusually warm weather for late December that inspired the Jets to do something rare — beat Brady and the New England Patriots. The win kept their playoff hopes alive. It wasn’t easy as the Jets watched a 17-3 lead evaporate as the legendary Pats QB led a typical Brady late fourth-quarter drive to tie the game at 20-20. But the Jets, unlike in past years, did not wilt, and wound up winning in overtime as QB Ryan Fitzpatrick hit wide receiver Eric Decker with a 6-yard touchdown pass. Just as the victorious Jets were walking off the MetLife Stadium field they received extra good news as they learned that the Baltimore Ravens upset the Pittsburgh Steelers, one of

their wildcard competitors, 20-17. Until then, the Jets did not control their own fate because the tie-breaker rules were not in their favor. It now comes down to this: if the Jets can beat the Buffalo Bills next Sunday they will be in the American Football Conference playoffs for the first time in five years. Jets fans would be wise to call JetBlue, which has frequent flights to Buffalo. It won’t be easy. The Jets have had trouble winning in Buffalo going back to the Joe Namath era. The Bills head coach is Rex Ryan, who held that spot with the Jets for six seasons until he was fired a year ago and was succeeded by Todd Bowles, who has done a terrific job. The conventional wisdom this past summer was that the Bills would have a far better season than the Jets would. Of course no one foresaw that Fitzpatrick would provide the leadership at quarterback that was missing with Geno Smith. Ryan would derive understandable satisfaction keeping his old team out of the AFC playoffs but frankly, he has bigger worries. Rex practically guaranteed the Bills’ playoff drought would end this season but it continues. He came to Buffalo with a reputation of being a defensive genius, but the Bills’ defense has been subpar. That’s a key reason for their continued alsoQ ran status. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

In 1961 Robert A. Nachman, co-owner of the Nachman Cadillac dealership that once stood at the corner of Queens Boulevard and Hillside Avenue, sold his large home and property on Kew Gardens Road in Kew Gardens to Hamburg Savings Bank of Brooklyn. Nachman had just moved to a custom-built home in Westbury, LI. In February 1962 the home was demolished and a ground-breaking ceremony was held with Borough President Pat Clancy, builder Sam LeFrak, state Sen. Tom Mackell and Brooklyn Postmaster Edward Quigley in attendance. Dudley E. Soper was called upon as the architect of this uniquely designed building of blue-glazed brick and Italian ceramic tile spandrels, with multiple floors and entrances on both Queens Boulevard and Kew Gardens Road. It was so outstanding it was awarded a bronze plaque for design by the Queens Chamber of Commerce in 1963. The first week thousands of Queens residents attended the grand opening. They opened 5,000 new accounts, receiving

handsome gifts. Joseph Munz (1906-1982), the bank president and later its chairman, was on hand for the festivities. Shortly after his death, in 1983, the bank merged with College Point Savings and, unfortunately, the name Hamburg Savings, chartered by the state in 1905, passed into history. In 1985 the bank again changed hands, becoming Home Savings Bank; then in April 1992, Home Savings Bank of America; and on Sept. 9, 1992, Federal Home Savings Bank of America. Today, Capital One Q Bank occupies this historic building.

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Custom 50x100 Colonial. 4 BRs, 3 f/ baths, granite kit. with Thermador stove & hood, sub-zero fridge, Jacuzzi bath, balcony, fireplace in fam. room, 1.5 car gar. A spectacular home!

Reduced $309K

PERFEC T FOR DENTIST OR DOC TOR !

LD O S HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD Large corner 2-Family, 6 BRs, 3 full baths, 2 halfbaths, full fin. bsmnt, move-in condition. $725K

HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD Unique Dentist Office for sale in prestigious Heritage Condo Building! Sale includes: Condo as well as all equipment and supplies. Ground floor office with separate entrance to the left of the main lobby. Featuring a waiting area - front desk & file area. 4 Operatories with X-ray & nitrous lab, private office & 2 half baths. Common charges $709.

Asking $350K

Large Hi-Ranch on oversized 45x100 lot – featuring 4 BRs/3 full baths, w/updated kitchens & baths. Park-like backyard with screened porch.

Colonial (New Construction) 3/4 BR’s, 2.5 baths, finished attic, pvt. dvwy., deck, large yard, bsmnt will be Sheetrocked, in-ground sprinklers, new PVC fencing, stainless steel appliances.

Asking $799K

$750K

All up-dated Brick/Stucco split level on 40X100, paved driveway for 2 cars, Large 3 BRs, 2 f/baths. Large den with sliding doors accessing rear tiled patio. Only $719K

Large 1 BR Condo in Hi-Rise building, closets galore, laundry on premises, L-shaped Living REDUCED $184K Rm., Dining Rm.

Great Location, in the heart of Ridgewood, walk to Fresh Pond Road train, brick S/D, 2 family, 6 over 5, renovated throughout, full finished basement.

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Large Brookfield, all stucco, beautifully landscaped, open floor $690K plan, 4 BRs, 3 baths.

HOWARD BEACH OLD SIDE Cape on 60x100 lot, 3 BRs, 2 Baths, Fin. Bsmnt. In Contract in 8 Days!

Asking $129K

HOWARD BEACH/LINDENWOOD Lg. legal 2 family Condo Townhouse, 3 BRs, 1½ baths duplex, top flr with large deck, updated kit new appli, also lg. 2 BR, 1 bath duplex, new kit & updated bath on 2nd flr, plus walk-in unit - all new w/porcelain tiles throughout & sliding glass drs to pvt yard, pvt dvwy, 1 car gar, new boiler & hot water heater. ASKING $649K

Brooklyn 337 Amber Street A 40 x 100 gated lot. Not cleared. Owner will clear when a contract is signed

REDUCED $209K

HOWARD BEACH Lindenwood Co-ops HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Reduced. Unique large Colonial on oversized 40x127 corner lot. New kitchen with granite countertops, new cabinets & tiled floors, 3 large BRs, 2.5 Baths, 2 walk-in closets, 2-Car Garage, with rooftop terrace.

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• Hi-Rise 2 BR/1 bath, updated kit. ...........$154,500 • Real 3 BR/1 bath, deluxe garden co-op Asking $195K Garden co-op, 1st flr, open kit floor plan (move-in) ... $199K - SOLD!

HOWARD BEACH OLD SIDE Det. Colonial, 3 BRs, 1½ Baths, Great Block on the old-side. Potential 4th BR, Full Bsmnt w/½ Bath.

Asking $425K

HOWARD BEACH Lindenwood Condos • Greentree Condo, 2nd floor, 3 BRs, 2 baths, 2 terraces Mint ........................... $309K • Hi-Rise Condo Northgate Building Large 1 BR Condo, 5 Closets ....................................$184K

HOWARD BEACH Lindenwood WAKEFIELD/OZONE PARK • Apartment For Rent:

LARGE ALL BRICK DETACHED COLONIAL 4 BRs, 2.5 baths, 1 BR on first level with large living room, dining room, 1 bath, 2nd floor has 3 Mint Hi-Ranch on 41x100 lot, 4 BRs, 2 Baths. BRs & 1 bath. Finished bsmnt. with ½ bath & pvt. dvwy., 1 car gar. 30x100 Asking $549K

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

• Hi-Rise 1 BR/1 bath, (needs complete renovation) ..$70K

OUR EXCLUSIVE • Mint AAA 2 BRs/1 bath,

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(143 Broadway) LAND BUILDER’S DELIGHT! Large waterfront property (69x155) 4 lots altogether. Located on Canal.

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HOWARD BEACH

Mint 3 BR, 1½ bath duplex, lg deck off DR & LR, new kit & bath....$2,200/mo

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HOWARD BEACH HI-RISE CONDO

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Reduced $695K

RIDGEWOOD

$3,900 per month HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

Crossbay Blvd. (off Liberty Ave.) 1,200 sq. ft. store & basement, heat & taxes included

Greentree townhouse mint condo (2nd floor), large 3BRs/2 Baths, 2 terraces front & back.

Reduced $939K

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