Month: March 2014

Community Alert From the 104th Precinct

On Thursday, March 27, 2014 at approximately 6:45 p.m., a 21-year-old Hispanic female and a 22-year-old Hispanic male were found shot to death in their apartment at 1815 Summerfield Street, however there have been no arrests, police report.

This homicide is currently being bouncy castle investigated by the 104th Precinct Detective Squad. If anyone has information relating to this crime please contact the 104 Precinct Detective Squad at 718-386-3004 or to report information anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477).

In an effort to raise funding for St. Pancras School and local Kiwanis Club,  Kiwanis of Glendale is hosting their 29th Annual Pancake Breakfast event at Phieffer Hall, located bouncy castle at 68-20 Myrtle Ave., this Sunday, March 30 from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

With the $5 admission, breakfast includes coffee, cake, bagels, tea, orange juice and of course, the club’s legendary pancakes.

Proceeds will be split between both the Kiwanis club and St. Pancras School.

Sacred Heart Glendale Educational Foundation Presents:
LIVE MUSIC
The renowned Risky Business Band, and a special
guest giochi gonfiabili appearance by TJ Fox (SHS Class ’05)

Saturday, May 3rd, 2014 @ 7 PM
Beer & Wine and Buffet Dinner Served
All Inclusive for $45 per person
CALL: (718) 440 5534 (718) 268 5126
Sacred Heart School
84-05 78th Ave.,

More than 50 St John’s students shaved their heads in honor children like Joseph Maroney, a six-year-old Glendale child diagnosed with Leukemia and guest of honor castillo hinchable at the St. Baldrick’s Foundation childhood cancer research event at the school on Thursday.

Players from the St. John’s men and women’s basketball teams autographed a basketball jersey for the Glendale youngster, as head-shavers raised more than $33,000 for the cause, as reported in the Daily News.

Theodore Renz, executive director of the Ridgewood Local Development Corporation and Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District, asked the Queens Delegation for discretionary funds towards the development of two new BIDs in Ridgewood and Glendale.

Renz was just one of 85 other Queens-based hospitals, libraries, youth organizations and bouncy castle development groups, at the discretionary funds hearing at Queens Museum.

“We are looking for the support for the LDC and improvement programs, the Myrtle Ave. BID, the plaza program, retail recruitment program and a Glendale plaza program,” he added.

Renz added that there are several programs that are in desperate need of funding, however the expansion of the BID would provide additional foot traffic and business in the community.

Councilman Antonio Reynoso suggested that the panel show their support for the new Glendale BID.

“This organization is responsible for all of the economic development in this area,” Reynoso said. “They’ve done a magnificent job of both preservation and development.”

Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley also thanked Renz for coming to the hearing and hüpfburg kaufen urged the members of the delegation to consider the importance of funding these types of groups in the years to come.

“It is important that we are protecting these zones and making sure that the funding is there to help attract business and jobs,” she said.

The 104th Precinct’s Glendale Civilian Observation Patrol (G-COP) are holding their general membership meeting tonight at 8 p.m. at St. Pancras School, Pfeiffer Hall, located at 68-20 Myrtle Avenue in Glendale.

Precinct Capt. Christopher Manson will present several members of the G-COP board with inflatable water slide commemorative awards along with the regular monthly community watch business.

Attendees are invited to contact G-COP at 718-497-1500 to arrange transportation if needed.

The next meeting of Community Board 5, Queens will be conducted on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, beginning at 7:30 pm, in the Cafeteria of Christ the King High School, which is located at 68-02 Metropolitan Avenue in Middle Village, Queens.

The agenda includes a Public Hearing regarding the Fiscal Year 2015 Preliminary Budget of the City of New York, as it affects the Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale communities.

The agenda also includes a Public Hearing regarding Application # C 140111 ZMQ (Woodward Avenue Rezoning). This is an application to the NYC Planning Commission proposing that a portion of Ridgewood essentially bordered by Flushing Avenue, Starr Street, Woodward Avenue bouncy castle and Onderdonk Avenue, be rezoned from an M1-1 District to an R5B District and an R6B District.

Within the application, it states that “If the requested zoning map amendment is granted, the applicant intends to develop a building of 3 to 4 stories. The building will contain 80,198 sq. ft. of residential space; 3,115 sq. ft. of community facility space, and 6, 707 sq. ft. of commercial (retail) space. This development would result in a built FAR of 2.0. The maximum lot coverage is substantially less than what is permitted (27,472 sq. ft. versus 31,010 sq. ft.).

There will be 88 dwelling units in the building (132 permitted) and parking for 118 cars. The maximum height proposed is 40 feet, which is 10 feet less than the maximum height permitted.”

In addition, a 4 story building, with 8 dwelling units, is planned at the Woodward Avenue/Starr Street intersection.

The Dept. of City Planning Docket description regarding this proposal states:

In the matter of an application submitted by 176 Woodward Owner, LLC pursuant to Section 197-c and 201 of the NYC Charter for the amendment of the Zoning Map, Section No. 13b:

1. Changing from an M1-1 District to an R5B District property bounded by Flushing Avenue, a line 225 feet northeasterly of Onderdonk Avenue, a line 220 feet northwesterly of Troutman Street, Woodward Avenue, a line 95 feet northwesterly of Troutman Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Onderdonk Avenue;
2. Changing from an M1-1 District to an R6B District property bounded by a line 95 feet northwesterly of Troutman Street, Woodward Avenue, Troutman Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Woodward Avenue, Starr Street, and a line 100 feet northeasterly of Onderdonk Avenue;
3. Establishing within the proposed R6B District a C1-3 District bounded by Troutman Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Woodward Avenue, Starr Street, and a line 100 feet southwesterly of Woodward Avenue;

Borough of Queens, Community District 5, as shown hüpfburg kaufen on a diagram (for illustrative purposes only) dated February 18, 2014, and subject to the conditions of CEQR Declaration E-336.

After the Public Hearings, there will be a presentation by  representatives of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture related to Asian Long-Horn Beetle Issues, the Public Forum, a review of applications for the sale of alcoholic beverages locally, a review of demolition notices, and committee reports.

Anyone wishing to speak at one of the public hearings, or during the public forum, is asked to pre-register by calling the Board 5 office at 718-366-1834. Speakers will be limited to 3 minutes each.

Ted Renz and the Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) are looking into possibly expanding the current BID into Glendale bouncy castle along Myrtle Avenue from Fresh Pond Road to Cooper Avenue.

Last week, Renz said there are several possibilities to build out the current BID, which currently encompasses Myrtle Avenue from Fresh Pond Road to Wyckoff Avenue; and suggested they either grow the current zone or look into creating a separate district on Fresh Pond Road.

“If we do the expansion, and it does come to fruition, it would be a mammoth new BID,” Renz said.

While the discussions are still in the preliminary phases, Renz said the 365toy next step is to take it up with the Myrtle Ave. BID board.

“I’ll bring it to the BID board to see if they want to peruse an expansion,” he explained. “Then we’d do it under the hat of the Myrtle Ave. BID.”

It’s open mic night at the Queens Tavern starting at 9:30 p.m. tonight! (located at 6869 Fresh Pond Rd., Ridgewood)

Get there early and sign up at the bar and show off your hidden talent for this Ridgewood and Glendale bouncy castle crowd, hosted by Shaun Chaves.

In an effort to educate Queens and Brooklyn living in the Newtown Creek watershed, the Newtown Creek Alliance (NCA) is holding one of their 10 public education hüpfburg kaufen seminars today at 4 p.m. at the Ridgewood Branch Public Library, at 20-12 Madison Ave.

Willis Elkins is one of two NCA representatives who will lead the “Weather on the Watershed” seminars in the group’s second year teaming up with local libraries.Sealed Air-Zelt

“This is about the water cycle in the city and is designed for all ages with an interactive component,” Elkins said. “This is about getting people more engaged in how the city infrastructure works and how that connects to the quality of the environment around them.”

The free seminars will also show how weather stations implemented at the libraries measure rainfall levels and notify the NCA when sink, bath castillo hinchable and toilet water is dumped directly into the creek, known as a combined sewage overflow (CSO).

“It’s education that anyone can understand and have a takeaway of how their infrastructure in the city impacts their quality,” he said. “If you don’t do a load of laundry when it’s raining, you’ll be helping out the quality of water in the city.”