FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com MARCH 7, 2013 • THE QUEENS COURIER 3 SHE SHOOTS, SHE SCORES! BY MELISSA CHAN [email protected] A Flushing High School hoops star has netted her 1,000th point. Erica Redwood, 17, a senior on the school’s varsity girls basketball team, hit the milestone bucket during her last high school home game this January. She is the second in the school to reach the lofty mark since 2006. “That was my biggest accomplishment this year,” said Redwood, of Jamaica. “I was surprised I did it. I didn’t even know until my coach called time out and told me.” The point guard and co-captain for the Lady Red Devils said she set her mind to reach the goal at the end of last year, when she was told she was only 200 points away from joining the elite group of city student athletes to reach that target. “You have to put in the work every game, but you try not to think about it. You just try to score,” Redwood said. “I was like, ‘Finally!’ It was a lot of relief.” The team’s top scorer could have banked double the amount of points by now, her head coach Carla Nasso said. But Redwood constantly looks to pass the ball instead of taking shots. “Erica has worked hard her whole career here,” Nasso said. “Every year, she has gotten better and better. To watch her play is just a pleasure. She always gives 125 percent on the court.” Redwood also maintained a 90 average this year while carrying her team to the third round of the playoffs. Her total amount of accomplishments, Nasso said, is very rare for a high school athlete. “It’s a difficult feat to accomplish. There are very, very few athletes that do it throughout the city,” the coach said. The high flyer said she plans to take her talent to a Division II school, focusing on her sports management major, before playing in bigger leagues. “This is mind-blowing,” Redwood said. “I didn’t think it was possible.” BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO [email protected] Looking to bring more of Hollywood into the borough, Kaufman Astoria Studios is expanding this summer beyond its doors and into the outdoors. The expansion, which was part of a thought-out process since the 1980s, includes two new gates and an outdoor movie set, on 36th Street between 34th and 35th Avenues. It is the only one of its kind in the city. “We want to put the physical aspect of what people think of when they expect to pull up to a studio,” said Hal Rosenbluth, president at Kaufman Astoria Studios. The outdoor studio space is expected to bring in more movie and TV producers because it will allow them to leave up sets for extended periods of time. “It will allow actors to be in a controlled environment without having to worry about being in a neighborhood in Manhattan,” Rosenbluth said. Local officials expect Kaufman will sustain and expand upon the economic development it spurred when it first came into the neighborhood two decades ago. “The expansion of Kaufman Astoria Studios is another sign of the great success of New York’s film tax credit, which has been the most successful economic development initiative in the last decade,” State Senator Mike Gianaris said. The immediate area could also see the development of more stages, condominiums or rental apartments and a hotel. “This project ... will mean jobs and increased economic activity for Astoria and Western Queens,” said Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer. After its opening, the set’s primary purpose will be used by producers looking to film in Queens. But Rosenbluth hopes to work with different organizations in the neighborhood in order to involve the community as a whole. “It will serve from a producer to the general public coming to watch a movie and getting something to eat,” Rosenbluth said. PHOTO COURTESY OF KAUFMAN ASTORIA STUDIOS Rendering of Kaufman Astoria Studio main entrance gate on 35th Avenue. THE COURIER/Photo by Melissa Chan Erica Redwood, 17, has scored more than 1,000 points in her high school career. Need To See A Doctor Can’t Wait? IMMEDIATE MEDICAL CARE WE TREAT MOST COMMON MEDICAL CONDITIONS INCLUDING: Orthopedic Injuries · Sprains & Fractures · Suturing Wounds, Burns & Cuts · On-Site Digital X-Rays FIRST+MED – GLENDALE 82-17 Woodhaven Blvd. Glendale, NY 11385 718-805-9581 Mon.-Fri.: 9am-7pm Sat. & Sun.: 9am-3pm WE SPECIALIZE IN BEING OPEN Winner 2013 WE NOW ACCEPT ALL BC/BS PLANS. OTHER INSURANCES INCLUDE: GHI, GHI ACCESS, AETNA, CIGNA, HIP, VYTRA, MEDICARE, EMBLEM HEALTH, HEALTHNET GUARDIAN, MAGNICARE, POSTAL, W/C, NO FAULT UNITED HEALTH CARE, EXCEPT COMMUNITY AND ALL OXFORD, EXCEPT MOSAIC Best Urgent Care FIRST+MED – BAYSIDE 191-20 Northern Blvd. Flushing, NY 11358 718-224-8855 Mon.-Fri.: 8am-9pm Sat. & Sun.: 8am-7pm st of the 2013 THE QUEENS QueensCourier.com Place FIRST+MED Hollywood east expands
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