8 The QUENS Courier • APRIL 21, 2016 for breaking news visit www.qns.com QUEENS LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST LIFE EXPECTANCIES, STUDY SAYS By Angela Matua A study in The Journal of the American Medical amatua@qns.com Association found that Queens is one of the best @AngelaMatua counties for life expectancy for the poor. A new study finds that lowincome ONSITE DOCTORS • EYE EXAMS • CONTACTS • 1 HOUR SERVICE • VISION PLANS ACCEPTED • SUNGLASSES • LOWEST PRICES st of the 2013 THE QUEENS QueensCourier.com Place WE ARE A GVS & DAVIS VISION PROVIDER S p r i n g I n t o S a v i n g s ! BAY TERRACE SHOPPING CENTER 211-51 26 AVENUE • BAYSIDE, NY 11360 718.631.3699 *FREE Eye Exam with the purchase of glasses. Contact Lens Exam and fitting add’l. *See store for details. $8999 NO-LINE BIFOCAL EYEGLASSES Includes: EYE EXAM, No-Line Bifocal Lenses & Frame Select frame with select clear plastic no-line bifocal lenses\ +/- 4 sph., 2cyl. up to 2.50 add. 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See Store for details. In stock items only. Expires 5/7/16 Varilux Progressive Lenses Includes: EYE EXAM (no-line Bifocals) w/metal frames $16599 Select frames with clear plastic no line lenses +/-4 sph., 2 cyl. Not valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Offer valid at this location only. Some restrictions apply, see store for details. Expires 5/7/16 residents in Queens live longer than people from disadvantaged backgrounds nationwide. A study recently published by The Journal of the American Medical Association compiled tax records and Social Security Administration death records from 2001 through 2014 to measure the relationship between income and life expectancy through geography. The study, along with a New York Times analysis, found that on average, 40-year-old Queens residents with a household income of less than $28,000 lived for 82.6 years. When broken down by gender, the average life expectancy for men was 80.2 and 85 for women. Since 2001, poor residents in the New York area gained about 2.5 years of life expectancy. Other cities such as Gary, Indiana, and Las Vegas, Nevada, have some of the lowest life expectancy rates with 77.4 and 77.6 as the mean average. Residents who make more than $100,000 per year in Queens are expected to live about three years longer than their poorer counterparts. The study shows that nationwide, location does not have a big impact on residents making more than $100,000. Nationwide, the richest one percent of American men live 15 years longer than the poorest one percent and that number is 10 years when applied to women. Some factors that may be driving the high numbers are the smoking habits of Queens residents (only 19.3 percent of Queens residents smoke compared to 26 percent of Americans); the number of immigrants (studies have found that immigrant children are healthier than Americanborn children, and 46.1 percent of foreign-born residents that make up Queens is much higher than the 11.7 national average); and the money that New York City pours into social services compared to other cities. Queens has higher life expectancy than seven other surrounding counties including Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx. The “World’s Borough” shares the same numbers with its neighbor, Brooklyn. Researchers found that factors such as access to medical care, physical environmental factors or income inequality were not “significantly correlated” with life expectancy. The study does not definitively answer the causes of the longevity gap and how exactly it is changing over time. Overall, the study found that differences in life expectancy across income groups decreased in some areas and increased in others and the differences were correlated with health behavior and local geographic characteristics. Ahles House finally receives long-overdue landmark status BY KATARINA HYBENOVA khybenova@qns.com/@kamelka A beautiful and historic Bayside house finally received the recognition it rightfully deserves. The Lydia Ann Bell and William Ahles House, a 19th-century home located at 39-26 213th St., was designated as an official city landmark on April 12. The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) unanimously voted to designate the iconic Bayside building as a New York City Landmark alongside seven other properties that were prioritized for designation at LPC’s February public meeting. Built only a few years after the railroad service reached Bayside, the Ahles House was built in 1873 by farmer Robert M. Bell for his daughter Lydia and her husband John William Ahles, who was a prominent grain merchant and officer of the New York Product Exchange. The family owned the house until the 1940s. The Ahles House is the only remaining structure from many Second Empire buildings erected in Bayside during the 1870s and 1880s. In 1924, the house was relocated from its original location to allow Christy Street (now 213th Street) to be cut through to 41st Avenue. Later, architect Lewis E. Walsh simplified the building’s façade, which included the removal of the original wrap-around porches, the replacement of the original clapboards with stucco, and the installation of new paneled doors and multi-pane windows. The architect also introduced a sleeping porch in the style of the Artsand Crafts-infused Colonial Revival aesthetic of the 1920s. “The relocation and alterations of the Ahles House are significant in their own right because they reflect the historical context of the transformation of Bayside to a commuter suburb in the early 20th century,” said LPC chair Srinivasan. “Today this house is thought to be one of the oldest surviving in Bayside.” According to public records, the Ahles House is was purchased in 2007 for $300,000 by Robert Rubin. In addition to landmarking the Ahles House, LPC granted protection also to 65 Schofield Street House in the Bronx; Green-Wood Cemetery (Fort Hamilton Parkway Entrance and Chapel) and Van Sicklen House in Brooklyn; 57 Sullivan Street House and St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Parish House and Rectory in Manhattan; the Pepsi Cola Sign and the Lydia Ann Bell and J. Williams Ahles House in Queens; and the Vanderbilt Mausoleum in Staten Island. 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