8 The QUEE NS Courier • june 23, 2016 for breaking news visit www.qns.com Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/The_Legendary_Ranger The creep who sexually harassed a 13-year-old girl and 23-year-old woman on two 7 trains in 2013 is getting two years behind bars. 7 train creep who touched 13-year-old girl sentenced to two years in prison By Anthony Giudice agiudice@qns.com @A_GiudiceReport One of many Queens’ subway 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. 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Brown announced on June 15 that Paul Kingsley, 56, of Brooklyn, has been sentenced to two years in prison — the maximum sentence — for inappropriately touching a 13-year-old girl and a 23-year-old woman within minutes of each other on the same day on two separate 7 trains in December 2013. Kingsley was designated a sexually violent offender and predicate sex offender in 2001 when he had to register for life with the New York State Sex Offender Registry following convictions in North Carolina and Syracuse, New York, for sexually abusing two 9-year-old girls, one in each state. “A jury convicted the defendant in April of forcing himself on a young girl and a young woman as they rode the subway,” Brown said. “At the time of the two incidents, the defendant was wearing an ankle-mounted GPS tracking device that was being monitored by state authorities. As such, he has proven himself to once again be a clear and present danger to females of all ages and to society in general. The sentence imposed by the court today is more than warranted.” In addition to being convicted of third- and seconddegree sexual abuse, forcible touching, endangering the welfare of a child and harassment in April, Kingsley faces indefinite civil commitment for allegedly violating the terms of his Strict and Intensive Supervision and Treatment (SIST) parole. As part of his parole, Kingsley had to wear the GPS ankle tracking device, as well as not commit any additional sex-related crimes. According to the trial testimony, Kingsley was seen by two undercover police officers rubbing his penis on the leg and thigh of a 13-year-old girl while riding a Flushing-bound 7 train on the afternoon of December 6, 2013. While one of the officers spoke with the first victim on the subway platform, the second undercover officer continued to watch Kingsley as he got off the train at the next stop and boarded a Manhattan-bound 7 train. The officer then observed Kingsley rubbing his penis on the buttocks of a 23-yearold female victim. Bike lanes from Astoria Park to Flushing Bay should be diverted, CB 1 advises By Angela Matua amatua@qns.com/@AngelaMatua A bike lane path to connect the East River in Astoria to Flushing Bay received approval from Community Board 1 (CB 1) on June 21, but it came with some stipulations. The plan, presented by the Department of Transportation (DOT), would install bike lanes that stretch from 31st Avenue in Astoria through Jackson Heights. Though the board’s transportation committee approved the plan last month, Chair Bob Piazza said he had major concerns with a stretch of 31st Avenue from 56th Street through 58th Street that saw heavy truck traffic when vehicles make deliveries. He suggested changing the path to 32nd Avenue or creating a detour to avoid those streets. “It’s a dangerous area to go through,” Piazza said. “I’m terribly concerned about that area that we looked at. I don’t believe it’s safe enough to put bicyclists there. I think they’ll be in grave danger and I want to go on record saying that.” Several board members agreed with Piazza and said the lane should be diverted to 32nd Avenue from 55th Street to 60th Street, with 21 members voting in favor of the detour. The original plan with no stipulations received 19 votes in support. The shared bike lanes would be installed from Vernon Boulevard through 61st Street and the project would also install several 4-feet flush medians on wide streets to better organize roadways and highervisibility crosswalks on each intersection. “We wanted to find a way to connect the neighborhoods, connect the neighborhood to the parks in a way that doesn’t put a large burden to drivers in the neighborhood,” Nick Carey, project manager for DOT said. According to a DOT study, more than 200 bicyclists use the avenue on an average weekday and nearly 300 use it on a weekend. The bike lanes installed by the DOT including lanes on Vernon Boulevard and Hoyt Avenue have led to a 7.4 percent decline in injuries along the corridors. Carey said 31st Avenue varies in width, with some areas being 30 feet wide and other sections like Crescent Street to 31st Street being 50 feet wide. For this reason, the lanes would be a mixture of shared lane markings and dedicated bike lanes. After a walk through with the transportation committee, the DOT also plans to conduct signal studies at 49th Street and 55th Street to potentially install traffic lights in those crosswalks. The agency is also in the process of conducting a feasibility study for a speed hump at 57th Street after complaints of speeding. The alignment at 51st Street and Hobart Street was also a concern because the wider lanes encourage speeding. The DOT proposed installing a painted buffer to ease the transition for drivers who must do a sharp turn and a curb extension for pedestrians crossing the street. The agency suggested that the 2-hour parking near the Honda dealership would be turned into 1-hour parking to reduce the pileup of cars and removing two parking spots under a bridge near the Brooklyn Queens Expressway to improve visibility. The board ultimately voted to remove the two suggestions from the plan. Board member Nancy Silverman, who voted to pass the original plan, said she received six letters in support of it. Bicyclists in Astoria said that no matter what the DOT and CB 1 decide, they will use the most straightforward path down 31st Avenue. “I just wanted to let the board know that 31st Avenue will be a straight path for cyclists no matter what happens and we can take responsibility as cyclists for our own safety,” one Astoria cyclist said. Carey said the DOT will look back at the plan to see if the detour the board requested is feasible. For now, the agency plans to start implementation in late summer or early fall. “We’d have to go and look at it but generally our experience is that cyclists don’t like short detours,” he said.
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