14 THE QUEENS COURIER • NOVEMBER 25, 2021 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM
Traffi c safety signs to be installed
near three College Point schools
Renderings unveiled for proposed
$25M Douglaston-Little Neck library
BY NATALIE LOWIN
editorial@qns.com
@QNS
New renderings for the proposed
Douglaston-Little Neck Library to be
built over three years were unveiled by
the Queens Public Library (QPL) and
Councilman Paul Vallone.
Th e new library is projected to cost
around $25 million and will feature more
than 12,000 square feet of space over three
levels. Th e building is set to have a children’s
open-air garden and will include
features compliant with the Americans
with Disability Act.
Th e new building is meant to replace
the current structure, which was built in
1963. Th e project will begin in late 2023
and end around mid-2026.
“Douglaston deserves a state of the art
library for their community that refl ects
current technological and information
access needs, and with this investment
of over $25 million, the Queens Public
Library has committed to creating a
contemporary space for our residents,”
Vallone said.
Vallone, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Queens
Borough President Donovan Richards
and Assemblyman Edward Braunstein
have allocated the funds for the new
library.
“Th e Douglaston-Little Neck Library
provides a wealth of vital services and
programming to the local community,
and northeast Queens families will benefi
t from this new modernized facility
for generations to come,” Braunstein said.
“I look forward to the building’s eventual
grand opening and I want to thank
Council member Vallone and Queens
Borough President Donovan Richards for
prioritizing this important investment in
our community.”
Th is project will advance QPL’s mission
to transform lives by cultivating personal
and intellectual growth and by building
strong, informed communities.
“We look forward to our continued
work to build a brand-new, modernized
library that will meet the public’s learning
and information needs.
Th e community deserves no
less,” Queens Public Library
President and CEO Dennis M.
Walcott said. “Since he has
been in offi ce, Council member
Paul Vallone has demonstrated
time and again his
strong support for our libraries
in his district and we are
grateful to him, Mayor Bill
de Blasio, Borough President
Donovan Richards and his
offi ce, and Assembly member
Edward Braunstein for
investing in this project.
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
cmohamed@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
The city Department of
Transportation (DOT) will be
installing traffi c control signs
adjacent to three College Point
schools within the next two
weeks following residents’ pleas
for safety measures in the area.
Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal,
Senator John Liu and Councilman Paul
Vallone were informed earlier this week
of the DOT’s approval for an all-way
stop sign, aft er urging the department
to install traffi c calming measures for
the safety of students and drivers alike.
Th e signage will be placed at the
intersections of 124th Street and 14th
Avenue, 126th Street and 23rd Avenue,
and 129th Street and Ninth Avenue,
which are adjacent to M.S. 379, P.S. 29
and P.S. 129.
Following pleas from concerned constituents
and parents, the lawmakers penned
a joint letter to DOT last November
requesting a traffi c study regarding the
feasibility of installing traffi c safety measures
near College Point schools. Given
the density of the schools, tight thoroughfares
and proximity to major traffi c
corridors, parents, residents and school
administrators had long called for safety
measures.
Rosenthal thanked Liu and Vallone for
their collaboration, which he said will
benefi t the entire College Point community.
“I am happy to learn the Department of
Transportation has heeded the pleas from
the concerned parents,” Rosenthal said.
“Th ese traffi c safety measures will help
ensure children arrive and depart safely
from their school day while also providing
an extra element of driver safety.”
Keeping children safe is the highest
responsibility of the government, Liu said.
“Th ese stop signs will go a long way
towards keeping kids safe as they go to
and from their school. Th anks to DOT,
Assembly member Rosenthal, and
Councilman Vallone for their eff orts in
getting this done,” Liu said.
According to Vallone, safety for the
community’s schools has been a top priority
over the last eight years.
“College Point schools will now have
additional traffi c calming and controlling
devices to help prevent reckless driving in
their vicinity and make both families and
faculty feel safer as they make their way to
Photo via Getty Images class every day,” Vallone said.
Screenshot via Google Maps
The Douglaston-Little Neck, located at 24901 Northern Blvd.
Renderings by BKSK Architects
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