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BY JENNA BAGCAL
Bayside residents got
together this past weekend
for a healthy dose of
spring cleaning around
the neighborhood.
On Saturday, April 13,
the Bayside Hills Civic
Association (BHCA)
and Partnership for Parks
hosted the annual It’s My
Park at Bell Malls cleanup
event. Event volunteers
raked leaves, planted
flowers and replaced
mulch along the Bayside
Hills malls.
“It is an honor
to have such a large
contingency from the
Department of Parks, from
Partnership for Parks,
BaysideLiveTV, Bayside
Hills Civic Association
Board of Directors, our
Beautification Committee
and the Boy Scouts of
America,” said BHCA
President Michael Feiner
in an interview with
BaysideLiveTV.
C o u n c i l m a n
Barry Grodenchik
and NYC Community
Emergency Response
Teams (CERT) volunteers
also lent their helping
hands during Saturday’s
cleanup efforts.
“They’re all working up
and down Bell Boulevard
from 48th Avenue all
the way to our 9/11
Memorial, sprucing up the
community for a very well
worth it neighborhood,”
Feiner added.
The beautification and
clean up effort is part of
a series of It’s My Park
events throughout the five
boroughs. According to the
City Parks Foundation, the
It’s My Park program offers
year-round volunteer
opportunities that allow
people to give back
by “cleaning, painting,
weeding, planting
and more.”
The City Parks
Foundation partnered
with NYC Parks to create
Partnership for Parks, a
public-private partnership
“that supports and
champions neighborhood
volunteers by giving
them the tools they need
to advocate and care for
their neighborhood parks
and green spaces.”
In addition to
the cleanup efforts,
Partnership for Parks
offers free workshop
and training sessions
and grants programs to
fund park projects across
New York City’s over
2,000 parks.
“These places are our
backyards, where we
connect, play and celebrate
life’s moments. When
people come together to
care for these spaces, they
thrive. And when parks
thrive, neighborhoods
thrive. Parks are spaces
where community
members and decision
makers can work together
to create their city,”
according to the City Parks
Foundation website.
There are three
upcoming It’s My Park
clean-up events in Queens:
• Saturday, April 20 –
It’s My Park at Margaret I.
Carman Green – Weeping
Beech
• Saturday, April 27 –
It’s My Park at Glenwood
Landing
• Saturday, April 27 –
It’s My Park at Hoover –
Manton Playgrounds
Reach reporter Jenna
Bagcal by email at
jbagcal@qns.com or by
phone at (718) 224-5863
ext. 214.
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
The Greek Orthodox
Shrine Church of St.
Nicholas is welcoming all
for a taste of Greece and
Cyprus in Flushing at its
annual Greek Festival
in May.
The church — located
at 196-10 Northern Blvd. —
will host the Greek Festival
Thursday, May 16, through
Sunday, May 19. This year
marks the 48th anniversary
of the festival. It has become
an annual tradition for the
church since 1971, when
St. Nicholas was the first
community to sponsor an
ethnic festival in the New
York Metropolitan area.
Greek music will set
the mood of being in an
Athenian cafe or on a
Grecian isle as guests dine
outside. Both Greek and
Cyprus cuisines will be
offered followed by a sweet
dessert tasting of baklava,
loukoumades and other
Greek pastries.
Looking for a bargain?
The festival will also
include a flea market with
shopping vendors selling
new merchandise. Kids
will be treated to games,
popcorn and sweets.
Guests can also get a
tour of the church which
was erected in 1971 and
cited by the Queens
Chamber of Commerce for
its architecture. The church
was designated The Greek
Orthodox Shrine Church
of St. Nicholas in 1972
when Archbishop Iakovos
received at St. Nicholas the
relics from the grave of St.
Nicholas in Bari, Italy.
The relics have been
enshrined in a reliquary.
Encircling the walls of the
church are six 30-foot-by-12-
foot panels depicting scenes
from the Bible.
The festival is open on
Thursday, May 16, from 6
to 10 p.m.; Friday, May 17,
from 6 p.m. to midnight;
Saturday, May 18, from noon
to midnight; and Sunday,
May 19, from noon to 10 p.m.
Admission is free.
Michael and Eileen Feiner (center) at this year’s Bayside Hills mall cleanup
Photo by Carole Jacobson Papadatos
Greek festival this
May at Flu. church
Bayside Hills alive with cleaning
Civic group comes together to spruce up the neighborhood’s malls
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