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QUEENS WEEKLY, JUNE 9, 2019
Robbery
June 4, a 32-year-old
man was walking home
from the Myrtle–Wyckoff
Avenues station when he
was approached by an
unknown man on Cypress
Avenue.
According to law
enforcement sources, the
perpetrator proceeded
to display a firearm and
demanded the victim’s
property.
The suspect then took
the victim’s iPhone, debit
cards and $20 in cash
before fleeing the scene on
foot southbound on Cypress
Avenue.
The victim was not
injured as a result of the
incident, which was later
reported to the 104th
Precinct.
Police described the
gunman as a black man
standing 5 feet, 10 inches
tall. He was last seen
wearing a black baseball
hat and a black jacket.
On June 4, the 104th
Precinct tweeted out a
photo of the suspect. The
investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with
information regarding the
robbery can call the 104th
Precinct Detective Squad
at 718-386-2723.
Reach reporter Emily
Davenport by email at
edavenport@qns.com or
by phone at (718) 224-5863
ext. 236.
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Seniors
pollution throughout the
environment, cause health
issues and would threaten
our quality of life.”
The complex would
be comprised of two
buildings: the 164-foot,
200 bed facility and a 45-
foot building that would
house geriatric medical
office space. The plan
also include 180 parking
spaces in a multi-tiered
parking garage.
Others like Beech Hills
Co-Op Board President
Janice Schreibersdorf
said that the seniors in
the community would
not be willing to pay the
exorbitant prices to live in
the proposed facility.
“The seniors in our
community are not
spending five, seven, eight,
nine thousand dollars a
month for assisted living,”
Schreibersdorf said. “The
seniors that live in Beech
Hills and Deepdale and I
would venture to say the
entire surrounding area,
are either low income or
middle income.”
Joann Paradiso said the
quiet area and beautiful
surrounding views
are what pushed her to
purchase a Beech Hills coop
less than one year ago.
“Working in the longterm
care industry,
I’m quite familiar
with the 24/7, 365-day
cycle that occurs with
such facilities.
That include constant
deliveries, emergency
admissions and
discharges of patients by
ambulances, family visits
and large amounts of
employees that are needed
to run such important
establishments.”
She added that if the
proposal goes through,
it will set an unwanted
precedence for developers
to build similar sized
buildings in the area.
Reach reporter Jenna
Bagcal by email at jbagcal@
qns.com or by phone at (718)
224-5863 ext. 214.
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The site and rendering of a proposed high-rise senior development in Douglaston.
Photo: Jenna Bagcal/QNS, inset courtesy of Cord Meyer
The suspect behind
a June 4 gunpoint
robbery in Ridgewood.
Photo courtesy of NYPD
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