June 16, 2019 Your Neighborhood — Your News®
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No quick fi xes for 7 train in sight
MTA boss tells LIC crowd it’ll take time to repair crumbling line in Queens
CHEERS FOR THE RED, WHITE & BLUE
Students from P.S. 199 proudly carried Old Glory down Greenpoint Avenue in Sunnyside during the
neighborhood’s annual Flag Day Parade on June 8. Photo by Walter Karling
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BY MARK HALLUM
The frequency of falling debris
from the 7 train tracks in western
Queens continues to test New
York City Transit President Andy
Byford as the MTA struggles
between placing protective
netting and being able to actually
see the underbelly of the elevated
tracks for inspection.
That was just part of the
discussion at LaGuardia
Community College in Long
Island City on June 10 as transit
officials answered questions
from the public on a catalog of
concerns.
One public query centered
around station renovations
similar to those completed
on the N/W line that could be
undertaken at 7 train stations
to prevent debris from tumbling
from the high-line tracks.
Byford said there are up to 60
miles of elevated tracks in the
entire system and renovating all
run-down stations along the 7 is
not feasible at this time, although
the agency is aware of the most
problematic locations for decline.
Since elevated tracks are
so extensive, Byford claimed
that netting could be infeasible
despite earlier claims that the
MTA would move to deploy the
safety feature.
“What we need to do ultimately
is renovate the whole subway.
There’s no question, there’s no
sugar-coating that and a lot of
our structures are over 100 years
old,” Byford said. “Some people
say we should put netting up. Well
good, but we don’t want to rush
into doing the wrong thing. For
starters, it’s going to take time to
fit all that … under 60 miles, it’s
going to be expensive, so we want
to do it right. We also don’t want to
put a put up a system that poses a
new safety risk. Any system must
give the inspection crews the
UPDATED EVERY DAY AT QNS.BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Police released photos taken in
Astoria of three men who robbed
33 different rideshare drivers
over the course of two months.
According to police, between
April 3 and June 3, three
unknown men requested taxis
through different rideshare
services 33 times throughout the
city. Once they were inside the
cabs, the suspects would tell the
taxi drivers that they wished
to change destinations but that
their phones were not working,
ultimately asking to use the
driver’s phone to change the
directions to the new destination.
When the suspects had the
phone in hand, authorities
said, they would access the
drivers’ accounts and transfer
unauthorized funds out of the
drivers’ accounts to unknown
accounts. One more than one
occasion, the suspects would
threaten force when taking the
driver’s phone.
On June 11, the NYPD
disseminated photos of the
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Detectives are looking for a young mother
who, while carrying her baby, punched a woman
in the face over a run-in on board a train in Forest
Hills earlier this year.
BY JENNA BAGCAL
Despite local efforts to
save the Bayside Tennis
and Racquets Club
(NSTRC), the historic
athletic center has
reportedly been sold for
$12.25 million.
According to public
records, the Bayside
Tennis Corporation sold
the property at 34-28
214th St. to 6118 Bayside
LLC.
Patch reported that the
sale took place on May 13,
but the Office of the City
Register did not publicize
the information until
May 30.
Records show that
the business is located
at 35-22 Linden Place
in Flushing. QNS could
Entrance to the North Shore not find other public
Tennis and Racquets Club
Photo by Jenna Bagcal/QNS
Bayside racquets club sale done
Pair sought
for 33 heists
across NYC
Mom with baby goes
on attack in F. Hills
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