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Middle Village street co-named after Juniper
Valley Park’s ‘guardian’ Lorraine Sciulli
Councilman Robert Holden and the Juniper Park Civic Association honor Lorraine Sciulli with a street co-naming. Photos courtesy of Holden’s offi ce
BY ANGÉLICA ACEVEDO
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Councilman Robert Holden and the Juniper Park
Civic Association (JPCA) on Dec. 19 honored
longtime civic volunteer Lorraine Sciulli with
a street co-naming right by the park she so avidly
took care of.
Holden helped unveil the new sign in Middle
Village, which officially designated the corner of
77th Street and 62nd Avenue as Lorraine Sciulli
Way.
Sciulli was a resident of Middle Village since
1939. She grew up near Juniper Valley Park and attended
Resurrection Ascension Grammar School
and Grover Cleveland High School. Around 1980,
she joined the JCPA and ultimately served as their
vice president. She was also the editor and advertising
manager of the Juniper Berry newsletter.
This month marks two years since Sciulli passed
away. Before she died, she got seriously injured in
a car accident and spent the last months of her life
at a nursing and rehabilitation center, according
to the Queens Chronicle. She was 82.
Holden has his own close ties to Sciulli. His wife,
Amy, is Sciulli’s niece.
At the unveiling, Holden remembered
Sciulli for her advocacy and leadership in the
neighborhood.
“I worked with Lorraine for 30 years and she
first got me involved in the JPCA and Community
Board 5,” Holden said at the unveiling. “She was a
fierce advocate for maintaining the quality of life
in our neighborhood and gave most of her adult
life to volunteerism. I will always admire Lorraine
for the example she set, and I am extremely proud
to help honor her legacy.”
JCPA President Tony Nunziato remembered
Sciulli fondly, saying that she was not only a
“strong headed woman” who encouraged him and
others to become leaders in the community, but
also for being the park’s “guardian.”
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