55 • TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2015 CALENDAR SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES, 43-31 39th St., will hold various programs. For more information, call 1-718- 784-6173, ext. 112. FOREST HILLS SENIOR CENTER, 108-25 62nd Dr., will hold various programs, plus hot lunch. For more information, call 1-718-699- 1010. FRIDAY, JANUARY 23 ASSEMBLYMAN MIKE MILLER is sponsoring his annual Valentines for Veterans Drive. Donations of cards, candy, toiletries and new clothing items for men and women hospitalized at St Albans VA Hospital and NYS Veterans Nursing Home can be brought to Miller’s office at 83- 91 Woodhaven Blvd., Woodhaven For information call the office at 1-718-805- 0950. BOY SCOUT TROOP 28 meets every Friday at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 86- 20 114th St. in Richmond Hill. All boys age 10-1/2 to 17 are welcome. For more information, call 1-718-478- 5747. GIRL SCOUTS from K-8 meet at 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Andrews United Methodist Church, 91 Richmond St., between Etna St. and Ridgewood Ave., Cypress Hills. GIRL SCOUTS meet at 7 p.m. at St. Brigid Catholic Academy, 438 Grove St., near St. Nicholas Ave., Brooklyn. RIDGEWOOD OLDER ADULT CENTER, 59-14 70th Ave., welcomes new members 60 years of age or older. Weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Meals daily. For more information, call 1-718- 456-2000. REGO PARK SENIOR CENTER, 93-29 Queens Blvd., will hold various programs. For more information, call 1-718- 896-8751. RIDGEWOOD-BUSHWICK SENIOR CENTER, 319 Stanhope St., will hold various programs. For more information, call 1-718-366- 3038. PETER CARDELLA SENIOR CENTER, 68-52 Fresh Pond Rd., Ridgewood, will hold various programs. For more information, call 1-718-497- 2908. MIDDLE VILLAGE Adult Center, 69-10 75th St., will hold aerobics to music at 9 a.m., watercolor painting at 9 a.m. For more information, call 1-718-894-3441. THE WOODSIDE CLINIC, 61-20 Woodside Ave., provides support groups, human services, day activity program, food pantry, mealson wheels and senior assistance program. For more information, call 1-718-779- 1234. FOREST HILLS SENIOR CENTER, 108-25 62nd Dr., will hold various programs, plus hot lunch. For more information, call 1-718-699- 1010. MASPETH SELF-HELP SENIOR CENTER, 69-61 Grand Ave., Maspeth will hold exercise and bingo. Hot lunch at noon. Transportation available. Call 1-718-429- 3636 for information. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 54- New Municipal ID Card Can Be Used For More Than Just City Business and City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer. The IDNYC card will be integrated into New York City’s official prescription drug discount card, BigAppleRx, giving card holders up to 50 percent off most FDA-approved prescription medications at more than 2,000 New York City pharmacies. It will also be accepted as valid primary identification for opening bank or credit union accounts at more than 10 financial institutions, including Popular Community Bank, Amalgamated Bank, and Carver Federal Savings Bank. The mayor also announced a full suite of IDNYC benefits, including: • exclusive entertainment discounts on movie tickets, Broadway shows, sporting events, theme parks, and more with Entertainment Benefits Group; • a 10 percent discount off annual NYC Parks Recreation Center membership for adults age 25-61 and NYC Parks Department tennis permits; • a 20 percent discount on family memberships at all 22 YMCA centers citywide; • a free 30-day trial and fitness evaluation with a certified trainer at all New York Sports Club locations; • a 5 percent discount off all purchases at Food Bazaar supermarkets in New York City Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. • 25 percent discount on New York Pass, a citywide pass to 83 tourist attractions in all five boroughs; and • free one-year membership packages at 33 of the city’s leading cultural institutions, including world class museums, performing arts centers, concert halls, botanical gardens, and zoos across the five boroughs. The IDNYC card also expands access to the services, programs and opportunities available to City residents. It will be accepted by the NYPD for the purposes of issuing summonses or desk appearance tickets in lieu of arrest, and has been incorporated into the NYPD Patrol Guide. The IDNYC card will grant access to all city buildings, which de Blasio said would increase the confidence of New Yorkers to interact with their local government, schools and hospitals. The IDNYC program will continue to expand functionality and grow after the launch date to create an integrated form of identification that will be the one card New Yorkers need in their wallet. All city residents age 14 and above are eligible to get a municipal ID card, and enrollment is free for anyone who applies in 2015. The city has established 17 permanent enrollment centers throughout the five boroughs, 11 of which are open to the general public in locations highly convenient to mass transit and commercial hubs, including five of the mosttrafficked library branches. The city has also opened six enrollment centers for city agency clients in the Department of Probation and the Human Resources Administration. The 18th permanent public enrollment center will open in the spring, and two mobile locations will launch later in January to increase accessibility across the five boroughs. The legislation signed into law on July 10, 2014 authorizes the City of New York to begin issuing IDNYC cards on Jan. 10, 2015. Last August, the mayor issued an executive order designating HRA as the administering agency of the IDNYC initiative. The city will protect the confidentiality of all IDNYC card applications and will not ask applicants about their immigration status. Locally, Queens residents can get their IDNYC cards at the Flushing library (41-10 Main St.), the Queens Library’s Central branch (89-11 Merrick Blvd. in Jamaica) and Make the Road New York’s Jackson Heights office (92-10 Roosevelt Ave.). For more information on eligibility criteria, benefits, enrollment centers and more, applicants can visit www.nyc.gov/idnyc. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 19- Classic Concerts In So. Queens Ozone Park at 7 p.m. with songs from classic films to be played. • Thursday, Apr. 23, at the Richmond Hill Library located at 118-14 Hillside Ave. in Richmond Hill at 7 p.m. with a jazz ensemble to be play. • Wednesday, May 13, at Scholars Academy located at 320 Beach 104th St. in Rockaway Park at 7 p.m. with music from Vivaldi. • Thursday, May 21, at Colony Theatre located at 202-30 Rockaway Point Blvd. in Breezy Point at 7 p.m. with military and patriotic music to be played. • Saturday, June 13, at BCAC Fields at 125 Crossbay Blvd. in Broad Channel at 7 p.m. with songs from classic films to be played. • Thursday, June 18, at the West Hamilton Beach Fire Department located at 102-33 Davenport Ct. in Hamilton Beach at 7 p.m. with a tribute to the city to be played. For more information and to make a reservation, please call the Queens Symphony Orchestra at 1-718-570-0909. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 19- The City of Brooklyn was authorized to buy up to $1.3 million in stock and issue and sell bonds to pay for it. The directors moved quickly and the H.S. Wells and Company firm was awarded a contract of $4.2 million to build reservoirs, aqueducts, engine houses and 120 miles of pipeline and 800 fire hydrants. And at the heart of this new water system would be a massive reservoir located on a hilltop on the present-day Brooklyn/Queens border that would give Ridgewood more than just drink, but also its very name: the Ridgewood Reservoir. Check next week’s issue four our in-depth look at the Ridgewood Reservoir’s construction and its continued importance to our neighborhood. * * * If you have any stories or photographs of Our Neighborhood that you would like to share with our readers, please write to the Old Timer, c/o Times Newsweekly, P.O. Box 863299, Ridgewood, N.Y. 11386, or send an email to neighborhood@timesnewsweekly .com. Any print photographs mailed to us will be carefully returned to you. The Old Timer -CONTINUED FROM PG. 23- SShhoopp LLooccaallllyy!! SSuuppppoorrtt YYoouurr NNeeiigghhbboorrhhoooodd MMeerrcchhaannttss!!
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