22 TIMES • JANUARY 21, 2016 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com Flipping back the pages to the All mailed pictures will be carefully returned upon request. OLD TIMER spring of 1995 Winter’s cold finally set in across Our Neighborhood, leaving many of us pining for more global warming — or, at least, some temperatures more than a few degrees above the freezing point. With that in mind, let’s take another trip in the Ridgewood Times machine back to the spring of 1995 — April 6, to be exact — and glance at what our paper covered back then... • The top story blared the headline “Bomber Visits Funeral Home,” in which the 73-year-old owner of the Sehy-Carson Funeral Home at 614 Woodward Ave. was injured after a bomb exploded outside the funeral parlor shortly before 10:30 p.m. on Apr. 4. There was no word on a possible motive, but police disclosed that a person described as a white male believed to be 27 years old was seen igniting a long fuse from a brown package shortly before the blast. The victim was taken to St. John’s Hospital for injuries to his arms and legs and was later released. Police then found a second bomb under a nearby vehicle. • The front page also featured a story regarding a City Council committee’s approval of a street renaming plan in Woodhaven. The Council’s Parks Committee unanimously supported legislation to rename 87th Street between Jamaica Avenue and 88th Street “Jimmy Young Place,” in honor of a 31-yearold Woodhaven resident and fi refi ghter who died while battling an inferno in Manhattan on Mar. 28, 1994. City Councilman Alfonse Stabile, who represented the area at the time, said that Young “truly personifi es what it means to be one of New York’s Bravest.” The legislation was later adopted by the Council and signed by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. • Also on the front page is a picture from that year’s Ridgewood-Glendale-Middle Village-Maspeth (RGMVM) Little League Parad through Glendale. The marchers assembled at Mafera Park in Ridgewood, then made the trek down Myrtle Avenue and Union Turnpike to Seither Stadium for the opening ceremonies to their baseball season. The parade continues each April as a rite of spring for the proverbial “boys of summer.” • Page 2 of the April 6, 1995, Times featured a story from Ridgewood regarding a Brooklyn teenager’s arrest for allegedly robbing an individual outside Grover Cleveland High School on the afternoon of April 4. Police indicated the suspect, who also attempted to rob three other teenagers in the area of Tonsor and Himrod streets. Offi cers from the 104th Precinct apprehended him after he allegedly snatched a chain from a 16-year-old girl at the corner of Grandview Avenue and Bleecker Street. • Page 11 featured news from the Farmers Oval Civic Association in which the commanding offi cer of the 104th Precinct, Captain Joellen Kunkel, announced a plan to crack down on rowdy youths in local parks. She informed members of the group that the precinct would enforce local curfews at the parks, which are closed after 9 p.m. She indicated offi cers would eject youths from the parks, but direct them toward activities offered at local youth centers. • Dog owners failing to clean up after their pets was the focus of the most recent Citizens for a Better Ridgewood meeting, as reported on Page 14. Residents discussed various methods toward cracking down on the problem, including asking the Sanitation Department for additional signs notifying dog owners of their obligation to curb their dogs. Also discussed at the meeting were efforts to study traffi c in the area of Cypress Avenue between Grove and Suydam streets. • Looking for a car? S&W Dodge, located at 350 St. Nicholas Ave. in Ridgewood, advertised on Page 5 a 1995 Dodge Neon Hi-Line for $9,998; a 1995 Dodge Caravan for $14,998 and a 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo for $23,988. • Home hunters turned to Page 43 of the Ridgewood Times classifi ed section and found an advertisement from Macaluso Realty listing a one-family, brick home in Middle Village north available for $189,000; a 20-foot English tudor home in the Sacred Heart Parish of Glendale for $225,000; and a detached two-family brick home in Ridgewood with a “wide driveway and 2 car garage” for $229,000. Prospective homeowners found a good mortgage deal available at Ridgewood Savings Bank on Page 11, with a 15-year fi xed-rate mortgage available at 7.875 percent. • Renters could also fi nd in the Times classifieds an ad from Crifasi Real Estate listing a studio apartment in Maspeth for $500 per month; a 4 1/2 room Middle Village apartment with gas included for $900 per month; and a three-bedroom Glendale apartment for $1,000 per month. • Finally, on the back page, Queens Wines and Liquors advertised “Easter Sale Part 1” featuring coupons for 750 ml of Paul Masson V.S. Grande Amber Brandy for $7.99; 750 ml of Jaegermeister with two free glasses for $15.99; and Duggan’s Dew 86.8 proof Scotch at $17.89 for a 1.75 liter bottle. If you have any memories and photos that you’d like to share about “Our Neighborhood: The Way it Was,” write to The Old Timer, c/o Ridgewood Times, 62-70 Fresh Pond Rd., Ridgewood, NY 11385, or send an email to editorial@ridgewoodtimes.com.
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