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Valentine's food
drive helps two
local pantries
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BY EMILY DAVENPORT
EDAVENPORT@QNS.COM / @QNS
The holidays may be over, but
there are still many people
in need throughout the
borough.
State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo
Jr. is hosting a Valentine’s Day
food drive for the Zion Tabernacle
Food Pantry in Ozone Park
and the Sacred Heart Food Pantry
in Glendale.
The Zion Tabernacle Food
Pantry and the Sacred Heart
Food Pantry will be accepting
donations of canned goods, dry
foods like pastas, sugar, flour,
food seasonings and other nonperishable
food items. Additionally,
each location is in need of
cleaning supplies such as laundry
detergent, diapers and toiletries
to help the local Puerto Rican
refugees from Hurricane Maria
as well as residents who are in
need of assistance.
Items for the food drive can be
dropped off at Addabbo’s offi ces
in Howard Beach, located at 159-
53 102nd St. and Middle Village,
located at 66-85 73rd Pl., until
Tuesday, Feb. 13. Addabbo will
drop off the donations on Feb. 14.
“The community is great at
coming together to help the less
fortunate during the holiday
season, but now that the holidays
have passed, there is still a need.
That is why I partnered with
these local food pantries for this
Valentine’s Day food drive,” said
Addabbo. “We will be collecting
food donations as well as cleaning
supplies and toiletries at my district
offi ce in Howard Beach and
my Middle Village offi ce. There
will be no better day to spread
the love to those in need than on
Valentine’s Day.”
For more information about
the drive, call Addabbo’s Howard
Beach offi ce at 718-738-1111
or the Middle Village offi ce at
718-497-1630.
Glendale Chili’s reopens after Health Dept. closure
BY RYAN KELLEY
RKELLEY@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
TWITTER @R_KELLEY6
The Chili's restaurant at The
Shops at Atlas Park in Glendale
is open once again aft er Health
Department inspectors ordered the
location to close on Jan. 25 due to a
major violation.
A manager at the Chili's confi rmed
the restaurant's reopening on Jan. 31,
but provided no further details about
what happened or how the location
was able to resolve the issue.
As of Jan. 25, Chili's was hit with a
bright yellow sign on its front door to
notify the public that it was closed by
order of the commissioner of health
and mental hygiene. The eatery has a
history of Health Department violations
and ungraded inspections.
According to a spokesperson from
the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene, the Chili's was inspected on Jan.
25 and ordered closed due to a violation
that could not be corrected at the time of
inspection. The violation had to do with
a sewer issue, the spokesperson said.
Prior to the Jan.25 inspection, the
most recent inspection of Chili's listed
in the Department of Health's online
records is from Nov. 28, 2017. That inspection
resulted in 36 points' worth of
violations and is shown as an ungraded
inspection, meaning it did not get a
letter grade. Three of the infractions
are seen as critical violations:
Food Protection Certifi cate not held
by supervisor of food operations.
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Filth fl ies or food/refuse/sewage-associated
(FRSA) fl ies present in facility’s
food and/or non-food areas. Filth fl ies include
house fl ies, little house fl ies, blow
fl ies, bottle fl ies and fl esh fl ies. Food/
refuse/sewage-associated fl ies include
fruit fl ies, drain fl ies and Phorid fl ies.
Food contact surface not properly
washed, rinsed and sanitized aft er
each use and following any activity
when contamination may have
occurred.
Other violations from the Nov. 28
inspection include conditions conducive
to attracting vermin or allowing
vermin to exist, food contact surfaces
not properly maintained and nonfood
contact surfaces improperly
constructed.
The Chili's in Atlas Park has four ungraded
inspections dating back to 2015,
the worst of which racked up 47 points
in violations on July 29, 2015. During
that inspection, Chili's had the same
critical violations listed above, as well
as two additional critical violations
for a cold food item held above 41 degrees
Fahrenheit and an appropriate
thermometer not present or used to
evaluate food conditions.
According to the Health Department's
grading system, restaurants
with a score between 0 and 13 points
earn an A, those with 14 to 27 points
receive a B and those with 28 or more
get a C.
Chili's had a B rating as of April 8,
2017, its most recent graded inspection.
Knife-wielding crook robs women in Ridgewood & Ozone Park
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
RPOZARYCKI@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@ROBBPOZ
Police released on Monday images
of a man wanted for two
recent knifepoint robberies in
Ridgewood and Ozone Park.
According to law enforcement
sources, the fi rst incident occurred
at 7:55 a.m. on Jan. 22 inside the ATM
lobby of the Bank of America located
at 59-01 Myrtle Ave.
Authorities said the perpetrator
approached a 27-year-old female
customer, displayed a knife and demanded
cash. He then removed $120
in cash from the woman, then ran out
of the bank, heading northbound on
Forest Avenue.
Offi cers from the 104th Precinct
responded to the incident; the victim
was not injured.
Two days later, police said, the
crook robbed a 70-year-old woman
in the vicinity of Glenmore Avenue
and 76th Street in Ozone Park at 9:30
a.m. on Jan. 24.
Law enforcement sources said
the victim was walking home when
the thief confronted her, displayed
a knife and demanded her property.
He then removed $100 in cash and
jewelry valued at $6,300, then fl ed
the scene on foot.
The 106th Precinct responded to
the incident, and the woman was not
injured.
On Jan. 29, police released video
footage of the perpetrator from the
Ozone Park robbery. He’s described
Photos courtesy of NYPD
as a black man in his early 20s standing
5 foot 7 inches tall and wearing
a black hooded jacket, blue jeans
and red sneakers while carrying a
backpack.
Anyone with information regarding
his whereabouts can call
Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS
(for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA),
visit their website or send a text
message to 274637 (CRIMES), then
enter TIP577. All calls and messages
are kept confi dential.
