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Cleanup for Ridgewood junkyard eyed as animal shelter site
BY MARK HALLUM
MHALLUM@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
A former auto junkyard in Ridgewood
is slated for environmental
remediations to make room for
an animal shelter to match the needs of
Animal Care and Control of New York
City, according to a state Department of
Environmental Conservation bulletin.
As legislation sponsored by Councilman
Paul Vallone in the city has
passed in recent years to establish animal
shelters in Queens and the Bronx,
the 151 Woodward Ave. site could be a
drop off and care center for animals
if the government is able to erase the
stains of petrochemicals and toxic
metals such as mercury from the lot.
“For decades, the Vallones have
fought to make full service animal
shelters a reality for Queens
and the Bronx. Last year’s legislation
fi nally put us on the right course and
now, we are taking the fi nal steps to
seeing a full-service animal shelter
in Queens become a reality,” Vallone
said. “Having animal shelters in every
borough refl ects our belief that all animals
should be protected and given
the opportunity to fi nd a home. The
greatest city in the world deserves the
greatest shelters in the world and this
will be a legacy we can be proud of.”
While the site has gone from being
housing and restaurants as early
as 1902, it has made the evolution to
purely commercial use as the fi rst half
of the 20th century wore on fi nally becoming
a wrecking yard in 1962 which
it still is today, according to the DEC.
The site is listed under the Brownfi
eld Cleanup Program which incentivizes
the private sector to complete remediations
of locations in exchange for
tax benefi ts for their redevelopment,
especially in economically blighted
communities, according to the DEC.
DEC boring samples showed the
soil and groundwater contained
petroleum-related volatile organic
compounds, polychlorinated
biphenyl (PCBs), copper, mercury,
arsenic, lead and magnesium among
dozens of other chemical and metal
compounds.
Vallone has advocated for full-service
animal shelters in Queens and
the Bronx for years, having draft ed
and passed Intro 401-A which was
signed into law in June by Mayor Bill
de Blasio and mandates that shelters
be placed in each of these boroughs.
DEC said there is a copy of the
application, the Draft Remedial
Investigation Work Plan and other
documents available to the public
for review at the Queens Library of
Ridgewood.
Animal Care Centers has not yet
returned a request for comment.
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Details are as follows:
WHO: Middle Village Preparatory Charter School
WHAT: Monthly Board of Trustees Meeting
WHEN: Wednesday February 13
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TIME: 6:00 PM
WHERE: Multi-Purpose Room at Middle Village Prep
Door # 10
68-02 Metropolitan Avenue
Middle Village, NY 11379
All meetings of the Trustees and all committees and subcommittees
are conducted with the New York Open Meetings Law
( N.Y. Public Officers Law §§ 1 00-111).
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The junkyard at 151 Woodward Ave. in Ridgewood
Board 5 eyes day care plan,
street fairs at next meeting
Plans for a new Glendale day
care center and upcoming
street fairs in the Greater
Ridgewood area will be the hot topics
at the next Community Board 5
meeting on Wednesday night, Feb.
13, in Middle Village.
As announced by District Manager
Gary Giordano, the session takes
place beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the
cafeteria of Christ the King High
School, located at 68-02 Metropolitan
Ave.
The agenda includes a public
hearing on an application
before the Board of Standards
and Appeals for a special permit
submitted by Akerman LLP, on
behalf of CS Cooper Avenue LLC.
This permit would allow for the
development of a new Use Group
3 school (day care) for up to 167
children at 79-40 Cooper Ave. in
Glendale (Blocks 3803 and 3804,
Lots 39; 1, 39, 164 and 178). The permit
is being sought under Sections
73-19 and 42-10 of the city’s Zoning
Resolution.
Following the hearing, the board
will also take a vote on 2019 street
festival applications in the Board
5 area (Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth
and Middle Village). The board
will also receive a report from its
Land Use Committee on a proposed
revocable consent modifi cation for
property at 66-26 Metropolitan Ave.,
known as Metro Mall/Rentar Plaza
in Middle Village.
The agenda also includes the
public forum; a review of liquor
license applications and demolition
notices; reports from Chairperson
Vincent Arcuri and District Manager
Giordano; and reports from other
committees.
For additional information, call
the Board 5 offi ce at 718-366-1834.
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