NYC’s Largest Real Estate Section Ridgewood Times SSeervvinngg QQuueeeenns AAnndd BBrooooklyynn FFoor 110077 YYeeaars FIXING FATAL TURNS MTA Eyes Bus Changes At Deadly Ridgewood/Bushwick Corner The proposed plan would bar both the B26 and Q58 buses from making turns on Wyckoff Avenue, having them turn down Ridgewood Place instead. Andy Inglesby, assistant director of government and community affairs for the TA, cited dangerous turning conditions as the reason for proposing the route change. “In the last year or so, there have been two fatal accidents in the vicinity of our Myrtle-Wyckoff intermodal project,” Inglesby told the board. Currently, the B26 bus travels down Wyckoff Avenue, turns right on Palmetto Street, a left onto St. Nicholas Avenue, followed by a left onto Gates Avenue, and another left back ontoWyckoff Avenue. The proposed change would have the B26 make a left turn off of Wyckoff Avenue onto Putnam Avenue. The bus would travel down PutnamAvenue for one block and make a right onto Ridgewood Place, then another right on Palmetto Street. The bus would have a layover in the Ridgewood Terminal before continuing on Palmetto Street and following its normal route from there. The Q58 currently runs along Putnam Avenue, making a right on Wyckoff Avenue and another right onto Palmetto Street. The proposed reroute would have the Q58 continue on Putnam Avenue to Ridgewood Place, then turn right on Palmetto Street and stop nearMyrtleAvenue. In regards to the streets that would have bus service if the reroutes were instituted, Inglesby announced, “we would not be putting any new bus stops on these streets.” “We’re actually looking to do this as soon as possible, we’re looking to get these reroutes in as early as this spring,” Inglesby said. “We think it’s necessary because we want to make sure we eliminate the dangerous conditions that the community has expressed to us.” Residents wanted to know if the MTA was taking into consideration the size of the streets, the effect of these new routes on parking and possibly adding new signage to the effected streets. Inglesby said the MTA, in conjunction with the Department of Transportation, would consider changing Ridgewood Place to a one-way street, if the community expressed a desire to have that change implemented. He also noted that there would be no loss of parking spaces on streets that would pick up bus service due to the change, except if there was a need for daylighting. The MTA is looking to reroute two buses to avoid turning at the corner of Myrtle and Wyckoff avenues, as shown above. Daylighting is a procedure where cars would not be allowed to park up to the street corner, allowing buses to have clearer access for making turns. If the community deems it necessary, the representatives noted, street signs— including a school crossing sign to protect the students who use Ridgewood Avenue as a route home from schools in the area— could be installed. story and photo by Anthony Giudice Representatives from the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) proposed duringWednesday’s Brooklyn Community Board 4 meeting rerouting two bus lines near the Brooklyn/Queens border in Bushwick. Woodhaven Day Care Closed After Drug Bust by Robert Pozarycki A state agency suspended a Woodhaven day care center’s operating license less than a week after police raided it during a narcotics investigation, it was reported. The state Office of Children and Family Services reportedly withheld the license for My Precious Moments group family day care at 85-09 88th Ave. following its own probe into matters unrelated to last Thursday’s raid, according to an agency spokesperson. Meanwhile, 24-year-old Michael Gomez—who lives in a basement apartment below the day care center, which his mother owns—remains locked up on charges after police found TO USPPS:: MMAAIILIINNGG LAABBEEL GGOEES HHEERREE TN/RT 021915 quantities of MDMA (Molly) and marijuana in his residence. Ridgewood’s Selestino Rodriguez of Bleecker Street—a friend of Gomez arrested with him at the scene last Thursday—was released without bail following arraignment. The NYPD Queens Narcotics Squad, with cooperation from the 102nd Precinct’s Field Investigation Office, executed a search warrant at the location following an investigation in which Gomez allegedly sold quantities of Molly and/or marijuana to an undercover officer on Feb. 3 and Feb. 17. Both transactions reportedly occurred at Gomez’s residence while children were at the day care center. During Thursday’s raid, police recovered 7 ounces of Molly, 4 ounces of marijuana and more than $2,400 in cash. Gomez and Rodriguez were charged with felony counts of criminal possession of a controlled My Precious Moments Day Care in Woodhaven. (photo: Anthony Giudice) CB 5 Blasts Cross Harbor Proposal Page 3 Ridgewood Appeals For Budget Cash Page 6 Raising The Curtain At Bushwick Starr Page 21 VOL. 106, NO. 30 www.timesnewsweekly.com On Twitter @timesnewsweekly THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015 50 CENTS Bomb Scare At DA’s Office See Page 6 -SEE DAY CARE ON PG. 8-
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