2 times • MARCH 17, 2016 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com A SPRING CLEANING CALL Crowley seeks cleaner & brighter shopping strips in Ridgewood, Maspeth, Glendale and Middle Village BY ANTHONY GIUDICE agiudice@ridgewoodtimes.com @A_GiudiceReport Don’t forget about us! That is Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley’s message to Mayor Bill be Blasio’s administration and the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) after de Blasio unveiled plans for a new initiative to keep communities clean in Queens and throughout all five boroughs, called CleaNYC. This initiative, in conjunction with DSNY, aims to increase Graffiti-Free NYC efforts and sidewalk power washing in commercial corridors, as well as expand Sunday and holiday litter basket collection service and highway shoulder and ramp cleanup. In a letter to DSNY Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, Crowley called for the prioritization of the commercial corridors within Community Board 5 (CB 5) in the CleaNYC program, and to add trash pickup days to alleviate the litter and debris issue still present on the streets. “The five commercial corridors in my district — Myrtle Avenue in Ridgewood, Myrtle Avenue in Glendale, Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood, Metropolitan Avenue in Middle Village and Grand Avenue in Maspeth — need greater support in trash pickup and maintaining cleanliness,” Crowley wrote. “CleaNYC will provide resources to neighborhoods that lack in appropriate cleanup measures, and this clearly includes Community Board 5. I request it be made a primary part of this initiative.” Last year, in an effort to reduce illegal dumping, the number of waste baskets along commercial corridors in the CB 5 area was significantly reduced. However, this exacerbated the problem, as a large number of trash bags were left in just one of a few waste baskets, Crowley noted. “This pile up of garbage affects the quality of life for the countless number of people, both residents and visitors, traveling these streets,” Crowley said. “Not only is foot traffic heavy on these corridors, they are also transportation hubs. Several bus lines stop along these streets, as well as passengers from the M train. Additional trash pickups are desperately needed.” To help the litter and debris problem, Crowley has allocated more than $140,000 this year to the Doe Fund to clean Myrtle Avenue, Fresh Pond Road and Grand Avenue. Mixed-use property on Myrtle Avenue in Glendale selling for $1.265M RIDGEWOODTIMES/Photo by Anthony Giudice Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley called for the prioritization of the commercial corridors of Community Board 5 in the CleaNYC initiative. Photo courtesy Griener Maltz Investment Properties The mixed-use building at 75-21 Myrtle Ave. in Glendale is on sale for $1.265 million. BY ANTHONY GIUDICE agiudice@ridgewoodtimes.com @A_GiudiceReport A mixed-use building on the corner of Myrtle Avenue and 76th Street in Glendale is on sale for $1.265 million by Greiner Maltz Investment Properties. The building, located at 75-21 Myrtle Ave., has a pharmacy on the ground floor, which has nine years remaining on its lease with 3 percent escalations for each year. The remainder of the ground floor is a onebedroom apartment. The second floor consists of a pair of two-bedroom apartments. The building also has a two-car garage. The lot is approximately 20 feet by 100 feet, with a total square footage of approximately 2,015. The building is around 20 feet by 78 feet, with approximately 2,720 square feet. Greiner Maltz projects the property’s revenue at $79,680 in annual rent, before expenses, between all facets of the building. “This property is also steps away from public transportation and easily accessible to the Jackie Robinson Expressway,” Greiner Maltz said. “This neighborhood offers steady growth with tremendous upside in property appreciation and residential rents.”
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