4 APRIL 4, 2019 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
City plans new entrance to Forest Park
BY MARK HALLUM
MHALLUM@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
The city Parks Department
is planning to install a new
entrance to Forest Park off
Myrtle Avenue and will present further
details to Community Board 5 at the
April 10 meeting.
The expansion of bike and
pedestrian access to the green
space is part of their initiative to
give these modes of transportation
a safer north-south route while
sharing Forest Park Drive. It would
extend the dead end before the ramp
onto the Jackie Robinson Parkway
into a full-fledged path to southern
portion of the park.
“This project proposes a new
pedestrian entrance and pathway
into the park along Forest Park Drive
from Myrtle Avenue connecting with
the picnic, bandshell and carousel
areas,” a Parks spokeswoman
said. “The new proposed entrance
to the park will be enhanced with
plantings and a seating area. The
new pathway will be made from
both concrete and asphalt and will
feature new security lighting for
enhanced safety.”
About $2.39 million total has
been allocated to the project with
The former roadway leading into Forest Park, near an on-ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Glendale, where
the Parks Department plans to put in a new pedestrian gateway. Photo via Google Maps
$1.89 million from City Council
and $500,000 from the borough
president’s office. At this time,
a clearing already exists at the
southern end of Forest Park Drive
where concrete Jersey barriers
prevent cars from driving into the
park, instead guiding them left
onto the Jackie Robinson Parkway
entrance ramp.
Schematic designs provided to CB
5 from November 2017 show plans
for a pathway cutting into the park
all the way to the picnic area to the
south. The Parks Department said
there is not yet a start or end date
for the project as it is still in the
design phase.
Charges pending in
near-fatal stabbing
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
RPOZARYCKI@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@ROBBPOZ
A Ridgewood man was booked
on attempted murder charges
for allegedly stabbing his
daughter-in-law in their home on
Thursday morning and leaving her
critically injured, police said.
Dahe Lin, 76, of Suydam Street was
arrested moments aft er he allegedly
knifed the 50-year-old woman in their
shared home at about 8:30 a.m. on
March 28.
Offi cers from the 104th Precinct
responded to a 911 call about a reported
assault and, upon arriving at the scene,
were met by a man who directed them
to the rear of the home.
There, police said, the offi cers found
the victim in a semi-conscious state
with multiple lacerations to her hands
and a stab wound to her neck.
Paramedics rushed her to
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in
critical condition.
Offi cers found Lin at the scene and
took him into custody aft er questioning.
They also recovered from the scene the
knife allegedly used in the attack.
According to sources familiar with
the investigation, Lin allegedly choked
his daughter-in-law before attacking
her with the knife.
It’s not clear, at this
point, what provoked the
violent assault.
Lin faces charges of attempted
murder, assault, criminal obstruction
of breathing (strangulation) and
criminal possession of a weapon.
The Greater Ridgewood Historical Society
Invites you to
Candlelight Tours
Of the Onderdonk House
Saturday, April 6th, 2019
From 6 - 9PM
Join Us For A Special Evening Of Candlelight
“Eden Lane”
$5.00 donation.
Music by
Members, Service Families
and Veterans - Free
AT THE ONDERDONK HOUSE
1820 FLUSHING AVENUE,
RIDGEWOOD
718-456-1776
www.onderdonkhouse.org
Supported in part, by public funds from
the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs,
in partnership with the City Council
Antonio Reynoso and Robert Holden, Council Members
Directions
1820 Flushing Avenue, Ridgewood, Corner of Flushing and Onderdonk Avenues.
Subway: L to Jefferson Street, then walk five blocks north along Flushing Avenue.
Bus: Q54 to Flushing and Metropolitan Avenues. B57 to Flushing and Onderdonk Avenues.
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