8 APRIL 5, 2018 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Board 5 eyes pet center,
O’Neills at next meeting
A proposed pet admissions
center in Middle Village and
the rezoning of properties
near a popular Maspeth restaurant
top the agenda at the next
Community Board 5 meeting this
Wednesday night in Middle Village.
As announced by District Manager
Gary Giordano, the session
takes place beginning at 7:30
p.m. on April 11 in the cafeteria
of Christ the King High School,
located at 68-02 Metropolitan Ave.
The board will hold a public
hearing focused on application
(C180280PCQ) by the city’s Department
of Health and Mental
Hygiene and the Department of
Citywide Administrative Services
to the Department of City
Planning for the site selection and
acquisition of 66-78 69th St. (Block
2790, Lot 34 and part of Lot 32) in
Middle Village. If approved, the
city would utilize the property
as a pet admissions center for
Animal Care & Control.
Aft erward, the board will hold
a public hearing on an application
submitted by Akerman LLP, on
behalf of O’Neill’s Restaurant in
Maspeth, to the Department of City
Planning for the rezoning of several
lots adjacent to the establishment
located at 64-21 53rd Drive (application
number C180138ZMQ).
The proposed rezoning would
bring the existing eatery, located
at Block 2374, Lot 101, into conformance
and facilitate the development
of a partial second-floor
addition to the existing one-story
building of the restaurant.
The proposed zoning map
amendment would:
• rezone Block 2374, Lot 101, and
a portion of Lot 199, from an R4
zoning district to an R5 zoning
district with a C2-2 commercial
overlay;
• rezone part of Block 2374, Lot
106, from an R4 to an R5 zoning
district; and
• rezone part of Block 2374, Lots
197, 198 and part of 199, and
Block 2381, Lots 1, 2 and 3 from
an R4 zoning district to an R4
zoning district with a C2-2
commercial overlay.
Following the public hearings,
the board will commence with its
regular agenda, which includes
the public forum; a review of
liquor license applications and
demolition notices; reports by
Chairperson Vincent Arcuri and
District Manager Giordano; and
committee reports.
For additional information or
to register to speak in advance,
call Board 5 at 718-366-1834.
MTA holds Ridgewood open house for L train closure
BY RYAN KELLEY
RKELLEY@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
TWITTER @R_KELLEY6
With the closure of the L train
steadily approaching, the
MTA is coming to Ridgewood
to answer questions and talk to
local commuters about their alternative
transportation options.
The MTA announced on March 30
that in response to local requests, it
has added an open house about the
L train reconstruction project to its
outreach eff orts. The open house will
take place at the Greater Ridgewood
Youth Council — 59-03 Summerfi eld
St. in Ridgewood — from 6 to 8 p.m. on
Thursday, April 12.
Open houses have already been
held in Williamsburg and Manhattan,
both of which are expected to suff er
the most from the closure of one of
the city’s busiest subway lines. But
Ridgewood could prove to be the most
aff ected area in Queens.
The Canarsie Tunnel, which carries
the L train underneath the East River
between Brooklyn and Manhattan,
will close for 15 months beginning
in April of 2019 for extensive repairs.
Although it is still considered safe for
use right now, the tunnel was fl ooded
with saltwater during Superstorm
Sandy, causing corrosion of cabling,
circuit breakers and power and track
equipment. Performing the repairs
next year is a precaution meant to
keep the tunnel from becoming
dangerous.
The L train only cuts through a small
section of Queens between the Wilson
Avenue and Halsey Street stops, but
thousands of Ridgewood residents
live within walking distance and use it
as their main line to Manhattan. Even
more Queens commuters are brought
to the line from the M train, which
runs through Ridgewood and Middle
Village and connects with the L train
at the Myrtle/Wyckoff Avenue stop.
The M train has also been undergoing
repairs in anticipation for the
increased volume next year, and it is
set to return to full service by the end
of this month.
During the closure, the L train will
still run between Bedford Avenue and
Canarsie in Brooklyn, but the 225,000
people who use the train to get into
Manhattan every day will have to fi nd
another route.
The MTA developed a mitigation
plan to provide alternative travel
options for those commuters, and
representatives from the agency
made the trip to Glendale to discuss
the plan with the Community Board 5
Transportation Services Committee at
the end of February.
For starters, subway service on
the G, J, M and Z trains will increase,
with J and Z trains running local from
Myrtle Avenue to Marcy Avenue. The
M train will run all the way up to 96th
Street and Second Avenue on weekends
and overnights. There will also
be free MetroCard transfers between
the following locations:
The Broadway stop of the G train
and the Lorimer Street/Hewes Street
stop of the J, M and Z trains
The Junius Street stop of the 3 train
and the Livonia Avenue stop of the
L train
The 21st Street stop of the G train
and the Hunters Point Avenue stop of
the 7 train
Bus service will also be expanded,
with additional buses running
from the Grand Street and Bedford
Avenue stops from the L train into
Manhattan over the Williamsburg
Bridge. The bridge itself will also
need adjusted traffic rules to deal
with the increase in volume, so it
will be restricted to buses, trucks
and HOV 3+ only.
There will also be a ferry service
between the shore of north Williamsburg
and the east side of Manhattan
for those who live closer to the water.
As of now, there will be no buses that
drop passengers off at the ferry.
Forest Hills EMTs save a man in Ridgewood from potentially fatal OD
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
EDAVENPORT@QNS.COM
@QNS
The quick thinking of a pair
of Forest Hills EMTs saved a
man from an opioid overdose
in Ridgewood.
At approximately 9 p.m. on April
2, Anthony Bu and Roy Renna, volunteer
members of the Forest Hills Volunteer
Ambulance Corps (FHVAC),
were among the crew that responded
to a call in the Ridgewood area.
When they arrived at the scene, they
found a man who was not breathing
well and had pinpoint pupils.
The crew determined that the
man was suff ering from an opioid
overdose and assisted the man's
breathing with a bag valve mask.
Bu and Renna then administered
the life-saving medication Naloxone
(Narcan) and the man began to
breathe on his own within a couple
of minutes.
An FDNY ambulance responded to
the scene and transported the man
to a local hospital. He is expected to
Photo: Forest Hills VAC
survive thanks to the quick actions
of the volunteer EMTs.
"It feels great to save a life this evening,"
said EMT Anthony Bu, who
has been a volunteer EMT for FHVAC
for four years. This was the fi rst time
he had used Narcan.
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