4 APRIL 12, 2018 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Glendale Library set to close for renovations
BY RYAN KELLEY
RKELLEY@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
TWITTER @R_KELLEY6
The multimillion-dollar renovation
of the Glendale Library is
set to begin this month, but that
means local residents will soon have
very limited access to its resources.
Offi cials from the Queens Library
announced in March that the Glendale
branch will be closed on April 14 through
the fall of 2019. The 18-month project will
involve $4.7 million in renovations to the
decades-old building, including a wheelchair
accessible entrance, an elevator, a
book drop, and improvements to the
interior and the garden outside.
During the closure, local residents
will have access to a mobile library
unit on site on Fridays from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. beginning on April 27. The
Queens Library also encouraged residents
to use the other facilities in Community
District 5, like the Ridgewood
and Middle Village Libraries. The
Ridgewood Library is at 2012 Madison
St.; the Middle Village Library is at 72-
31 Metropolitan Ave.
Queens Library Director of Communications
Elisabeth de Bourbon
confi rmed that existing programming
at the Glendale Library will be moved
to nearby locations and the staff will
be transferred to libraries that are
short-staff ed.
Some patrons of the library have
expressed their frustrations in the
past at the length of the project and the
need for more mobile library hours.
Community Board 5 Chairman Vincent
Arcuri addressed the issue at the Board
5 January meeting; he said the lack of
mobile library hours was a funding
issue. He then directed his statements
toward Councilman Robert Holden.
“The community would love to see a
storefront open on a daily basis in the
area while it’s under construction,”
Arcuri said. “If you could fi nd money
in the Council, we’d appreciate it.”
When contacted on April 5, Holden
told the Ridgewood Times that his efforts
to do just that were unsuccessful.
“I tried to work with Queens Library
about opening an annex until the library
is reopened, however, Queens
Library President Dennis Walcott
suggested that it wouldn’t be fi nancially
feasible,” Holden said in an emailed
statement. “I am hoping instead that
we might be able to access the mobile
library service more frequently and
will continue to try to work that out
with the Queens Library.”
Physical construction will not
begin at the Glendale Library until
early May once all necessary permits
are approved and asbestos removal is
completed, according to de Bourbon.
MEDIA ADVISORY
Middle Village Preparatory Charter School
will conduct its monthly Board of Trustees Meeting
on Wednesday, April 18th, 2018
WHO: Middle Village Preparatory Charter School
WHAT: Monthly Board of Trustees Meeting
WHEN: Wednesday, April 18th, 2018
TIME: 6:00 PM
WHERE: Multi-Purpose Room at Middle Village Prep
Door # 10
Details are as follows:
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 §§ 100-111).
Photo via Google Maps
The Glendale Community Library on 73rd Place in Glendale.
Glendale Girl Scouts
on a special mission
During their March 29 meeting
at Zum Stammtisch
restaurant in Glendale, the
Kiwanis Club of Glendale welcomed
two young women on an
important mission. Claudia Huber
and Michelle Pratt presented the
project they are doing in pursuit
of their Girl Scout Silver Award.
They are collecting toiletries
and various other items to create
“Blessing Bags” for men, women and
children in need. The Glendale Kiwanis
club made a donation to them
to purchase items they may need.
Then the members “passed the hat”
at the meeting and collected an
additional $120. Shown are Huber
and Pratt with Glendale Kiwanis
President Kerrie Hansen.
Photo courtesy of Kerrie Hansen
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