www.timesnewsweekly.com On Twitter @timesnewsweekly THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014 50 CENTS RAIL WORK HEADACHE Major Weekend Disruptions On J & M Lines weekend in May through Memorial Day, Monday, May 26. All disruptions are weather permitting; check the MTA’s website, www.mta.info, for updates. Reportedly, the shutdowns are needed as the MTA conducts switch replacement in preparation for the extension of weekend M shuttle trains, which terminate at Myrtle individual comments and ideas from the crowd to formulate recommendations based on their experiences. “Tonight we are bringing the government to the people so we can cut down of these traffic fatalities with education and enforcement and implement the Mayor’s initiative,” VOL. 105, NO. 40 Counties’ Largest Classified Section Serving Queens And Brooklyn by Robert Pozarycki Before theMTAextendsMtrain weekend shuttle service to Manhattan next month, commuters will endure four weekends of service disruptions on both the J and M lines through Bushwick, Middle Village, Ridgewood and Williamsburg. J trains will not operate between Marcy Avenue and Broadway Junction—and M trains will not run normal shuttle service between MetropolitanAvenue-Middle Village and Myrtle Avenue-Broadway—this weekend, from 3:30 a.m. Saturday, May 3, until 10 p.m. Sunday, May 4. According to the MTA’s website, the disruptions will be repeated each -SEE DISRUPTED ON PG. 24- Zeroing In On Safer Qns. Streets Traffic Concerns Voiced At LIC Town Hall by Noah Zuss Western Queens residents spoke out on the Vision Zero initiative and provided feedback on traffic safety in the city during a town hall event last Wednesday, Apr. 23, at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City. -SEE ZERO ON PG. 24- RIDGEWOOD BLAZE HITS APARTMENT May 22 Meet On Glendale Shelter City, Nonprofit To Explain Plan by Robert Pozarycki Residents will get the chance to speak out about the proposed Glendale homeless shelter during a Community Board 5 public hearing scheduled for later this month the Times Newsweekly learned on Wednesday, Apr. 30. District Manager Gary Giordano informed this paper that the hearing will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 22, in the Christ the King Regional High School auditorium, located at 68-02 MetropolitanAve. inMiddle Village. The hearing will focus on the proposed transitional housing shelter for up to 125 families which the nonprofit group Samaritan Village wants to build at 78-16 Cooper Ave., a long-dormant industrial site. The proposal received preliminary approval from the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) last December. -SEE SHELTER ON PG. 26- Hungry? Try A Taste Of R’wood See Story On Pg. 19 TO USPS: MAILING LABEL GOES HERE TN/RT 050114 Residents packed the college’s Little Theatre for the opportunity to engage elected officials and NYPD Transportation Bureau Chief Thomas Chan on the city’s effort to end traffic deaths. Brief statements from Chan and several Queens City Council members were followed by Green Thumbs Get Going In Glendale Residents young and old rolled up their sleeves and spruced up the Glendale Community Garden last Saturday morning, Apr. 26. Among the volunteers were members of the Kiwanis Club of Glendale and the P.S./I.S. 113 Builders’ Club, who cleaned and planted seeds for the growing season at the garden located on 88th Street near 74th Avenue. The event also included a safety fair in which the 104th Precinct and the NYPD Community Affairs Queens Outreach Unit registered VIN numbers, cell phones and electronic devices to guard against theft. Shown above are the volunteers and State Sen. Joseph Addabbo; Assemblyman Mike Miller, City Council Member Elizabeth Crowley; Capt. Christopher Manson, 104th Precinct commanding officer; Det. Thomas Bell of the 104th Precinct Community Affairs Unit; Community Board 5 Chairperson Vincent Arcuri; Glendale Kiwanis President Gerry Gonzalez; Millie Mandese, Builders’Club adviser; and event organizer Dorie Figliola. (photo: Marcin Zurawicz) Flames broke out inside an apartment above a pharmacy in Ridgewood last Thursday morning, Apr. 24, it was reported. Fire Department sources said the inferno ignited at about 11:30 a.m. inside a third-floor dwelling on Fresh Pond Road near 68th Road, above A.J.’s Ridgewood Chemists. More than 10 Fire Department units responded to the one-alarm blaze along with EMS units and two 104th Precinct officers, who reportedly helped bring several residents to safety. No serious injuries were reported. The pharmacy has since reopened. (photo: Jose Vargas)
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