MULLING M.V. BUS CHANGE Also: Cops Tell JPCA Of ‘Knockdown’ Plans and inconvenient service on many Queens many bus routes. Increasing population in the borough has made convenient bus service a growing priority for the MTA, Raskin said. “I do think people are definitely wishing for bus service,” he said of the growing numbers using the already crowded Q55, Q38, Q54 3 • TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014 In This Week’s Times Newsweekly... LOCAL NEWS HIGHLIGHTS LONG ISLAND CITY: Hearing Zeroes In On Traffic Safety........Pg. 1 GLENDALE: Public Hearing On Shelter Slated For May 22......Pg. 1 RIDGEWOOD: Blaze Hits Apartment Above Pharmacy..Photo, Pg. 1 GLENDALE: Green Thumbs Clean Up Garden...............Photo, Pg. 1 MIDDLE VILLAGE: Juniper Civic Eyes Bus Changes...............Pg. 3 GLENDALE: Board 5 Cmtes. Call For Bus Service Boost.........Pg. 3 CORONA: Rename Street For Late Activist....................Photo, Pg. 3 FOREST HILLS: Town Hall Meeting On Stadium Concerts.......Pg. 6 MIDDLE VILLAGE: Sex Harassment Suit At Area School.........Pg. 6 MASPETH: Waking Up To A Building Fire......................Photo, Pg. 6 OZONE PARK: Eyeing Bus Solution For Boulevard Traffic......Pg. 8 WOODHAVEN: Pol Honors School’s Top Students......Photo, Pg. 8 FLUSHING MEADOWS PARK: State Pavilion Tour Kicks Off World’s Fairs Anniversary Commemorations.....................Pg. 10 BUSHWICK: Subpoena Landlords For Terrorizing Tenants...Pg. 11 OZONE PARK: Ex-Parks Worker Jailed For Manslaughter....Pg. 11 WOODHAVEN: Community Eyesore Set To Be Razed............Pg. 12 OZONE PARK: Resident Fatally Struck By Car........................Pg. 17 LONG ISLAND CITY: Business Exec Pays For Bank Fraud...Pg. 18 RIDGEWOOD: Alleged Mugger Nabbed After Attack..............Pg. 18 RIDGEWOOD: Taste Of Ridgewood Helps Local ‘Y’...............Pg. 19 LONG ISLAND CITY: Student Gains Academic Award...........Pg. 19 MASPETH: Pitching In At Recycling Fair......................Photo, Pg. 19 FLUSHING: Exhibit Tells Story Of Garden’s Roots.................Pg. 22 GLENDALE: Local School Receives Grant...................Photo, Pg. 22 RIDGEWOOD: High School Students Honored..........Photos, Pg. 22 MIDDLE VILLAGE: Earth Day At Christ The King......Photos, Pg. 22 GLENDALE: Baton Competition At Sacred Heart......Photos, Pg. 23 GLENDALE: P.S. 91 Faculty Takes Kids To Work........Photo, Pg. 25 BRIARWOOD: Bangladesh Tragedy Vigil.....................Photo, Pg. 27 MASPETH: Green Banner Day At High School............Photo, Pg. 32 QUEENS & BROOKLYN BOROUGH-WIDE NEWS Weekend Disruptions On J & M Lines Throughout May...........Pg. 1 City DEP Proposes Another Water Rate Increase.....................Pg. 8 Mayor Signs Law Expanding CO Detector Rules....................Pg. 17 New Lieutenants Elected By Kiwanis Queens West....Photo, Pg. 18 Historic Queens Churches Open Doors To Historians............Pg. 23 Senators Look To Protect Hurricane Sandy Relief..................Pg. 27 COLUMNS & LISTINGS Pat Buchanan...................Pg. 4 112th Precinct News.........Pg. 4 104th Precinct Blotter....Pg. 11 Transit & Traffic News....Pg. 18 It’s In Queens!................Pg. 20 Community Calendar....Pg. 20 Crossword & Sudoku....Pg. 20 TV Listings.....................Pg. 21 Social Security News.....Pg. 25 Sports..............................Pg. 58 SUBSCRIBE TO THE TIMES NEWSWEEKLY! SEE PAGE 27 Missed Last Week’s Issue? Read It Online At www. timesnewsweekly .com ADVERTISE WITH US! Call 1-718-821-7500 And Let Us Help Your Business Grow! by Noah Zuss Members of Community Board 5’s Transportation and Public Transit Committees told an MTA official at its meeting last Tuesday, Apr. 22, in Glendale that expanded bus service is needed to reduce travel times and increase customer convenience. Joseph Raskin, MTA New York City Transit assistant director for government and community relations, attended the meeting to discuss public bus service with the committee. Raskin was asked to specifically address overcrowding and infrequent include the wide nature of the roadway near Juniper Valley Park and that it would continue to serve both P.S./I.S. 128 and P.S./I.S. 49. The change would also open up between 40 and 50 new parking spots on the residential streets along which the Q38 presently operates, Maureau added. Some negative impacts, as outlined by Maureau and voiced by some residents in attendance, include the potential proximity of the bus to Juniper Valley Park. For some, the by Robert Pozarycki Fed up with slow bus service, residents at last Thursday’s (Apr. 24) Juniper Park Civic Association (JPCA) meeting at Middle Village’s Our Lady of Hope School kicked the tires on an idea to change one local route. Alex Maureau pitched an unofficial proposal to reroute the Q38 bus route onto Juniper Boulevard South between 69th and 80th streets. The line currently zigzags between both points along Juniper Valley Road, 75th Place, Furmanville Avenue, 77th Place/78th Street and Penelope Avenue. The recent harsh, snowy weather caused major delays on the Q38, Maureau stated, as buses had great difficulty traversing the current route since many of the streets are narrow, leading to bottlenecks. Moving the route to Juniper Boulevard South has its pros and cons, he explained. Positive aspects -SEE JPCA ON PG. 26- CB 5 Cmte To MTA: Send More Buses Urges Authority Rep To Push Service Increase -SEE CB 5 TRANSIT ON PG. 28- CORONA ACTIVIST HONORED WITH A NEW STREET NAME City Council Member Julissa Ferreras was joined by Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, State Sen. Jose Peralta, and Assemblymen Francisco Moya and Jeffrion Aubry at the intersection of 108th Street and 51st Avenue in Corona for a street renaming ceremony on Friday, Apr. 25. The street was renamed in memory of the late Anthony Caminiti, a World War II veteran, member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 150 and a life-long advocate for Corona. Caminiti died on Feb. 18, 2012, just days after celebrating his 100th birthday. Friends and relatives of Caminiti are shown with Ferreras, Katz, Peralta, Moya and Aubry at last Friday’s ceremony. MARK V. 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