SEEK ROAD REDESIGN committee to approve provisions asking the DOT to conduct a study on the feasibility of redesigning Queens Boulevard, which were later voted on, and approved by the board. The recommendations was based on reaction from a public hearing Board 6 held at its April meeting Say R’wood Man Who Shot Teen Took Bullet Previously Cops Collared Him For Assault In This Week’s Times Newsweekly... LOCAL NEWS HIGHLIGHTS GLENDALE: Concerns Raised Over Railroad Crossing............Pg. 1 RIDGEWOOD: Crook Played Cop To Steal Cell Phones............Pg. 1 FLUSHING MEADOWS PARK: Plenty Of Fireworks And Fun At World’s Fair Anniversary Festival......................Photos, Pg. 1 & 25 ELMHURST: Supreme Court Justice Visits I.S. 5............Photo, Pg. 1 KEWGARDENS: Board 6 Explores Queens Blvd. Redesign...Pg. 3 RIDGEWOOD: Suspect Pinched For Shooting Teenager..........Pg. 3 MASPETH: Candlelight Vigil For Lost Soldiers...............Photo, Pg. 3 MIDDLE VILLAGE: CB 5 Glendale Shelter Hearing Tonight.....Pg. 4 MIDDLE VILLAGE: Board 5 Eyes Ridgewood Rezone...............Pg. 6 ELMHURST: Maspeth Scouts Clean Up Graffiti.............Photo, Pg. 6 FOREST HILLS: City Council Speaker Visits FHCCA...............Pg. 8 GLENDALE/MIDDLE VILLAGE: Crowley Moves Office..............Pg. 8 CORONA: Board 4 Hears Liquor License Gripes....................Pg. 10 RIDGEWOOD: Career Criminal Caught Breaking Into Car.....Pg. 10 RIDGEWOOD: Superhero Breakfast At P.S. 81.............Photo, Pg. 10 MIDDLE VILLAGE: End May Be Near For MVPORA................Pg. 11 CYPRESS HILLS: Pair Shot In Highland Park..........................Pg. 11 OZONE PARK: 106th Precinct To Target Noise Polluters........Pg. 12 WOODHAVEN: Lawmakers Offer Reports AtWRBAMeet......Pg. 14 GLENDALE: Suspect Sought For Robbing Cab Driver............Pg. 19 RIDGEWOOD: Brothel Owner Jailed For Sex Trafficking.......Pg. 20 RICHMOND HILL: Seek Perp In Burglary Pattern....................Pg. 20 HOWARD BEACH: Kids’ Sign Now On The Street..................Pg. 21 WOODSIDE: Rename Street For Ex-Lawmaker..........Photos, Pg. 21 GLENDALE: Assemblyman Joins Lions Club..............Photo, Pg. 21 FLUSHING:World’s Fair Train Exhibit At Queens Garden.....Pg. 24 RIDGEWOOD: Crossing Guards Receive Honors.......Photo, Pg. 24 FOREST HILLS: Sunday Giveaways At Park..............Photos, Pg. 27 MIDDLE VILLAGE: Cleanup At Pullis Farm..................Photo, Pg. 29 RIDGEWOOD: P.S. 81 Show Traveled To Oz.................Photo, Pg. 31 QUEENS & BROOKLYN BOROUGH-WIDE NEWS Local Memorial Day Parades, Ceremonies Planned.................Pg. 1 New City Council Bill Punishes Negligent Landlords...............Pg. 6 More Service Coming This Fall To L & M Subway Lines.........Pg. 10 City Council Unanimously Approves Member ItemReform...Pg. 19 College Student Receives Microlender’s Honor.......................Pg. 24 COLUMNS & LISTINGS Ben Carson.......................Pg. 4 News From TheWRBA....Pg. 4 104th Precinct Blotter....Pg. 11 112th Precinct News.......Pg. 14 Transit & Traffic News....Pg. 20 It’s In Queens!................Pg. 22 Community Calendar....Pg. 22 Crossword & Sudoku....Pg. 22 TV Listings.....................Pg. 23 Social Security News.....Pg. 27 Sports..............................Pg. 61 SUBSCRIBE TO THE TIMES NEWSWEEKLY! SEE PAGE 29 Monday, May 26 Is MEMORIAL DAY • No Alternate Side Parking • No Garbage Collection • No Mail Delivery • Schools Closed • The Times Newsweekly Office Is Closed; Copy And Ad Deadline Remains Tuesday, May 27, At Noon. • Attend A Parade Or Ceremony Honoring America’s Soldiers • Drive Safely • Drink Responsibly regarding potential changes to the thoroughfare. For years, Queens Boulevard has been dubbed the “Boulevard of Death” in some circles because of its history of pedestrian fatalities, the last one occurring on May 3, just blocks away from where the board met last Wednesday. Chairperson Joseph Hennessy stated the road is a concern for every community board and all of Queens. Redesigning it along stretches in Forest Hills remains an issue for Board 6, he said. The vote to approve the by Noah Zuss Community Board 6 members voted at its meeting last Wednesday, May 14, in Kew Gardens to ask the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) for a feasibility study on redesigning Queens Boulevard. John Dereszewski, chairperson of the Board 6 Transportation Committee gave the committee report to the full board that covered a recommendation from Department of Transportation (DOT) officials to eliminate northbound left turns at the intersection of Queens and Yellowstone boulevards, deemed “dangerous,” and a possible bus-only lane for Woodhaven Boulevard. No vote was taken on these measures. The entire board also heard recommendations from the -SEE BOARD 6 ON PG. 28- CB 6 Eyes Qns. Blvd. Study 3 • TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2014 by Robert Pozarycki Days after being grazed by a bullet, a Ridgewood man allegedly shot and wounded a male at a neighborhood intersection last Thursday night, May 15, authorities said. Police identified the perpetrator as 18-year-old Edwin Chacon of Gates Avenue. According to sources familiar with the investigation, he was wounded in a shooting that took place earlier this month in the 104th Precinct’s confines. Law enforcement agents reportedly tracked Chacon down after recognizing his image on security camera footage obtained near the scene of last Thursday’s shooting, in which a 19-year-old male was shot in the right leg. His injuries were not considered lifethreatening. A second individual involved in the gunfire—described as a Hispanic male—remains at large as the Times Newsweekly went to press on Wednesday, May 21. -SEE SHOOTING ON PG. 28- Solemn Maspeth Vigil For Lost Soldiers Maspeth residents paid a special tribute to fallen soldiers during the United Veterans and Fraternal Organizations of Maspeth (UVFOM) annual candlelight vigil Monday night, May 19, at Maspeth Memorial Park. As noted, local veterans and residents offered prayers and praise for soldiers who died in combat. (photo: Chris Bishop) ©Times Newsweekly - 2014 - WM
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