18 JULY 25, 2019 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
DOT to repave three major roadways
Forest Avenue and Menahan Street Photo via Google Maps
BY MAX PARROTT
MPARROTT@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
With major chunks of
three of the most used
roadways in the Maspeth
and Ridgewood area in the process
of being milled, the Department of
Transportation announced Monday
that it will be providing some muchneeded
some traffic relief to the
neighborhood.
Eliot Avenue, Forest Avenue and
Fresh Pond Road are receiving
repaving over five nights this week.
Eliot Avenue was repaved from
Metropolitan Avenue to Fresh Pond
Road on Monday evening, Forest
Avenue will receive a new coat from
Metropolitan Avenue to Myrtle
Avenue over the course of Tuesday
to Thursday evening and Fresh Pond
Road will get resurfaced from Myrtle
Avenue to Catalpa Avenue on Friday
evening.
The only obstacle that could
prevent the DOT from finishing the
resurfacing jobs by the end of the
week is rain, “especially with the
paving,” said Community Board Five
District Manager Gary Giordano.
“We could have some problems if it
starts raining tonight and tomorrow
night.”
Residents should expect
construction on the three projects,
which were initiated by Community
Board 5, to begin around 8 p.m.,
according to Giordano’s past
experiences.
“And then they’ll work until the
morning hours and reopen the
roadways in most cases like at 5 or 6
o’clock. I’m hoping they don’t go out
and close off the roadway any earlier
than 8,” said Giordano.
Hearing the ‘Roar’ at Ridgewood church
Trinity Reformed Church in Ridgewood hosted more than 60 children the week of July 15-19 for its annual Vacation Bible School. This year’s week of activities,
titled “Roar,” was themed to resemble an African safari. The students and instructors, along with Reverend Thomas Goodhart, the church’s pastor, are shown
in this photo taken on the fi nal night of class.
Photo: Robert Pozarycki/RIDGEWOOD TIMES
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