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Celebrate the National Night Out Against
Crime with local cops in Queens next week
BY JUSTIN BERGLUND
EDITORIAL@QNS.COM
@QNS Your local precinct will be hosting
an evening of fun in observance
of National Night Out Against
Crime throughout Queens next week.
Each precinct is holding events on
Tuesday night, Aug. 1, in an eff ort to
build stronger relationships with the
people they serve each day. Along
with meeting their local police offi cers,
visitors can enjoy food, games, entertainment
and other attractions.
Organized by the National Association
of Town Watch, the National
Night Out Against Crime takes place
in thousands of communities across
the United States and Canada on the
fi rst Tuesday every August.
The National Night Out events
scheduled to take place rain or shine
in Queens on Aug. 1 are as follows:
Come out to Victory Field in Forest
Park on Woodhaven Boulevard and
Forest Park Drive for the 102nd Precinct‘
s Night Out between 6 and 9 p.m.
They will have free food and drinks,
raffl e prizes, entertainment and informative
literature. Call 718-805-3215 for
additional information.
Join the 104th Precinct and their
Community Council at Juniper
Valley Park in Middle Village from
All of the Queens Police Precincts will be hosting their National Night Out against Crime on Aug. 1 in their
respective communities.
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. There will be free
rides for kids, community vendors,
public safety information, health
screenings, and free food and
drinks. The event will take place on
the softball field off the intersection
File photo
of Juniper Boulevard North and 80th
Street. For additional details, call
718-386-2431.
The 106th Precinct’s National Night
Out event will be held from 6 to 9
p.m. at Addabbo Playground, located
at 83rd Street and 133rd Avenue in
Ozone Park. There will be activities
for children, giveaways, refreshments,
music and information. For additional
details, call 718-805-2228.
Torsney Playground will play host
to the 108th Precinct’s National Night
Out, located at Skillman Avenue and
43rd Street, from 5 to 8 p.m. Call 718-
784-5420 for additional information.
The 110th Precinct will be celebrating
National Night Out at Flushing
Meadows Corona Park, near the
entrance at 111th Street between 54th
and 55th avenues from 5 to 8 p.m.
There will be a petting zoo, soft ball
tournament, free food, a crime prevention
program, presentations by
highway safety, domestic violence unit
and more. For more information, call
718-476-9310.
The 112th Precinct will celebrate
National Night Out at MacDonald
Park in Forest Hills. The festivities
will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. in
the vicinity of Queens and Yellowstone
Boulevards. There will be
free food, games, entertainment
and giveaways. Call 718-520-9321
for more information. (In the event
of inclement weather, the festivities
will take place at the nearby Forest
Hills Jewish Center.)
Main span of former Kosciuszko Bridge lowered
BY ANGELA MATUA
AMATUA@QNS.COM / @ANGELAMATUA
The city started deconstructing
the Kosciuszko Bridge in Maspeth
on July 25, as crews began
lowering the main span for shipment to
a metal recycling facility in New Jersey.
According to the Department of
Transportation, steel cables were
used lower the span 125 feet, approximately
20 feet an hour, onto
two barges. It took 16 to 18 hours to
complete the process.
In April, Governor Andrew
Cuomo held a ceremony for the fi rst
phase of the newly constructed Kosciuszko
Bridge. The fi rst of two twin
cable-stayed spans was the fi rst new
bridge built in New York City since
the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was
completed in 1964.
The old Kosciuszko is being
demolished to make way for the
second span, which will be erected in
its footprint. The approaches to the
78-year-old bridge will be imploded
to save seven to nine months of construction.
The controlled procedure
does not blow up the bridge but cuts
key connections that cause the spans
to fall.
A spokesperson for the Department
of Transportation said that
there is currently no set date for the
implosion.
The fi rst new Kosciuszko Bridge
(which will eventually become the
Photo by Dean Moses
Queens-bound span) currently
carries three lanes of traffi c in both
directions until the second bridge is
complete in 2020. In total, construction
will cost $873 million. When
completed, the Queens-bound side
of the bridge will hold fi ve lanes of
traffi c while the Brooklyn-bound
span will hold four.
