8 AUGUST 16, 2018 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
A waterless Sunday
on Ridgewood block
The Department of Design and Construction
(DDC) is warning residents on a Ridgewood
block that the water will be shut off this coming
Sunday.
According to an advisory released by the DDC,
a water main project on Onderdonk Avenue will
cause the water to be shut off for approximately
eight hours on Aug. 19 beginning at 8 a.m. The
affected areas will include Seneca Avenue
between Stanhope Street and DeKalb Avenue
as well as Stockholm Street between Seneca
Avenue and Cypress Avenue.
A source from Community Board 5 who is
familiar with the project explained that the
contractor for the project has to do the work on
Sunday because it is the only day of the week
that Atlantic Dialysis Management on the corner
of Seneca Avenue and Stanhope Street is
closed. The contractor is not permitted to shut
the water main while the dialysis treatment
center is open.
The DDC recommends that residents in the
aff ected area shut off the water main valves in
their homes in order to avoid problems that may
occur when sediment enters or is released from
the plumbing. It is also recommended that all
water-cooled appliances be turned off , which
may include air conditioners.
Once the water service is returned, the DDC
recommends turning the main valve back on
and fl ushing the system by running faucets to
sinks and tubs for 15 to 30 minutes.
Ryan Kelley
New website to log
your cable problems
If you’re a cable customer living in Queens
and having problems with your service, you
now have another outlet to vent your frustration
and demand improvements.
Councilman Rafael Espinal has officially
launched fixmycablenow.com. The website,
which was paid for and run through his campaign
organization, Espinal for NYC, is devoted
to receiving feedback from cable customers in
the city, particularly those who receive service
from Spectrum.
“Aft er reviewing the fi ndings of state regulators,
and especially aft er the Public Service
Commission’s (PSC) extraordinary move to kick
Spectrum out of New York entirely, it is critical
that we make an eff ort to understand how
New York City customers are being negatively
impacted by this greedy and irresponsible corporation,”
said the Brooklyn-based Espinal, who
also serves as the Chairman of the Committee
on Consumer Aff airs and Business.
The launch of the website comes in the wake
of the PSC’s move to expel Spectrum from New
York state for failing to fulfi ll its responsibilities
to customers in New York. Prior to this decision,
the PSC had hit Spectrum with $2 million in
fi nes.
If you wish to leave feedback about Spectrum
or any other Internet or cable provider in the
city, visit fi xmycablenow.com.
Emily Davenport
Bridge construction moves to
fi nal phase ahead of schedule
BY RYAN KELLEY
RKELLEY@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
TWITTER @R_KELLEY6
The Department of Transportation
has announced
that stage three of construction
on the bridge deck at
Metropolitan Avenue and Fresh
Pond Road on the Ridgewood/
Middle Village border is about
to get underway.
As of Thursday, Aug. 16, at 10:30
p.m., the project will move into its
third stage and the work zone on
Metropolitan Avenue will move
from the center of the road to the
south side of the road, according
to a community notice from the
department.
A presentation given by DOT
offi cials at a recent Community
Board 5 Transportation and Public
Transit Committees meeting
noted that the target completion
date for phase two of the project
was Aug. 23, so the project appears
to be one week ahead of
schedule.
For local drivers, the shift
to phase three means another
round of detours at the
intersection.
Those traveling southbound
on Fresh Pond Road will not be
allowed to make a left turn onto
Metropolitan Avenue. Instead,
drivers must turn right on Eliot
Avenue, then left on 60th Lane
The next phase of the Metropolitan Avenue bridge reconstruction
project on the Ridgewood/Middle Village border will get
and another left on Metropolitan
Avenue to head east.
That also means that 60th Lane
will temporarily be changed
from a northbound one-way to a
southbound one-way, and there
will be a temporary traffi c light
at the intersection of 60th Lane
and Metropolitan Avenue.
Westbound drivers on Metropolitan
Avenue will not be
allowed to turn right onto Fresh
Pond Road. They must pass
through the intersection, take
a right on 60th Place, another
Photo: Robert Pozarycki/Ridgewood Times
right on Eliot Avenue and then a
left on Fresh Pond Road to head
north.
Drivers traveling north on
Fresh Pond Road cannot turn
right onto Metropolitan Avenue.
They will continue through the
intersection, take a right on Eliot
Avenue, another right on 69th
Street and a left onto Metropolitan
Avenue to travel east.
Phase three is the fi nal phase
of the long-delayed project, and
the DOT is hopeful that it will be
completed by Thanksgiving.
underway early, on Aug. 16.
N.J. man arrested for Ridgewood sexual assault
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
RPOZARYCKI@RIDGEWOODTIMES.
COM
@ROBBPOZ
Cops arrested a New
Jersey resident accused
of sexually assaulting a
25-year-old man inside a Ridgewood
apartment on Saturday
morning.
Law enforcement sources
said that Newark’s David
Cantor, 34, allegedly attacked
the man inside the victim’s
Woodward Avenue apartment
at about 7 a.m. on Aug. 11.
According to the criminal
complaint that the Queens
District Attorney’s offi ce provided,
the victim was sleeping
on the couch and woke up to
fi nd Cantor allegedly lying on
top of him.
Authorities did not immediately
disclose the nature of the
relationship between Cantor
and the victim.
When the victim attempted
to get away, prosecutors said,
Cantor allegedly held the man
down and then placed the victim’s
genitalia into his mouth.
The complaint noted that Cantor
allegedly also inappropriately
touched the victim and bit him
numerous times on the shoulder,
arm and buttocks.
Members of the 104th Precinct
were called to the scene
a short time later and, following
questioning, Cantor was
booked on charges of criminal
sexual act, assault, forcible
touching, sexual abuse and
harassment.
Following his arraignment
in Queens Criminal Court,
according to court records,
Cantor was released without
bail, but ordered to return for
a follow up hearing on Sept. 21.
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