16 SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Remember the victims of 9/11 at vigils this week
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
RPOZARYCKI@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@ROBBPOZ
The “World’s Borough” will join
the nation in marking the 16th
anniversary of the Sept. 11,
2001, terrorist attacks with a number
of memorial vigils and ceremonies
scheduled to take place in the fi rst half
of this month.
As the city has done every year
since the coordinated attacks on the
World Trade Center, the Pentagon and
United Airlines Flight 93, families and
elected offi cials will gather in Lower
Manhattan on the morning of Sept. 11
for a memorial service at the National
September 11 Memorial to read the
victims’ names and off er prayers and
words of comfort.
Queens, which lost hundreds of
residents in the 9/11 attacks, will hold
vigils across the borough to honor
the victims and remember those
who made the ultimate sacrifi ce in
the rescue and recovery operations
at Ground Zero. The scheduled ceremonies,
listed in chronological order,
include the following:
MASPETH
Residents of Maspeth will remember
the victims of 9/11 at the
neighborhood’s annual vigil, which
will take place at 11 a.m. on Saturday,
Sept. 9, at Maspeth Memorial Park,
located at the corner of 69th Street
and Grand Avenue. The program
includes prayers, patriotic music,
a wreath-laying ceremony and remarks
from elected officials. The
park is located a short walk from
the headquarters of Squad Company
288/Haz-Mat 1, which has participated
in past vigils and was among
Numerous Queens neighborhoods are hosting 9/11 memorial services beginning on Sept. 6.
the New York City firehouses that
lost the largest number of members
on 9/11.
GLENDALE
Continuing to remember the 42
residents of Glendale, Middle Village,
Ridgewood and Woodhaven
who perished in the 9/11 attacks,
hundreds will gather for a vigil at
the 9/11 Memorial Garden in Glendale
on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 10,
at 1 p.m. The commemoration will
include prayers, words of comfort
and memorial music. The 9/11 Memorial
Garden is located near Dry
Harbor Playground at the corner of
Myrtle Avenue and 80th Street. For
more information, email haroldmecacbe@
msn.com or capaced@
aol.com.
WOODSIDE
Woodside residents will pay tribute to
9/11 victims with a memorial vigil from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday night, Sept.
11, at Doughboy Playground, located at
the corner of Woodside Avenue and 56th
Street. Woodside on the Move and the
Doughboy Park Patriots are sponsoring
the commemoration. For additional
information or to volunteer, email afrager@
woodsideonthemove.org.
HOWARD BEACH
The headquarters of Engine Company
331/Ladder Company 173 in
Howard Beach will again play host
to the neighborhood’s 9/11 memorial.
The ceremony will take place at 7
p.m. on Monday night at 158-57 Cross
Bay Blvd. and will feature prayers,
words of comfort and music. Light
Photo: Josef Pinlac/RIDGEWOOD TIMES
refreshments will be served following
the ceremony. For more information
or to help volunteer, call Frances Scarantino
at 718-845-1429.
MIDDLE VILLAGE
Juniper Valley Park held one of the
largest vigils in New York City in the
days immediately following the 9/11 attacks
16 years ago this month. The park
will again host another candlelight
vigil on Monday night at 7:30 p.m. in
the ballfi elds located off the intersection
of Juniper Boulevard South and
78th Street. Organized by the 9-11 Candlelight
Vigil Committee of Queens,
the program includes music, poems
and refl ection. All are asked to bring
lawn chairs, an American fl ag and
either candles or a fl ashlight. For more
information, visit www.911vigil.org.
Making Ridgewood greener, one tree at a time
The fi rst plantings of 700 new
street trees for Ridgewood,
were surveyed by some of
the offi cers of the Ridgewood Property
Owners & Civic Association.
Members of the civic group joined
City Councilman Antonio Reynoso
to symbolically plant this rubber
tree. Reynoso funded one-third
of the 700 new trees to be planted
around the neighborhood this year,
and the councilman has already
pledged to do more in the years to
come. Shown at the tree planting are
(from left to right): Patricia Grayson,
Peggy O’Kane, Maryellen Borello,
Councilman Antonio Reynoso, Luis
Rodriguez, Paul Kerzner, Simon Orr
and Agnela Dykshorn. Photo courtesy of Maryellen Borello
