4 OCTOBER 12, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Glendale sewer projects top CB 5’s priorities
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@A_GIUDICEREPORT
Community Board 5 (CB 5) wants
to make the neighborhoods of
Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village
and Ridgewood a little greener, as
many environmental projects made
the top 10 capital budget priorities for
Fiscal Year 2019.
Each year, CB 5 votes on the most important
capital budget projects that will
impact the communities in the following
fi scal year. Projects on the survey
range from tree plantings, to street and
sewer reconstructions, to parks projects
and many other issues the board
and residents want addressed.
For the FY19 capital budget projects,
the executive committee of CB 5
ranked 36 community projects they
deem most important. The top 10 projects
are as follows:
To redesign and reconstruct the
sewer system in portions of the Community
Board area having the worst
fl ooding problems — with a focus on
the area of Cooper Avenue at 76th
Street along 77th Avenue in Glendale,
(this project was ranked No. 1 in CB 5’s
FY18 budget);
The reconstruction of deteriorated
catch basins and provide new catch basins
in the CB 5 area, which will replace
deteriorated brick catch basins with
precast concrete basins, (No. 2 in FY18);
To provide new street tree plantings
and provide funding for stump removals,
planting of replacement trees and
street tree removals, (No. 3 in FY18);
Make capital improvements to improve
pedestrian and vehicle safety
on Grand Avenue at 69th Street, Grand
Avenue/LIE Eastbound Service Road,
and at the 69th Street/LIE Service
Road intersections, (No. 4 in FY18);
To evaluate the structural condition
on the elevated portions of the M train
line in the CB 5 area, perform repairs,
abate lead on other contaminants, and
paint the structure, (No. 5 in FY18);
To move along with the second phase
of the rehabilitation of the Ridgewood
Reservoir and the surrounding area,
including portions of Highland Park
— focusing on the rehabilitation of the
old pump house, or to construct a new
building at the reservoir to accommodate
bathrooms and to serve as an
Environmental Center, (No. 6 in FY18);
To rehabilitate the Glendale Library
branch by installing an elevator or other
means of handicap access, new windows,
new boiler and air conditioner, new
doors and other upgrades, (No. 8 in FY18);
To provide replacement of the synthetic
turf fi eld and the running track
at the west end of Juniper Valley Park
in Middle Village, (No. 10 in FY18);
A sewer project to improve fl ooding conditions in Glendale topped the CB
5 capital budget survey this year.
The reconstruction of Edsall Avenue
from 71st Place to 73rd Place
to deal with the street’s extensive
ponding conditions by rebuilding
the street with a new sewer
line, catch basins, curbing and a
new roadway surface, (No. 13 in
FY18); and
To replace or repower polluting
Stage Zero freight engines leased by
New York & Atlantic Railway hauling
NYC municipal waste through
CB 5, (No. 7 in FY18).
Photo courtesy of the NYC water department
The only project from last year’s
survey that dropped out of the
top 10 is the plan to construct an
athletic field at the Department of
Environmental Protection’s (EPA)
Newtown Creek Aeration Facility
property, which slipped to No. 13
this year.
The full Community Board will
vote on the projects at the CB 5
monthly meeting to be held on
Wednesday, Oct. 11, at Christ the
King High School in Middle Village.
Queensboro UNICO hold annual
Cigar Night Fundraiser
Queensboro Unico celebrated
their annual Cigar Night
Fundraiser on Sept. 20 at Giando
on the Water in Brooklyn, to
raise money for a great cause. The
evening was another spectacular
success with great weather, views,
food, drink, fi ne cigars, great raffl e
prizes, and entertainment.
Pictured left to right: Queensboro
UNICO Members John Mistretta;
Frank Fabrico, event chairman;
John A. Mistretta; and Gaspare
Mistretta, event co-chairman.
Photo courtesy of Queensboro UNICO
MEDIA ADVISORY
Middle Village Preparatory Charter School
will conduct its monthly Board of Trustees Meeting
on Wednesday, October 18th.
Details are as follows:
WHO: Middle Village Preparatory Charter School
WHAT: Monthly Board of Trustees Meeting
WHEN: Wednesday, October
18, 2017
TIME: 6:00 PM
WHERE: Middle Village Prep at Christ the King Campus
Multi-Purpose Room
Door # 10
68-02 Metropolitan Avenue
Middle Village, NY 11379
All meetings of the Trustees and all committees and subcommittees
are conducted with the New York Open Meetings Law
(N.Y. Public Officers Law §§ 100-111).
