6 The Queens Courier • october 22, 2015 for breaking news visit www.qns.com Sunnyside students rally for increased traffic safety measures bY angeLa MatUa amatua@queenscourier.com/@AngelaMatua Parents and first-graders from P.S. 343 in Sunnyside are calling on the Department of Transportation (DOT) to improve the traffic conditions 18 times • OCTOBER 22, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.timesnewsweekly.com at a dangerous intersection near the school. The intersection at 42nd Street and 47th Avenue, which is the location of the school, a playground and apartments that house families and seniors, has long been a problem area. For more than three years, parents and local leaders have repeatedly asked the DOT to install a traffic signal. Parents, first-graders from P.S. 343’s Civics Unit and Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer gathered at the intersection on Monday to voice their concerns and marched to a nearby mailbox to mail letters to the city agency. “Every day that we don’t have a traffic light at this intersection we are asking families to cross in danger,” Van Bramer said. “The Department of Transportation has the responsibility of protecting our children and all local residents who cross this street every day. The agency cannot simply wait for a tragedy to occur before making the necessary improvements we need to make this street safer.” Van Bramer cited the NYPD’s annual Motor Vehicle Collision Report statistics to highlight the dangerous conditions of the intersection, noting that between January 2014 and August 2015 there were six collisions in the area that involved 12 people. Students from the school’s Civics Unit, where 90 first-graders are learning about civic engagement, surveyed Sunnyside and identified areas in the neighborhood that were troublesome. The students brainstormed solutions to the traffic problem and decided on the letter-writing project. “I am very proud of our first-grade students and their letter-writing campaign,” P.S. 343 Principal Students, parents and Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer are calling on the DOT to install traffic safety measures at the intersection of 42nd Street and 47th Avenue. Brooke Barr said in a statement. “They are using what they have learned in class about good citizenship to make a real difference in their community. With the support of Council member Van Bramer and Community Board 2, our teachers, students and families are working together to make our neighborhood a safer place for all.” Though the city agency previously denied the need for additional safety measures, a spokesperson Photo courtesy of Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer for the DOT said they have agreed to research the area to judge if additional safety enhancements are necessary. “We demand a stoplight on the corner of 42nd Street and 47th Avenue here in Sunnyside,” said first-grader Virginia Wallace. “You can get killed at that corner. It’s very dangerous. We saw someone who had to run across the street because a car was crossing. Don’t you want to keep us safe?” Four decades later, College Point street co-named for fallen officer bY aLina sUrieL asuriel@queenscourier.com/@alinangelica Police Commissioner William Bratton and city officials honored late NYPD Police Officer Phillip Cardillo on Oct. 19 with the unveiling of a conamed College Point street located directly in front of a new police training academy. Cardillo had been on the force for five years when he and his partner, Detective Vito Navarra, received a false call about an officer in distress at the Nation of Islam mosque on 116th Street on April 14, 1972. The two responding officers were attacked by a crowd inside upon their arrival, and Cardillo, 31, was fatally shot with his own gun. Witnesses at the Oct. 19 ceremony estimated that over a thousand people were in attendance for the unveiling of Ptl. Phillip Cardillo Way, including Commissioner Bratton, Public Advocate Letitia James, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch and Councilman Paul Vallone. Todd Cardillo, Cardillo’s son, was also in attendance at the ceremony. He said that this was not only an honor for him but for all who have served with the NYPD. “This street naming has been a long time coming,” Cardillo said. “It is a great honor to have the Cardillo name become a permanent part of New York City.” Councilman Vallone said the recognition is long overdue and he was proud to have introduced the co-naming legislation. According to Vallone, Cardillo’s death remains the only unsolved police She would like to thank all the clients for their support and patronage throughout the years. Ridgewood Hair Stylist has been part of the community and served the residents near and far. During the last 40 years, many friendships and relationships were formed and will continue. 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Congratulations on your retirement; Officials and Patrolman Cardillo’s son, Todd Cardillo, pose with the new street sign. the end of an era but the start of a whole new chapter. killing in modern NYPD history. “Now, generations of new officers will look to the sign and know his story and legacy to the department,” Vallone said. “May this sign forever remind us of the sacrifices that the men and women of the NYPD are too often asked to selflessly make, as well as serve as a symbol that these sacrifices will Photo courtesy of the NYPD/Office of Councilman Paul Vallone never be forgotten.” In a statement read at the event, Commissioner Bratton said that it was incredible to him that the co-naming took over 40 years to be put in place. “Today we took one step to righting a wrong & fulfilling a promise to #neverforget,” Bratton later posted on his Twitter account. 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