6 times • OCTOBER 22, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.timesnewsweekly.com Food, music and fun at the Ridgewood Seneca Avenue Stroll this weekend Come celebrate the second annual Ridgewood Seneca Avenue Stroll on Saturday, Oct. 24. BY ANTHONY GIUDICE agiudice@ridgewoodtimes. com @A_GiudiceReport Community Board 5 (CB 5) is once again pushing for the reconstruction of the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge and the often faulty sewer system, issues that have plagued the communities for years. During CB 5’s Oct. 14 public meeting, the board released the list of capital budget priorities for fiscal year 2017, and there have been some changes in the top 10 requested projects from last year. The project that made the biggest jump in the top 10 from fiscal year 2016 was the need to repower polluting stage zero freight engines hauling New York City municipal waste through District 5, Queens. This project was listed as the 13th highest priority last year, and is now ninth on the list. The top three priorities remained the same from fiscal year 2016. The project to redesign and reconstruct the sewer system in portions of the CB 5 area which have the worst flooding problems reclaimed the top spot. The need to reconstruct the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge over the Long Island Rail Road Montauk line at Fresh Pond Road and the project to provide new catch basins and reconstruct the deteriorating catch basins within the CB 5 area remained as the second and third highest priorities, respectively. The top 10 fiscal year 2017 priorities are as follows: -Redesign and reconstruct sewer systems in portions of the CB 5 area with the worst flooding; -Reconstruct the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge over the Long Island Rail Road Montauk line at Fresh Pond Road; -Provide new catch basins and reconstruct the deteriorating catch basins within the CB 5 area; -Construct new school space, where needed, in the CB 5 area, including a new high school at 78-16 Cooper Ave.; -Make capital improvements to improve pedestrian and vehicle safety on Grand Avenue at 69th Street, at Grand Avenue/LIE east-bound service road and at the 69th Street/ LIE service road intersections; -Evaluate the structural condition of the elevated “M” train line in the CB 5 area, perform repairs and paint Photo courtesy Myrtle Avenue BID the structure; -Rehabilitate the Glendale Branch Library; -Rehabilitate Ridgewood Reservoir — Phase II and the surrounding area, including portions of Highland Park; -Repower polluting stage zero freight engines hauling NYC municipal waste through District 5, Queens; and -Provide replacement of the synthetic turf ballfield and the running track at the west end of Juniper Valley Park. “The executive committee recommends that the capital budget, as published based on the surveys, will be that of the community board,” said Vincent Arcuri, chair of CB 5. The final capital budget priorities will be sent to the Department of City Planning. BY ANTHONY GIUDICE agiudice@ridgewoodtimes.com @A_GiudiceReport Come out to Seneca Avenue on Saturday, Oct. 24, from noon to 5 p.m. for the second annual Ridgewood Seneca Avenue Stroll, sponsored by the Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) and the Department of Transportation (DOT), for some fun, tasty food from local restaurants and live musical entertainment. The following local restaurants are participating in the event: -Ridgewood Eats, located at 903 Seneca Ave., celebrating 10 years of business on Seneca Avenue; -Rudy’s Bakery and Café, located at 905 Seneca Ave., celebrating 81 years on Seneca Avenue; -Nepalese Indian Restaurant, at 907 Seneca Ave., which is celebrating three years on Seneca Avenue; -Zum Stammtisch and Stammtisch Pork Store, located at 69-46 Myrtle Ave., celebrating 44 years on Myrtle Avenue; and -BelGioioso Cheese Inc. will also be featured at the stroll. Enjoy beer tastings from Finback Brewery, Queens Brewery and Bridge and Tunnel Brewery inside the Nepalese Indian Restaurant. From noon to 3:30 p.m. the Queens Library Bookmobile will be at the Stroll thanks to the Friends of the Ridgewood Library. The Myrtle Avenue BID will be handing out free Halloween activity fun packs and there will be hot cocoa and cookies, compliments of Rudy’s Bakery and Café, while supplies last. There will be musical entertainment by Bobby Svet, Dino Mezic and Richie Cosetti, and more. “This is our second annual participation in DOT’s Weekend Walk Program and it is another opportunity for us to highlight some of the great eateries along Seneca Avenue and for all to have a good time and join friends for a celebration of some of our longstanding business in the BID district,” said Ted Renz, executive director of the Myrtle Avenue BID. During the stroll, Seneca Avenue, between Myrtle and Catalpa avenues will be closed to traffic from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sewer work, bridge projects remain top CB 5 budget priorities Community Board 5 released its fiscal year 2017 capital budget priorities during their public meeting on Oct. 14.
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