TIMES, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2014 • 20 TRANSIT NEWS and Updates Metropolitan Transportation Authority The information in this column is current as of Wednesday, Oct. 29. Last minute changes to service and operating schedules may be made at any time after publication. Check www.mta.info for schedule changes. Early Interruption For M Line In Man. M train service between Essex Street and 71st-Continental Avenues will end early tonight, Thursday, Oct. 30. M trains will continue to operate between Metropolitan Avenue and Essex Street. For alternate service between Manhattan and western Queens, transfer to the F train at Delancey Street-Essex Street or 71st- Continental Avenues; the E train at West Fourth Street; or the R train at 34th Street-Herald Square. More Disruptions Affect The 7 Train Flushing-bound 7 trains will skip the 33rd Street, 40th Street, 46th Street, 52nd Street and 69th Street stations on weekdays, Wednesday through Friday, from 10:15 a.m. until 3 p.m. through Friday, Nov. 14; and this weekend, from 3:45 a.m. -SEE TRANSIT ON PG. 57- Saturday, Nov. 1, until 10 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2. For service to these stations, take the 7 train to Woodside-61st Street or 74th Street, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound 7 train. For service from these stations, take the 7 train to Woodside-61st Street or Queensboro Plaza, then transfer to a Flushing-bound 7 train. Additionally, 7 train service will operate in two sections— between Times Square-42nd Street and Mets-Willets Point and between Mets-Willets Point and Main Street-Flushing—on Saturday from 12:01 to 5 a.m. and Sunday from 12:01 to 7 a.m. Riders can transfer between 7 trains at Mets-Willets Point to continue their trip. Some L Trains Make Last Stop In R’wood Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues will be the last stop for alternate L trains from Manhattan on weekdays, Monday through Friday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Friday, Nov. 7. For Canarsie-bound service, transfer between L trains at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues to continue the trip. It was noted that TRAFFIC NEWS and Updates New York City Department Of Transportation are advised to use Flushing and Metropolitan avenues as alternate routes while traveling between East Williamsburg and Maspeth. Metro. Ave. Bridge Shut Early On Sat. The Metropolitan Avenue Bridge over the English Kills will be closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic this Saturday, Nov. 1, from 1 to 6 a.m. to facilitate bridge restoration work. Drivers are advised to use Flushing Avenue, Johnson Avenue and Morgan Avenue as alternate routes. Street Resurfacing In Maspeth, Midville Weather permitting, DOT crews will perform street resurfacing work on the following streets: • 57th Road between 78th Street and the dead end in Middle Village for paving on Friday, Oct. 31; • 58th Road between 76th Street and 77th Place in Middle Village for paving on Friday, Oct. 31; • 64th Street between Queens Midtown Expressway and -SEE TRAFFIC ON PG. 57- Street Cleaning Suspensions Alternate side parking rules will be suspended on Saturday, Nov. 1, in observance of All Saints Day and Tuesday, Nov. 4, for Election Day. Meter regulations, however, will remain in effect city wide each day. * * * Because of ongoing construction work at several locations throughout Queens and Brooklyn, the city DOT has announced numerous street closures in local neighborhoods for the upcoming week. The announced diversions are current as of Wednesday, Oct. 29, and weather permitting. The DOT may shut down other roads should the need for emergency repairs arise. Streets and highways that are affected by closures during this week include the following: More Sat. Closures For Grand St. Br. The Grand Street Bridge over the Newtown Creek will be closed the next three Saturdays—Nov. 1, 8 and 15—from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. for deck grating repairs. Drivers TRUCK FATALLY HITS M.V. MAN He’s Killed While Crossing Intersection by Robert Pozarycki A Middle Village man was fatally struck by a truck as he tried to cross at an intersection on the neighborhood’s border with Glendale just before dawn last Thursday morning, Oct. 23, police reported. Law enforcement sources identified him as 46-year-old Martin Srodin of 74th Street. Reportedly, the incident occurred at about 6:07 a.m. at the intersection of 80th Street and Cooper Avenue. According to information obtained by police, Srodin was attempting to cross 80th Street from west to east as a tractortrailer operated by a 64-year-old man was making a left turn onto 80th Street from Cooper Avenue eastbound. In doing so, authorities said, the truck’s rear wheels struck Srodin, causing severe trauma. The truck driver reportedly remained at the scene following the accident. Members of the 104th Precinct and EMS units responded to the location. Paramedics rushed Srodin to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. No charges were filed against the truck driver, and no criminality is suspected, law enforcement sources said. The NYPD Collision Investigation Squad is continuing its inquiry, police noted. In the wake of the accident, City Council Member Elizabeth Crowley—while passing her condolences to Srodin’s family— called on the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) “to improve safety at this intersection.” “Too many pedestrians in our community have lost their lives in traffic accidents, and the DOT needs to be more proactive on busy intersections like 80th Street and Cooper Avenue,” Crowley said in a statement to the Times Newsweekly last Friday, Oct. 24. Serving COLA To N.Y. Seniors With Prices Higher, Soc. Security Boosts Benefits by Noah Zuss The Social Security Administration announced last week that New York beneficiaries will get a 1.7 percent Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits beginning in January 2015. The monthly benefit Crowley applauded the increase. adjustment will on average equal “For so many seniors in my an additional $22 a month, it was district and nationwide, Social noted. Security is more than just a In a statement, Rep. Joe retirement program––it is a lifeline,” Crowley said. “This COLA increase will bring some much-needed relief to the pocketbooks of seniors and -SEE CLAIMS ON PG. 57- Assistant DAs Receive Awards Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced that Assistant District Attorneys Elizabeth A. Speck and Kanella Georgopoulos have been named the recipients of the Queens District Attorney’s Office’s twenty-third annual Hal Miller Weinstein Memorial Award. “Each year this award is presented to a member of our first-year class who most exemplifies and embodies Hal Weinstein’s exceptional spirit, his boundless enthusiasm and deep commitment to public service,” Brown said. The award was created in 1992 in memory of Assistant District Attorney Hal Miller Weinstein whose life was tragically cut short in April of that year as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Pictured at the award ceremony are (from left to right) Administrative Judge Jeremy Weinstein, Hal Weinstein’s uncle; attorney Lloyd Weinstein, Hal’s brother; DA Brown and Assistant DAs Speck and Georgopoulos.
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