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Maspeth Federal Savings recently held a ribbon cutting for its newly renovated Ridgewood branch. Photo: Max Parrott/QNS
Maspeth Federal Savings bank completes
renovations of its Ridgewood branch
BY MAX PARROTT
MPARROTT@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
After years of being mistaken for
post office, the Ridgewood branch of
the Maspeth Federal Savings bank
celebrated the completion of the
renovations to its interior and held
a grand re-opening on Wednesday,
Nov. 20.
The renovations include eye-popping
signage, a new floor layout and
a new digital bar for local business
partners to promote themselves.
“The work that we’ve done right
now is the vision that we were looking
for: take the operations that
happen inside and let the outside
see it,” said Maspeth Federal Savings
President and CEO Tom Rudzewick.
In place of the brick facade and
heavy block-letter signage, a wall
of large glass panes open up the
banking floor to the street, so that
neighbors can look into the bank as
they walk past. In addition to the
teller windows, the layout will now
include universal banker stations
and cash recyclers.
The bank will also add a digital
bar near the front window — a spot
where some of the small businesses
that are customers of the bank can
show their wares.
The Ridgewood branch of the
bank was the sixth and most recent
to open in 1998. Since then the bank
has renovated three of its other
branches.
Rudzewick said that he knew this
location was the spot to stay. Even
though he considered relocating to
a place that could accommodate a
drive-through window, he eventually
decided that the foot traffic
along Fresh Pond Road could not be
beat.
The bank partnered with various
businesses for the construction and
design. Maspeth Press provided all
the signage all the stationary to make
the bank more colorful. Manhattan’s
Gilmore Associates was the designer
who brought the vision to life with
renderings. Glen Oaks Electric, run
by Middle Village native Andrew
Lennon, took care of the electric
work.
At the ceremony, Rudzewick
recognized a number of charitable
organizations for their service to the
community. The list included: Associazione
Culturale Italiana Di New
York; Community Advocacy Center,
Inc.; East Coast Car Association;
Greater Ridgewood Historical Society;
Greater Ridgewood Restoration Corporation;
Greater Ridgewood Youth
Council; Newtown Historical Society;
Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Center;
Ridgewood Older Adult Center; Ridgewood
Volunteer Ambulance Corps;
Veterans of Foreign Wars; Ridgewood
Kiwanis Club; and Polonians Organized
to Minister to Our Community.
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