between Broadway Junction and Rockaway Parkway will operate every 24 minutes. Riders are advised to allow for additional travel time. More Disruptions Affect The 7 Line Manhattan-bound 7 trains will skip the 111th Street, 103rd Street, 90th Street and 82nd Street stations on Thursday, Dec. 11, from 10:15 a.m. until 3 p.m. These trains will continue to stop at Junction Boulevard. For service to these stations, take the 7 train to Junction Boulevard or 74th Street, then transfer to a Flushing-bound 7 train. For service from these stations, take the 7 train to Junction Boulevard or Mets- Willets Point, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound 7 train. Additionally, 7 train service will be suspended between Queensboro Plaza and Times Square-42nd Street from 11:45 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15, until 5 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16. During this period, 7 trains will operate between Queensboro Plaza and Flushing-Main Street. For service between Queens and Manhattan, transfer to the N train at Queensboro Plaza or Times Square-42nd Street or the E or F trains at 74th Street- Roosevelt Avenue. Free shuttle buses will replace 7 trains in Long Island City between Queensboro Plaza and Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue. These buses will stop at Queens Plaza for ADA access to the E line. The shuttle bus stops are located as follows: • Queensboro Plaza—on Queens Plaza South at 27th or Crescent streets; • Queens Plaza—on 42nd Road at Jackson Avenue; • Court Square-23rd Street— on Jackson Avenue at 45th Avenue (to Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue) or at Thomson Avenue (to Queensboro Plaza); • Hunters Point Avenue–on 21st Street at 49th Avenue; and • Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue—on Vernon Boulevard at 50th Avenue. N Trains Skip Stops In Astoria Weekdays Astoria-bound N trains will skip the 39th Avenue, 36th Avenue, Broadway and 30th Avenue stations on Tuesday through Friday, Dec. 16-19, from 10:15 a.m. until 3 p.m. During this period, Q trains will not operate between 57th Street and Astoria- Ditmars Boulevard. For service to the skipped stations, take the N train to Astoria Boulevard, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound N train. For service from these stations, take the N train to Queensboro Plaza, then transfer to an Astoria-bound N train. Late Night Express On E This Weekend Manhattan-bound E trains will operate express service between 71st-Continental Avenues and Roosevelt Avenue late nights this weekend, Saturday through Monday, Dec. 13-15, from 11:45 p.m. to 5 a.m. each day. For service to the 67th Avenue, 63rd Drive, Woodhaven Boulevard, Grand Avenue and Elmhurst Avenue stations, take the E train to Roosevelt Avenue, then transfer to a Jamaica Centerbound E train. For service from these stations, take the E train to 71st-Continental Avenues, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound E train. Overnight Woes Hit E, F Lines In Queens Manhattan-bound E and F trains will skip the 75th Avenue station late night on Friday, Dec. 12, from 10:45 p.m. to 5 a.m. For service to this station, take the E or F train to 71st- Continental Avenues, then transfer to a Jamaica Center-bound E train or a Jamaica-bound F train. For service from this station, take the E or F train to Union Turnpike, then transfer to a Manhattanbound E or F train. Additionally, Manhattanbound F trains will run on the M line between Roosevelt Avenue and 47th-50th Streets late night Friday and overnight on Monday, Dec. 15, through Friday, Dec. 19, from 11:45 p.m. to 5 a.m. As a result of this change, Manhattan-bound F train service will be unavailable at the 21st Street-Queensbridge, Roosevelt Island, Lexington Avenue-63rd Street and 57th Street stations. For service to these stations, take the F train to 47th-50th Streets, then transfer to a Jamaicabound F train. For service from these stations, take the F train to Roosevelt Avenue, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound F train. Disruptions Slow G Train In Bklyn. Bedford-Nostrand Avenues will serve as the last stop for alternate Church Avenue-bound G trains this Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 13-14, from 5 a.m. to midnight. This service change will be in effect each weekend through Sunday, Dec. 28. Riders can transfer between G trains at Bedford-Nostrand Avenues to continue their trip. It was noted that all G trains running between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand Avenues will operate every 20 minutes. Riders are advised to allow for additional travel time. Ozone Park A Line Closed For Weekend A train service between Rockaway Boulevard and Lefferts Boulevard will be suspended this weekend, from 11:45 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, until 4:45 a.m. Monday, Dec. 15. During this period, A trains will operate between 207th Street and either Howard Beach-JFK Airport or Mott Avenue-Far Rockaway. Manhattan-bound A trains will also skip the Rockaway Boulevard station. Free shuttle buses will provide alternate service between 80th Street and Lefferts Boulevard. Riders can transfer between A trains and the free shuttle buses at 80th Street. The shuttle bus stops are located as follows: • 80th Street—on Liberty Avenue at 80th Street; • 88th Street—on Liberty Avenue at 88th Street; • Rockaway Boulevard—on 93rd Street at Liberty Avenue or on Liberty Avenue at 96th Street (to Lefferts Boulevard) or on Liberty Avenue at 93rd or 97th streets (to 80th Street); • 104th Street—on Liberty Avenue at 104th Street; • 111th Street—on Liberty Avenue at 111th Street; and • Lefferts Boulevard—on Lefferts Boulevard at Liberty Avenue. Station Renewal Affects A Train The Manhattan-bound platforms at the 88th Street and 104th Street A train stations in Ozone Park remain closed through January 2015 for repairs related to the MTA’s station renewal program. For service to these stations, take the A train to 80th Street, then transfer to an Ozone Park-bound or a Far Rockaway-bound A train. For service from these stations, take the A train to Rockaway Boulevard or 111th Street, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound A train. For a complete list of service changes and last-minute updates, visit the MTA’s website at www.mta.info or call 511. Transit News And Changes -CONTINUED FROM PG. 20- TIMES, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014 • 58 Traffic News And Changes either direction may be closed on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and weeknights 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Additionally, two of three lanes in either direction may be closed in this segment on early weekday mornings from 1 to 5 a.m. The closures are required to allow for sewer reconstruction, which is expected to continue through July 2016. Furthermore, one of two lanes of the Nassau Expressway exit ramp to the eastbound Belt Parkway between 115th and 128th streets will be closed until further notice. * * * For additional closures, visit the city DOT’s website at www.nyc.gov/dot or call 311. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 20- Crime Crew Leader Guilty Of Murders -CONTINUED FROM PG. 19- 2000 murder of Charlemagne Lormand, the 2008 murder of Barry Haynes, the 2008 murder of Daquane Shelton and the 2011 murders of Jason Bostic and Aaron Formey. Both defendants were found guilty of the 2006 murder of Earle Kevin Obermuller. During the Obermuller murder, the defendants lured the victim to an abandoned building where they duct taped his entire head and watched him suffocate to death. The defendants then set him on fire. In the 2011 murders of Bostic and Formey, the defendant Christian John ordered his crew members to bind the victims with duct tape and to kill them. Among his many other crimes, John was also found guilty of assaulting a crew member by tying him up and pouring scalding water over his body. Lynch extended her grateful appreciation to the FBI and the NYPD for their outstanding assistance in this case. The government’s case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Celia A. Cohen, Soumya Dayananda, and Robert T. Polemeni. News From The WRBA Residents of Woodhaven have already notified the WRBA that they have begun to receive unprompted real estate solicitations. In Woodhaven, at least, blockbusting isn’t the same concern that it was in decades past, but there should be no debate that people who do not wish to be urged to sell their homes should be able to prevent annoying or unwanted offers from real estate brokers. There are parallels in other areas. For example, we can add ourselves to the National Do-Not-Call Registry to prevent unsolicited commercial phone calls. We can opt out of marketing mail and credit card offers. By posting a sign on our property, we can decline to receive hand-delivered advertising circulars and solicitations. We should be able to do the same with real estate solicitations. It is part of our right to be left alone. State Sen. Tony Avella has introduced a bill in Albany that would allow all Queens residents—not just those from specific neighborhoods—to join a cease-and-desist list. The list would be valid for 10 years before renewal is needed. The WRBA supports Sen. Avella’s legislation and encourages our state legislators to back it as well. At the very least, we want Woodhaven to receive the same cease-and-desist protection we had enjoyed for years. It is important to note that not all real estate brokers engage in the sort of practice that the ceaseand desist list blocked. Many real estate agents are valuable, contributing members of their communities, who want their neighborhoods to remain stable and thriving. Unfortunately, though, not all of them are. The unscrupulous real estate brokers actually put the honest, lawabiding ones at a disadvantage, while at the same time giving them all a bad name in some people’s minds. This is yet another reason to protect residents from intense unwanted solicitations: it protects the good real estate agents too. By bringing back cease-anddesist, state officials will give Woodhaven residents the chance to send a clear message to real estate brokers: Don’t call us; we’ll call you. Editor’s note: The next Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association meeting—a holiday celebration—is on Saturday, Dec. 13, noon at Emanuel United Church of Christ (93-12 91st Avenue). Blenkinsopp is a member of Community Board 9 and director of communications for the WRBA. For additional information on the WRBA, visit www.woodhaven-nyc.org. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 12-
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