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Cops looking
for driver
in deadly
Glendale/
Rego Park
hit-and-run
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A man was killed in a hit-andrun
in Glendale on Thursday
BY RYAN KELLEY
RKELLEY@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
TWITTER @R_KELLEY
A Rego Park man died aft er
being struck by a vehicle
while crossing Woodhaven
Boulevard late on Thursday
night in a hit-and-run incident
on the Glendale/Rego Park border,
police said.
On Thursday, Dec. 21, at approximately
10:49 p.m., offi cers from
the 104th Precinct responded to a
911 call about a man lying close to
the left turn lane of southbound
Woodhaven Boulevard just north
of Metropolitan Avenue.
Upon arrival, the officers
discovered a group of good Samaritans
trying to help an unconscious
and unresponsive male in
the street with severe trauma to
the head and body. EMS arrived
and transported the victim to
Jamaica Hospital, where he was
pronounced dead.
Police identifi ed the victim as
47-year-old Thomas Kelly, who
lived on Alderton Street, a few
blocks away from the scene of
the incident.
No witnesses have come forward
yet, and police said that they
will be returning to the area Friday
to look for security camera
footage that may give them more
information.
A new bill was recently signed
into law to create an alert system
for hit-and-run incidents similar
to the way Amber Alerts work.
According to police, however, it
will not be put into eff ect until
sometime in March, 90 days aft er
the bill was signed.
The investigation by the NYPD
Collision Investigation Squad is
ongoing.
City offi cials fi nally break ground
on Glendale Library renovations
BY RYAN KELLEY
RKELLEY@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
TWITTER @R_KELLEY6
The highly anticipated renovation
project at the Glendale Library
is one step closer to getting underway,
aft er the Department of Design
and Construction broke ground
at the site on Thursday.
Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley,
who secured a majority of the funding
for the project, was joined by Department
of Design and Construction Commissioner
Ana Barrio, Queens Library
President and CEO Dennis M. Walcott
and Community Board 5 District Manager
Gary Giordano on Dec. 21 to be the
fi rst to stick shovels in the dirt.
The ceremony was originally
scheduled to take place on Tuesday,
Dec. 19, but had to be postponed due
to a scheduling confl ict.
The most notable upgrades in the
$4.7 million project will give the building
a wheelchair-accessible entrance,
an elevator and a book drop.
“These renovations and upgrades
mean that this very special library
will finally be accessible to all,”
Walcott said. “We are grateful to
Council member Crowley, Borough
President Melinda Katz and Mayor
Bill de Blasio for their financial
support for this important project
and look forward to working with
the Department of Design and
Construction.”
Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, Department of Design and
Construction Commissioner Ana Barrio, Queens Library President and
CEO Dennis M. Walcott and Community Board 5 District Manager Gary
Giordano are joined by members of the Glendale community to break
ground on the Glendale Library renovations.
Also included in the project are
improvements to the interior and
rear garden. Originally built under
the federal Works Progress Administration
during the Great Depression,
the 10,800-square-foot library still
contains original woodwork, details
and fi nishes.
“This building dates back to 1935 and
has a lot of character, and we plan to
preserve that history while we make
Photo courtesy of Queens Library
this valuable resource more equitable
for New Yorkers,” Barrio said.
Although it was previously reported
that the project would take one year to
complete, a spokesperson from the Department
of Design and Construction said
that the project was always scheduled to
take 18 months. Construction is expected
to begin sometime in the spring of 2018,
and a mobile library will be available
throughout the duration of the project.
Queensboro UNICO helps feed the hungry
Photo courtesy of Queensboro UNICO
Members of Queensboro UNICO recently donated funds to the Sacred Heart Parish Food Pantry for its ongoing
efforts to help feed the hungry in Glendale and surrounding communities. Queensboro UNICO President
Sal Tomaselli and member Leo Galante are pictured presenting their check to Nancy Baer of the food pantry.
