FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com FEBRUARY 20, 2014 • The Courier SUN 15 ‘QueensWay Connection’ selects design winners BY MAGGIE HAYES mhayes@queenscourier.com/@magghayes Architects are jumping on the QueensWay bandwagon, BOARD APPROVES BIKE LANES BY LIAM LA GUERRE lguerre@queenscourier.com/ @liamlaguerre Plans to add new bike lanes in Community Board 5 (CB 5) got the green light. Following an endorsement by freshman Councilmember Antonio Reynoso, CB 5 approved the proposed bike lanes in Ridgewood and Glendale at its February 12 meeting with a 29-5 vote. The Department of City Planning will begin implementing the Phase One lanes this summer, which connect to the Brooklyn network of paths. One set flows parallel on Woodward and Onderdonk Avenues from Flushing Avenue to Cooper Avenue. Another set runs on Harman and Himrod Streets from Evergreen Avenue to Metropolitan Avenue. “I’m very excited for this first step. I wish it could have been more,” said John Maier, co-chair of the CB 5 Transportation Committee. “I look forward to working with City Planning and the board to find Phase Two and possibly Phase Three.” City Planning will continue to evaluate Phase Two of the proposal, which could eventually add more paths and connect routes in Maspeth and Middle Village. Phase two contains an expansive network of lanes throughout the rest of CB 5. However, residents have complained about a proposed lane on Elliot Street through Mount Olivet Cemetery between 67th Street and Mount Olivet Crescent. The two-way street is so narrow that it is already dangerous for car traffic, they say. A Better Kind of Cancer Care “We give patients the opportunity to get the very best cancer care right in their own backyards.” Dr. Je rey Schneider has an Ivy League medical education and was an attending physician at a leading New York City cancer center. His commitment to lung cancer patients led him to help create thve rst formal lung cancer screening program on Long Island and to take the lead in a number of breakthrough clinical trials in lung cancer that are achieving remarkable early results. “The patients clearly come rst here at Winthrop. We were rst on Long Island to incorporate a Cancer Navigator for each of the major cancer types to work with patients and their families. No matter what anyone says, no cancer center has everything, but I can say with complete con dence that cancer patients who come to Winthrop are denied nothing. “Sometimes after a treatment a patient won’t feel well and may need to return to the hospital. It’s a big advantage to be right nearby. I’m proud to be here at Winthrop because I believe that we are o ering a better kind of cancer care, closer to home.” €‚ First Street, Mineola, New York ††€‡† • †.‰ŠŠ.WINTHROP • winthrop.org creating designs for the proposed high line. The Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) committee of the AIA New York Chapter centered its 2014 Biennial Design Ideas competition on the QueensWay, a project intended to convert a 3.5-mile elevated stretch of abandoned railway through the borough into public parkland. The competition, “QueensWay Connection,” attracted 120 design submissions from 28 different countries. Entrants were required to design an entrance from the street up to the QueensWay, as well as submit additional designs to compliment the surrounding community. The Friends of the QueensWay, an advocacy group for the park, said the competition brought in “incredible” ideas. Though they remain just ideas and do not pose as actual design proposals. “It’s incredible to see inspiration drawn from around the world in conceptualizing innovative ideas that showcase the QueensWay’s potential to revitalize neighborhoods and improve the quality of life,” the group said in a statement. Five winners were chosen, including Hyuntek Yoon of Long Island City, for his “Upside Down Bridge” concept. Also in Yoon’s design is “The Plaza,” a space which “can be used as a versatile public space, meant to mingle diverse cultures and people from the neighborhood.” His design also includes the “Kitchen Garden,” an indoor space to be used for various classes and programs. The QueensWay design, which would run from Ozone Park to Rego Park, has sparked controversy amongst the surrounding community. Transportation advocates want a revitalization of the Rockaway railroad line, while others want nothing at all. An exhibition of the competition winners’ work will be unveiled at an opening party on July 17 at the Center for Architecture. PHOTO COURTESY OF AIA The QueensWay Connection competition attracted architects from all over the world who submitted design proposals for the abandoned railway. “I’m very excited for this first step.” john maier
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