FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com february 26, 2015 • THE COURIER SUN 3 Water main break fixed in Hamilton Beach after long wait BY SALVATORE LICATA [email protected] @Sal_Licata1 A continuous stream of water that had been flowing onto one Hamilton Beach street for over six days due to a water main break — causing flooding along the thoroughfare that turned into sheets of ice when temperatures dipped below freezing — has finally been fixed by the Department of Environmental Protection. On Feb. 24, a day after The Courier wrote about the water main break, which is located directly in the middle of First Street in Hamilton Beach, the DEP sent crews to the site to fix the problem. Before the fix, water was gushing from cracks in the asphalt down toward 104th Street and into a catch basin. And as temperatures were plunging well below freezing on Monday night, Roger Gendron, president of the Hamilton Beach Civic Association, said the water was creating very dangerous and slippery conditions for residents and motorists. “I was out there at 12:15 last night and the road was very slippery,” said Gendron on Tuesday. “I’m glad they came in and finally fixed it.” The break was first noticed on Feb. 17 by Joe Thompson of the Howard Beach Civilian Observation Patrol during his nightly tour. He observed the water coming out of the ground and turning into ice due to the cold weather that night. He immediately filed a 311 report but the only response before Feb. 24 from the city was a sanitation truck dispatched on Feb. 18 to salt the road in order to break up some of the ice. Another water main break happened on the same block about a month ago which was also fixed by the Department of Environmental Protection. New Edgemere residential building revealed BY LIAM LA GUERRE [email protected]/@LiamLaGuerre Architects of a new mixed-use residential building in Edgemere released a rendering of the building, which the Department of Housing Preservation and Development recently filed applications to construct. The project will be an eight-story, 101-unit residential and commercial building on a vacant lot at 45-05 Rockaway Beach Blvd. Curtis + Ginsberg Architects LLP is the architect and GDSNY designed the façade, which has a sleek, modern look with metallic features. The project will dedicate 93,491 square feet for living space and nearly 500 square feet for commercial space, according to filings with the Buildings Department. And there will be a total of 35 parking spaces at the residence. Rendering courtesy of Curtis + Ginsberg Architects LLP THE COURIER/Photo by Salvatore Licata
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