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Four Queens schools win second
NYC Ferry naming contest
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
edavenport@qns.com / @QNS
Th e NYC Ferries have some brand-new
names thanks to second-graders from
Queens and other areas of the city.
Second grade classes from schools
across New York City were asked to
submit names for the newly launched
NYC Ferries. Th e competition is aimed
to engage some of the youngest New
Yorkers on the city’s newest mass transportation
system.
“Kids say the coolest things, and for
the second year in a row New York City
school children are not disappointing,”
said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “Th ese are
inspired nautical names, ones our new
ferry boats will proudly carry.”
Name submissions from four Queens
schools were chosen from this year’s
competition: “Rainbow Cruise” was
entered by P.S. 330 in Corona, “Starlight”
from Long Island City’s P.S. 112 Dutch
Kills, “Spring Mallard” from P.S. 148 in
East Elmhurst and “Th e Ocean Queen
Rockstar” from Far Rockaway’s P.S. 197
Th e Ocean School.
“Th e kids who came up with the name
Ocean Queen Rockstar are why I love
this town so much,” said Deputy Mayor
for Housing and Economic Development
Alicia Glen. “Every one of these NYC
Ferry boat names have swagger and
panache – and these students and their
schools should be incredibly proud.”
Additional winning names for the 2018
contest include “Seas the Day,” “Unity”
and “Golden Narrows” from P.S. 102
Th e Bay View School; “Th e Jewel of Th e
Harbor” from P.S. 170 Th e Ralph A.
Fabrizo School; “Th e Atlantic Compass”
from P.S. 270 Th e Johann Dekalb School;
and “Traversity” from P.S. 29 Th e John
M. Harrigan School.
Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen and
Councilman Daniel Dromm visited and
congratulated a second-grade class at
P.S. 148 that submitted the name Spring
Mallard.
“Congratulations to the P.S. 148 students
who won the 2018 NYC Ferry Vessel
Naming Competition,” Dromm said.
“Spring Mallard is such a creative name
for a vessel which will be known to millions
of people who take the ferry each
day. I join Deputy Mayor Glen in applauding
all the work they and other students
from across the city put into this project.”
In 2017, the fi rst NYC Ferry vessel
naming competition produced names
for 13 NYC Ferry vessels: “Lunchbox,”
“Urban Journey,” “Waves of Wonder,”
“Friendship Express,” “Connector,”
“Flyer,” “Opportunity,” “Happy Hauler,”
“Great Eagle,” “Owls Head,” “McShiny,”
“Munsee” and “Sunset Crossing.”
“An innovative ferry system deserves
the kind of innovative boat names that
could only come from our most creative
New Yorkers,” said NYCEDC President
James Patchett. “Years from now, these
second-graders will be proud of seeing the
ferryboats they named fl oating around
the iconic New York City Harbor.”
For more information on NYC Ferry,
visit www.ferry.nyc.
Zwanger-Pesiri
opens new location
in Laurelton
Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology celebrated
the grand opening of their new
Laurelton location with a ribbon-cutting
on March 15. Th e facility located at 231-
35 Merrick Blvd. features a 3T and full
bore MRI along with low-dose CT scans,
3D mammography, digital x-ray, ultrasounds
and other diagnostic tests. Shown
at the ribbon cutting with Zwanger-
Pesiri staff include Deputy Queens
Borough President Melva Moore, State
Senator Leroy Comrie, City Councilman
Donovan Richards, Democratic District
Leader Archie Spigner, Bishop Charles
L. Snorris Sr. and Zwanger-Pesiri Owner
Dr. Susan Zwanger-Mendelsohn, CEO
Dr. Steven Mendelsohn, and Regional
Market Manager Chante Jordan.
Photo by Allen Ngai
Photo courtesy of the NYCDEC
Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen and Councilman Dromm visit students at P.S. 148Q who submitted one of 23 new ferryboat names: “Spring Mallard”
link
/www.ferry.nyc