16 The Courier sun • AUGUST 7, 2014 for breaking news visit www.couriersun.com THE COURIER/ Photo by Angy Altamirano The Department of Transportation announced that two more Queens corridors have joined Northern and Queens Boulevard on the list of arterial slow zones. More Slow Zones coming to Queens BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO aaltamirano@queenscourier.com @aaltamirano28 More areas of Queens are slowing down. The city’s Department of Transportation announced August 1 the second phase of Arterial Slow Zones, which reduce speed limits to 25 mph, in 14 new locations throughout the city. New signs will be put up indicating the change. Among the 14 locations are two Queens corridors. The first will run 5.8 miles on Roosevelt Avenue from Queens Boulevard to 154th Street and the approximate start month is set for September. In December, the DOT is expected to begin implementing a 5.6-mile slow zone on Metropolitan Avenue from Onderdonk Avenue to 132nd Street. “Slow Zones are a critical and widely endorsed element of Vision Zero,” DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said. “We are glad to work closely with local communities in bringing these life saving measures to corridors across the city. These 14 additional zones meet another goal we set in February.” In May the DOT announced that Northern and Queens boulevards would become part of 25 planned Arterial Slow Zones implemented throughout the five boroughs. The first phase of a Slow Zone for Northern Boulevard runs 4.2 miles long from 40th Road to 114th Street. DOT also implemented a Slow Zone on Queens Boulevard stretching 7.4 miles from Jackson Avenue to Hillside Avenue. For more information on Arterial Slow Zones, please visit www.nyc.gov/dot or www. nyc.gov/visionzero. Rendering courtesy Dean/Wolf Architects Construction on the $19 million EMS station in Hillcrest has begun. Construction begins for new $19M EMS station at Queens Hospital Center BY LIAM LA GUERE lguerre@queenscourier.com @liamlaguerre Work on the new Hillcrest FDNY Emergency Medical Services (EMS) station has ignited. Construction recently began on the new station, which will be located on the Queens Hospital Center campus on Goethals Avenue, after the site’s permits were approved. The center is expected to cost $19 million and will be the largest EMS GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY Constantinos and Alexandra Kartsimadis of South Ozone Park celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 2. They married in 1964 in Chios, Greece and were blessed with two children, Zoe and Chryso, who married Robert and Peter, respectively. They have grandchildren: Joseph, Alexandra, Julianna, Matthew, Markella and Evangelia. Their family would like to say thanks for their constant love and support and to congratulate them on their golden anniversary! station in Queens at 13,000 square feet. Dean/Wolf Architects is working on the project, which will house training facilities, blood-borne pathogen decontamination areas, and parking spaces. The new building will be two stories, made of glass, metal and concrete. It will house five ambulances, staff offices and equipment storage and lockers for about 100 EMS personnel. The station will serve neighborhoods as far north as Whitestone and as far south as Howard Beach. In a ground-breaking ceremony for the project in December, Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano praised the new center, citing the growing need for medical services. “As call volume for medical emergencies has continued to grow, including a record-setting 1.3 million calls in 2012, the department has worked to increase the number of our EMS stations in an effort to further lower response times and position resources where they are most needed,” Cassano said.
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