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Bayside Taekwondo school raises $15,000 for disaster victims
98 THE QUEENS COURIER • NOVEMBER 2, 2017 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM
Photo courtesy Ultimate Champions Taekwondo
Ultimate Champions Taekwondo hosted a tournament at Queens College on Saturday, Oct. 28, with competitors from their 37 diff erent locations in order to raise money for the victims of the recent natural
disasters. In all, the fi ghting school raised $15,000, which they donated to Island Harvest, which will use the funds to help the disaster victims.
These Queens streets will be closed for the NYC Marathon this Sunday
BY ANGELA MATUA
amatua@qns.com / @AngelaMatua
With 50,000 runners estimated to take
part in the New York City Marathon,
which snakes through Long Island City on
Nov. 5, there are a number of street closures
in the neighborhood scheduled that day.
Runners will snake through the Pulaski
Bridge at mile 13, the halfway point in
the race, which connects Greenpoint to
Queens. Th e bridge will be closed to
spectators but a cheering section will be
stationed near the Queens side of the
bridge. For the seventh year in a row, the
Queens Center for Progress will hand out
kazoos, pompoms, balloons and cowbells
to cheering fans.
Th e following streets will be closed
in Long Island City starting at 7 a.m. to
allow runners to pass:
• Pulaski Bridge (Southbound)
• 48th Avenue between 11th Street and
Vernon Boulevard
• Vernon Boulevard between 48th
Avenue and 10th Street
• 10th Street between Vernon Boulevard
and 44th Drive
• 44th Drive between 10th Street and
Hunter Street
• Hunter Street between 44th Drive and
The New York City marathon will take place on Nov. 5 and a number of streets will be closed in Long Island City.
Crescent Street
• Crescent Street between Hunter Street
Street and 23rd Street
• 23rd Street between Queens Plaza
and Queens Plaza South
• Queens Plaza North between Crescent
South and Queens Plaza North
• Queens Plaza South between Crescent
Street and 23rd Street
• Queensboro Bridge (Eastbound)
Photos courtesy of Queens Centers for Progress
Parking on the listed streets will be prohibited,
and any unauthorized vehicles
can and will be towed away.
