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The printing, copying, redistribution, or retransmission of this Content without express written permission is prohibited. Flushing Bank is a registered trademark Business Checking • No monthly maintenance fees • No minimum balance required $15,000 or more2 WRBA hosts QueensWay forum BY MAGGIE HAYES mhayes@queenscourier.com New ideas are fl owing in for the abandoned Rockaway Beach rail line. The Woodhaven Residents Block Assocation (WRBA) hosted what attendees are calling the truest public forum held thus far regarding the QueensWay and Rockaway Beach line. Advocates for the proposed 3.5- mile QueensWay park along the abandoned rail line addressed those with reservations about the project, and vice versa, on Monday, December 9 in Woodhaven. Ed Wendell, WRBA President, brought a new idea to the table. He said the Brooklyn-Queens Greenway that currently runs through Forest Park has been “a problem for 20 years,” and QueensWay offi cials should use this space as their “lab experiment.” “Why don’t we focus on cleaning up the existing greenway,” he asked. “Show us what you can do, and the community will be much more receptive.” Alexander Blenkinsopp, WRBA member, called this idea “brilliant,” and offered an additional option for “each community to decide what they want done with their stretch of the tracks.” The old rail line runs up 98th Street from the Rockaways to Manhattan. “If the people of Forest Hills really want the QueensWay, let them have it in their neighborhood,” he said. “And if it’s so wonderful, the residents of Woodhaven will see how great it is in Forest Hills and will eventually welcome it into their community as well.” Wendell echoed many people when he said one main concern to address before moving forward with building a new park is security in existing greenspaces, such as Forest Park. “We see women jogging in the morning using fl ashlights,” Wendell said. “How terrifying is that? That they have to do this.” He said that park offi cials, as well as cops in the 102nd Precinct should be given proper resources to patrol the park before more acres are added via the QueensWay, which would connect to Forest Park. A feasibility study to determine the possibility of creating the new park is currently underway, and QueensWay supporters noted it is “just a study” and “there really is no plan yet.” “Any proposals that come back are going to have to take into account a lot of people’s concerns,” Wendell said. “There are a whole lot of emotions and feelings on it.” More than 500 blocks of Ozone Park rezoned BY MAGGIE HAYES mhayes@queenscourier.com The City Council passed a change in Ozone Park’s zoning map this week to refl ect the neighborhood’s building patterns. Now, the zoning mandates will reinforce the area’s one- and-two-family residential homes and direct new residential and mixed-use developments to more commercial locations. “The new zoning enacted into law will protect Ozone Park from overdevelopment and help create a more livable neighborhood,” said Councilmember Eric Ulrich, who was born and raised in Ozone Park. “It will also spur new modest development, especially in the commercial districts, thereby creating jobs and increasing property values,” he continued. The rezoning is bounded by Rockaway Boulevard, Atlantic Avenue and 101st Avenue to the north; the Van Wyck Expressway and Lefferts Boulevard to the east; the Belt Parkway to the south; and the Brooklyn borough line to the west. This marks the second largest rezoning in Queens, changing the map for roughly 530 blocks in Ozone Park. The vote on Tuesday, December 10 was prompted by concerns from Community Boards 9 and 10 as well as local civic organizations and elected offi cials. “Out-of-character structures and overdevelopment have become far too common in our communities,” said Councilmember Ruben Wills. “That is why it was important that we undertook these aggressive measures to protect the integrity of our neighborhoods.”
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