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Traveling through a Maspeth intersection proved dangerous for the occupants of a car who were injured after their ride slammed into an Access-a-Ride bus last Friday evening, June 27, it was reported. Fire Department sources said the crash occurred at around 9:15 p.m. Friday night at the intersection of Rust Street and Maspeth Avenue. More ... While on duty in Afghanistan, an Army soldier from South Ozone Park and three colleagues were killed after their vehicle was reportedly attacked and struck by a roadside bomb, it was announced. The U.S. Department of Defense said that Sgt. More ... The sale of Con Edison property to a developer for a FedEx processing center was the hot topic at the June 27 United Community Civic Association meeting at Augustana Lutheran Church in Steinway. Con Edison plans to sell property located at 18-01 20th Ave. in Astoria to Bethpagebased Steel Equities, which intends to convert the 21. More ... Loitering youths were on the minds of residents at last Wednesday's 104th Precinct Community Council meeting in Glendale, as several citizens in attendance slammed local plans for the city's Schoolyards to Playgrounds program. More ... Quality-of-life complaints from local residents dominated last Tuesday's 108th Precinct Community Council meeting in Sunnyside amid word from the force's commander that major crime had plummeted throughout the area in the last month. More ... The Palmetto Street intermodal bus facility and news of summer street repavings shared top billing at Community Board 5's Transportation Committee meeting at the body's Glendale offices. More ... The Department for the Aging's plan to consolidate a number of senior centers took center stage at the Tuesday, June 24 Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation meeting. During the session, community members raised concerns over the displacement of area seniors. More ... Local residents at the Thursday, June 27 Committee of Organizations of Precinct 104 meeting, held along with the Juniper Park Civic Association's monthly session, were told to be wary of strangers looking to break in to their homes this summer. More ... Families living above a Brooklyn bodega were forced to leave their homes after a twoalarm fire broke out inside the store early on Monday morning, June 30, Fire Department sources said. Reportedly, the blaze occurred at around 6:30 a.m. inside the three-story structure on Central Avenue near Halsey Street in Bushwick. More ... Members of the Juniper Park Civic Association railed against the Department of City Planning at their June 26 meeting, held at Our Lady of Hope's Auditorium in Middle Village. The delay in approving a downzoning study for the areas of Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale prompted the reaction. More ... Residents attending Community Board 2's public hearing on Hunters Point South were also updated on a new 665-seat elementary and intermediate school set for the Queens West development. More ... Activists supporting the creation of a nature preserve at the Ridgewood Reservoir applauded the June 26 decision by City Comptroller William Thompson to reject a Parks Department contract for the development of athletic fields on a portion of the 50-acre site. More ... The 20th annual Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District meeting, held Monday, June 23 at the Seneca Avenue Banco Popular branch, featured proposed changes that could ultimately lead to the addition of new upscale retail businesses along More ... Bushwick's 83rd Precinct lost its commanding officer as Deputy Inspector John Bambury has been reassigned within the NYPD, it was announced on Monday, June 30. More ... Trustees of the welfare, annuity and pension funds of the Material Yard Workers Local 1175, Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) in Howard Beach must restore $227,000 to the plans and pay nearly $23,000 in civil monetary penalties, according to a consent judgement obtained by the U.S. Department of Labor. More ... The MTA has scheduled a number of service changes for several subway lines throughout the city due to construction work. These service advisories are current as of Wednesday, July 2. Last minute changes to service and operating schedules may be made due to weather-related conditions or emergency repairs. More ... In observance of Independence Day, alternateside of-the-street parking and meter regulations will be suspended city-wide tomorrow, Friday, July 4. More ... MTA New York City Transit announced that its MetroCard buses and vans will make scheduled stops in Queens during the month of July. Senior citizens and persons with disabilities may apply for the Reduced Fare MetroCard on MetroCard buses or may obtain an application from the vans. More ... The NYC Office of Emergency Management sends e-mails to the CERT teams about power outages in the city. Every day, there are minor power outages in some part of the city and then the power is restored. Are you prepared in your house or apartment if our area is affected? If we do lose power for a few hours or for days, the food in the refrigerator and freezer will spoil. More ... On May 5, the Greater Ridgewood Restoration Corporation lost one of the two vans used in its anti-graffiti program. "It just died of old age at the curb," said program coordinator Peggy O'Kane. GRRC weren't too surprised, since the van dated from 1984, but it was still a blow to their program. More ... Revelers hoping to watch the New York sky light up with rockets red glare during Friday night's Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks display from points in Long Island City should take public transportation to get there, police advised. More ... |
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