June 2012
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Around the Borough: Queens
Harkless!
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- Maurice Harkless, born and raised in Southside Jamaica, educated at Forest Hills HS & St. John’s, was selected in the first round of the NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers.
- A replica of the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial is coming to Juniper Valley Park.
- A young boy was struck by a MTA bus in Jamaica.
- Douglaston and Breezy Point are Queens’...
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Triple sevens
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-An armed robber has struck 3 laundromats in Corona and Astoria in three days.
-More on the Rockabus, which costs kids from Williamsburg 4 times as much as a subway ride and saves them about 30 minutes, round trip (or, about as long as it takes to wait on line for a taco.)
-A man was arrested for allegedly trying to steal finches — used in singing contests —...
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@JDurban on Instagram
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Your election results:
Grace Meng wins in CD6 in Queens.
Hakeem Jeffries wins in CD8, which covers parts of Ozone Park and Howard Beach.
Nydia Velazquez wins in CD7.
Meeks wins, too.
Wendy Long defeats Rep. Bob Turner & George Maragros for statewide Republican primary for U.S Senate.
-Hypodermics on the shore.
-Greg Meeks demands the government...
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Does anybody know why Justin Turner’s song before hitting is “Call Me Maybe?”
NEWS
-Will Rosinsky, just a “kid from Queens that no one’s heard of,” will fight Kelly Pavlik July 7 on HBO’s Boxing After Dark.
-Squatters are making life hell in Ridgewood.
-St. John’s wins sustainability competition.
-Cop me some Nike Galaxies Foams at a...
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Ramblersville circa 1900.
NEWS
-Rep. Turner says he’s all ready for his Senate campaign.
-The man who tried to kidnap a kid in front of a school in Corona has fled the state, police say.
-More than 50 gang members have been arrested in Queens since November. Most of the activity was based out of the Ocean Bay apartments in Far Rock.
- Almost $100,000 in funds raised to fix the...
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These guys are keeping you powered (so far.) If you see a Con Ed worker, buy them a beer (when they’re off-duty.)
NEWS
-Man killed in motorcycle crash on the GCP.
- A home in Ridgewood is full of trash.
-Buses running from Williamsburg to Rockaway will ease the hipster gentrification.
-A new “slow zone” proposed in Corona.
-What to do with the “Queens...
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The man.
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-A city council aide seeks to get his name on the ballot in Sierra Leone.
-Maspeth continues to try and save St. Saviour’s with eminent domain.
- So much trash in Jamaica, one man is trying to clean it all up himself.
- A nice rally featuring Rep. Bob Turner and kids and American flags and Lee Greenwood turned into an absolute chaotic train wreck.
- Man, it’s a...
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Queens Boulevard at Grand Street, 1927. (NYC Municipal Archives)
NEWS
-A hit-run driver was killed in Woodhaven while fleeing the scene of a multi-car accident that spanned two boroughs.
-The fence that used to separate the, ahem, adult beach in Riis Park from the beaches in Neponsit is gone, and the city wont rebuild it. Residents are pissed.
- School bus crashes in Briarwood.
- Police...
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The Queens Jazz Trail map.
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-The mayor is pushing a new plan for Willets Pt., with a $500 million proposal by USTA to update Flushing Meadows.
- With so many trucks on Skillman Ave., the Sunnyside Post wonders if it’s become a truck route.
- Hiram Monseratte’s girlfriend says the Queens DA pressured her into charging the ex-Senator with domestic violence, and she plans to...
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The plan to build public housing on the main road to Breezy Point never took off, leaving these shells up. There are demolition photos at the Silver Gull Beach Club, who opposed the plan.
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- Rep. Bob Turner is trying to rename part of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Center after former Senator James Buckley, who helped create it.
- A Forest Hills firehouse was landmarked.
- A natural gas...
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A view from old Shea Stadium. (wallyg/Flickr)
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- Cops say iPhone robberies are up in Corona, East Elmhurst.
- Here in Queens, Latinas are forging new paths in a once male-dominated restaurant industry.
- Elizabeth Crowley picked up the endorsement from the union that represents paramedics, EMTs and fire inspectors. The Democratic primary in the 6th Congressional District is in two...
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“Keeping my talent in the MECCA.” Big-man Chris Obekpa commits to St. John’s. Yes!
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- A bold alleged rapist attacked a 64-year-old woman 2 blocks from the 100th Precinct in Rockaway
- Cops in Maspeth are looking for a man seen on tape robbing a bank.
- City Councilman Ruben Wills is being investigated for potential misuse of taxpayer funds, and yesterday was removed...
“The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.”
– St Augustine (via obliteratedheart)
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1950s Flushing.
NEWS
-Giants offensive lineman David Diehl arrested for DWI after leaving the Scorpio Bar in Astoria.
-Crime tackled at monthly COMET (Communities of Maspeth and Elmhurst Together) meeting.
- More candidates have thrown their hat in the ring for Grace Meng’s state Senate seat.
- A school crossing guard was arrested after she allegedly strangled a teen in Ozone...
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Rep. Bob Turner hanging with Girl Scouts fromTroop 4275.
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-The owner of one of the many drug rehab centers in Rockaway promises to keep residents on a strict curfew.
- Former MediSys CEO files appeal on Carl Kruger bribe scandal conviction.
-Glendale wants its own zip code.
- You can buy all sorts of medical equipment as Peninsula Hospital liquidates its assets.
FUN
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Riis Park rain clouds.
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- A judge says he was attacked by a cop in Jackson Heights.
- Another write up on possible LIRR access to Rockaway Park, featuring the same NIMBY (Councilwoman Koslowitz) and a Rockaway CRAZY (Vince Castellano.)
- Electeds rally to save firehouses in Richmond Hill and Woodhaven.
- Speaking of the budget, Comptroller Liu found an extra $100 million in the...
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One of the best parts of Taste of Long Island City — the view.
NEWS
- Police seek a knifepoint rapist in Forest Hills.
- Some homeowners in Whitestone think new trash rules are total garbage.
- The LeFrak organization is back with an apartment building in Rego Park.
- Queens libraries stand to lose $26.7 million in the mayor’s budget.
- Ron Kim is running for Congressional...
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Councilman Peter Vallone rocking out on bass at a bash last week at the Bohemian Beer Garden in Astoria. (Facebook.)
NEWS
-A Brooklyn ADA suspended after trying to punch a cop in Whitestone.
-Queens Crap is all about this eyesore in Maspeth.
-Astoria residents will have the chance to discuss a a possible pedestrian plaza near the Athens Cafe.
-“Ozone Park, a spare, working-class...
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Who else but a Queens kid?
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-Rockaway Beach is one of the city’s most popular beaches, but erosion has made the sand smaller and smaller. There’s a plan to dredge sand from the East Rockaway Inlet to help replenish the beach.
-Police are searching for a man they say tried to kidnap a little girl outside a school in Corona.
-With plans for a convention center at Aqueduct...
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Planes and trains.
NEWS
-You shouldn’t assault anybody, really, but especially not a city councilman in his district.
-Check out all the Queens museums involved in Museum Week.
-The UFT recommends Grace Meng in NY6.
-Meet Whitestone’s Tea Party Patriots.
- How’s this for the health of NYC residents? St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway is seeing an...
