Nov. 4, 2019 By Allie Griffin A mom-and-pop home furnishing store that has served Queens residents for four generations will close before the end of the year. The Fair, located at 71-03 80th Street at the Shops at Atlas Park in Glendale, will shut its doors sometime before Dec. 31. A fixture in the community,… Read more »
Author: Allie Griffin
Car Owners Who Blast Car Stereos May Face Increased Fines, Holden and Vallone Introduce Bill
Oct. 31, 2019 By Allie Griffin Council Members Robert Holden and Paul Vallone introduced a bill yesterday that would increase fines for noise violations. The bill specifically targets car owners who blast their stereo systems. It would increase the fine for a first offense from $100 to $200 and the fine for a third offense… Read more »
Middle Village Library to Close Through February 2020 for Maintenance Work
Oct. 29, 2019 By Allie Griffin The Middle Village Library will close next week for about three months for interior maintenance work. The library will close on Friday, Nov. 8 at 6 p.m. so that its HVAC system can be upgraded, according to a spokesperson for Queens Public Library. The library is expected to reopen… Read more »
Trunk or Treat Returns to The Shops at Atlas Park on Halloween
Oct. 28, 2019 By Allie Griffin Glendale’s annual Trunk or Treat returns to The Shops at Atlas Park for its third year on Thursday. Community members are invited to decorate the trunks of their cars and fill them with candy to give to trick-or-treaters at the shopping center. The event begins at 4:30 p.m. at… Read more »
Protest Planned as Glendale Shelter Saga Continues
Oct. 25, 2019 By Allie Griffin Residents are organizing a protest against the City’s plan to open a shelter in Glendale. The Glendale-Middle Village Coalition is holding a protest at the proposed shelter site at 78-16 Cooper Ave. on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 10 a.m. Members of the Coalition claim that the shelter–which will serve… Read more »
Two Glendale Seniors Missing Since Yesterday: NYPD
Oct. 24, 2019 By Allie Griffin Two seniors, an 84-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman, from Glendale have been missing since yesterday, police said. Each was last seen at their own homes Wednesday, Oct. 23. Though they lived less than a mile from one another, the cases are unrelated. The 84-year-old Ernst Koenig was last… Read more »
New Affordable Housing Lottery Opens in Ridgewood, Studios Start at $1,450
Oct. 22 By Allie Griffin More than a dozen Ridgewood apartments are now up for grabs through a recently opened affordable housing lottery. One studio apartment, five one-bedroom apartments and seven two-bedroom apartments are available in a newly constructed building at 62-41 Forest Ave. Rents start at $1,450 per month for the studio unit and… Read more »
Queens Community Board 5 Rejects Proposed Cooper Avenue Shelter
Oct. 18, 2019 By Allie Griffin Members of Queens Community Board 5 rejected the City’s plan Wednesday night to create a 200-bed shelter in Glendale and called for the homeless to be placed in several smaller shelters instead. The board opted to oppose the 200-bed shelter at its monthly meeting and voted instead in favor… Read more »
Ridgewood Tenants Union Call on Council Speaker Johnson to Discipline Robert Holden
Oct. 16, 2019 By: Allie Griffin Members of the Ridgewood Tenants Union penned a letter Monday to City Council Speaker Corey Johnson asking that he take disciplinary action against Council Member Robert Holden. The Ridgewood Tenants Union (RTU), a grassroots housing group that fights displacement, holds Holden responsible for a series of chaotic and ugly… Read more »
Outraged Residents Shout Down Shelter Plan at Town Hall
Oct. 9, 2019 By Allie Griffin A public hearing on the planned Glendale shelter erupted Monday night into a chaotic mess of shouting, booing, name-calling and arguing as area residents repeatedly told and often yelled at officials on stage that a shelter wasn’t welcome in the community — with one woman going so far as… Read more »