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Vol. 44, No. 32 Aug. 7-13, 2014 • queenstribune.com
WORK
OF ART?
Building designs for the site of
the former 5Pointz have been
released.
By Jackie Strawbridge … Page 3.
Katz Says No To
Astoria Cove
Housing Plan
Back To School:
Unique Program
Teaches Math
QCulture:
Queens TV,
Film & Music
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Queens DeaDline
Elmhurst United Sends Signatures To The Top
By Jackie StrawBridge
Staff Writer
The push against Pan Am continues.
Members of the recently formed
civic group Elmhurst United gathered
Monday morning to announce their
collection of about 3,000 signatures in
protest of the Pan Am homeless shelter.
This shelter was installed in
Elmhurst’s Pan American hotel in
early June, to the surprise of elected
officials and the community.
“Our schools in District 24 are
overcrowded. Elmhurst cannot bear to
burden the services of another homeless shelter,” the petition reads. “We
demand that the City listen to us, the
residents, when it comes to changes
that affect our safety and community.”
According to Jennifer Chu,
Elmhurst United collected signatures
from Elmhurst residents at three previous protests against the shelter, as
well as by going door-to-door. They
intend to drop off the petitions at City
Hall by the end of this week. Copies
are also being sent to City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Borough President
Melinda Katz and other elected officials in the area.
Chu said she hopes the petitions
result in direct contact with Mayor Bill
de Blasio and the DHS.
“I would like a sit-down meeting,”
she said.
Former Qns Library
Trustees Sue BP Katz
By JOe MarViLLi
Staff Writer
Six of the recently removed Queens
Library trustees have filed a lawsuit
against Borough President Melinda
Katz.
The six trustees that Katz removed
are suing her, State Attorney General
Eric Schneiderman and the State of
New York. The lawsuit stated that it
means to halt a “brazen, and unconstitutional, power grab by the Queens
Borough President to transform the
Queens Borough Public Library into
an organ of City Government controlled by the Queens Borough President and Mayor.”
On July 23, Katz removed board
chairman Joseph Ficalora, Jacqueline Arrington, William Jefferson,
Grace Lawrence, Terri Mangino and
George Stamatiades “because they
failed in their duty to properly oversee the finances of the Queens Library.” Among the grievances Katz
mentioned were the board’s rebuff
to suspend CEO Thomas Galante, its
blocking of an audit by Comptroller
Scott Stringer and its refusal to share
the contract for the renovation that
added a smoking deck to his office at
Central Library.
The suit claims that the recently
passed State legislation that allowed
the Borough President and Mayor to
remove board trustees violated the
Contract Clause of the U.S. Constitution. That clause prohibits a state from
enacting any law that retroactively impairs contract rights.
“The 2014 Amendment shatters the
independence central to the Library’s
civic mission and the Legislature’s
1907 grant of corporate status,” the
suit said.
Katz countered in a statement sent
out Wednesday afternoon that the suit
was without merit, noting that the
trustees had “no constitutional right”
to be on the board. She added her goal
was to place the Queens Library on
the “proper path of transparency and
good governance.”
The document accused Katz of
wanting to take control of the Library
for political use, telling the trustees
how to vote and engaging in a “public
smear campaign” when they did not
follow her lead.
“The trustees have long been careful stewards of the public’s funds,” the
trustees’ spokesman, Richard Mahony, said. “The actions by the Borough
President are nothing more than a naked power grab that would harm the
Library and the people it serves.”
The suit said that Katz’s ability to
add or remove trustees would create a
chilling effect, where trustees may feel
that they have to vote in agreement
with the Borough President, or risk
removal.
The plaintiffs are looking for the
legislation to be declared unconstitutional and void in its entirety, for their
positions as trustees to be restored and
for damages awarded against Katz.
The removed trustees had seven
days to file an appeal, which they did.
This week though, Katz rejected their
request.
“The former trustees are making
a federal case out of something that
is very simple,” Katz said. “You can’t
make a federal case out of disappointment.”
A hearing is set for Aug. 11 in U.S.
District Court in Brooklyn.
Reach Joe Marvilli at (718) 3577400, Ext. 125, [email protected], or @JoeMarvilli.
Residents Cecilla Gullas and Howard Moscowitz expressed their frustration with the DHS’ lack of response
after a June 30 public hearing. Both
noted that the community presented
the DHS with a number of written
questions and it is still waiting for answers from the agency.
The DHS did not respond to requests for comment as of press time.
Some of the focus of the press conference was on the media’s portrayal
of the community’s opposition to the
shelter.
Since community members began
protesting against the shelter, publications including the Queens Tribune reported on the violent language hurled
at the shelter’s residents.
“It seems there has been some misunderstanding in the media about our
protests and concerns regarding the
Pan Am shelter,” Chu said, adding
that the movement’s focus has always
been de Blasio’s response to homelessness in the City.
Chu spoke in front of signs reading, “Help the homeless! Stop warehousing!” and “Samaritan Village &
DHS LIES.”
Bob Wong of the Elmhurst Neigh-
borhood Block Association, who said
he has met and befriended some of
the Pan Am shelter residents, decried
as “unfair” a letter to the editor of the
New York Times penned by Councilwoman Margaret Chin (D-Manhattan) and Councilman Peter Koo (DFlushing), following an article on the
protests.
The council members had written
that they were “saddened” by the response of the Chinese community in
Elmhurst to the shelter.
“Asking the community to show
tolerance and compassion is not an
indictment of the community’s behavior,” Koo’s Chief of Staff, Jonathan
Chung, said on behalf of the councilman. Koo was out of the country at
press time.
“It would be a mistake for anyone to think that the comments of a
few reflect the entire Asian-American
community there,” Chung added.
“We do have compassion for everybody who lives on the street or don’t
have a house,” Wong said.
Reach Jackie Strawbridge at (718)
357-7400, Ext. 128, jstrawbridge@
queenstribune.com or @JNStrawbridge.
A Closer Look At
5Pointz’s Replacement
By Jackie StrawBridge
Staff Writer
From colorful graffiti icon, to
whitewashed cube, to twin angular
towers, the spot where 5Pointz once
sat has shifted identity rapidly.
Last week, HTO Architect released
renderings for the development that
will be built on what was once the
5Pointz site. Construction permits
were filed with the Dept. of Buildings
in late July.
The renderings depict two beige towers of 48 and 41 stories, each capped
with glass penthouses.
An aerial site plan depicts more
greenery than is visible in the renderings, along Davis Street and to the south
of the towers. The site plan also shows
exterior art walls hugging this green
space, as well as an interior art wall and
interior art windows and artist studios.
“It’s a beautiful design,” said owner
Jerry Wolkoff. “It’s nicer than any of
the buildings going up.”
The City Council approved the
development in October 2013, after
developers promised to allocate designated art space and 210 affordable
housing units.
Wolkoff said that he is aiming for
20 percent of the development to be
set aside for affordable housing, and
for that housing to be spread through-
HTO architect revealed renderings for the development that
will replace 5Pointz.
out the building.
The former 5Pointz building is
slated for demolition imminently.
Wolkoff said that the development
will be completed in 2016.
Reach Jackie Strawbridge at (718)
357-7400, Ext. 128, jstrawbridge@
queenstribune.com or @JNStrawbridge.
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John Liu Unveils Education Reform Plan
BY JOE MARVILLI
Staff Writer
Education Policy by adding three appointments that would create greater
community input. Those three representatives would be a retired educator,
a parent from the Community Education Councils and someone from the
CUNY system.
“This Panel for Educational Policy
has left parents and the community
out of the equation. We need to bring
them back in so they can have meaningful input,” Liu said.
Assemblyman David Weprin (DFresh Meadows) joined Liu for his announcement, along with several parents and educators concerned about
the state of education in District 11.
Reach Joe Marvilli at (718) 3577400, Ext. 125, [email protected], or @JoeMarvilli.
Calling For Station Renaming
On Aug. 1, State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) joined the Briarwood Community Association at the corner of Queens Boulevard
and 84th Drive to call for the renaming of the Briarwood-Van
Wyck Boulevard subway station. Community residents argued that
changing the E and F train stop’s name to Briarwood Station more
accurately reflects the neighborhood that station serves. They
added that it would lessen confusion between the Briarwood Station and the next E-train stop, Jamaica-Van Wyck. A bill that would
change the name is waiting for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signature.
NYCB
John Liu revealed his community education reform plan last week,
touching on some major policies he
would revise if elected.
Liu, a candidate for State Senate
District 11, announced the plan outside of Bayside High School on Aug. 1.
He said the reforms came out of concerns from parents and teachers in the
area, who are looking for changes at
the State level.
“Education is a key issue and a
fundamental responsibility of State
government,” he said. “Education is
something we all think about on a daily basis. Education is the foundation
of our society in the first place.”
The three totems of Liu’s reform
plan are making changes to the Common Core, reducing class sizes and altering mayoral control.
For the Common Core, Liu advocated common-sense changes that
would take the importance off of
high-stakes standardized testing. It
would also require the disclosure of
test questions and answers so parents,
educators and teachers can review the
exams. It would establish an appeals
process for parents who believe their
child received an inaccurate score.
The Commissioner of the State Education Dept. would have to issue an
annual report on the testing system
and its fairness as well.
“A common-sense, Common Core
reform will seek transparency and accountability in the system but also
seek to reduce this outsized emphasis
on these high-stakes exams,” Liu said.
The former Comptroller said that
smaller class sizes were essential for
a positive learning environment and
that the classroom trailers have gotten out-of-hand in Queens. Liu’s
plan would prioritize capital planning based on population analysis for
schools, establish a three-year sunset
for the use of school trailers and reform school planning through datadriven methods.
“We know in Queens, we have
some of the most severe overcrowding in the entire City, where we still
have so many thousands of students
going to classrooms in trailers that
were supposed to be temporary in
the first place,” Liu said. “My plan
calls for the Dept. of Education to
work with other City and State agencies to project out the demographics,
to understand where the communities are growing fastest and where
the needs for classroom space are
going to grow the quickest in the
coming years.”
Finally, Liu called for the revision
of mayoral control, making input
from parents, students and teachers
count for more. Liu said he wants to
restructure significantly the Panel for
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BP Katz Recommends Against Astoria Cove
By Jackie StrawBridge
Staff Writer
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz announced last Thursday that
she has recommended the rejection of
Alma Realty’s proposed development
at Astoria Cove.
Among Katz’s cited reasons for
disapproval were overburdened public transportation in the area, the fact
that a proposed school is scheduled to
be built in the last – rather than the
first – construction phase, necessary
provisions for the use of local skilled
labor in construction and insufficient
affordable housing.
In a statement released after Katz’s
decision, Howard Weiss, who represents the developers, said they were
“disappointed” by the recommendation.
However, he noted, “for the most
part, the concerns expressed by Community Board 1 and echoed by the
Borough President that are within the
control of the applicant have been addressed by 2030 Astoria Developers.”
At a June meeting, CB1 also denied
the development proposal unless a
number of conditions were met, including setting aside 35 percent of the
residential units for affordable housing.
Since CB1’s decision, Alma Realty
modified their proposal to increase the
number of affordable housing units
from 295 to 345, making affordable
housing 20 percent of the entire project.
They have also proposed a zoning
text amendment that mandates affordable housing on the site, which is unprecedented for a residential development of this size, according to Katz’s
recommendation documents.
Katz applauded this measure but
stated that 20 percent affordable housing is insufficient, and added that the
projected rents for the proposed affordable housing would still be out of
range for what local Astorians could
afford. These projected rents come
from calculations based on the City’s
definition of affordability.
Alma Realty has not stated what
rent they would charge for affordable
housing.
“One cannot predict presently what
the market will be like when the project actually gets developed through its
various phases over a 10-year period,”
Weiss said in conversation with the
Queens Tribune.
Community advocates have been
pushing for even more affordable housing than CB1 and Katz. On the eve of
Katz’s decision, the housing coalition
Real Affordability For All sent her an
open letter calling for a recommendation of 50 percent affordable housing
The coalition sent a similar letter
to Mayor Bill de Blasio Wednesday,
Queens BP Melinda Katz recommended against Alma Realty’s Astoria Cove development. The proposal now moves to City Planning.
calling Astoria Cove a “litmus test for
the future of development” under his
watch.
Weiss, however, contends that 20
percent affordable housing is the limit
of what the development can afford
with respect to the other amenities it
proposes, such as a public esplanade
and the school.
“Those who would oppose this project
may assure that not one unit of affordable housing units get built at this site,”
Weiss said. “To try to push the envelope
any further could kill this project.”
The proposal now moves for review
to the City Planning Commission,
which held a public hearing on the development Wednesday. The commission has 60 days to issue its decision.
“We remain confident that the
City Planning Commission and City
Council will recognize that Astoria
Cove will be the crown jewel in the revitalization of the Queens waterfront,”
Weiss said.
Reach Jackie Strawbridge at (718)
357-7400, Ext. 128, jstrawbridge@
queenstribune.com or @JNStrawbridge.
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EDIT PAGE
In Our OpInIOn
Op-ED
A Call For Understanding Queens Offers A
A vehicular attack on a Sikh individual earlier this week is another chilling reminder that, despite Queens being the most diverse Borough in the world, there are
still issues of tolerance and understanding that need to be addressed.
At a rally on Tuesday morning, members of the Sikh Coalition called for the attack
– where an unidentified individual in a truck struck and then ran over a 29-year-old
man – to be treated as a hate crime. The man who was attacked stated that he heard
the driver shout out slurs at him moments before the incident.
Nearly 13 years after the Sept. 11 attacks, it seems as though we have not made
significant strides in distinguishing between those few individuals who wish to bring
harm to others and the greater majority who simply wish to live their lives as American citizens. The individual attacked this week was not a terrorist, plotting an attack
on our country. He was a citizen, much like the man who attacked him.
If the attack committed earlier this week was in fact done purposefully because
the victim identified as a Sikh, we hope that the NYPD does in fact treat the assault
as a hate crime, and charge the perpetrator as such.
It is well past time for people to understand that we should all want to live in
peace with each other, not in fear for our lives.
In YOur OpInIOn
Briarwood, Here I Come!
I
to the editor:
would like to respond to
Barbara D’Ambrosio’s letter (“Good Things Going
On” – Queens Tribune, July
31-Aug. 6) in which she touts
the “good things going on here
in Briarwood.”
First, Hoover Park is inaccessible because of the Kew
Gardens-Van Wyck Interchange Project construction
boondoggle, and the Playground sits adjacent to a trail
of smog from the Van Wyck
Expressway, posing severe
health issues for the children
as well as adults. Second, there
is only one supermarket chain,
Key Food, with inflationary
pricing, Chiu’s Garden Chinese dining with a “C” sanitary
code rating, and limited banking needs now with the closure
of Sterling Bank’s Briarwood
office (no Citicorp, no Capitol
One, no Bank of America).
Third, the Doe Fund for street
collection of trash is only
necessary here because the
people and businesses are gen-
erally dirty and discard trash
on the streets and household/
business garbage in the City
sanitation receptacles causing
trash overflow. Fourth, we have
a pedestrian “mall,” managed
by City Parks & Recreation,
which has benches without
backs loitered by homeless
drunks, and an unsafe situation with a dislodged concrete
ball (part of its design as a
“mall of balls”) with metallic
posts jutting outward. Fifth,
we have a homeless shelter,
which is a blight since it drives
down property values for coops and private homeowners. Sixth, Briarwood Action
Network’s (BAN) organized
park days involving planting
will not replace the massive
ecologic deforestation along
the Van Wyck Expressway and
Hoover Park due to the Kew
Gardens Interchange perennial construction. Seventh,
the Briarwood E/F subway
station has been detoured out
of the way with commuters
having to juggle dangerous
vehicular traffic. Eighth, there
is rowdy loitering 24/7 outside
a Briarwood bodega with drug
trafficking necessitating a
recent police raid of the store
just last week. Ninth, we have
BAN field trips to Maple Grove
Cemetery, technically part of
Kew Gardens, to visit dead
men’s bones! Gosh. Tenth, we
have Samaritan Village drug
rehabilitation for social deviants, another one of its social
welfare programs amongst its
homeless shelter deals with the
City of New York in the Pam
Am hotel in Elmhurst.
So, as that BAN publicist
says (to reiterate), “there are
good things going on here in
Briarwood.” My eyes are wide
open, and the only positive
institution I see here in Briarwood is the Roman Catholic Archbishop Molloy High
School. The whole commercial
strip is socially and environmentally ghetto. Briarwood,
here I come!
Joseph N. Manago,
Briarwood
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Wealth Of Culture
By MelindA KAtz
I invite you to join me in discovering the wealth of cultural
vitality and artistic vibrancy
in “The World’s Borough,” the
Borough of Queens.
Queens is a unique destination in that it provides visitors
and residents with global cultural experiences reflecting its
incredibly diverse population,
which includes people born in
more than 100 countries and
speakers of more than 160
languages.
If you imagine a musical
instrument from any part of
the world, someone in Queens
will be playing that instrument. If you think of a movie
or television show, there is a
good chance it was filmed in
Queens at Kaufman Astoria or
Silvercup Studios.
If you want to feast on an
international array of artistic
talent, you’re in the right borough. Artists from around the
world have made new homes for
themselves in Queens and are
shaping our cultural destiny.
From contemporary visual and performing arts
institutions like PS 1 and the
Chocolate Factory to those who
preserve a distinct culture and
heritage such as Afrikan Poetry
Theatre and Thalia Spanish
Theatre, our borough’s large
roster of arts organizations
are building their own legacies
through embracing the needs
of an ever expanding audience.
And our audiences participate
in the arts not only as a leisure
time activity, but also as a way
of life since the arts are a part
of who they are and where they
came from.
Our cultural future is shaped
by our past. The great Louis
Armstrong, whose home in
Corona is now a museum and
whose music is listened to by
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audiences all over the world.
We can also boast of the ever
popular Tony Bennett, who
helped establish the Frank
Sinatra School of the Arts in
Astoria.
Queens is a borough rich
with artists of renown. It is
even richer with emerging artists whose dedication to their
crafts will make them artists
the world will soon recognize
and celebrate.
I grew up knowing that
Queens is a cultural haven. My
father started the Queens Symphony Orchestra 60 years ago.
My mother founded Queens
Council on the Arts. Today,
both of those organizations are
major parts of the cultural life
of Queens.
I also spent a great deal of
time in my youth backstage at
Colden Auditorium at Queens
College hearing some of the
legendary classical artists sharing their music and their
stories with my father and the
audiences who filled the auditorium to hear great concerts
in Queens.
We have the best of the
best today in Queens. There is
no need to go over a bridge or
through a tunnel to discover
a wealth of talent. That’s the
reality my parents wanted to
create 60 years ago. As their
daughter and as your Borough
President, I will do everything
I can to strengthen our cultural
life, our opportunities for top
notch entertainment and the
ability of our school children
to receive a quality education
in the arts.
Explore the arts, culture and
entertainment in Queens, and
in turn you will discover what
Queens is all about. We are The
World’s Borough!
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Samos Lane Realty LLC Articles of Org. filed with NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 05/19/14.
Office location: Queens
County. SSNY desig. agent of
LLC upon whom process may
be served. SSNY shall mail a
copy of process to 134-01
Atlantic Avenue, Richmond
Hill, NY 11418. Purpose: Any
lawful purpose.
________________________
Notice of the formation of St.
Albans Cycle of Life Development LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary
of State of New York SSNY on
May 30, 2014. Office located
in Queens County. SSNY has
been designated for service
of process. SSNY shall mail
copy of any process served
again the LLC to Rev. Dr.
Edward Davis, 190-04 119th
Avenue, St. Albans, New York
11412. Purpose: Any lawful
act or activity.
________________________
Notice of formation of MaRTaB Solutions LLC. Articles
of Organization filed with
the Secretary of State of
New York SSNY on 3/26/14.
Office in Queens. SSNY has
been designated for service
of process. SSNY shall mail
copy of any process served
against the LLC 13302 133
Ave, SOP, NY 11420. Any
lawful purpose.
________________________
Notice of formation of “EE
Realty Services LLC.” Articles of Organization filed
with the Secretary of State
of New York SSNY on April
4th 2014. Office located in
Queens County. SSNY has
been designed for service
of process. SSNY shall mail
copy of any process served
against the LLC to: “The LLC,
21-33 21st Avenue #2R, New
York, NY 11105.” Purpose:
any lawful purpose.
________________________
Notice of Formation: HW
ASTORIA I LLC Articles
of Organization filed with
Secretary of State of New
York (SSNY) on 06/04/2014.
Office loc: Queens County.
SSNY designated for service
of process. SSNY shall mail
copies of any process served
against the LLC to c/o: THE
LLC, 41-60 Main Street, Suite
207B, Flushing, NY 11355.
Purpose: Any lawful purpose
of activity.
________________________
Notice of formation of GANDAR, LLC, a limited liability
company. Articles of organization filed with the Secretary
of the State of New York on
6/11/2014. Office location:
Queens County. SSNY has
been designated as an agent
of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail a copy of any
process served against the
LLC to: United State Corporation Agents, Inc. Suite 202,
7014, 13th Avenue, Brooklyn,
NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
________________________
50-23 103RD STREET LLC, a
domestic LLC, filed with the
SSNY on 5/30/14. Office
location: Queens County.
SSNY is designated as agent
upon whom process against
the LLC may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to The
LLC, 154-40 21st Ave., Whitestone, NY 11357. General
Purposes.
________________________
Notice of formation of BOVOM STORAGE & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC. Art.
of Org. filed with Secy. of State
of NY (SSNY) on 1/28/2014.
Office location: Queens
County. SSNY designated
as service for process. SSNY
shall mail process to: The LLC,
219-26 Peck Ave, Queens
Village, NY 11427. Purpose:
any lawful purpose.
________________________
SUPREME COURT OF THE
STATE OF NE W YORK
COUNT Y OF QUEENS
Index No. 22641/2013 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS
Plaintiff designates Queens
Count y as the place of
trial. Venue is based uponthe County in which the
Mortgage premises is situated. RECEIVED 7/18/2014
COUNTY CLERK QUEENS
COUNTY Capital One, N.A.
–against- Charis Sachtouris,
if living and if any be dead,
any and all persons who are
spouses, widows, grantees,
m0ligagees, lienor, heirs, devisees, distributes, or successors in interest of such of the
above as may be dead, and
their spouses, heirs, devisees,
distributes and successors
in interest, all of whom and
whose names and places of
residences are unknown to
Plaintiff, Fleet National Bank,
New York City Environmental
Control Board, New York
City Parking Violations Bureau New York City Transit
Adjudication Bureau United
State of America-Internal
Revenue Service, New York
State Department of Taxation
and Finance, Defendants.
TO THE ABOVE NAMED
DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE
HEREBY SUMMONED to
answer the Complaint in this
action and to serve a copy of
your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this
Summons, to serve a Notice
of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within
twenty (20) days after service
of this Summons, exclusive of
the day of service (or within
thirty (30) days after service
is complete if this Summons
if not personally delivered to
you within the State of New
York). In case of your failure
to appear or answer, judgement will be taken against
you by default for the relief
demanded in the Complaint.
NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT
THE OBJECT of the above
captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure
$100,000.00 and interest,
recorded in the Office of
the Clerk of the County of
QUEENS on June 30, 1992 in
Book 3346, Page 906, which
was consolidated with the
mortgage recorded on October 15, 1996, in Book 4443,
at Page 1523 in the amount of
$38,750.00 by a Consolidation, Extension and Modification Agreement dated August
20, 1996, recorded October
15, 1996 in Book 4443 at
Page 1535, which created
a single lien in the amount
of $138,750.00, covering
premises known as 149-35
12th Avenue, Whitestone,
NY 11357. The relief sought
in the within action is a final
judgment directing the sale of
the premises described above
to satisfy the debt secured
by the Mortgage described
above. NOTICE YOU ARE
IN DANGER OF LOSING
YOUR HOME If you do not
respond to this Summons and
Complaint by serving a copy
of the answer on the attorney
for the Mortgage company
who filed this foreclosure
proceeding against you and
filing the answer with the
court, a default judgment
may be entered and you can
lose your home. Speak to an
attorney or go to the court
where your case if pending
for further information on
how to answer the Summons
and protect your property.
Sending a payment to your
Mortgage company will not
stop this foreclosure action
YOU MUST RESPOND BY
SERVING A COPY OF THE
ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF
(MORTGAGE COMPANY)
AND FILING THE ANSWER
WITH THE COURT. Dated:
WILLIAMSVILLE, New York
JUNE 26, 2014 By: Stephen
J. Wallace Esq. Frenkel,
Lambert, Weiss, Weisman &
Gordon, LLP Attorneys for
Plaintiff 53 Gibson Street
Bay Shore, New York 11706
(631) 969-3100 Our File No.:
01-033536-FOO TO: Charis
Sachtouris 149-35 12th Avenue, Whitestone, NY 11357
and/or 116 East 83rd Street,
New York, NY 10028 United
State of America-Internal
Revenue Service New York
State Department of Taxation
and Finance
________________________
File No.: 2013-1186/D CITATION THE PEOPLE OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK
BY THE GRACE OF GOD,
FREE AND INDEPENDENT
To: Parminder Kaur, Jashandeep Singh, Supreet Sandhu, Gurkirt Singh Sandhu,
Gurleen Kaur Sandhu, NYC
Human Resources Administration, Audrey Lutz Parma
Esq., Sovereign Bank, Attorney General of the State of
New York The unknown distributees, legatees, devisees,
heirs at law and assignees of
AVTAR SINGH, deceased,
or their estates, if any there
be, whose names, places of
residence and post office addresses are unknown to the
petitioner and cannot with
due diligence be ascertained.
Being the persons interested
as creditors, legatees, distributees or otherwise in the Estate
of AVTAR SINGH, deceased,
who at the time of death was
a resident of 116-15 95th
Avenue, Richmond Hill, NY
11419, in the County of
Queens, State of New York.
SEND GREETING: Upon the
petition of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public Administrator
of Queens Count y, who
maintains her office at 88-11
Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,
Queens County, New York
11435, as Administrator of
the Estate of AVTAR SINGH,
deceased, you and each of
you are hereby cited to show
cause before the Surrogate
at the Surrogate’s Court of
the County of Queens, to
be held at the Queens General Courthouse, 6th Floor,
88-11 Sutphin Boulevard,
Jamaica, City and State of
New York, on the 18th day
of September, 2014 at 9:30
o’clock in the forenoon, why
the Account of Proceedings
of the Public Administrator of Queens County, as
Administrator of the Estate
of said deceased, a copy of
which is attached, should
not be judicially settled, and
why the Surrogate should not
fix and allow a reasonable
amount of compensation to
GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ.,
for legal services rendered
to petitioner herein in the
amount of $29,687.81 and
that the Court fix the fair and
reasonable additional fee for
any services to be rendered
by GERARD J. SWEENEY,
ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceedings on
kinship, claims etc., prior to
entry of a final Decree on this
accounting in the amount
of 6% of assets or income
collected after the date of
the within accounting; and
why the Surrogate should
not fix and allow an amount
equal to one percent on said
Schedules of the total assets
on Schedules A, A1, and A2
plus any additional monies
received subsequent to the
date of this account, as the
fair and reasonable amount
payable to the Office of the
Public Administrator for the
expenses of said office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and
why NYC Human Resources
Administration should not be
paid $22,573.74; and why
the claim from Audrey Lutz
Parma Esq. in the amount
of $569.32 should not be
rejected; and why the claim
from Sovereign Bank in the
amount of $163.00 should
not be rejected; and why
each of you claiming to be a
distributee of the decedent
should not establish proof
of your kinship; and why the
balance of said funds should
not be paid to said alleged
distributees upon proof of
kinship, or deposited with the
Commissioner of Finance of
the City of New York should
said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish
proof of kinship. Dated, Attested and Sealed 18th day
of July, 2014 HON. PETER
J. KELLY Surrogate, Queens
County Margaret M. Gribbon Clerk of the Surrogate’s
Court GERARD J. SWEENEY,
ESQ. (718) 459-9000 95-25
Queens Boulevard 11th Floor
Rego Park, New York 11374
This citation is served upon
you as required by law. You
are not obliged to appear in
person. If you fail to appear
it will be assumed that you
do not object to the relief
requested unless you file
formal legal, verified objections. You have a right to have
an attorney-at-law appear for
you. Accounting Citation
You Can E-Mail Your lEgal CopY to:
[email protected]
or call the tribune at
(718) 357-7400, ext. 149
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Bay Terrace Library Gets $1 Million
BY JOE MARVILLI
Staff Writer
The Bay Terrace branch of the
Queens Library received $1 million
from Councilman Paul Vallone (DBayside) to help revamp and fully upgrade it.
The announcement was made on
Aug. 4 in the library, after a meeting
between Vallone, library representatives and surrounding school and civic
leaders to determine what renovations
are most needed. Although it is still in
the planning stages, the funding looks
to completely transform the library,
taking advantage of its indoor and
possibly its outdoor space.
“We want to hear from you, we
want to hear from everyone to what
you would like to see here in your library. Libraries have changed. They’re
now more of a community center,
a place for everyone,” Vallone said.
“This library presents a real unique
opportunity. We have an outside that
we can utilize along with the inside.”
The councilman said that he wanted
to put big chunks of his capital funds
into libraries and parks in his district,
which he said have not received funding for years. Due to the high volume
of patrons at Bay Terrace Library, it
was the first one to get capital funds
from Vallone for improvements.
Suggestions for the library so far
include separate sections for children,
teens and seniors, upgraded technology, a larger computer lab, an expanded program area, outdoor seating
and an outdoor garden. Although Vallone said that the scope of the project
would require more than $1 million,
it was a good start that will encourage
further funding.
Eve Hammer, the community library manager for Bay Terrace, said
she was thrilled to get the funding and
excited by the potential changes it will
allow for at the branch.
“My first thought was we can make
a great library even better,” she said.
“We serve a cross-section of the community. We want to serve the community as best we can and that is serving
all ages of the community.”
Several civic leaders also spoke in
support of a collaborative renovation
process.
“This library has great potential.
I look forward to the ribbon-cutting
here,” Community Board 7’s district
manager, Marilyn Bitterman, said.
Vallone said that he would like to
see the project completed by the end
of 2016.
“We saw this library as one that
hadn’t been touched in 40 years so we
started here first,” he said. “My vision
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Nearly 900 Needles Found
In Forest Park Last Week
BY LuIs GROndA
Staff Writer
A bag full of hypodermic needles
was found late last month in Forest
Park.
About 868 needles were discovered
in the southern Queens park, but was
later cleaned up by the Parks Dept.
Geoffrey Croft, who first wrote about
the discovery on his blog, “A Walk in
the Park,” said the needles were found
under a guardrail near Park Lane South
and 112th Street in the park.
Croft said it was disturbing that
people discard that many needles
in a public place where families and
children go on a daily basis.
“That could have potentially been
quite dangerous because we don’t
know what the needles were used for,”
he said.
A Parks Dept. spokesperson confirmed that the needles were found by
their personnel and were disposed of.
The agency also alerted the NYPD, the
spokesperson said.
It is unclear who left the needles
at the park, but it could have been a
company who did not want to pay to
discard the needles, Croft said.
Reach Luis Gronda at (718) 3577400, ext. 127, lgronda@queenstribune.
com or @luisgronda.
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Sikhs Want Attack Called A Hate Crime
By Luis Gronda
Staff Writer
Sikh officials gathered in Richmond
Hill earlier this week to call for justice
for Sandeep Singh.
Tuesday morning’s rally was in response to an incident that occurred
at 99th Street and 101st Avenue in
Ozone Park involving Singh, who was
run over by a truck and dragged 30
feet. The driver sped off and the person responsible for the incident has
yet to be found. Sandeep has remained
hospitalized as a result of the altercation.
The Sikh Coalition, the group that
organized the rally, is calling on the
NYPD and federal agencies to investigate the incident as a hate crime. The
group alleges that moments before
the driver ran over Singh, the person
yelled racial and religious slurs at him,
calling him a “terrorist” and telling
him to “go back to your country.”
Amardeep Singh, the program director of the Sikh Coalition, said Sandeep told him the driver said those
slurs before hitting him with a pickup
truck.
Amardeep said he visited Sandeep
in the hospital and that he is still in a
lot of pain and was only able to speak
after taking painkillers.
“At one point, he said, ‘you don’t
do this to people,’” Amardeep said.
Amardeep said that Sandeep will
be “incapacitated for a while” but will
survive the incident.
The Sikh Coalition released a statement from Sandeep himself, expressing his desire for an arrest to be made
for the incident.
“I am in a great deal of pain, but
I will survive,” Sandeep said. “I was
attacked because I am a Sikh and be-
cause I look like a Sikh. Justice should
be served so that no one else goes
through what I have been through. We
need to create a world without hate.”
According to the NYPD, the type
of car the driver was using was a light
colored 2007-2009 GMC 1500 Series
Sierra pick-up truck. They said the
two involved in the incident argued
until the driver accelerated, hitting
Sandeep and dragging him until fleeing the scene. Law enforcement said
he was treated at Jamaica Hospital for
abdominal and back injuries as well as
multiple abrasions.
Reach Luis Gronda at (718) 3577400, ext. 127, lgronda@queenstribune.
com or @luisgronda.
Alzheimer’s Fundraiser At Carousel
By Luis Gronda
Staff Writer
Later this month, you will be able
to ride the Forest Park Carousel and
raise money to help fight Alzheimer’s.
The New York City Chapter of the
Alzheimer’s Association will host the
third annual “An Evening Ride on the
Forest Park Carousel to End Alzheimer’s” on Aug. 22.
The now-annual fundraiser is primarily organized by Kew Gardens
resident Carol Lacks, who became
involved in the organization after her
mother, Rose, was diagnosed with dementia about 11 years ago.
Lacks said events like the carousel
fundraiser are important because, in
addition to raising money to fight a
disease that currently has no cure, it
brings people together who are going
through the same thing of taking care
of a loved one with this disease.
“There are many people who have a
story about someone in their lives that
has Alzheimer’s,” she said.
Lacks said her mother, now 96
years old, is doing well and still has
some awareness of her surroundings.
Diane Marinconz is helping take
care of her mother, Lillian, who was
diagnosed with Alzheimer’s about
nine years ago.
Marinconz said she was not involved in the Alzheimer’s community
when her mom was first diagnosed,
but started assessing her options as the
disease got worse. She said her mom
started losing her memory quicker
and become more forgetful of who she
was.
“I didn’t know what to do when
I saw the changes happening,” said
Marinconz, a Howard Beach resident.
She then became involved in the
Queens Walk to End Alzheimer’s, an
annual event at Flushing Meadows
Corona Park, which also raises money
for the Alzheimer’s Association, raising about $3,500 her first time in the
walk. Since then, she has been heavily
involved in fundraising, becoming the
co-chair of the Queens Walk to End
Alzheimer’s committee.
Marinconz said fundraisers like the
one at the carousel help fund research
to find some kind of remedy for Alzheimer’s.
“The more money we can throw at
it, the better,” she said.
According to Lacks, there will be
prizes raffled off at the carousel fundraiser and Cido the Clown will entertain the audience with a performance
as well.
The Alzheimer’s fundraiser at the
Forest Park Carousel is scheduled to
run from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.
Reach Luis Gronda at (718) 3577400, ext. 127, lgronda@queenstribune.
com or @luisgronda.
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POLICE BLOTTER
102nd Precinct
AssAult - The NYPD is asking
for the public’s assistance identifying
a suspect and vehicle wanted in connection with an assault.
At approximately 12:09 a.m., the
suspect, operating a light colored
2007-2009 GMC 1500 Series Sierra
pick-up truck, was traveling southbound on 99th Street when he was
stopped by the victim, a 29-year-old
male, who was exiting a parked car,
preventing the suspect from passing.
Both the suspect and victim argued
verbally until the suspect accelerated
slightly, bumping the victim. The suspect then accelerated again, running
the victim over and dragging him
several feet before fleeing the scene
on 101st Avenue. EMS responded to
the location and transported the victim to Jamaica Hospital for abdominal and back injuries as well as several abrasions.
Anyone with information is asked
to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers
at (800) 577-tips, visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to
274637(CRIMES), then enter TIP577.
All calls are confidential.
BurglAry - The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance identifying
a suspect wanted for burglary.
At 2:15 p.m. on June 27, the suspect entered a home in Richmond Hill
through an opened bedroom window
and removed a Galaxy tablet and Dell
laptop. There was no one home at the
time of the burglary.
The suspect, described as a light
skinned female with black hair, was
captured on surveillance video.
Anyone with information is asked
to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers
at (800) 577-tips, visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to
274637(CRIMES), then enter TIP577.
All calls are confidential.
113th Precinct
AnimAl Cruelty - At approximately 3 p.m. on July 31, members
from 113th Anti-Crime Team, NYPD
Animal Cruelty investigation Squad
and ASPCA forensic investigative
team, executed a search warrant inside
of 117-30 196th St. in connection with
an investigation into dog fighting.
Upon the execution of the warrant,
20 emaciated and scarred pit-bulls
were rescued from inside of the location and immediately taken to the ASPCA main office for medical care.
Addison Holder, 44, of St. Albans,
and Keisha Hall, 33, of St. Albans, were
taken into police custody and charged
with multiple counts connected with
Animal Cruelty, Animal Fighting and
Criminal Possession of Controlled
Substance (Methamphetamine).
114th Precinct
Collision investigAtion
- At 1:45 a.m. on Aug. 1, officers responded to a motor vehicle accident in
the vicinity of Astoria Boulevard and
41st Street.
Upon arrival, police officers discovered Balazs Pusztahazi, a 39-year-old
male, unconscious and unresponsive.
The NYPD’s Highway Patrol Collision
Investigation Squad determined that
Pusztahazi was traveling westbound on
Astoria Boulevard on a 2011 Yamaha
motorcycle. The operator swerved into
the left lane and then attempted to
swerve back into the center lane when
he lost control, striking a parked 2007
Kia Sedona and a parked 1998 Toyota
4-Runner. Pusztahazi was ejected from
the motorcycle after the impact.
EMS responded and pronounced
him dead. No other injuries were reported.
115th Precinct
HomiCide - At approximately
2:13 a.m. on Aug. 3, police responded
to a 911 call of an aided male lying on
the corner of 97th Street and Northern
Boulevard.
Upon arrival, officers discovered Fabian Carreno, 30, with slash wounds to
his face and neck. EMS also responded
to the location and transported Carreno to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was
pronounced dead. There are no arrests
and investigation is ongoing.
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QUEENS FOCUS
practices for using primary sources in
the classroom, while exploring some
of the millions of digitized historical
artifacts and documents available on
the Library’s website.
New Addition
The Major Homes Family had
a new addition on June 20, as
Jason and Hava Kersch announced the birth of their
daughter, Eliana. Grandparents include Mitch and Allison
Kersch, Ave and Debra Gold and
Abraham and Ester Alfassi.
Theatre By The Bay, the community theater group of the Bay Terrace
jewish Center, will present a Festival
of One Act Plays at 1 p.m. Aug. 10 at
the center, 13-00 209th St., Bayside.
Complimentary refreshments will be
included in the $10 event admittance
fee.
For information, call (718) 4286363 or visit www.theatrebythebayny.
com.
Craig Silver of Oakland Gardens
was named to the Honors List and
Mark Camphor of Queens Village was
named to the Dean’s List for the spring
2014 semester at Fairleigh Dickinson
University in Madison, N.J.
Robert Klein and Daniel Wagner,
both of Bayside, were named to the
Dean’s List for the spring 2014 semester at Marist College in Poughkeepsie.
Local students have reserved places
as freshmen at SUNY Oswego for the
fall 2014 semester. They include:
Bellerose: Jonathan Miller.
College Point: Sandra Wong.
Flushing: Caroline Brooks, John
Karlya, Stephen Karlya, Min Koo.
Fresh Meadows: Joseph DeMarco.
Little Neck: Katherine Cortez.
Queens Village: Aleisha Benjamin.
LaToya Patterson of East-West
School of International Studies in
Flushing has been selected to participate in the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Summer
Teacher Institute. During the five-day
program, participants work with Library education specialists and subject-matter experts to learn effective
Local students were named to the
Dean’s List for the spring 2014 semester at Binghamton University. They
include:
Bayside: Daniel Szeto, Hao Jie
Huang, Hannah Cho, Christina Herrmann, Carly Dawkins, Elizabeth
Adams, Joseph Dibenedetto, Anna
Tong, Sandy Wu, Denee Jenkins, Steven Huang, Zhi Jing Huang, Charles
D’Oria, Habin Kwak, Stephanie Ren,
Moses An, Matthew Ehrlich.
Bayside Hills: Jae Chung, Brianna
Desimone, Jet Lem.
Bellerose: Samantha Perez, Kristen Mulvena.
College Point: Willis Park, Karen
Tong.
Douglaston: Iris Wang, Christopher Koulouris, Yook Teng Lam,
Jane Chun.
Floral Park: Brandon Greenberg,
Denis Loredan, Kasun Navarathna.
Flushing: Daren Ma, Vivian Mo,
Javier Lee, Michelle Xia, Chaeyeon
Lim, Brian Hum, Jo Wang, Yoojin
Park, Chang Wang, Shiran Porat,
Alice Cheung, Kristin Eggers, Yuen
Phillip, Jennifer Reyes, John Linitz, Justine Teu, Larissa Feldhoff,
Stephanie Wood, Betty Chu, Pei Qi
Yang, Stephanie Park, Jeffrey Kyon,
Seung Mo Yoon, Alyssa Moya, Gina
Baglieri, Nicholas Nguyen, Christine Janos, Kathy Benhamou, Gabriela Acobo, Sylvie Yudin, Sung Wha
Yang, Nun Ra, Minji Kim, Xintong
Li, Shelley Chun, Xiaonan Guo, Elizabeth Kim, Alexander Hart, Matthew Moya.
Fresh Meadows: Han Zhu Wang,
Dean Kouris, Christopher Zhang,
Brian Tan, Yenis Hung, Weiling Tai,
Damien Chan, Edward Lopez, Dasom Hong, Chenfei Huang, Michael
Schwarz, Kevin Zhang, Michelle
Zigelstein, Ruchi Jain, Jaeyeun Oh,
Edric Chung, Ricki Zimmerman,
Keqing Zhang, Samier Trabilsy, Katie Yau, Sean Chee, Tongbo Xu.
Glen Oaks: Michael Gross.
Little Neck: Alan Kim, Douglas
Chau, Victor Oza, Carla Kuzmyak,
Matthew Goldfine, Doreen Liang,
Kevin Tran, Jaclyn Gabler.
Oakland Gardens: Vincent Mu, Edward Chiang, Kai Yan Li, Nancy Lan,
Esther Ahn, Theodore Hsu, Meifang
Jiang, Sally Zhang, Luija Guo, Eddie
Leon, Joseph Arra, Chik ShunTsui,
Chloe Chan, Rocco Bavuso, Michele
Pflug.
Queens Village: Rameisha Allen,
Kathleen Zabala, Anjan Saha, Tonika Forrester, Arjun Guha.
Whitestone: Andrew Rafalowitz,
Morgan Tau, Nancy Gao, Matthew
Durso, Shirley Tse, Maria Varella,
Istishna Hussain, Sadie Schwartz,
Jason Ng, Louis Calabro, Maggie To-
daro, Ying Ting Hu, Thomas White,
Joanna Sanchez, Jacqueline Robins,
Tiffany Pappalardo, Carolyn Ma,
Matthew Siano, Doris Wong.
Local students received degrees
during spring 2014 commencement
ceremonies at the University of New
Haven in Connecticut. They include:
Bellerose: Nichelle King.
Flushing: Meghan Chamoff, Tori
Watson.
Shannon Minihane of Broad
Channel, a member of the softball
team at Mercyhurst University in Erie,
Pa., was named as a student athlete for
the 2013-14 school year by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.
Alfonsina Ramon of South Ozone
Park received a Bachelor of Arts degree
in marine biology during spring 2014
commencement ceremonies at Roger
Williams University in Bristol, R.I.
Shannon Roche of Rockaway Park
served as an orientation assistant for
incoming freshman at the University
of Scranton in Pennsylvania.
Louis Maiocco of Rockaway Park
received a degree during spring 2014
commencement ceremonies at the
University of New Haven in Connecticut.
Local students have reserved places
as freshmen at SUNY Oswego for the
fall 2014 semester. They include:
Broad Channel: Richard Henglein.
Far Rockaway: David Munoz.
Forest Hills: Samuel Glick, Ian
Ramazan, Henry Schwartz.
Kew Gardens: Yherelly Almanzar.
Rego Park: Tenzin Tseyang.
Richmond Hill: Ossamah Alsaedi,
Kim Fadul, Yan Carlos Minaya.
Rockaway Park: Jamie Bernstein,
Meaghan Shevlin.
South Ozone Park: Vaughn Coleman, Bakari Morris.
Lauren Genovesi of Astoria received a Doctor of Philosophy degree
in literature and creative writing during spring 2014 commencement ceremonies at the University of Houston
in Texas.
Local students have reserved places
as freshmen at SUNY Oswego for the
fall 2014 semester. They include:
Astoria: Alexander Ibrahim.
Corona: Reggie Debrah.
East Elmhurst: Genesis Felipe, Gabriela Rojas.
Jackson Heights: Jeffrey Silber.
Ridgewood: Jocelyn Quito, Karolina Trojanowski.
Sunnyside: Ashley Hiatt.
Woodside: Dawa Dolma, Brian
Lin, Sabrina Singh, Yingying Xia.
Local students were named to the
Dean’s List for the spring 2014 semester at Binghamton University. They
include:
Astoria: Melissa Bougdanos, Mohammed Hasan, Lindy Chiu, Galina
Majstorovic, Maria Papaioannou,
Walaa Ahmed, Dimitri Michaloutsos, Gilat Mandelbaum.
Corona: ChanDan Qu, Jacky Xie,
Aying Li, Disi Chen, Anabel Tejada.
East Elmhurst: Kenneth Chan,
Daniel Morales, Jacqueline Prieto,
Khasim Lockhart, Lina Rodriguez.
Glendale: Cynthia Vlad, Lisa
Wadolowski, Amber Bryce, Daniel
Fernandez, Eugene Cullivan, Jordan
Betsch, Jessica Schabowski.
Jackson Heights: Amanda Fong,
Anna Kristina Madrazo, Ian AmannRao, Patrick Hao.
Long Island City: Lissett Ortiz.
Maspeth: Cheng Lin, Didi Zhang,
Karina Hain, Kenneth Barretto.
Middle Village: Gregg Arquero,
Dominique Cuoco, Jean Krebs, Priscilla Zhao, Michelle Haro.
Ridgewood: Alicia Kam, Nora Le,
Yafen Huang, Joseph Estevez, Jillian Kaufman, Kasey Brenner, Karen
Coronel, Xiao Liu.
Honoring Vets
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder recently paid a special thank you to
local veterans at the American Legion Post 1847’s Annual Independence Day Breakfast. Here, he is pictured speaking with former U.S. Rep. and veteran Robert Turner.
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Math Program Goes Back To The Abacus
BY JOE MARVILLI
Staff Writer
A math program in Bayside is
showing students a new method of
learning.
Tactile Brain’s Abakidz class at
Bayside’s New York Academy teaches students between the ages of 5 and
10 years old advanced math skills,
using one of the oldest
calculation tools: the
abacus. With the abacus, the 26 students
in the class learned to
add together multiple
numbers up to three
or four digits long,
without the use of a
calculator.
The class, which
had its graduation ceremony on Aug. 1, was taught by
Jeonghee Lee, the world’s only 11th
degree abacus master. After teaching
in South Korea, she came to Queens
to see if her teaching method would
translate. While American teachers
engage students visually or audibly,
the abacus relies on tactile learning.
“You’re actually engaging all three
learning styles when you use the abacus,” Kevin Kim, co-founder of Abakidz,
said. “If somebody works on it for about
three years, he or she ends up being
able to visualize the abacus and do the
calculations without an abacus.”
Lee’s students were able to do
their calculations without an abacus
at the end of a four-week session,
due to the intensity of the classes,
which ran for two-and-a-half hours
each day. Although the students get
much better at math, the method also
improves their learning overall.
“They are able to concentrate and
focus better, which helps their test
scores in all subjects,” Kim added.
“You find that they’re able to read at
a faster rate.”
During the graduation ceremony,
Lee displayed her own abilities. She
accurately added 100 four-digit numbers that flashed on a
screen for .3 seconds each,
without the use of any instrument except her mind.
During an earlier class in
Englewood, N.J., Lee set
three world records
for mental calculation.
In one scenario, she
completed 10 sets of
problems that each involved 10 numbers that
were 10 digits long. She
did the calculations in 100 seconds, shattering the previous record
of 173 seconds.
Lee said she was proud of her students and happy about the program’s
success.
“The students worked very, very
hard,” she said. “Even from this small
beginning, I am very hopeful some
students in this room will carry on my
legacy and perhaps even break some
of my records.”
Kim said Lee wants to continue the
program going forward, from an August session to after-school programs
in the fall. For more information about
the class, visit www.tactilebrain.com.
Reach Joe Marvilli at (718) 3577400, Ext. 125, [email protected], or @JoeMarvilli.
PHoToS BY JoE MArvilli
(Top): Abakidz students raise their hands to answer the advanced addition question that flashed on the screen, as a demonstration of their
new math skills after a four-week class. (Above): Teacher Jeonghee
lee (left), seen alongside PJ Kim, is the only 11th degree abacus master
in the world. She recently set three world math records.
Ed. Committee Asks SUNY To Halt New Charters
BY JAckIE StRAwBRIdgE
Staff Writer
It is back to school season for
students and teachers, and back to
charter school issues for the City
Council Education Committee.
The committee, chaired by Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson
Heights), submitted an open letter Thursday to the SUNY Board of
Trustees, urging a halt in the authorization of new charter schools until a
number of concerns are addressed.
Though public, charter schools
are not subject to the same City oversight as traditional public schools.
The New York City Charter School
Center reports that about 70,000
students were enrolled in City charter schools this past year.
City Charter Schools are slated
to receive about $14,000 per student from the City in the 2015-2016
school year, according to the SUNY
Charter Schools Institute.
In its letter, the education committee stated charter school concerns that
arose during a May 6 oversight hearing, including harsh discipline practices, high teacher and student attrition,
exclusionary admissions, discriminatory marketing and lack of transparency in the use of public funds.
A May 2014 report by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform
noted exclusionary enrollment practices, such as requiring social security numbers at enrollment, requiring
student interviews or requiring parents to volunteer during the school
year.
The report also indicated that
students with disabilities are underrepresented in City charter schools,
representing 12 percent of students
as opposed to 17 percent in traditional public schools. English language learners meanwhile represent
only five percent of charter students,
compared to 14 percent of traditional
public school students.
In a response statement, New
York City Charter Schools Center
CEO James Merriman asked, “Is this
New York City or the Twilight Zone?”
“How else to explain why a group
of council members, some of them
representing communities with the
lowest performing schools and largest waiting lists for public charter
schools, would try to block more of
these schools from opening?” Merriman continued.
“They should take the time to
meet with the authorizers and other
officials so that they understand New
York’s strong system of oversight
and accountability,” Merriman said.
Dromm said that he does not universally oppose charter schools, citing the Renaissance Charter School
in Jackson Heights as one he appreciates for being transparent, unionized and not drawing huge profits.
However, Dromm said, he has
problems with other charters such as
the Success Academies, “where you
have a woman who has enriched
herself paying herself $500,000 a
year.”
Dromm was referring to Eva
Moskowitz, Success Academy CEO,
who reported making $475,244 in
2012.
“I have questions about oversight
over somebody who is making that
type of dollars. That’s where my concerns lie,” Dromm said.
“Since 82 percent of students at
Success Academies pass the state
math tests compared to 30 percent at district schools, Dromm’s
obsession with investigating Success is plainly about kowtowing to
the teachers union, not helping kids,”
Moskowitz said in a statement to the
Queens Tribune.
2013 data published by the Dept.
of Education indicates that City Charters outperformed traditional public schools on third through eighth
grade Common Core math tests,
while traditional schools slightly outperformed charters on third through
eighth grade Common Core English
tests.
According to Catherine Kramer,
director of charter school information
at the SUNY Charter Schools Institute, SUNY is slated to vote on 17
proposed charter schools in October
and is taking public comments until
then.
“All these comments, including
those from the New York City Council, will be taken into consideration
by the trustees when they make their
final determination on the applications,” Kramer said in a statement.
Reach Jackie Strawbridge at
(718) 357-7400, Ext. 128, [email protected] or @
JNStrawbridge.
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Get Back To School With Supplies Drives
By Jackie StrawBridge
Staff Writer
It is time to get those backpacks
stocked.
However, the cost of supplies can
put a burden on many families as the
first bell of the school year approaches. According to a 2014 report by the
National Retail Federation, families
spent an average of $90.49 on school
supplies last year, and spending is
expected to rise this year.
To relieve those costs for Queens
families, a number of elected officials and community organizations
are holding school supplies drives
throughout the end of summer
break.
On Aug. 9 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East
Elmhurst) will host his annual school
supplies giveaway at St. Paul Apostle Church. The church is located
on 98th Place off of 57th Avenue in
Corona. The drive will move to the
church’s parish hall, located at 98-16
55th Ave., in the case of rain.
More than 1,800 backpacks, most
of which will be stuffed with supplies
such as notebooks, pens and pencils
and calculators, will be distributed at
the drive on a first-come, first-served
basis.
After picking up a backpack, students can get some end of summer
fun with face painting, a bouncy
house and a rock climbing wall.
Back to school drives throughout the Borough will provide backpacks
stuffed with school supplies to help lower the cost for Queens families.
Community members looking to
donate school supplies should head
to the nearest Astoria Bank branch.
Throughout August, Astoria Bank is
holding its 15th annual Kids Tools for
School drive, collecting school items
and cash donations during branch
hours.
According to a statement released
in late July, the bank will match up
to $10,000 in cash donations to purchase additional supplies. Supplies
will be distributed to more than 60 lo-
cal schools, shelters and service organizations.
Councilman Costa Constantinides
(D-Astoria), in conjunction with the
Queens Library and St. Michael’s
Cemetery, is holding a drive from July
31 to Sept. 5.
Donations can be dropped off at
Constantinides’ office at 31-09 Newtown Ave. in Astoria, Quontic Bank
at 31-05 Broadway in Astoria and the
Steinway and Astoria branches of the
Queens Library.
Supplies from this drive will be donated to education advocacy group
Zone 126, community group Urban
Upbound and a local high school, middle school and elementary school.
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer
(D-Sunnyside) will hold his fifth annual school supplies drive, starting at
a to-be-determined date this month
until mid-September or longer, depending on need.
The Woodside, Sunnyside, Long
Island City, Broadway and Court
Square branches of the Queens Library will be accepting new, unused
school and art supplies for this drive,
as will Van Bramer’s office at 47-01
Queens Blvd. The supplies will be
distributed to area schools.
Volunteers of America will also
host its annual Operation Backpack,
distributing stuffed backpacks to
homeless children throughout the
City. To donate supplies, New Yorkers can visit a number of official drop
off locations.
Queens locations accepting Operation Backpack donations include
the office of Councilwoman Karen
Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) at 11835 Queens Blvd. and Our Lady of
Lourdes Parish at 92-96 220th St. in
Queens Village. Every Duane Reade
location in the City will accept Operation Backpack supplies as well.
Reach Jackie Strawbridge at (718)
357-7400, Ext. 128, jstrawbridge@
queenstribune.com or @JNStrawbridge.
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Women’s Economic Summit Talks Challenges
BY JOE MARVILLI
Staff Writer
Elected officials and experts on
women’s equality came together at
the Samuel Field Y for the Women’s
Economic Summit last month.
On July 28, U.S. Reps. Steve Israel (D-Melville) and Grace Meng
(D-Flushing), Borough President
Melinda Katz and Assemblywoman
Nily Rozic (D-Hillcrest) spoke on
economic policy and women’s rights
in front of a packed room at the community center. Four female leaders
followed and touched on various
challenges women face.
Israel started the event by talking about economic history and the
gridlock in Washington D.C. that is
preventing any movement on legislation for women. He specifically called
out the Republican leadership in the
House of Representatives for blocking
women’s equality bills
from being put up for
a vote.
“Right now, we are
in a climate where
our middle class feels
intense pressure and
acute anxiety,” he
said. “One of the contributing factors
to that pressure is the fact that women facing rising challenges in the
workplace, rising challenges from
the Supreme Court that just doesn’t
get it, rising challenges from a group
in Congress that are proactively hostile towards women.”
Meng concurred about the need
for equal rights legislation, adding that
the number of female representatives
in the federal government is not even
close to half. Meng added that better
education for children is another es-
sential to growing the middle
everything. Further training and
class.
education is required to make
“Children are really our
sure women are working to the
most important investment in
best of their abilities and are
this country,” she said. “As a
taking on all jobs, not just what
mom of two little kids, I often
Jawin called “women’s work.”
cringe when I think not every
“Women’s work was valued by
four-year-old has equal access
word, not by pay. What we have
and opportunity to a good eduto do is get women not to settle
cation.”
for women’s work,” she said.
Rozic focused on the ecoAmanda Norejko, director
nomic challenges at the State
of economic justice at Sanctulevel, particularly the need for a
ary for Families, talked about
higher minimum wage and more
domestic abuse and its effect
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progressive work practices.
The Women’s Economic summit featured on every aspect of a woman’s
“I introduced a [Flex Time]
(from right) u.s. Rep. Grace Meng, u.s. Rep. life, including her economic inbill at the State level that would
steve Israel, Borough President Melinda Katz dependence.
allow people flexible work ar“In the U.S., an estimated
and Assemblywoman nily Rozic.
rangements and work schedone of every four women will
ules,” she said. “I introduced a Fair of color, which is a wider margin experience domestic abuse at some
Wage Act that would make the mini- than the gap between white men and point in their lives,” she said. “The
mum wage for these big box compa- white women. She also touted the question we always hear is ‘why
nies elevate to $15 an hour. I think need for the Paycheck Fairness Act. don’t they just leave?’ It’s impossible
the good people of
“In 2012, women only earned 77 to break the cycle without addressWalmart or McDon- cents on the dollar for every dollar ing their economic situation. Abusald’s can afford to white men have earned. The pay ers often withhold information about
pay their employees gap becomes increasingly signifi- household finances.”
a fair wage.”
cant for Black and Hispanic women.
Jungsook Grace Yoon, executive
Katz
touched African-American women have only director of Korean American Family
on the strength of earned 64 cents on the dollar and Service Center, discussed how reQueens’
economy, Latina women have only earned 54 form and training is needed to help
particularly as a nu- cents for each dollar earned by white immigrant women gain economic
cleus for small busi- men,” she said. “The Paycheck Fair- stability.
nesses.
ness Act requires employees to
“There are a lot of immigrant
“Queens has over 44,000 busi- demonstrate that wage differentials women in New York City. Immigraness and small businesses. Two- are based on factors other than gen- tion is something we have to talk
thirds of our Queens businesses der.”
about when we talk about equality,”
have less than five employees,” she
Ann Jawin, founder of Center for she said.
said. “The economy in this Borough the Women of New York, expressed
Reach Joe Marvilli at (718) 357is going to thrive.”
her support for equality legislation, 7400, Ext. 125, jmarvilli@queenstriBesides the elected officials, the but warned that it would not solve bune.com, or @JoeMarvilli.
summit had four female panelists
from various civic organizations that
deal with women’s rights.
Rachelle Suissa, from BrooklynQueens NOW, spoke about the pay
gap between white men and women
Shopping Center Opening In
Ozone Park Later This Year
BY LuIs GROndA
Staff Writer
After an empty lot sat there for
several years, a shopping center will
open in the coming months in Ozone
Park.
Platinum Realty Associates, a
Forest Hills-based real estate company, are planning on opening a new
shopping center at 150-01 Cross
Bay Blvd., right on the corner where
Cross Bay and North Conduit meet.
The center, slated to open on
Dec.1, will have about five to 10 stores
in it, depending on what businesses
they can get to open an establishment
there, according to David Koptize, a
spokesperson for the company.
Koptize said they have not secured any companies for the area
yet but the company hopes to lure a
supermarket to serve as the anchor
for the shopping center.
There will also be parking on site,
but he is unsure of the exact number
of spots that will be available.
Howard Kamph, the president of
the Ozone Park Civic Association,
said while the center is a positive for
the community, he would have liked
to see one big department store
open up there instead of the multiple
smaller storefronts that are more
likely to do business there.
“It would make more sense for the
neighborhood,” he said,
Kamph said he believes smaller
businesses, like a pizzeria and a
laundromat, will most likely open
there. Koptize did not provide many
details about the company’s plans,
other than targeting a supermarket.
Nonetheless, Kamph said the
shopping center will be beneficial to
the community and should help some
property values in that area.
“It’s much better than an empty
lot,” he said.
Reach Luis Gronda at (718) 3577400, ext. 127, [email protected] or @luisgronda.
Meng Announces Small
Business Services
BY JOE MARVILLI
Staff Writer
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng’s (DFlushing) continued advocacy for
additional small business resources
has paid off.
The Congresswoman announced
on July 21 that Small Business Development Center services are now
available in Flushing for small businesses in the community. A business
advisor from the center at LaGuardia
Community College will be on hand
at the Flushing branch of the Queens
Library every Thursday from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m.
XiaoYuan Hanson will be available in the library’s downstairs meeting room, assisting any small business owners who come his way.
Services available at the library for
small businesses include one-to-one
advisement sessions, entrepreneurial training, gaining access to capital,
business plan and financial projections development, loan package
preparation, loan referrals, marketing,
advertising and assistance with sustainability, disaster recovery, women/
minority-owned businesses and more.
This new resource in Flushing
came because of Meng’s Congressional field hearing at Queens College
this past spring. During the hearing,
witnesses expressed the need for another Small Business Development
Center in the Borough, as the locations at LaGuardia and York College
are insufficient to meet the requests
of business owners. Specifically, the
witnesses mentioned an additional
facility in northeast Queens would be
a huge help to the economic hubs in
those neighborhoods.
“While this is not a full-fledged
SBDC, it is a great first step to securing one in the future, and it will serve
as an outstanding asset to local small
business owners,” she said. “I urge
all small business owners to take advantage of this valuable resource to
help grow their business.”
Appointments are required for
the Flushing advisory. To schedule a meeting, call (718) 482-5315
or email [email protected].
Flushing Library is located at 41-17
Main St.
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Scenes Of Queens
On The Big Screen
BY LUIS GRONDA
Staff Writer
Although Manhattan gets much of
the love in terms of the big screen,
there have been plenty of well-known
movies that were shot and take place
in our beloved Borough.
One movie that prominently displays Queens is the 1988 comedy classic, “Coming to America.”
The romantic comedy, which stars
Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall and James
Earl Jones, tells the story of an African
crown prince, played by Murphy, who
travels to the United States in hopes of
finding a woman to be his queen.
The royal family chooses to move to
Queens, renting out an old and worn
out apartment in Long Island City. At
one point during the movie, Murphy’s
character, Prince Akeem Joffer, said
the Borough’s namesake is the reason
they decided to live in Queens.
“What better place to find a queen
than the City of Queens?” Akeem
asked in the movie.
The prince and the rest of the royal family pass themselves off as poor
residents, taking a job at a McDowell’s
fast food restaurant, an obvious spoof
of McDonalds.
The location where the McDowell’s scenes were filmed was a Wendy’s
restaurant on Queens Boulevard in
Elmhurst. The building was mostly unchanged in the years after the flick was
released, but was torn down in 2013
to make way for a six-story apartment
building.
Murphy’s character eventually falls
in love with Cleo McDowell’s daughter,
Lisa. The couple travel to her house in
St. Albans to meet other members of
Lisa’s family. In the movie, the location
of the McDowell home is 24-32 Derby
Ave., although that is a fake address on
a street that does not actually exist.
The movie grossed about $288 million worldwide, including more than
$128 million in the United States. It is
still one of the most famous movies of
Murphy’s career.
Another classic film, “Goodfellas,”
also featured several scenes that were
filmed in Queens.
Among the neighborhoods the
mobster flick was filmed in were Astoria, Maspeth, Richmond Hill and
Woodhaven.
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One scene in the movie was
portrayed as “Idlewild Airport” in
Queens, but used a few cargo buildings at John F. Kennedy Airport to
show its location in the movie. The
real-life location of those scenes is the
Jackson Hole Diner on Astoria Boulevard. In the scene, Tommy Devito,
played by Joe Pesci, and Henry Hill,
played by Ray Liotta, steal a truck for
their gang.
Scenes from the same movie were
also filmed at Neir’s Tavern in Woodhaven.
According to the watering hole’s
website, most of the movie’s famous
stars, including Liotta, Pesci, and Robert DeNiro, filmed scenes that made it
into the film and regulars usually point
out scenes that were at Neir’s while
watching the movie itself.
In the Neir’s scene, the three men
are discussing business while throwing
down some alcohol. Later on, Jimmy
Two-Times is demanding that Liotta’s
character gives him some money that
is owed to him. Liotta calms him down
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and reassures him that he will get the
money in due time. Immediately after
that scene, they decide that Jimmy is
likely to get “whacked” before he can
ever collect his cash.
One film that came out in the early
1990s, called “Queens Logic,” was exclusively filmed in Astoria and part of
its plot involves the northern
Queens neighborhood.
The movie, which stars
Kevin Bacon, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Malkovich, Tom
Waits and others, is about
an old group of friends getting together for their mutual
friend’s wedding. During the
comedy, they face the challenges
of adulthood and how their lives have
changed compared to when they were
growing up in Astoria. They also deal
with their living situations and what
that has been like since they lived in
Astoria.
Several well-known scenes of Astoria are shown in the movie, including
the Triborough Bridge.
The iconic Unisphere was prominently displayed in the 1997 film
“Men In Black,” when it was destroyed by a flying UFO ship that
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones
battled in the movie’s climax.
Queens is also home to one of most
famous film studios on the East Coast,
which hosts both movies and television shows.
Kaufman-Astoria Studios is the
only backlot studio in New York City.
A backlot is an area adjacent to a movie studio that has permanent buildings
for outdoor scenes.
Some recent films that
have used Kaufman-Astoria to film movies include
“Men In Black 3,” “The
Bourne Legacy” and “The
Smurfs Movie.”
According to its website, the studio first opened
in the 1920s and eventually
became the headquarters of
Paramount Studios. In the 20 years
that followed Paramount’s establishment, more than 120 silent and sound
movies were filmed there.
The studio evidently fell into disrepair until a production company
filmed “The Wiz” at Kaufman-Astoria
in 1977.
In 1980, real estate developer
George Kaufman renovated the studio,
allowing it to become a premiere production studio once again.
Last year, Kaufman-Astoria unveiled the 34,800-square-foot back-
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Kaufman-Astoria Studios continues
to flourish in western Queens, with a
backlot on 35th Avenue unveiled last
year.
lot located on 35th Avenue.
Officials from the studio and elected officials celebrated the new backlot,
saying it will boost its film production.
“The backlot at Kaufman Astoria
Studios is going to add to the life of
the campus and will help us attract
more productions to New York,”
Kaufman said at the unveiling last
year.
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Tune In To
Queens
BY JORDAN GIBBONS
From Kaufman Astoria Studios to
Silvercup Studios, Queens has been a
prime location for television shows to
film since the 1950s. But the Borough
also offers a distinct setting that has
added personality to a variety of programs throughout the years.
“All in the Family,” which was set
in Astoria, is one of the most wellknown and successful sitcoms from
the 1970s. The tales of Archie and
Edith Bunker broke plenty of barriers
that were considered inappropriate for
network television at the time.
Archie was a working class World
War II veteran who was an outspoken
bigot, prejudiced against anyone who
did not share his views as a U.S.-born,
conservative, heterosexual, White Anglo-Saxon Protestant male. The show
tackled controversial themes, such as
racism, homosexuality, women’s liberation, rape, miscarriage, abortion,
breast cancer, the Vietnam War, menopause and impotence.
The series aired from 1971 to 1979,
when a new show, “Archie Bunker’s
Place,” picked up where the original
show left off when Archie purchased
a neighborhood tavern in Astoria. The
show was actually filmed in Hollywood,
Calif. The exterior of the home shown
in the opening credits is located on
Cooper Avenue in Glendale.
More recently, “The King of Queens”
brought viewers into the home of
Doug and Carrie Heffernan, a working
class couple who lived in Rego Park
with Carrie’s father, Arthur Spooner,
played by Jerry Stiller. Arthur complicated their lives with his needy personality and eccentric demands.
The successful comedy, which aired
from 1998 to 2007, helped catapult
the career of co-star Kevin James. Although the show’s opening credits
had scenes from the Unisphere and
the Lemon Ice King of Corona, it was
filmed at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, Calif. Exterior footage of their
home was shot in New Jersey.
Another series set in Rego Park,
“Dear John,” aired on NBC from 1988
to 1992. Judd Hirsch played a high
school teacher named John Lacey, who
is dumped by his wife and forced to
move into an apartment in Rego Park.
The show’s plot is based around the
“All in the Family,” a classic sitcom from the 1970s, was set in Queens and
tackled the controversial issues of the day.
One-2-One-Club he joined, which was a
self-help group for divorced, widowed
or lonely people.
In the early 1950s, the radio show
“Meet Millie” made a transition to television featuring a wisecracking secretary
named Millie who lived in an apartment
with her mother in Jackson Heights.
Millie’s mom was always on the look-
out for a possible husband for her. The
show ran from 1952 until 1956.
In 2006, “Ugly Betty” premiered
on ABC, featuring a 22-year-old Mexican American woman from Jackson
Heights who lacked a fashion sense,
though her boldness and good heart
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man Astoria Studios in Long Island
City. They have also been seen filming
in front of Sunswick 35/35 Bar,
located at 35-02 35th St., Astoria, as well as by Bartunek
Hardware on 23rd Avenue
and 27th Street and Lockwood at 32-15 33rd St.
The USA Network series, “White Collar,” which
is about a con artist working
as an informant for the FBI,
films scenes all over the Borough.
They have filmed at Jackson Avenue and
Court Square in Long Island City, 45th
Street and Skillman Avenue in Sunnyside and at Fort Totten in Bayside for
the mid-season finale during its fifth
season. Normally, they film at Silvercup
Studios in Long Island City.
Kaufman Astoria Studios has been a
locale for movie productions since the
silent movies during the Roaring 20s,
but it has also been a venue for some
popular television series and episodes.
“Sesame Street” has called the studio home since 1993. The children’s
game shows in the 90s, “Where in the
World is Carmen Sandiego” and “Where
in Time is Carmen Sandiego,” were also
filmed at Kaufman Astoria, as well as
the Showtime drama “Nurse Jackie.”
Kaufman Astoria also had episodes of
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helped her land a job at a high
fashion magazine based in
Manhattan.
The scenes shot in Queens
with her family showed the
vast contrast between the
two boroughs. The house
that was used for the interior
and exterior scenes is on 92nd
Street near Elmhurst Avenue.
Lately, the crew from “Orange is the
New Black” has been filming at Kauf-
“The King of Queens” depicted the
life of a Rego Park man, his wife and
eccentric father in law.
“The Cosby Show,” “Law & Order,”
and “Spin City” taped at the studio.
Since Silvercup Studios first
opened in the former flour silo
room of the landmark Silvercup
Bakery in 1983, it has grown into a
full-service film and television production facility with 13 shooting
stages on its main lot and five on
its East Lot on 34-22 Starr Ave.
Silvercup hosted the productions of two of HBO’s most popular series, “Sex in the City” and “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego,” a classic 90s children’s show, filmed
“The Sopranos.”
Currently, the HBO show at Kaufman Astoria Studios.
“Girls” is filmed there, along with
CBS’ “Person of Interest,” and “El- Johnny Lee Miller as a recovering drug
ementary.” NBC’s “30 Rock” just com- addict version of Holmes and Lucy Liu
pleted production after seven success- as his sober companion, Dr. Joan Watful seasons.
son. The pair assists the NYPD with
“Girls” was created by and stars solving crimes. The show has been reLena Dunham in a comedy drama that newed for a third season.
follows a group of twenty-somethings
“30 Rock” was a sitcom that aired
living in the City. The show has con- on NBC from 2006 to 2013. Created
cluded its third season and has been by Tina Fey, the show was loosely
renewed for a fourth season, premier- based on her experiences as head writing in 2015.
er for Saturday Night Live. “30 Rock”
Jim Caviezel stars in “Person of In- starred Fey, Alec Baldwin and Tracy
terest,” as former CIA operative John Morgan. It won several major awards,
Reese, who is recruited by mysterious such as Primetime Emmy Awards for
billionaire Harold Finch to prevent vio- Outstanding Comedy Series in 2007,
lent crimes before they occur in New 2008 and 2009.
York City. Finch built a computer sysKaufman Astoria Studios is located
tem that uses surveillance to predict at 37-11 35th Ave., Long Island City
future crimes. CBS renewed the show and Silvercup Studios is located at 42for a fourth season, which is set to pre- 22 22nd St., Long Island City.
miere in September.
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When It Comes To
Music, Queens Rocks
BY JOE MARVILLI
Staff Writer
Queens’ diversity has always been
one of its strongest points and that is
just as true in terms of music.
From the time the record business
came into being to the present day,
Queens has constantly been home
to some of the biggest names in the
industry. Whether the genre was
jazz, pop, rock, rap or something inbetween, the Borough has had many
famous faces that greatly contributed
to the musical landscape over the last
century.
JAZZ
One of the Borough’s most vibrant
scenes was in jazz, particularly
during the genre’s heyday in the first
half of the 20th century. One of the
most legendary jazz musicians, Louis
Armstrong, made his home in Queens.
The trumpet and cornet player was
responsible for shifting the focus on
jazz collectives to soloists. Although
he was not born in Queens, he later
became highly associated with the
Borough, to the point where his house
in Corona now serves as the Louis
Armstrong House Museum.
While Armstrong was the biggest
name, he was by no means the only
name in jazz to call Queens his home.
Pianist and bandleader Count Basie,
vocalists Ella Fitzgerald and Lena
Horne and saxophonist John Coltrane
all moved to St. Albans during their
lifetimes, particularly in the historic
district of Addisleigh Park.
Jazz singer Tony Bennett also
comes from the Borough, born and
raised in Astoria. Even after decades
of success, Bennett remained close to
the neighborhood, selecting it as the
home for the Frank Sinatra School of
the Arts.
Then there is Les Paul, the famed
jazz and blues guitarist who lived in
Jackson Heights and pioneered the
solid-body electric guitar, the very
basis of rock and roll.
The Ramones
Tony Bennett (top) and Les Paul are a
couple of the many famous musicians
that hail from Queens.
ROCK
In the 1960s, rock and roll
dominated the musical landscape of
the United States. The Beatles, The
Rolling Stones, The Who and The
Doors brought their songs to the
Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, exposing
Queens residents to a new musical
language.
Among all of these bands, a duo
from Forest Hills would become one of
the biggest stars of the folk movement.
Singer-songwriter Paul Simon and
vocalist Art Garfunkel made their
big breakthrough with “The Sound
of Silence” in 1965. For the next
five years, they would continue to
release successful and influential
records that were notable for their
beautiful harmonies and memorable
lyrics. Simon would go on to have a
successful solo career.
Equipped with a harder edge and
a confrontational attitude, the crop
of 1970s Queens bands matched the
increasingly chaotic political and
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social landscape of the country. Gene
Simmons (Jackson Heights) and Paul
Stanley (Kew Gardens) met to form
KISS, while Astoria’s Dee Snider
joined Twisted Sister in 1976.
Of course, no conversation about
hard-edged rock bands from Queens
is complete without Forest Hills’ The
Ramones. Their early performances,
appearing onstage in black leather
jackets and unleashing a frantic blast
of noise, helped to create the punk
rock movement.
Queens’ music scene did not lose
its aggression in the 1980s. Instead, it
gave the world Scott Ian, a guitarist
from Bayside who co-founded the
thrash metal band, Anthrax. Around
the same time, Queens native Perry
Farrell moved to Los Angeles and
joined the alternative rock scene,
forming Jane’s Addiction. He would
also go on to found the Lollapalooza
Music Festival.
Two more musicians who left
Queens to achieve success were Kevin
Shields, who went on to form My
Bloody Valentine, and John Frusciante,
a guitarist who was part of the Red
Hot Chili Peppers and wrote some of
their biggest hits.
viewed as jazz rap essentials.
In the 1990s, another classic album
was created by one of rap’s biggest
names: Nas. The artist took his life
experiences in the Queensbridge
Housing Projects and used them
to create his debut, “Illmatic.” You
can even see the buildings of the
neighborhood in the background of
the album cover.
Mobb Deep came up around
the same time as Nas. Also from
Queensbridge, the duo was responsible
for popularizing hardcore East Coast
rap, particularly with “The Infamous”
and “Hell on Earth.”
Some stars of the 21st century also
came from Queens. One of the biggest
names is 50 Cent, a South Jamaica
rapper who became an overnight
sensation with “Get Rich or Die Tryin’.”
Two members of the G-Unit crew that
50 Cent is part of, Lloyd Banks and
Tony Yayo, are also from Queens.
The latest successful rapper to come
out of the Borough is Nicki Minaj,
who hails from Jamaica. Her debut,
“Pink Friday,” helped her become the
first female solo artist to have seven
singles simultaneously charting on the
Billboard Hot 100.
RAP
POP
If you were to think of the biggest
In terms of successful debuts, one
names in rap, chances are high that of the best is “She’s So Unusual,”
you would pick someone from Queens. by Cyndi Lauper. The Ozone Park
From the 1980s to today, from western musician just celebrated the 30th
Queens to Southeast Queens, some of anniversary of the album, which
the best in the business came from included hits like “Girls Just Want To
here.
Have Fun” and “Time After
One of the biggest rap
Time,” with a tour that
icons in the world is Hollis’
included a stop at Queens
own Run-D.M.C. The group
College.
was the first in the genre
Burt Bacharach, who
to have a Gold album. They
grew up in Forest Hills,
never forgot their roots
was responsible for 73 Top
though, releasing songs
40 hits in the U.S., with
like the holiday single,
the pieces performed by
“Christmas
in
Hollis,”
Dionne Warwick, Dusty
Idina Menzel
that talked about their
Springfield, The Carpenters
hometown.
and Tom Jones.
Coming up around the same time
Harry Belafonte, who lived in
was LL Cool J, who also hailed from Elmhurst, was known as the “King
Hollis. He was discovered by another of Calypso” for popularizing the
Queens resident with close ties to the Caribbean musical style in the 1950s.
rap community: Russell Simmons, the
In terms of hit-makers, one Queens
founder of Def Jam Recordings.
native is still on the charts today.
When it comes to early pioneers, That person is Idina Menzel and her
A Tribe Called Quest is one of the performance on “Let It Go,” the smash
most influential. The hip-hop group hit from Disney’s “Frozen.”
from St. Albans is regarded as an icon
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Queens Comes Together For National Night Out Against Crime
Police Precincts throughout the City held festivities on Aug. 5 in recognition of National Night Out Against Crime, an annual event dedicated to creating safer communities.
At left, new 109th Precinct head Thomas Conforti welcomes attendees to Bowne Playground in Flushing. Center: Kids attending the 108th Precinct’s event had some bouncy
houses to play in. At right, Queens DA Richard Brown meets with members of the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills. Photos by Joe Marvilli, Jackie Strawbridge and Luis Gronda.
PIX
Summertime Singing
Kids Videoconference With NASA
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz is shown singing “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess during the 16th Annual Great Lawn Summer Concert held July 30, on the
Queens campus of St. John’s University.
Performance Art At Falchi
The One Stop Richmond Hill Community Center recently held its Videoconference
Science and Technology Program. During the two-week program, students had the
opportunity to speak through videoconferences with NASA Space Centers across the
country
Grand Re-Opening
Dancer Amanda Waal occupied the Falchi Building’s bright orange vitrines in late
July, bringing a dynamic display to Long Island City passersby. Waal used Falchi’s
indoor window space to perform “100 dances | 100 scores,” a series of dances based
on 100 commissioned works from designers, musicians, visual artists, filmmakers,
writers and dancers. Photo by Jackie Strawbridge.
Summer Artists Show Their Work
Queens Library in Bellerose recently celebrated its Grand Re-Opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Pictured (from left) are Seth Urbinder, representing State Sen.
Tony Avella; Jerry Wind , Bellerose-Hillside Civic Association; Michael Stinson, representing U.S. Rep. Steve Israel; Queens Library COO Bridget Quinn-Carey; Community Library Manager Michelle Chan; Queens Library President and CEO Thomas
Galante; Councilman Member Mark Weprin; Queens Library Board Chair Gabriel
Taussig; Jim Delaney, Bellerose Commonwealth Civic Association.
Zovinar Khrimian of Middle Village (left) stands with her oil pastel work “Icarus”
and Isabel Levit of Astoria/LIC stands with her watercolor “I Just Want to Wear My
Monster Boots.” Both students were wrapping up their third year at the Summer Arts
Institute’s Finale Exposition on July 31. Read more exclusively online at queenstribune.com. Photo by Jackie Strawbridge.
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Secret Theatre Launches Fundraising Campaign
By Jackie StrawBridge
Staff Writer
Can you help keep the Secret?
This is the question that Richard
Mazda, founder and artistic director of
the Secret Theatre in Long Island City,
is asking of local theater and art fans.
Having run into financial obstacles,
Mazda launched a fundraising campaign Tuesday titled “Can You Keep
The Secret?” on crowdfunding website
Indiegogo.
Mazda said he is hoping to raise a
minimum of $10,000 by the first week
of September.
“The Secret in the last year has had
to lay out a lot of money that was not
budgeted for, that we didn’t expect,”
Mazda said. “So there is this danger
that we would either reduce in size, and
instead of having two spaces, go down
to one, and the worst case scenario is
closing the theater.”
According to Mazda, the theater’s
financial problems have sprung from
building permits and Dept. of Buildings
fines, rather than shrinking audiences.
“Many nights [we] sold out ‘Oliver,’
but we didn’t make any profit at all,”
Mazda said.
Luna Ramirez, a work based learning coordinator at Information Tech-
nology High School in Long Island
City, worked with Mazda to create an
internship program at the Secret Theatre last year.
“Half of my students live in the
neighborhood and many of them have
said to me that they have gone visiting the Secret Theatre,” Ramirez said.
“When we decided to have the internship, they said, ‘oh my God, we’re going
to be famous!’”
Ramirez said that the Secret’s value
for her students is that “it is part of the
community. Students are welcome there
[and] feel a social responsibility to be
part of LIC’s artistic growth.”
Besides staging plays, musicals, operas and other performances, the Secret
Theatre offers children’s musicals every
weekend and improv comedy throughout the week.
Rehearsal and performance space at
the Secret is also available for rent by
community groups and artists.
Mazda said he is not considering relocating the Secret Theatre, citing the difficulty of finding a new and more affordable
space with rising rents in the area.
Mazda added, “there’s something
about the location here that is really
quite special.”
He said that with high ceilings and
3,000 square feet of floorspace, the
Richard Mazda (lower right) with the cast of “Pirate Pete’s Parrot” and audience members after a show.
theater is one of the few independent,
affordable venues suitable for dance. Set
back from the subway, it is also a quiet
spot for filming.
“It’s just a happy accident that the
building is ideal for what we do now,”
Mazda said.
For Mazda, fundraising does not
just help keep the Secret alive, but also
allows the theater to connect with its
community.
“This is the way that people can directly affect the outcome of a situation,
and I think that makes people feel really
empowered,” he said.
More information about the “Can
You Keep The Secret” campaign can be
found at www.indiegogo.com/projects/
can-you-keep-the-secret.
Reach Jackie Strawbridge at (718)
357-7400, Ext. 128, jstrawbridge@
queenstribune.com or @JNStrawbridge.
Shakespeare Returns To
Botanical Garden To
Hold Concert This Month Voelker Orth Museum
By JOe MarViLLi
Staff Writer
If you are looking to enjoy a great,
local concert this month, there is no
better place to go than the Queens
Botanical Garden.
The garden will host The Ebony
Hillbillies, New York City’s only African-American string band, on Aug.
16, from 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. The
concert is part of the venue’s Music in
the Garden summer series, where different artists perform under the stars
and among the flora and fauna.
The Ebony Hillbillies’ vibe embraces traditions such as bluegrass,
folk, jazz, ragtime, country and more
to create a joyful sound. Led by violinist and vocalist Henrique Prince, the
group includes Norris Bennet (banjo,
dulcimer, guitar and vocals), two-time
Grammy winner William “Salty Bill”
Salters (bass and vocals), Newman
Taylor Baker (washboard, percussion,
vocals), and Gloria Thomas Gassaway
(bones and vocals).
By performing string band music,
the Ebony Hillbillies are helping to
keep a legacy that played a big role in
the gestation of all-American music,
according to Prince.
“Documented fiddling by Black
musicians goes back to the 1600’s in
New York,” he said. “And the banjo,
of course, came to the U.S. from West
Africa, and nobody but Black musicians played a banjo until the 19th
century. They were all handmade
instruments.”
Black string bands were in high
demand during the 19th century. One
of the most famous musicians from
that era is Solomon Northup, whose
life was immortalized on film in “12
Years A Slave.”
This style of music would eventually lead to ragtime, jazz, blues, bluegrass, rockabilly and rock and roll. As
such, the Ebony Hillbillies keeps the
genre alive with a set of traditional
and original tunes.
The concert, made possible with
the support of Astoria Bank, is free
with Garden admission. Admission
costs $4 for adults, $3 for seniors and
$2 for children between 3 and 12 and
students with ID. Botanical Garden
members can visit the Garden for
free. For more information, call (718)
886-3800.
Queens Botanical Garden is located at 43-50 Main St., Flushing.
Reach Joe Marvilli at (718) 3577400, Ext. 125, [email protected], or @JoeMarvilli.
William Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline”
- a romance that includes a wicked
stepmother, a female character masquerading as a man, swordplay, and
an offstage decapitation - is an exciting
showcase for acting talent and the cast
makes the most of it!
One of the two plays the Hip to Hip
Theatre group will perform this summer in parks all over Queens, it was
presented on July 30 in the beautiful
garden of the Voelker Orth Museum
in Flushing.
The plot involves a princess, Imogen,
beautifully played by Joy Marr, who
secretly marries Posthumous (Jason
Marr), whom her father banishes. Her
stepmother (played by Nancy Nichols,
who is wonderfully regal) wants her
to marry her son Cloten (also played
by Jason Marr, who does an incredible
job switching from a noble character to
an overemotional one). While they’re
apart, Posthumous meets Iachimo (well
played by T.J. Gainley), who gets him to
bet on whether he can seduce his wife.
Failing to do so, he tricks her husband
into believing he has succeeded and
Posthumous sends a servant, Pisanio
(the excellent Lawryn Lacroix), to kill
her. Mercifully, he lets her escape to the
woods, where, disguised as the male Fidele, she finds refuge with Belarius (the
very talented Guy Ventoliere), and his
adopted sons, Guiderius and Arvirigus
(played by talented newcomers Drew
Bloom and Amanda Thickpenny). In
the end, she is reunited with her husband (after he learns the truth about her
innocence) and her long-lost brothers...
Guiderius and Arvirigus!
Before each performance begins,
a short session called “Kids and the
Classics” introduces children to theatrical basics. At Voelker Orth, Caitlin
Cassidy led kids from the audience
through a couple of fun noise-making
exercises, described the Shakespearean
poetry rhythm of iambic pentameter as
sounding “like a pirate with a wooden
leg” and then introduced a death scene
contest.
“Move apart,” she said. “I don’t want
anyone dying on anyone else.”
On Aug. 7 at 7:30 p.m., “Cymbeline”
takes place in Crocheron Park; on Aug.
9 the show will go on in Gantry Plaza
State Park; on Aug. 14 in Cunningham Park; and on Aug. 16 in Agawam
Park. On Aug. 13, the group returns to
Voelker Orth with “Two Gentlemen of
Verona,” which will also be presented
on Aug. 8 in Sunnyside Gardens Park,
and on Aug. 10 in Socrates Sculpture
Park. Admission is free, and souvenir
T-shirts are available. For more information, visit www.hiptohip.org.
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FRIDay 8/8
RuRAl ROuTE FIlM
FESTIvAl
This weekend at the Museum of the Moving Image,
the Rural Route Film
Festival showcases
international films on
the unique people and
places found far outside
urban areas. Film screenings will be accompanied
by live world/folk music,
and by food from guest
chefs. Tickets are $10 for the
public and free for museum
members. For more information, call (718) 777-6888.
WEEKEnD KIcKOFF
Dean Scala and DJ Soul
Sonic will perform at
Resorts World Casino
as part of their weekly
weekend kickoff series. The
live band plays between
7 p.m. and 10 p.m., the DJ
and dancers then come on
at 11 p.m. and finish at 2
a.m. Resorts World Casino
is located at 110 Rockaway
Blvd. in South Ozone Park.
for shows at 3 p.m., Aug. 10,
8 p.m., Aug. 16 and 3 p.m.,
Aug. 17. Tickets cost $18 or
$15 for children and seniors
(Sunday matinees only).
For information, call (718)
894-8654.
saTURDay 8/9
SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK
saTURDay 8/9
SMOKEY BEAR’S 70TH BIRTHDAY
Come celebrate Smokey Bear’s 70th Birthday
Bash at Alley Pond Park. The event will promote
fire safety and environmental awareness from noon
to 3 p.m.
During the festivities, visitors can engage in
hands-on activities, environmental games, crafts
and more.
Free parking is available on 76th Avenue
between Springfield Boulevard and 226th Street.
The event will be held adjacent to the parking lot.
WATER ExplORATIOn
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1964-65 World’s
Fair at the New York Hall of
Science. Learn about the
different technologies
and advancements made
in the past 50 years in
the water. Ocean cartoons,
building rafts and an ocean
exploration table will be
part of the fun during this
event from noon to 4 p.m.
Free with NYSCI admission.
To learn more, call (718)
699-0005.
readings from comedies,
mysteries, dramas and
more. The event costs $10.
Bay Terrace Garden Jewish
Center is located at 13-00
209th St., Bayside. Call (718)
428-6363.
moNDay 8/11
lIvE MuSIc AnD
FunDRAISER
ART SHOW
Grace Episcopal Church in
Whitestone will present an
art show featuring local
artists, including Adam
Hardy, Blanche Isabella,
Ann McLoughlin and
Dasha Bazanova from
7-10 p.m. at the church, 1415 Clintonville St. The free
event will include refreshments and live music.
‘GODSpEll’
St. Gregory’s Theatre
Group will present
“Godspell, 2012 Broadway Revival” as part of
the theater’s 35th year.
Showtimes include Aug. 8-9,
13-16 at 8 p.m. and Aug. 10
and 17 at 2 p.m. at the St.
Gregory’s Gregorian Hall,
Cross Island Parkway and
87th Avenue in Bellerose.
Tickets cost $18 for adults,
$15 for seniors and $7 for
children. For information,
email [email protected] or
call (718) 989-2451.
‘BYE BYE BIRDIE’
The JC Players will present “Bye Bye Birdie” with
an opening show at 8 p.m.
at the Glendale-Maspeth
United Methodist Church,
66-14 Central Ave., Glendale.
A second show will take
place at 8 p.m., Aug. 9. The
show will then move to the
Community United Methodist Church, 75-27 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village
STROnGEST ARM
The New York Arm Wrestling
Association will present the
37th annual Queensboro
Arm Wrestling Championships at Cheap Shots
Sports Bar, 149-05 Union
Tpke., Flushing, beginning at
1 p.m. For information, call
(718) 544-4592 or visit www.
nycarms.com.
sUNDay 8/10
EvEnInG cOncERT
Come see an evening
concert at Trans Pecos in
Ridgewood. The following
four bands will be performing: Starchild, Lord Raja,
Heathered Pearls and Tallesen. The show is scheduled
to begin at 8 p.m. Trans Pecos is located at 915 Wyckoff
Ave. in Ridgewood.
OnE-AcT plAYS FESTIvAl
Theatre By The Bay, the
community theatre group of
Bay Terrace Garden Jewish
Center, will hold a series
of public readings of
original plays by emerging playwrights. Starting
at 1 p.m., the performance
will feature six different
welcome, from beginner
to professional. The event
begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are
$25 for general admission
and $20 for members. Call
(718) 463-7700 for more
information.
BRIAn clAYTOn
Brian Clayton and The
Green River Band will
play a free concert at
Flushing Town Hall at
2 p.m. Influenced by Tim
McGraw, Keith Urban, John
Mellencamp and Creedence
Clearwater Revival, the band
blends modern contemporary country music with today’s commercial pop rock
sound. Flushing Town Hall
is located at 137-35 Northern
Blvd.
LIC Bar on Vernon Boulevard is putting on a show
for a good cause. A fundraiser for animal rescue
with live music kicks off
at 7 p.m. Rocking the bar
will be Red Handed Jill, the
Wendy Hackett Group, the
Elsa Nilsson Quintet and
Stephen Badcock. For more
information, call (718) 7865400.
KIDS SHOW
Atlas Park hosts its
weekly kids show and
concert on the lawn outside the shopping center.
The kids show runs from
6 p.m. to 7 p.m., then the
concert will begin after that.
Zongo Junction will be the
group performing. Atlas
Park Mall is located at 80-00
Cooper Ave. in Glendale.
TUEsDay 8/12
pOpulAR DIvAS
Full MOOn DRuMMInG
Join Flushing Town Hall
for a drum circle in its
garden with master
drummer, Babloe Shankar. The workshop begins
on Indian tabla drums and
other percussive instruments, followed by a jam
with the entire group.
Drums are provided. All are
Dynamic female vocalist JayCee will perform
songs from some of the
country’s most popular
divas. She will cover Barbra
Streisand, Bette Midler,
Celine Dion and others at
two branches of the Queens
Library. You can catch her at
the Briarwood Library from
2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. On Thursday, Aug. 14,
she will sing at the MitchellLinden Library from 2:30
p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
WEDNEsDay 8/13
cOME TO THE cABARET
Take a trip down memory lane at the Whitestone Library with singer
Diana Templeton, who
performs all-time favorites
from her 27 years in cabaret,
including “Hold Me, Thrill
Me, Kiss Me,” “Teach Me
Tonight” and more. The
performance will run from
3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Call (718)
767-8010 for more information.
BOn JOuRnEY
Bon Journey, a Bon
Jovi Tribute band, will
play Resorts World Casino
beginning at 8 p.m. The
band is playing the casino as part of its Wednesday tributes series it hosts
every Wednesday.
THURsDay 8/14
pASSpORT THuRSDAYS
Head out to Flushing
Meadows Corona Park
near the Unisphere for this
free, weekly presentation of live music, dance
and film, hosted by the
Queens Museum. For
this week’s show, celebrate
the sights and sounds of
Cuba, with a performance
by The Cimarron Project
and a screening of the film,
“Habanastation.” The event
runs from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
For more information, call
(718) 592-9700.
vARIETY SHOW
Come see a performance
at this Ridgewood-based
bar while enjoying a
cold beer. The show will
run from 9 p.m. until 11
p.m. Queen’s Tavern is
located at 6869 Fresh Pond
Road in Ridgewood.
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SENIORS....................
Medicare OptiOns
Aug. 7 @ 1:30 p.m. With
Ron Ziffer and Amala
Brown. Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew
Gardens Road, Suite 202.
driver safety
Aug. 8 @ 11 a.m. Sponsored by A ARP. Minimal
Fee, call 718-641-3911 to
register. Glen Oaks Library, 256-04 Union Tnpk.
718-641-3911.
cOmputERS............
Beginners excel
Aug. 8 @ 10 a.m. Central
Library, 89-11 Merrick
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Aug. 8 @ 11 a.m.
Auburndale Library,
25-55 Francis Lewis Blvd.
718-352-2027.
Aug. 9 @ 2 p.m. In Spanish. Langston Hughes
Library, 100-01 Northern
Blvd. 718-651-1100.
intrO tO cOMputers
Aug. 11 @ 10 a.m. Cambria
Heights Library, 218-13
Linden Blvd. 718-528-3535.
Aug. 11 @ 11 a.m. Central
Library, 89-11 Merrick
Blvd. 718-990-0778.
tEENS & KIDS......
faMily gaMes
Tuesdays @ 1 p.m. Kew
Gardens Community Cen-
ter, 80-02 Kew Gardens
Road, Suite 202.
nature
phOtOgraphy
Aug. 9 @ 9:30 a.m. Digital
edition for ages 8-13. Alley
Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd.,
Douglaston. $50/62
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Aug. 9 @ 10:30 a.m. Ice
Cream in a Bag for ages
7-12. Alley Pond Environmental Center,
228-06 Northern Blvd.,
Douglaston. $24.
sand fun
Aug. 10 @ 10:30 a.m.
Adventure Hour for kids
18-36 months. Alley Pond
Environmental Center,
228-06 Northern Blvd.,
Douglaston.
Bird Brains
Aug. 10 @ 10:30 a.m.
Animal Adaptions for ages
8-12 years. Alley Pond
Environmental Center,
228-06 Northern Blvd.,
Douglaston. $24 per child.
$10/16.
preschOOl cOncert
Aug. 11 @ 11 a.m. With
Anna Epstein Kravis.
Flushing Library, 4117Main St. 718-661-1200.
Minecraft MOndays
Aug. 11 @ Noon. Astoria
Library, 14-01 Astoria Blvd.
718-278-2220.
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Aug. 11 @ 2 p.m. For
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718-821-4980.
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Aug. 11 @ 4 p.m. For ages
8-15. Woodhaven Library,
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ENtERtAINmENt..
sinatra triBute
Aug. 8 @ 2 p.m. Castoria
and Rose. Howard Beach
Library, 92-06 156th Ave.
718-641-7086.
shrek the Musical
Aug. 8 @ 8 p.m. HCJ Teen
Drama Group at M. Murray Hall, 111-02 86th Ave.,
Richmond Hill. Also Aug.
9 @ 8 p.m. and Aug. 10 @
3 p.m. $10/8.
718-847-1860.
sunnyside strOlls
Aug. 9 @ 1 p.m. Sunnyside
Shines BID, 46th Street
between Greenpoint Ave.
and Queens Boulevard.
chinese Music
Aug. 9 @ 1 p.m. TungChing Chinese Center for
the Arts 30th Anniversary.
Flushing Library, 41-17
Main St. 718-661-1200.
Bang On a can
Aug. 10 @ 3 p.m. JACK
Quartet, Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33rd Road,
LIC. Free with museum
admission.
suMMer Jazz
Aug. 13 @ 9 a.m. York College Summer Jazz Program
at College Now Graduation,
Academic Core Atrium.
EDucAtION..............
art cluB
Classes all mediums,
days, evenings, adults and
children. Call Geraldine,
718-446-4709.
acrylic, Oil & WatercOlOr painting
Fridays @ 1:30 p.m., Kew
Gardens Community
Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens.
spanish
Mondays @ 1 p.m. Kew
Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens
Road, Kew Gardens.
french
Thursdays @ Noon, with
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80-02 Kew Gardens Road,
Suite 202, Kew Gardens.
english
cOnversatiOn
Aug. 8 @ 11 a.m. Windsor
Park Library, 79-50 Bell
Blvd. 718-468-8300
HEALtH......................
lung cancer
screenings
Wednesdays @ 10 a.m. Forest Hills Hospital, 102-01
66th Road, Forest Hills.
855-375-5864.
MeditatiOn
Aug. 7 @ 1:30 p.m. With
Anjali Chugh. Kew Gardens Community Center,
80-02 Kew Gardens Road,
Suite 202.
lOW iMpact zuMBa
Aug. 8 @ 11:30 a.m.
EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care Center, 206-20
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Aug. 8 @ 1 p.m. EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care Center, 206-20
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Heights.
yOga in the
eleMents
Aug. 9 @ 9:15 a.m. Alley
Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd.,
Douglaston. $12.
suMMer WOrkOut
Aug. 9 @ 2:30 p.m. EmblemHealth Neighborhood
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EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care Center,
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mEEtINGS................
knit, crOchet,
Quilting cluB
Mondays Alley Pond Environmental Center 2:30.
$5. 229-4000.
WatercOlOr classes
National Art League, 44-21
Douglaston Pkwy, Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. All techniques,
beginner to advanced with
demonstration.
Call: (718) 969-1128.
recOvery
internatiOnal
Aug. 8 @ 4:45 p.m. Forest
Hills Library, 108-19 71st
Ave. 718-268-7934.
ExHIbIt.....................
Opening receptiOn
Aug. 8 @ 4 p.m. Artistin-residence Rosanne
Kaloustian. Douglaston/
Little Neck Library,
249-01 Northern Blvd.
718-225-8414.
art shOW
Aug. 8 @ 7 p.m. Featuring
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Aug. 9 @ Noon NYC Compost Project info table at
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Bash at Alley Pond. 76th
Ave between Springfield
Blvd. and 226th Street.
718-482-6404.
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718-767-0080
unfurnished apt.
FLUSHING 158TH ST.
Near Northern Blvd. &
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718-358-3564
718-575-9600
house for sale
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HIGHLAND PARK/CYPRUS HILL
6 Fam Apt Bldng. Great shape,
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house for sale
GLENDALE
New Brick - 3 Family
Garage - $989K
Commercial
1,200 Sq. Ft.
Ridgewood
Wanted
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Call: 718-386-4680
investment prop.
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Investors welcome.
6,600 sq. ft. $Neg.
516-502-5013
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properties 4 sale
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Health Services
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Accept Major Insrnce, Credit Cards
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Home
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air conditioning
Home
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carpentry
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718-658-7264
•Kitchens •Bathrooms
•Custom Closets •Windows
•Doors •General Contracting
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air conditioning
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awnings
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SHEETROCK TAPING
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construction
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contracting
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For all the Repairs You Need
Around Your House
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Create A New BathroomWithout Replacement
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Home Services
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furniture repair
floors
floors
painting
painting
roofing
ON TOP CONSTRUCTION
& ROOFING
Lic.# 1301530
WOOD FLOORS
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gutters
gutters
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Phone: (718) 349-7555
Fax: (718) 349-7668
58-35 47th St
Maspeth NY, 11378
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Construction Debris Removal
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General Services
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attorney
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• FALSE ARRESTS
• CRIMINAL DEFENSE
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attorney
• ACCIDENTS
• POLICE BRUTALITY
• TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS
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401 Broadway, Suite 806, New York, NY 10013
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birth injury
auto instruction
computer services
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pet sitter
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LETS LEARN KOREAN AND VISIT SEOUL!
Korean Level 1 Class Open (Adults Only)
*EARLY BIRD BENEFIT - $220.00 UNTIL 8/20/14
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PHONE 718-463-3107
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Actors oF QUEENs
Gerald Cordero
QConf is edited by:
Steven J. Ferrari
QConf reporter Jordan Gibbons (right) interviewed Dwight "Doc"
Gooden last week.
Last week, Dwight “Doc”
will always be a Met. At the very
Gooden made an appearleast, the release could have
ance at PS 223 in Jamaica to mentioned he was a former
help spread awareness about Met as well, since we are sure
the City’s free summer meal it is no coincidence they picked
program for kids.
him for the Queens event.
What bothered us here at But it completely ignored the
QConf was the press release existence of the Yankees’ cross
that called him New York town rival.
Yankees Great Dwight “Doc”
He did record his only
Gooden. Yes, we are aware that no-hitter in his career as a
the event was put together by Yankee in 1996, but he spent
the Yankees as part of their less than three seasons in the
tour around the boroughs with pinstripes.
various Yankees of the past and
Hey Yankees, you have too
present.
much already. You cannot have
But, Gooden has been and Doctor K too.
Burger Time In The City
Here at QConf, we’re all
about celebrating the great
things that come out of Queens,
and we’re hoping to have another City-wide winner this
month.
Four Queens establishments have made their way
to the finals of Time Out New
York’s Battle of the Burger
competition. The entries will
participate in a cook-off to
determine the best burger in
the City.
Forest Hills-based Twist
and Smash’d, which also has
an Astoria location, took second place in an online voting
contest.
The restaurant will join
Corner Bistro in LIC, Petey’s
Burger in Astoria and Donovan’s Pub in Woodside as
Queens’ representatives in the
15-burger contest this month.
Here’s hoping that one of
those four Queens restaurants
take home the top prize!
She Knows Better
U.S. Rep. Kathy Hochul (D-Buffalo, inset) may not be from around
here, but she knows better than to park on the street without
paying a Muni-meter. Andrew Cuomo's choice for new lieutenant
governor was in Queens on Friday, touring local businesses.
As she left the first stop, with an entourage of local electeds
(including Councilman Rory Lancman and Assemblymembers Nily
Rozic and Mike Simanowicz), a meter maid asked the group if a car
he was about to ticket belonged to anyone in the group. Hochul's
answer as she wandered away? "I'm not that stupid."
Photos by Steven J. Ferrari.
Contributors: Bruce
Adler, Jordan Gibbons,
Luis Gronda, Walter
Karling, Joe Marvilli,
Marcia Moxom Comrie,
Michael Nussbaum,
Michael Schenkler,
Jackie Strawbridge.
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7 Train Simply
The Best
You could have it much
worse, 7 train riders.
In a rating released last
week by riders advocacy group
the Straphangers Campaign,
the 7 train was voted the best
line in the City.
According to published
reports, the 7 train scored
high in service frequency, seat
availability, cleanliness and
delays.
The line did receive demerits in the categories of
announcement adequacy and
service regularity.
7 train riders could have
already told us that.
Commuters have taken to
Twitter throughout the summer to express their frustration with long commutes and
missed stops. Since the news of
the ranking broke, some residents Tweeted their surprise.
“really? mta 7train being the
best service train?” asked user
@shawnchoi.
Besides the pleasantly
surprising news about our
train, what we here at QConf
enjoyed most about this year’s
Straphangers ranking was the
following fact: this was not
only the seventh time the 7
train has won, but also the
second time the 2 train has
come out on bottom.
Acting has been a longtime
passion for Gerald Cordero.
Along with bodybuilding and
martial arts, the Astoria actor
has honed his skills since
the mid-1990s, building up
an impressive body of work
along the way.
Cordero first pursued
his acting career in the late
1990s, with bit parts in films
like “The Siege” and television programs like “Law &
Order.” Now, he has moved
up to starring roles in two
upcoming television shows
and a movie, all scheduled
for release next year.
Originally from San Jose,
Cordero’s skills in bodybuilding and martial arts have
helped in his acting careers,
especially for any action
scenes he takes part in.
“Bodybuilding helped me
stay healthy and build a nice
physique. It also became
the foundation for character
roles that required a certain
look and at times called to be
physically demanding,” he
said. “My martial arts training
enabled me to perform all of
my own fight scenes. I take
pride and enjoy performing
my own stunts and not requiring a stunt double.”
Although Cordero has
acted in both television and
film during his 16-year career,
he said that there is not a big
difference between the two
mediums for him.
“I don't see a difference as
an actor between TV and film
production, because I focus
more on the craft than the
logistics behind the production,” Cordero said.
While Cordero said he has
loved so many of the productions he has been involved
with, including short films,
web series and music videos,
he said that the latest film he
worked on, “Memoirs from
the Streets of New York” is
one of his favorites.
“I actually worked with
the director, Joe Gawalis,
previously on a TV series
pilot, ‘Precipice,’ which is
currently being entertained
by a few networks. Having
won Best Action Actor on a
short film for ‘Nostrae Realitate’ gave me an opportunity
to work with Joe Gawalis very
closely,” Cordero said. “Joe
had mentioned ‘Memoirs’ to
me and a character that he
thought I might like. We had
a meeting, I auditioned for
the role and nailed it.”
The film takes the audience through one week in
New York City, from the
perspectives of multiple
protagonists who are brought
together by an incident
that will drastically change
their futures. Cordero plays
Sammy Prato, a mixed martial
artist whose future rests with
a knockout punch.
Besides “Memoirs,” Cordero has a couple of TV series
for 2015. He is appearing in
“Organized Crimes,” a show
that revolves around different
crime families in Philadelphia.
He plays Frank Capone, a nononsense hard-hitting mobster looking for revenge.
The second series is
“South Side,” based on true
events surrounding one of
the biggest drug lords in
South Jamaica, Queens, in
the 1980s. Cordero plays
Detective Jerry Rothman,
who earned the nickname
Big Bird for his unorthodox
methods to get information
and capture criminals.
To keep with these upcoming appearances and
anything Cordero has or will
work on, visit his website,
www.gerardcordero.com.
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