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6 times • APRIL 28, 2016 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com BY ANTHONY GIUDICE [email protected] @A_GiudiceReport Shopping strips in Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth and Middle Village will soon receive a major spring cleaning. Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley previously wrote to the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) to request that the commercial corridors in the confines of Community Board 5 — Myrtle Avenue in Ridgewood, Myrtle Avenue in Glendale, Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood, Metropolitan Avenue in Middle Village and Grand Avenue in Maspeth — be included in the city’s CleaNYC plan. Last week, she received good news. “While many of the litter baskets already receive service on Sundays and holidays,” Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia wrote in a letter to Crowley. “I am pleased to inform you that because of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s CleaNYC initiative, all baskets within the major commercial corridors outlined above now receive Sunday and holiday collection service.” The mayor’s CleaNYC initiative aims to increase the efforts of Graffiti-Free NYC, while increasing sidewalk power washing in commercial corridors, as well as expanding Sunday and holiday litter basket collection service and highway shoulder and ramp cleanup. “My thanks to the Sanitation Department for following up on this concern,” Crowley said. “I look forward to working with them to ensure our streets stay clean for the hundreds who travel them every day.” In her request Crowley also called for the replacement of trash bins along Fresh Pond Road, which were removed last year in order to prevent their chronic misuse; as several of them were often used to drop off commercial and household garbage. DSNY denied that request, stating that the department had seen improved conditions where the trash bins had been removed. “Since their removal, district personnel have reported significantly cleaner conditions along Fresh Pond Road,” Garcia wrote. “While there are still some corner locations where illegal drop-offs occur, the number of such locations has diminished dramatically when compared to past years. As a result, it More bike lanes are in the works to connect Ridgewood and Bushwick BY ANTHONY GIUDICE [email protected] @A_GiudiceReport With more Ridgewood residents getting around on two wheels, the Department of Transportation (DOT) is continuing its effort to create a unified bike lane network, connecting major roadways in two boroughs. As part of that plan, DOT proposed several new bike lanes that would connect Ridgewood and Bushwick to the Community Board 5 (CB 5) Transportation and Public Transit Services Committees during their joint meeting at the board office in Ridgewood on Tuesday night. “Overall, it starts bridging this gap, connecting Ridgewood to Bushwick,” said Craig Baerwald, representative from DOT. “So that’s really the main benefits of the proposal, providing this dedicated space where feasible, help deter speeding, and help improve mobility by connecting the neighborhoods together via the developing bike network.” The DOT’s proposal includes: • an eastbound bike lane on Irving Avenue, from Eldert Street to Cooper Avenue; • a northbound bike lane on Cornelia Street, from Wyckoff Avenue to Woodward Avenue; • a southbound bike lane on Catalpa Avenue, from Woodward Avenue to Seneca Avenue; • an eastbound shared lane on Seneca Avenue, from Catalpa Avenue to Hancock Street; and • a southbound bike lane on Hancock Street, from Seneca Avenue to Wyckoff Avenue, including an eastbound curbside bike lane on the south curb of Wyckoff Avenue. For the sections of bike lanes on Cornelia Street, Hancock Street and Catalpa Avenue, DOT would implement a 5-foot bike lane to the 30-foot-wide corridors, Baerwald explained. This would alert drivers that cyclists may be on the road and help reduce speeding on those streets by creating a travel lane of 10 feet, the standard width for DOT. On Wyckoff Avenue, there is a short section where DOT would need to install a 5-foot curbside bike lane to allow cyclists to safely cross over Wyckoff Avenue. Irving Avenue is a wider street, Baerwald said, allowing for a dedicated bike lane and wider parking lanes while keeping a 10-foot travel lane. Committee members expressed that they were in favor of the proposed bike lanes and will write a letter of approval. There was no timetable given as to when these changes would be implemented. would not be advisable to replace those baskets, as it would likely counter the improvement in cleanliness observed.” Man gets shot four times during a dispute in Woodhaven Photo by Robert Stridiron Police officers are on the scene of a shooting in Woodhaven early on April 24. BY ROBERT POZARYCKI [email protected] @robbpoz Police continue to investigate the shooting of a 27-year-old man in Woodhaven early in the morning of April 24. According to authorities, the man was shot four times about his body following a dispute in the vicinity of 90th Street and 88th Avenue at 4:17 a.m. on April 24. Law enforcement sources said the man got into a dispute with an unidentified male, who then shot him in the stomach, knees and buttocks before fleeing. Officers from the 102nd Precinct and EMS units responded to the scene. The victim was brought to a local hospital for treatment of injuries not considered to be life-threatening. A source familiar with the investigation said the victim was being uncooperative with detectives in providing information about the incident. The victim was observed on the ground writhing in pain, with a man standing next to him and a male and female standing next to a dark-colored sedan nearby. Within seconds, the man standing next to the victim picked him up and ran northbound on 90th Street, while the male and female fled southbound on the street, sources said on Monday. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS, visit their website or send a text message to 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577. All calls and messages are kept confidential. CleaNYC plan to spruce up streets in Board 5 area


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