8 The QUENS Courier • june 9, 2016 for breaking news visit www.qns.com ONSITE DOCTORS • EYE EXAMS • CONTACTS • 1 HOUR SERVICE • VISION PLANS ACCEPTED • SUNGLASSES • LOWEST PRICES st of the 2013 THE QUEENS QueensCourier.com Place WE ARE A GVS & DAVIS VISION PROVIDER S p r i n g I n t o S a v i n g s ! BAY TERRACE SHOPPING CENTER 211-51 26 AVENUE • BAYSIDE, NY 11360 718.631.3699 *FREE Eye Exam with the purchase of glasses. Contact Lens Exam and fitting add’l. *See store for details. $8999 NO-LINE BIFOCAL EYEGLASSES Includes: EYE EXAM, No-Line Bifocal Lenses & Frame Select frame with select clear plastic no-line bifocal lenses\ +/- 4 sph., 2cyl. up to 2.50 add. Not valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Some restrictions apply, see store for details. Offer valid at this location only. Expires 7/7/16 $99 DISPOSABLE CONTACTS Includes: EYE EXAM, 2 Boxes of Lenses Clear Soft brand clear sphericalLenses/ *Contact lens fitting additional. Not valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Offer valid at this location only. Some restrictions apply, see store for details. QC Expires 7/7/16 QC QC QC QC $6999 2 PAIRS OF EYEGLASSES Includes: EYE EXAM,Frames & Lenses Select frames with clear plastic, single vision lenses+/- 4 sph., 2 cyl. Not valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Offer valid at this location only. Some restrictions apply, see store for details Expires 7/7/16 $100 OFF Buy 1 Pair of Prescription Glasses and GET 2nd Pair FREE Includes: EYE EXAM. (From select group) Some restrictions apply. See Store for details. In stock items only. Expires 7/7/16 Varilux Progressive Lenses Includes: EYE EXAM (no-line Bifocals) w/metal frames $16599 Select frames with clear plastic no line lenses +/-4 sph., 2 cyl. Not valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Offer valid at this location only. Some restrictions apply, see store for details. Expires 7/7/16 CITY SEEKS DEVELOPERS TO CONTINUE CONSTRUCTION OF HUNTERS POINT SOUTH IN LIC By Angela Matua [email protected]/@AngelaMatua The city is calling on developers to submit plans for two parcels at the Hunters Point South development site along the Long Island City waterfront. Parcels “F” and “G” on the 30-acre site are located on the southern tip of the development. The city’s request for proposals (RFP) is seeking a plan that includes at least 750 mixed-income apartments, 60 percent of which must be affordable. In addition, developers are asked to include retail and community space. The affordable units must also serve verylow and low-income households and the city will give preference to proposals that incorporate a higher percentage of affordable units. When complete, the development will be the largest affordable housing unit built in New York City since the 1970s. Parcels A and B were constructed in 2013 and are now known as Hunters Point South Commons and Hunters Point South Crossing, respectively. They include 924 permanently affordable units, 17,000 square feet of retail space and a new 1,100-seat intermediate/high school. TF Cornerstone is currently developing the land on Parcel C, which will also include an elementary school. Parents who live in the rapidly expanding neighborhood have repeatedly expressed concerns about the lack of schools in the area and Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer negotiated with the developers to build an additional 600-seat school there. Parcel “F” is bordered by Center Boulevard, 56th Avenue and 57th Avenue and is approximately 32,484 square feet. The School Construction Authority will develop a public school on this parcel. Parcel “G” is approximately 28,703 square feet and is located on the east side of 2nd Street and 57th Avenue. Developers will also have to incorporate ground-floor retail and/or community facility space along Center Boulevard and are encouraged to add arts and cultural use. The proposal for parcel “F” must include a publicly accessible open area. The RFP submission period will end on Sept. 4. “Hunters Point South is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create a neighborhood from the ground-up – and we are not shying away from the challenge,” Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen said. Photo courtesy of NYC EDC Thousands remembered with St. Michael’s Memorial Wall BY VIC VAIANA [email protected]/@QueensCourier Members of New York’s Episcopal Diocese dedicated a new Memorial Wall at St. Michael’s cemetery for 4,300 departed souls who had been buried in the 19th century without headstones. St. Michael’s provided burial plots for the poor, but failed to maintain them until the 1980s, especially during the Great Depression. As genealogical research sent new visitors to the cemetery, these descendants arrived disappointed to find no monuments to their ancestors. General manager Dennis Werner and the rest of the staff were inspired to develop the Memorial Wall. The cemetery’s staff surpassed expectations, already touching lives. A letter from Holland by Piet Smith said the wall gave his ancestor “a kind of resurrection.” Councilman Costa Constantinides commended their commitment, noting “nothing forced them to do this other than their godly work.” THE COURIER/Photos by Vic Vaiana
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