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Bell Blvd. Eyesore to Be Razed fi Nally Named Bayside Shanty Will Be Demolished for New Commercial/Residential Building City Landmark by MARK HALLUM LARGEST AUDITED COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER • LITTLE NECK LEDGER IN QUEENS • WHITESTONE TIMES July 22–28, 2016 Your Neighborhood — Your News® FREE ALSO COVERING AUBURNDALE, COLLEGE POINT, DOUGLASTON, GLEN OAKS, FLORAL PARK LIC Pepsi sign Bell Blvd. eyesore to be razed fi nally named Bayside shanty will be demolished for new commercial/residential building city landmark BY MARK HALLUM BY BILL PARRY Bayside’s Community Board 11 picked up a notice It took nearly three de- from the city Department of cades, but the Pepsi-Cola sign Buildings which may hold in Long Island City’s Gantry welcome news for many who State Park is finally an offi- walk regularly along Bell Bou- cial New York City landmark. levard. The storefront at 42-07 The City Council voted 43-0 in Bell Blvd., which was formerly favor of the designation last home to Chelsea Coffee Shop, week. is officially slated for demoli- “For almost 90 years, the tion. swoops and swirls of the Pepsi- The building, which has Cola sign have welcomed visi- been in ruins for years, has tors to Long Island City and become an eyesore with open symbolized Queens’ status as windows, exposed brick and an industrial powerhouse,” doors torn out off the hinges. City Councilman Jimmy Van Pigeons dominate the dirty Bramer (D-Sunnyside) said. front awning and notices of “Today, after long last, we’ve rodent traps behind the steel officially made the sign a New gate suggest the existence of York City landmark, and this an interior ecosystem taken staggering piece of pop art will over by rats. An open window now shine forever across the in the top floor allows birds to East River.” come and go as they please. Changes in the zoning code According to the Depart- in the latter half of the 20th ment of Buildings website, the century and early 21st cen- property has collected griev- tury contributed to a reduc- ances from the community tion in the number of large, since 2014 with little action on illuminated signs, which once the part of the city. crowned the factories and Back in June of that year warehouses of Long Island one complaint said: “Vacant City’s most prominent compa- store with demolitions start- nies. The Pepsi-Cola sign was ed, front doors removed with built in 1936 and stood atop a gate down, rodents and birds massive Pepsi-Cola bottling reported getting in through plant since 1940. The storefront once occupied by Chelsea Coffee House has finally been slated for demolition by the gate, residents report foul The plant was closed in 1999 Department of Buildings after serving as a hotel for pigeons and rodents for a number of years. odors. Can we get the building Continued on Page 42 Photo by Mark Hallum Continued on Page 42 Pols call for tire dumping to stop BY MARK HALLUM is the work of one outfit dump- and state Assemblyman David ing entire truckloads at once, Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) at Stacks of abandoned tires has been regularly required a Tuesday news conference. have been seen littering the to haul the garbage away. The “The area alongside the side of the highway around city agency has been quick to Clearview Expressway is pro- 73rd Avenue and Clearview remove the tires, diligence tected parkland, and no part of Councilman Barry Grodenchik and state Assemblyman David Weprin call Expressway in recent months. which was praised by City New York City, least of all our attention to the problem of abandoned tires on Clearview Expressway. The Department of Trans- Councilman Barry Groden- parks, is to be used as a private Photo courtesy of Councilman Grodenchik’s office portation, which believes this chik (D-Oakland Gardens) Continued on Page 18 A CNG Publication Vol. 82 No. 30 52 total pages City preps free meals Main Street sidewalks Program ensures students fed throughout summer soon to be remodeled BY GINA MARTINEZ de Blasio’s vision for a more resilient city, and to accom- Main Street is about to be- modate the city’s remark- come a lot more convenient able growth, DDC is happy for pedestrians and commut- to partner to relieve conges- ers. City Councilman Peter tion and enhance access to Koo (D-Flushing) announced public transportation in one an upcoming project that will of NYC’s busiest pedestrian completely reconstruct four corridors,” Peña-Mora said blocks of the second busiest “We are committed to work- pedestrian hub in New York ing in the least intrusive City behind Times Square. way so as to create minimal The project, set to cost disturbance. I’d like to thank up to $7.8 million, will re- Council member Koo for his construct and resurface the help in coordinating this im- roadbed; replace manholes, portant project.” fire hydrants and sewers; and Koo acknowledged that widen the sidewalk, among construction would be dis- other things. The sidewalk ruptive for commuters but from 38th Avenue to 41st Av- said the year-long wait would enue will by widened by as be worth it. much as eight feet to create “The reconstruction of more space in an incredibly Main Street is a major capital crowded sidewalk, according improvement project for our Peter Koo (c) standing with volunteers from Hunger Free America. to officials. Construction will dist rict t hat wi l l sig ni f ic a nt ly Photo courtesy Councilman Peter Koo's office begin July 25 and is expected improve the long-term qual- to last one year. This will be ity of life in the downtown BY GINA MARTINEZ executive officer of Hunger said “Seven-day summer meal the first reconstruction of Flushing area,” he said “In Free America. “This an- service is an important tool in Main Street in more than 20 the short term, our communi- In an effort to provide free nouncement ensures that now the battle against childhood years. ty must endure an entire year meals over the summer to un- low-income children will be hunger, and I’d like to thank Koo was joined by Queens of construction at the second derprivileged kids, Hunger able eat free lunch every day of the Department of Education Borough Commissioner Ni- busiest pedestrian hub in the Free America has collaborat- the week.” and Hunger Free America for cole Garcia, of the Depart- city. My office has been work- ed with the city Department Lunch will be served from bringing this important pro- ment of Transportation, ing with DOT, DDC, MTA of Education. Hunger Free 11 a.m to 1:30 p.m on weekdays gram to our community. Department of Design and and other agencies over the America is a non profit orga- and 11 a.m to 3 p.m on week- He went on to say, “As we Construction Commissioner last year to make sure this nization that helps schools ends. In addition to the three know hunger doesn’t wait for Feniosky Peña-Mora and project moves forward with through out the country feed school sites, there are some the weekend to be over, so we other officials to make the as little pain as humanly pos- kids. The Summer Meals pro- parks, pools, and trucks that have to make sure our chil- announcement Tuesday. sible. During this time, we all gram will run in three loca- are also open seven days per dren in our community, no “In keeping with Mayor Continued on Page 18 tions in Queens, Brooklyn week. matter their income, have ac- and the Bronx. The program City Councilman Peter Koo cess to nutritious food when will provide free summer (D-Flushing) was joined by they need it.” meals to anyone 18 years old some volunteers as he spoke Koo pointed out that one in and under. last Friday in front of PS 20 five children in the city don’t The Summer Meals Pro- on 142-20 Barclay Avenue , the have enough to eat. gram is federally funded and Queens location for the pro- Breakfast and lunch will run by the USDA to reduce gram. He addressed the impor- be served throughout the sum- child hunger. It will be offered tance of free meals for young mer until Sept. 2. throughout the summer to people who otherwise cannot Hunger Free America said serve children who may solely afford to eat. the food it will provide to kids depend on free meals from “For most kids, the sum- will be nutritious and healthy. schools to eat, ensuring they mer months are a time for “We distribute high-qual- don’t go hungry when school rest, relaxation and recupera- ity, sustainably grown, af- is out for summer break. tion for the next school year, fordable produce through the “I like eating seven days but for countless low-income Farm Fresh Community Sup- a week, and so do low-income youth summertime brings ported Agriculture program,” Flushing’s pedestrian hub in the second busiest in New York City, af- people,” said Joel Berg, chief hunger and added stress,” he the group said. ter Times Square. 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