Blog Archives

COMET Meeting & Agenda - Monday, 4/1, 7:00 pm

3/28/2024

Zoom info below

Agenda:

104th Precinct: Crime stats for Sectors C&D; mobile car washes; accidents and enforcement; concerns about migrants; West Maspeth robbery; unlicensed delivery scooters & mopeds
108th Precinct: Crime stats for our portion of Sector D; accidents (53s); mobile car wash
110th Precinct: Crime stats for our portion of Sector A; mobile car washes on 57th Avenue; recent residential burglary
Senator Gianaris: Any update regarding exits 18 & 19 on the LIE? LIRR fence down on the dead end of 52nd Avenue; CSX tracks over Calamus & 51st Avenues - trains parked on overpass, people smell foul odors, the trestle on Calamus is rusting & eroding
Assemblyman Raga: Any update regarding the BQE flooding? LIRR's broken fencing at LI Mews Park
Updates from other electeds or their reps

Time: Monday, April 1st, 7:00 pm

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84829523178?pwd=WGtmSzExUHNzRTliWmNZQUNwVHRMUT09

Meeting ID: 848 2952 3178
Passcode: 404803
---

One tap mobile
+16465588656,,84829523178#,,,,*404803# US (New York)
+16469313860,,84829523178#,,,,*404803# US
---
Dial by your location
• +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
• +1 646 931 3860 US

Meeting ID: 848 2952 3178
Passcode: 404803

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbfoWFb7Xg

NCO A 1st Quarter Build the Block Meeting, Saturday 3/3 at 3:30 pm

3/27/2024

Officer Laqua and I will have our first quarter Build the Block Meeting on Saturday March 30th @330PM at the Rock Church. (57-02 Hoffman Drive)

We look forward to seeing you there!

Police Officer Jeffrey Rocco
New York City Police Department
110 Precinct, Neighborhood Coordination Officer

West Maspeth Robbery

3/25/2024

COMET heard the gas station on 61at Street/Flushing Avenue was robbed yesterday afternoon (Sunday).

We reached out to the 104th Precinct and got this response from Captain Chowdhury:

"The gas station wasn't robbed, but there was a robbery which occurred near the gas station. We are actively looking for the perpetrator. We recovered the item which was stolen. We have a strong possibility that the perpetrator will be apprehended. We have a good lead on the case."

Elmhurst Burglary!

3/24/2024

Detective Saponieri reached out to let us know that a residential burglary occurred at 87 #s on 58th Avenue, 2nd floor apartment, on Wednesday, 3/20. Entry was made through the front door and money was stolen. The burglary was reported at 1:00 am in the morning.

We're sure we'll get an update, if there is one, at our meeting on 4/1.

Crime Prevention Webinar hosted online by Queens DA Melinda Katz

3/23/2024

Queens Bus Network Redesign - Upcoming Spring Outreach & Roundtable Follow up

3/21/2024

Hello Queens Civics and Stakeholders:

Thank you all so much to the Civic groups that attended the Queens Borough President Civic Roundtable last evening and provided the MTA Redesign Team with feedback regarding our bus route and bus stop proposals. We encourage you to keep sharing your feedback directly with us but also with your elected representatives. We have heard from almost every elected office in Queens with feedback from their constituents on the Proposed Final Plan and we appreciate the engagement from elected officials on behalf of their communities.

In December 2023, the MTA released the next report in the Queens Bus Network Redesign initiative, the Proposed Final Plan. In this Plan we further refine the Queens bus network to address the needs of our stakeholders while balancing trade-offs and using network redesign strategies to achieve our customer priorities: Reliable Service, Faster Travel, Better Connections, and Simplified Service. We appreciate hearing from every corner of Queens and so much of the feedback we have received has been incorporated into each draft of the Redesign proposals.

For our next round of Spring outreach, we will be visiting key bus hub and transfer points around Queens. Here are the dates listed below:

The Redesign team will be out in communities across Queens on the dates listed below from 4-7 p.m. In the case of extreme weather, events may be rescheduled so customers are advised to check the project webpage before heading out to an event.

Monday, March 25: 165 St Bus Terminal, underneath the canopy of the bus bays
Tuesday, March 26: Flushing-Main St , on the central mezzanine of the subway station
Wednesday, March 27: Queens Center Mall, the northwest corner of Queens Blvd and Woodhaven Blvd
Tuesday, April 2: Jamaica-179 St , on the central mezzanine
Wednesday, April 3: Myrtle-Wyckoff Pedestrian Plaza outside of subway station (between Gates Av and Palmetto St)
Wednesday, April 3: Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St (A) subway station main entrance
Monday, April 8: Diversity Plaza near Jackson Heights 74 St-Roosevelt Av (7) subway station (between Broadway & 74 St)
Tuesday, April 9: Woodhaven Blvd southbound bus median outside the Rockaway Blvd subway station (in front of PC Richard & Son)
Monday, April 15: Queens Village LIRR Station, at the corner of Springfield Blvd and Amboy Ln
Tuesday, April 16: Union Tpke and Utopia Pkwy, on the southeast corner
Wednesday, April 17: Lefferts Blvd AirTrain Station, near the Q3, Q10, and B15 bus stops
Wednesday, April 17: Queens Plaza South and 28 St, on the southwest corner of the intersection

In partnership with the MTA’s Mobile Sales team, the Queens Bus Network Redesign team will be on-site at five Mobile Sales locations this spring to meet with bus customers, talk about the Proposed Final Plan and routes proposed in their neighborhood, and receive feedback.

Monday, April 8 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in Astoria at Ditmars Blvd and 23 Av
Tuesday, April 16 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Rochdale Village Senior Center
Thursday, April 18 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. in Jamaica at the Allen Community Senior Citizens Center
Friday, May 3 from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. at the Rego Park Mall outside Marshall’s
Monday, May 13 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Bay Terrace Shopping Center (Bell Blvd and 24 Av)

Please be sure to visit the project website. And take a look at the resources there to learn more about how the new route proposals may impact your commute and let us know what you think! We will be releasing our Open House dates and locations shortly!

Check out your proposed commute in the Future Trip Planner!
The routes shown in the Proposed Final Plan have been uploaded to the Future Trip Planner so people can get a sense of the routes they would be interested in and their average travel times.

The new routes will be available for preview via a trip planning tool that allows customers to input a start and end location and see an overview of their trip with the bus route changes in effect. After entering their trip information, customers can drag the start and end flags across the map and watch their options and routes shift in real time.

Enter your start and end locations to see which routes you might use!

Interactive network maps
We need your feedback! Use this interactive Remix map to view our proposed bus routes and stops in detail. Please provide comments using the "Post Comment" button on the top right of the page. Then click on the route that you would like to comment on.
Proposed Local & Express Bus Network

System maps

We look forward to continuing the conversation to improve bus service with Queens bus customers and stakeholders and look forward to your continued participation in this process.
Thank you,

The Queens Redesign Team

Free Tax Prep

3/15/2024

My name is Ri Hao Liang and I am the Senior Community Liaison at the Office of Assemblymember Steven Raga. We are pleased to announce that our office is hosting a Free Tax Prep Session in partnership with Urban Upbound every Saturday starting March 16th until April 12th to provide free tax services to those who make $85,000 or less. Those interested do not need to live within Assembly District 30th to schedule an appointment with us.

Details of the event are as follows:

Dates: Every Saturday beginning March 16th until April 12th
Time: Appointments available from 9 AM-4PM
Location: 55-19 69th Street, Maspeth, Queens 11378
RSVP: Please call our office at 718-651-3185 to make an appointment
Required Materials: A physical copy of social security card, photo ID, tax return(s), and any additional tax documents (ex: W2, 1099, social security statement).
Note: RSVP is on a first-come, first-served basis; prompt arrival to the scheduled appointment is crucial.

We will be following up with promotional materials shortly. Please feel free to circulate this with your members and those in your network. Should you require further details or have any queries, please don't hesitate to reach out to our office by phone at (718) 651-3185 or email Jamey Battle at [email protected].

Sincerely,
Ri Hao Liang

E-cycling event Saturday 03-30-24

3/10/2024

BP Zoom Meeting - MTA Bus Redesign, 3/19

3/6/2024

Dear Queens Civic Association member:

Below you will find information about our March monthly meeting. Feel free to share this information with your community members!
Borough President Donovan Richards' Queens Civic Engagement Committee Monthly Meeting

Date: Tuesday, March 19th, 2024
Time: 6:00pm

Location: Remote on Zoom

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83391368891?pwd=VAAuO3ZhphPwydbCLPvcmK22bCNn9e.1

Meeting ID: 833 9136 8891
Passcode: 165851

One tap mobile
+16465588656,,85224831294#,,,,*895198# US (New York)

Meeting Agenda:

  * Joining us for our March monthly meeting will be representatives from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) who will give us the latest briefing on the Queens Bus Redesign proposal. They will go into the latest concept of the redesign, cover local and express routes, bus stops, and proposed time schedules.
  * Please check out their project page: https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign This has all of the resources available about The Final Proposed Plan including all of the route profiles, presentations that we have given publicly and translated documents for language access.
  * A request from the MTA:
*
Specifically, they invite community members to review the route profiles: https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes The route profiles contain information on what changes are being proposed for the routes themselves and specifically bus stop modifications that they are looking to make.
*
They would like to hear specifics about what you like or would like to see changed for the routes and stops as they are still gathering feedback and listening to bus customers and community members about the Queens Bus Network Redesign. Please email me any specific routes you would like covered so the MTA can include them in their presentation, as soon as possible or latest by Friday, March 15th.

The full meeting agenda will be sent early next week.

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out anytime!

Regards,

Tim

Timothy Chubinidze
Director of Civic Engagement
T 718.286.2649
E [email protected]
W www.queensbp.org
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr.
120-55 Queens Boulevard
Kew Gardens, NY 11424

Migrant shelter coming to Maspeth Jewish Center

3/6/2024

The city has confirmed that a contract has been signed this afternoon, paving the way for migrants to be moved in as early as tomorrow.

I find this completely unacceptable. The community should always come first, not financial incentives. https://t.co/vAOUF2fZGi
— Robert Holden (@BobHoldenNYC) March 7, 2024

<<Previous

Welcome to COMET's blog!

Archives