104th Police Precinct
| Commanding Officer Captain Keith Green |
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About.com Maspeth
| Community profile of Maspeth. |
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About.com Middle Village
| Community profile of Middle Village. |
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Cease and Desist Zone Registration
| Sign up here to stop realtors and developers from harassing you to sell your home. |
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Dog attacks can kill your child
| Dog attacks and dog bites are amazingly common in America. According to this site, there are about 5 million dog bites per year. Over half of the people bitten by dogs are children.
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Dog Parks: Why they are a bad idea!
| An expert dog trainer explains why offleash dogs are a bad idea. |
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Enchanted Florist
| Enchanted Florist & Greenhouses proudly serves the Maspeth area. |
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FDNY Squad 288
| Website of Maspeth's firehouse. |
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For a Church Bathed in History, a Last-Minute Miracle
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Forgotten-NY: Maspeth
| A walking tour of Maspeth |
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Forgotten-NY: Middle Village
| A walking tour of Middle Village |
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Freedomland (1963)
| A visit to Freedomland, an amusement park in New York.
This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives
Director: James Fitzpatrick
Producer: Chris Petersen
Production Company: Petersen Productions
Audio/Visual: sound, b/w |
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Freight Management in Manhattan: Why Cross Harbor is Not Necessary to Reduce Congestion
| Researchers win $1.2M DOT grant to develop methods for shifting truck deliveries to off-hours |
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Greater Astoria Historical Society
| The Greater Astoria Historical Society, chartered in 1985, is a non-profit cultural and community oriented organization dedicated to preserving the past and promoting Long Island City's future. The Society hosts field trips, walking tours, slide presentations, and guest lectures to schools and the public. |
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In Queens, a Civic Group Flexes Its Muscles
| Mayors past and present have also made the trip (to Juniper Park Civic Association meetings) — from Edward I. Koch to Rudolph W. Giuliani to Michael R. Bloomberg. In fact, Mr. Bloomberg, who has visited the group four times, once called it “the most successful civic association in the city.” |
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Join Juniper Civic's Facebook Group
| Keep abreast of news and events on Facebook and post messages on our board. |
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JPCA's position on Vietnam memorial in Juniper Park
| Councilman Dennis Gallagher has been spreading false rumors about supposed JPCA opposition to the moving Vietnam War Memorial in Juniper Park in 2004. This article reveals the truth including an admission from Gallagher that there was no opposition to the memorial by anyone. |
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Juniper Valley Park dog rules
| Parks Department rules for dog walking at Juniper Valley Park. |
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Juniper Valley Park History
| NYC Parks Department's history of Juniper Park. |
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Juniper Valley Park video
| Short 2009 video produced by NYC Parks about Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village. |
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Maspeth Traffic Study: Ideas to Reduce Roadway Noise, Improve Safety and Increase Livability
| Ideas to Reduce Roadway Noise, Improve Safety and Increase Livability
Maspeth Memorial Square
(Grand Avenue, 69th Street and the Long Island Expressway)
Maspeth, Queens, NY
September 2003
Submitted to the Juniper Park Civic Association
by Michael King Architect
for Transportation Alternatives and the New York Community Trust |
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Mayor’s Aide: ‘Go see a shrink’ if you like taking the subway
| Mr. Loeser added: “Almost every day, he says, um, you know, do you like taking the subway? Nobody likes taking the subway. If you like taking the subway you should see a psychiatrist, get your head examined, go to see a shrink. The mayor takes the subway from various places and various times because it’s the fastest way to get around.” |
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My Neighborhood Statistics
| Vital statistics for your community as compiled and reported by city agencies. |
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National Do Not Call Registry
| Register your phone number to stop receiving telemarketing calls. |
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New York harbor rail tunnel pushed with special truck toll tax
| A Tammany Hall type city "business" promoter, NYCEDC has no legitimate qualifications to conduct an impartial planning study on behalf of state or federal permitting authorities. Indeed it has a vested interest in the result. |
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NY Harbor tunnel a drain on worthier transit projects
| In 2004, a member of the city's congressional delegation was discussing his efforts to secure more federal funds for the many big infrastructure projects on the region's agenda. This congressman admitted that he saw no value in West Side Congressman Jerrold Nadler's dream to build a freight tunnel under New York Harbor. |
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NY Times: If You're Thinking of Living In Middle Village, Queens
| Article describing the community of Middle Village. |
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NYC Park Advocates
| NYC Park Advocates conducts research, monitoring public policy, public agency performance, environmental issues, government legislation and the actions of individuals that affect NYC and its environs. They direct their findings to the attention of elected officials, media, concerned constituencies and the general public. |
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NYC.gov
| The official website of the City of New York which includes all city agencies. |
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Partnership for Parks - Juniper Valley Park
| Partnership for Parks is an organization that works with the NYC Parks Department to maintain city parks. |
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PLANYC 2030
| Learn about the challenges New York City will face over the next 25 years -- and how you can help solve them. Submit your ideas and help plan our future. |
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Queens Civic Congress
| An umbrella organization representing more than 100 civic groups across Queens. |
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Queens Public Library
| Queens Library is a social and informational hub for tens of millions of people every year. |
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Restaurant Inspection Information
| The Health Department inspects restaurants, and assigns violation points for every violation observed, depending on the severity and extent of the violation. A score of 27 or less is needed for a restaurant to pass the inspection. Restaurants with scores of 28 or more are re-inspected. |
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S a v i n g S t. S a v i o u r ' s
| O n l i n e E x h i b i t i o n
On display at the
Queen's Borough President's Office
April and May 2009 |
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Save Ridgewood Reservoir
| The Parks Department is considering razing 23 acres of forest at the Ridgewood Reservoir in Highland Park in order to build sports fields. This group is against this proposal. |
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Talking Proud
| Story of 9/11 heroes from the FDNY HazMat1/Engine 288 unit. |
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The Forum Newsgroup
| The Forum West, launched in 2007, is a newspaper that covers Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale, Ridgewood, Forest Hills and Rego Park. |
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The Orangutan and the Hound... Humans Are Not the Only Beings with Interspecies Friends
| National Geographic
When Surya, the orangutan, meets a hound dog by the river, the two carry on like long lost friends.
We humans often cannot get along with other humans because the tone of their skin differs from ours.
How much can we learn from these two species, whose love for each other spans across species lines? |
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The Shops At Atlas Park- Reviews on yelp
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Transportation Alternatives Study
| Study done by Transportation Alternatives for the intersection of 69th Street and Grand Avenue. |
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Tunnel Vision: An Analysis of the Proposed Cross Harbor Tunnel
| In recent years, the search to strengthen New York City’s economy has led several public officials to advocate the development of a new port complex on the Brooklyn waterfront. To connect this new port to the nation’s freight distribution network, a new rail-freight tunnel would be built under New York harbor. |
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Why Juniper Park's Upper Ballfields are Locked
| This is a Parks Department decision, not JPCA's! |
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Write to Mayor Bloomberg
| Contact the Mayor via e-mail. |
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