We learned again on May 15th that Mother Nature is an unstoppable force to be reckoned with. A quick moving rainstorm downed trees and power lines all across the area, but Middle Village seemed to be hit the hardest. Dozens of homes were hit with blackouts, and trees toppled, blocking streets and falling on top of cars. The ominous looking sky caused everyone to take cover, and locally at least, no one was harmed as a result. As people slowly emerged from subways and their homes, they were greeted with a colorful sky and an even more colorful rainbow. These weather events are happening more frequently and we need to pay close attention to weather reports, remain prepared and heed warnings issued by the NYC Office of Emergency Management. You can sign up for alerts here: www.nyc.gov/notifynyc. This collection of photos of the aftermath is compiled from submissions posted to our Juniper Park Civic Association Facebook page by community members.
Originally published in the June 2018 Juniper Berry Magazine
After the Storm
Christina Wilkinson

June 2018 Table of Contents
- Yesterday & Today: Dry Harbor Road at 82nd Place looking northeast, 1935
- From April Snow to Spring Glow
- How Harry McArdle helped shape Juniper Valley Park
- Things That Are Dumb: The Power Keeps Going Out
- Things That Are Dumb: M train service falters hours after being restored
- Berry Bits: Holden moves office to Dry Harbor Road
- Remembering the Old Maspeth Car Barn
- The contaminated truth about the Midville sewer project
- Things That Are Dumb: City wants communities to site shelters
- Things That Are Dumb: Production company unnecessarily takes up street parking
- Things That Are Dumb: Chilled Trees
- OP-ED: The need for a single-family rowhouse zoning designation
- O'Neill's Restaurant seeks zoning change
- Berry Bits: New contractor for Fresh Pond Road bridge project
- Berry Bits: Woodhaven Blvd lights to be synchronized
- Berry Bits: DOT seeking to reconstruct bridge over CSX tracks
- Berry Bits: Too many units crowd the nabe
- Berry Bits: Temporary library opens in Atlas Park Mall
- Things That Are Dumb: Trashed Tracks
- Things That Are Dumb: Grand Theft Mailbox
- Things That Are Dumb: Queens Blvd rezoning could bring thousands more people to Woodside
- Op-Ed: What Independence Day Means to Me
- Berry Bits: Chain reaction on Grand Avenue
- Letters to the Editor, June 2018
- There is a School in Woodside
- Short Story: Mr. Sherry's Deli
- Community Eyesores – June 2018
- Remembering Stanislaw Kozikowski, hero of The Lost Battalion of WWI
- Amazing Stories: SUNDAY MORNING FIRE ROUSES MIDDLE VILLAGE
- After the Storm
- New Business Spotlight: Don Tequila Urban Cantina
- Op-Ed: Preserve the Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT)
- Op-Ed: The mainstream media ignores Trump's successes
- One Epic Principal = One EPIC School
- A Kidney for Steve
- A Kidney for Sandy
- Op-Ed: ACC's proposed animal intake center is good for Queens
- Message from the President June 2018
- Made in Maspeth: Descendant Cider
- Short Story: The Winfield Ghost
- All About Mutual Funds
- Celebrating Independence Day with Fantastic Food
- Inside the Forest Park Greenhouse
- Short Story: Pickle Love
- 104th Pct Report June 2018
- Killy's Korner June 2018
- Jerry Drake and The Front Page Big Band headlines Maspeth Summer Concert Series
The Juniper Berry magazine, first published in 1938 is an all-volunteer effort containing articles on crime prevention, neighborhood issues, meeting reports and notices, neighborhood history and photographs, guest articles, editorials and more.
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