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The Juniper Berry June 2015
Published June 8, 2015Things that are Dumb: Addabbo wants homeless vets at Cooper Avenue shelter
State Senator Joseph Addabbo stunned civic leaders in March when he announced that he supports lodging homeless veterans at the Cooper Avenue... See More
Letters to the Editor
Comments or Opinions? Send to: Letters/Juniper Berry PO Box 790275, Middle Village, NY 11379 or... See More
20th century plans that were not to be
The Towns of Newtown, Jamaica, Long Island City and Flushing in Queens County joined the City of... See More
Published June 10, 2015
Killy's Korner
Send info and photos to: KillysKorner@aol.com or write: Juniper Berry PO Box 790275 Middle... See More
Things that are Dumb: Banning free speech
Mayor de Blasio’s staff is tossing protesters at mayoral appearances into “free speech zones”... See More
Garrit Furman: Maspeth’s poet
What was life like in Maspeth in the mid-19th century? As you would imagine, most of Maspeth was... See More
Captain Mark Wachter, Commander of the 104th Pct.
aptain Mark Wachter is no stranger to the 104th Precinct. He grew up in Glendale. As a young adult,... See More
BERRY BITS: Abbracciamento’s project on hold
You may have noticed that Abbracciamento’s Restaurant and its attached storefronts still have not... See More
Published June 10, 2015
BERRY HEALTH: ASTHMA AND ALLERGY AT THE MOVIES
Dr. Gontzes is board certified in Allergy & Immunology and has 32 years of experience. He is a... See More
BERRY BITS: More trees for western Maspeth
As a result of a settlement between the City and State with regard to the operation of the Newtown... See More
Things that are Dumb: ATV FOOL Busted in Juniper
The loser pictured here rode his ATV inside and around Juniper Valley Park on May 6th for more than... See More
Things that are Dumb: Who needs parking?
The Department of City Planning, in its infinite wisdom, has determined that people in West Maspeth... See More
Middle Village: My Utopia
As it is second nature to complain about the problems that plague our communities and... See More
Things that are Dumb: Juniper Valley Park leads Queens in playground injuries
City Comptroller Scott Stringer revealed that injuries suffered at playgrounds within Juniper... See More
Things that are Dumb: Trucks still stray into neighborhood, DOT Where Are you?
Trucks have been straying off the LIE and wreaking havoc in our neighborhood for years. The... See More
Organics Recycling extended to the rest of Maspeth and Middle Village
The New York City Department of Sanitation has again expanded the NYC Organics voluntary curbside... See More
BERRY BITS: Maspeth High School tightening standards
The Maspeth High School, which currently gives priority to District 24 students, is considering... See More
BERRY BITS: Rubbing them out
The 104th Precinct has been cracking down lately on businesses that promote themselves as... See More
BERRY BITS: Impact of Stephen Frosch’s passing will be felt for a long time
Stephen Frosch, a Department of Sanitation worker assigned to the Maspeth garage, died June 21,... See More
Things that are Dumb: The Crowley compromise
Council Member Elizabeth Crowley has reportedly been pulling community board members into her... See More
Things that are Dumb: Newly resurfaced Juniper tennis courts full of cracks
The United States Tennis Association, as part of the deal that allowed them to take over more... See More
City authorizes film crew to stage explosion near homes
April 22 saw the filming of the NBC drama "The Blacklist" at the Broadway Stages lot in Glendale.... See More
Things that are Dumb: De Blasio loosens welfare requirements
According to “Poverty and Progress,” a report by the Manhattan Institute’s Stephen Eide,... See More
P.S. 128’s build-ups and teardowns
Many people may recall the “little red schoolhouse” that was replaced by the current P.S. 128... See More
Things that are Dumb: Voting rights for non-citizens
Council Member Daniel Dromm, who represents South Elmhurst as part of his district, has introduced... See More
Things that are Dumb: FDNY hires firefighter that failed physical test
n an attempt to be politically correct, the FDNY has hired a female candidate that failed the... See More
Things that are Dumb: Hevesi’s strange response to homeless question
Immediately after the March 2015 Juniper Berry was published, Assembly Member Andrew Hevesi’s... See More
Things that are Dumb: Community boards purged of vocal shelter critics
Richard Huber, a Glendale representative appointed to Community Board 5 and Jennifer Chu, an... See More
Things that are Dumb: Pan Am lacks kitchens… disgusting food is served instead
The Pan Am hotel suffered a fire in a second floor room early in the morning of May 6th. It was... See More
BERRY BITS: Coyote captured in Middle Village
Early in the morning of April 27, a coyote was spotted by visitors to Juniper Valley Park. The NYPD... See More
Things that are Dumb: New Juniper Bocce courts are a disaster
The Queens Courier reported in March that the $800K renovation of the bocce courts at Juniper... See More
BERRY BITS: What you need to know about your C of O
You may have heard the term “certificate of occupancy” bandied about with regard to building... See More
KAMPERMANN'S KORNER: Corruption is the Cancer of Democracy
In the same fashion that cancer metastasizes in the human body and manifests itself in other parts... See More
BERRY BITS: New liquor license procedure being considered by CB5
The partygoers from Manhattan and Brooklyn are on their way. They started out on the Lower East... See More
The development of Middle Village in the 1920s
Middle Village had been a farming town for centuries, but by the 1920s, things began to change. The... See More
Things that are Dumb: Parks throwing money down the drain
The good news is that Frank Principe (Maurice) Park is due for a $5.7M upgrade. The fields will be... See More
Things that are Dumb: Council speaker proposes that taxpayers foot bail bills
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito has requested that a taxpayer funded bail fund be set up... See More
Things that are dumb: DEC being difficult about Ridgewood Reservoir designation
We were excited to hear that the Parks Department had dropped its quest to basically destroy the... See More
Things that are Dumb: Ice Cream Truck Up to His Old Tricks
Another problem presented over a year ago which still persists is the Mr. Softee ice-cream truck... See More
Things that are Dumb: Throwing $440M at the homeless problem doesn’t halt new shelters
Assembly Member Andrew Hevesi announced this past spring that he helped broker a deal that would... See More
DID YOU KNOW?
A column of interesting statistics and facts about our... See More
BERRY BITS: Bioswales to be installed along Maspeth & Middle Village streets
The NYC DEP is installing bioswales – or curbside gardens – along sidewalks in Maspeth and... See More
Things that are Dumb: Proof of what has long been suspected
Most of us will agree that one of the major causes of welfare dependence and homelessness is people... See More
The Finback Brewery: bringing beer-making back
Once upon a time (before Prohibition, 1920-1933) there were over 1,000 breweries in NYC. Now happy... See More
BERRY BITS: Have you seen this man? One bank bandit busted, another still out there
Just as the last issue of the Juniper Berry went to press, Captain Manson informed us that the... See More
Things that are Dumb: Pan Am Hotel overrun with vermin
The Pan Am Hotel, which was secretly converted into a homeless shelter last year by Samaritan... See More
Things that are Dumb: Even the homeless don't want homeless shelters
Partnership for the Homeless President and CEO Arnold Cohen had this to say in the Daily News in... See More
Living With Coyotes in New York City
Coyotes are common throughout New York State, including urban areas. Recent sightings confirm that... See More
What proposed zoning changes mean for Maspeth & Middle Village…
The Department of City Planning (DCP) has spent the past year working on a citywide zoning proposal... See More
Berry Nature
Bright red-orange ladybug beetles are a welcome sight in these warmer months, especially after the... See More
Now That’s Italian!
After the closure of Pat’s in 2006, Maspeth found itself in the unfamiliar position of not having... See More
New Business Spotlight: DiLusso Deli
We have a new business on Eliot Avenue in Middle Village and it is owned by Neil O'Donnell and... See More
Forest Park’s lost WWI Memorial
Part II In the last issue of the Juniper Berry, I provided some background about the dedication of... See More
OP-ED: Addiction and Deceit are Destroying Minorities… and the Country
If you hired a plumber to fix a leaking pipe in your basement and after a half dozen attempts at... See More
FDNY HOLDS FIRST EVER CITYWIDE OPEN HOUSE TO CELEBRATE 150th ANNIVERSARY
On Saturday, May 2nd, the FDNY celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Department with its... See More
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Gonna try to get to Debits & Credits on Tues 7-29-25!
Linda DiGeorge Gritsch
The body of the victim — who sources said was in his 50s — was crushed underneath the hulking Rescue Company 4 truck and they were pronounced dead on the scene, according to cops.
FDNY firetruck strikes, kills cyclist outside NYC park: police
nypost.com
The truck was making a turn onto Juniper Boulevard alongside Juniper Valley Park at 4 p.m. when the fatal accident occurred.I was there literally seconds after it happened and the person who claimed to witness it said it was a boy on a bike... Terrible accident regardless
R.I.P. 
Witnesses that were there and saw it are saying a different story.
He was 50 and he crashed into the side of Rescue 4 and then ended up under the wheel. The driver was not at fault.
What can be a different story
God bless him
Tragic for the victim and the driver.
I thought he was 15?
Maureen Woods-Ostermann
Sounds like the article is mentioning 9/11 and how great that ladder is but whiteness say it's a child sounds like a cover up now another story says 59 where can we find a name of the victim if it wasn't a child a name would be mentioned somewhere