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SERVING MIDDLE VILLAGE AND MASPETH SINCE 1938.
After 8 long years in storage, St. Saviour’s Church is making headlines again. Out of the blue, 2 TV stations and 2 newspapers called JPCA to inquire about the status of the... See More
At our next Town Meeting on June 22nd, JPCA will be honoring Jonathan Kulig of Glendale for a... See More
Glendale lost one an amazing person this past April 20th when Firefighter William Tolley, a 14-year... See More
For years, many residents have complained about the noise levels on/near the LIE. Assembly Member... See More
June 6th was a great day, for that was when the New York Court of Appeals handed down a 5-1... See More
It's always fun to see a familiar location featured on TV or in a movie, but filming complaints... See More
A number of package theft incidents have taken place lately in the Maspeth-Middle Village area. The... See More
May 11th is known as "Goodfellas Day" because it was Henry Hill's last day as a wiseguy as... See More
Published July 2, 2017Recent revelations and additional conversations with the school about the way that local Catholic... See More
Published July 2, 2017On a very rainy Tuesday, March 28th, residents came together at Maspeth Federal Savings to... See More
Published July 2, 2017Mayor de Blasio announced a major policy shift on February 28th which will eventually end the... See More
Published July 2, 2017An 82-year-old man who usually walks with a dog has been observed checking to see if cars parked in... See More
Published July 2, 2017Ms. Michele Krebs, the principal of Our Lady of Hope Catholic Academy, is following her lifetime... See More
Published July 2, 2017Looks like we made it through the long winter and it wasn’t all that bad. The snow birds are back... See More
Published July 2, 2017The Juniper Park Civic Association, led by Robert Holden and Tony Nunziato (inset photo),... See More
Published July 2, 2017Public School 72 opened in 1892 on Maspeth Avenue just west of 61st Street. Many older residents of... See More
Published July 2, 2017On Saturday June 10th JPCA Executive Board Member Theresa Riley who very deservedly received the... See More
Published July 2, 2017Riders on the MTA Q67 bus line are probably unaware that this seemingly ordinary route has a long,... See More
Published July 2, 2017If anyone hired a roofer after they rang your doorbell please call us at (718) 651-5865. The... See More
Published July 2, 2017Maspeth Federal Savings, Newtown Historical Society, Juniper Park Civic Association and the... See More
Published July 2, 2017Thank you to Lance Lovejoy, Christina Wilkinson, Charlie Vavruska, Barbara, Michael and Brooke... See More
Conversion of a one to two family house is taking place at the end of our block, address 64-27 75... See More
Maspeth High School has become so ingrained in the community that it’s hard to remember a time... See More
Published July 2, 2017While Juniper Valley Park remains central to our neighborhood recreation, just 3 miles to the south... See More
Published July 2, 2017Brooklyn Eagle, Nov 11, 1889 ROBERT J. MARKS POST, G. A. R. Dedicating the Soldiers' Monument... See More
Published July 2, 2017As we all are aware by now, the bridge repairs at Metropolitan Ave and Fresh Pond Road are finally... See More
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and Congressman Jerrold Nadler announced on May 5th that "a major... See More
For 35 years Joe Saracino has adopted the railroad bridge and surrounding area on Juniper Blvd... See More
Published July 2, 2017At our March Town Meeting, we honored John Russo, NYPD Lieutenant Commander - Detective Squad,... See More
“No Parking” signs were placed on 65th Drive to accommodate tree pruning in early April. The... See More
It was brought to our attention that some selfish people are reserving parking along the perimeter... See More
In March, Mayor de Blasio announced that he was directing all schools in the city to turn... See More
Elizabeth Crowley revealed to NY1 that she still supports the closing of Riker’s Island and the... See More
Published July 2, 2017Facing a gigantic housing shortage in the years after WWII due to the return of thousands of troops... See More
Published July 2, 2017There has been some debate over whether or not bioswales are effective. We believe they could be... See More
In May, Puerto Rican Day Parade officials announced that this year they would be honoring Oscar... See More
Three experimental Zika vaccines have been found to protect macaque monkeys against infection from... See More
Published July 2, 2017Maspeth, with its working class characters all struggling to embrace the American Dream, and the... See More
Published July 2, 2017Herman Ringe was quite the man about town. Today, it would be multiple towns. He was born in 1876... See More
Published July 2, 20172/13/17 – 72nd St. and 57th Ave. Three perpetrators broke into a house and stole four... See More
Published July 2, 2017Robert Holden (or “Bob” as he prefers to be called) has served as President of Juniper Park... See More
Published July 2, 2017NYC Parks has successfully completed a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation... See More
Published July 2, 2017You may have seen people walking around with rubber wristbands containing exercise trackers.... See More
Published July 2, 2017One sunny Saturday morning, two men were seated on a bench facing the London plane tree in Juniper... See More
Published July 2, 2017We can only imagine the accident that caused this mess on 74th Street and 57th Avenue. The fence... See More
Published July 2, 2017This past March, my family and I celebrated the one-hundredth birthday of my grandfather, Joseph... See More
Published July 2, 2017It would stand to reason that if you want to make a donation of furniture or clothing to the... See More
Published July 2, 2017The DOT reconfigured the intersection at Caldwell Avenue and 82nd Street in an attempt to make it... See More
Published July 2, 2017It was reported in Crain’s New York Business in July that the City of New York loses a boatload... See More