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The Juniper Berry March 2021
Published March 13, 2021Yesterday and Today: 80th Street from St. Margaret’s Church, looking north
From 1939-1941, 80th Street was transformed by the WPA from a 25-foot-wide dead-end dirt road into a 50-foot-wide paved “highway” per the terminology of the time. Several houses on the west side... See More
Silver White Winters
The snow this year wasn’t record breaking, but it certainly felt relentless. We were socked with... See More
Berry Bits: Inferno on the LIE
On December 22, a tractor trailer carrying hundreds of propane tanks was cut off by a car resulting... See More
Berry Bits: Carbon monoxide kills man in Maspeth
An 81-year-old man died from carbon monoxide poisoning at a building located at 54-19 Flushing... See More
Berry Bits: Ed Grayson appointed sanitation commissioner
We are pleased to report that Acting Sanitation Commissioner Edward Grayson, a Middle Village... See More
Berry Bits: Armed perp shot after lunging at cops
A man high on meth, who had earlier in the day been hospitalized for hallucinations, lunged at... See More
Berry Bits: Rest in peace, Harry Lambros
It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing in early March of Harry Lambros, owner of... See More
Berry Bits: Home Depot opens in Maspeth
After much anticipation, the Home Depot located at 59-15 Maurice Avenue, on the former site of the... See More
Things That are Dumb: NYC DOE cancels Pre-K contract with Sacred Heart
Free Pre-K, such as that offered at Sacred Heart in Glendale, was one of Mayor de Blasio’s... See More
Planning Together will tear NYC apart
As an advocate for sustainable communities and sane land use policy, including increased... See More
Message from the President March 2021
Greetings to all. As winter melts into spring, we need to focus on some very important issues. This... See More
Things That are Dumb: Corey the Freshman
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson dropped out of the mayor’s race last year, but recently... See More
Things That are Dumb: Local lunatics
22-year-old Louis Shenker of Massachusetts and 27-year-old Taylor Lyne of California surrendered to... See More
Things That are Dumb: Pandemic partiers
The NYC Sheriff busted up a New Year’s party around 2 a.m. on Jan. 1, at 55-30 58th St. in... See More
Things That are Dumb: How the mighty have fallen!
In February, Governor Cuomo’s aide Melissa DeRosa admitted to Democratic lawmakers that the... See More
176 Irving Avenue
To labor to survive, find work, start a business, sacrifice, fight, make a better life for yourself... See More
The February snow brought beauty and joy
Winter Wonderland photos by: Tess Atannav, Maryann Caruana, Laura Wulf DeVivo, Rebekah... See More
Neighborhood Hall of Shame: Community Eyesores March 2021
Thankfully, the vast majority of property owners and residents in Middle Village & Maspeth take... See More
Letters to the Editor: An open letter to Speaker Johnson
At the February 10, 2021 monthly meeting of Community Board 8, a motion in favor of Planning... See More
Letters to the Editor: This much I know is true
Dear Neighbors, The following quotes are powerful reminders of how important it is to slow down and... See More
Letters to the Editor: Sidewalk must be installed
Dear Neighbors, For years residents have been trying to get a sidewalk on 70th St. between 57 drive... See More
Letters to the Editor: Let’s Stop Cuomo
The following letter was sent to Democratic members of the state legislature: Dear Colleagues, By... See More
Both Sides of the Bridge
The newly constructed Kosciuszko Bridge has some great improvements over the old bridge. One of... See More
104th Precinct Report March 2021
Greetings to all members of the Juniper Park Civic Association, we hope everyone is staying healthy... See More
BBQ on Mazeau Street
It was another great summer living in Maspeth, and at least 3 years since the Dodgers left... See More
TOP TEN 2021 Social Security Sites
Our online services often allow you to do business with us without visiting a local office or... See More
Amazing Stories: Panic at Cemetery Gate
Runaway Causes Injury to Two and Many Cases of Fainting A runaway caused injury to two persons and... See More
Amazing Stories: ATTACKED BY FOOTPADS
(Newtown, L. I., March 25) Deputy Sheriff Jacob Mollinett of Maspeth was assaulted last evening... See More
Amazing Stories: The birds flown
David Holdsworth, of Maspeth, was elected a game constable at the last town election. Since his... See More
Amazing Stories: WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN LOST
Entire Family of Albert Kraal, of Middle Village, Perished on the Slocum. (Special to the Eagle)... See More
Middle Village: A Small Town
I grew up in Middle Village, Queens; a more appropriate name would have been Little Village. My... See More
Ricco’s Recipes: Uncle Gus and the Tomatoes
I would like to say a big warm hello to all the loyal Juniper Berry subscribers and readers out... See More
My Lucky Number 7
The car doors were about to slam shut as I boarded my lucky 7 train, sometimes referred to as the... See More
The night “Skinny the Rat” met his maker
The night of July 11, 1928, a man walking past a dump located near the intersection of Maurice and... See More
The photo of Wang Ping
Once I saw this photo shared by an online contact, Professor Wang Ping, I became transfixed by the... See More
Hedge Funders to Investors: “The bucks stop here”
I’ve had a small brokerage account for a few years now, something I’d throw a few bucks into... See More
My American Dream at Macy’s
My first string of jobs in NYC was waitressing, from Flushing to Manhattan, from Brooklyn to... See More
Berry Game Review: Yakuza Like a Dragon
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a serious crime thriller sprinkled with non sequitur B-plots which would... See More
Berry Spotlight: Chick’n Rotonda
With diverse appetites and an eye for new cuisines, Middle Villagers have always welcomed various... See More
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
Good news.
NYC to temporarily pause compost fines for smaller buildings
pix11.com
NEW YORK (PIX11) – New York City is temporarily pausing fines on smaller buildings found not composting, city officials said Thursday. Effective immediately, compost fines will not affect buildings�...They took input - for an hour on a Zoom call last June.
Holden urges redesign of Juniper Valley Park play area over lack of community input – QNS
qns.com
Council Member Robert Holden is pushing back against a proposed redesign of a key section of Juniper Valley Park,Seemed like there was zero push back from JPCA on this proposed design. Thank you Bob Holden for addressing this