Jamaica Avenue’s Million Dollar Pit Of Despair And Graffiti

  Richmond Hill, Queens, New York On the day after the six-alarm fire that destroyed the homes above storefronts in Richmond Hill and taking pics of the charred windows on the buildings, strolling about 8 blocks east by Lefferts Blvd. there exists this unsightly gated wall protruding on the sidewalk next to a barber shop … Continue reading Jamaica Avenue’s Million Dollar Pit Of Despair And Graffiti

City Rolls Out Blacktop Carpet For Film Shoot In Richmond Hill, Queens

Liberty Ave. And 123rd street. Where the gilded asphalt path abruptly stops. Richmond Hill, Queens, N.Y. A week before Halloween, an encouraging sight sprung forth to auto owners and cyclists. The decade long dilapidation of Liberty Avenue beginning at Lefferts Boulevard was about to get repaved with fresh tar and asphalt. Being a cyclist myself, … Continue reading City Rolls Out Blacktop Carpet For Film Shoot In Richmond Hill, Queens

Mission Virtually Accomplished: The Lefferts Blvd. Elevator Is Activated.

South Ozone Park, N.Y., U.S.A. In what I admit could be an abberation in the usual posts that get written here, here is an actual good news bulletin and sign of albeit late ass civic progress. As reported here since this digital publication's inception, it took almost 4 years, but the main entrance of the … Continue reading Mission Virtually Accomplished: The Lefferts Blvd. Elevator Is Activated.

There Is A Delay At Lefferts Blvd. Station Renovation Ahead Because Of State And City Government Indifference And Negligence, Stupid Bickering From The Governor And Mayor, Tardy Contractors, Selective And Overdue Renovations At Other Stations, And Stupid Priorities Focusing On Optics And Social Interaction.

Lefferts Blvd. Station, November 2017. Ain't a damn thing changed. Richmond Hill, Queens, N.F'n.Y. The renovation and modernization of the Lefferts Blvd. Station remains incomplete and nearly 2 years behind schedule. This was supposed to be finished on September 2016. When I last wrote about this, it was with great relief that the staircase was … Continue reading There Is A Delay At Lefferts Blvd. Station Renovation Ahead Because Of State And City Government Indifference And Negligence, Stupid Bickering From The Governor And Mayor, Tardy Contractors, Selective And Overdue Renovations At Other Stations, And Stupid Priorities Focusing On Optics And Social Interaction.