Views from the Heights - Fall 2011

Message from JHBG President, Edwin O’Keefe Westley
A Jackson Heights Update - An interior courtyard is am – 5 pm to encourage long
“When one door of happiness planned term parking away from the retail
closes, another opens; but of- - Installation of windows on core (73rd and 74th Streets be-
ten we look so long at the the east side instead of a blank tween Roosevelt and 37 Ave-
wall nues). We are assuming po-
closed door that we do not see
- Special attention will be paid tential customers will walk 6 –
the one which has been
to the quality of the construction 7 blocks to shop. Some of us
opened for us.” - Helen Keller details. feel that the merchants are
parking in the retail core and
I’ve decided to include a random
Jackson Heights Neighborhood unless they move their cars to
quote in the President’s mes-
Transportation Study 69th Street there is no chance
sage. Sometimes it will be related
Our Community Board approved the of success.
to the column, and other times
final recommendations of the NYC 3. 37th Road has been closed
hopefully it will promote your
Department of Transportation. The to all vehicles (except emergen-
thinking.
final plan is available in the cy vehicles) between 73rd Street
“Recommendations” section at and 74th Street making it a Street
84-01 37th Avenue
http://a841-tfpweb.nyc.gov/jackson- Plaza. We all agree that our
The Landmarks Commission
heights. I concur with most of the neighborhood needs more open
granted final approval, for con-
recommendations but have some space but is this the right place?
struction of a six-story commer-
concerns. They are: This presents an opportunity
cial/residential building, on Tues-
for Street Vendors and retail
day, July 19. There were several
1. 75th Street has changed direc- Pop Ups to take over this
hearings beginning with our com-
tion between 30th Avenue and 37th community open space. The
munity board and ending with the
Avenue, from a northbound street to Jackson Heights Merchants
Landmarks Commission. The
a southbound street. The Q47 and Association has requested 37
JHBG, Roosevelt Terrace, Coun-
Q49 buses have been re-routed Road be reopened to traffic
cil member Dromm and Janet
from 73rd Street to 75th Street. Does because their businesses
O’Hare, a concerned neighbor,
this just move the traffic conges- have experienced a severe
were active in suggesting modifi-
tion and noise from one street to drop in sales.
cations. The good news is that
another? 4. Shared bicycle lanes have
several of the suggestions have
2. Introduce the PARK Smart Pro- been installed on 74th and 75th
been incorporated into the build-
gram on 69th Street between 37th Streets to improve the safety of
ing. They are:
and 34th Avenues. Convert parallel cyclists…. This is absurd be-
- Green space has been in-
parking spaces to 90 degree park- cause the plan increases vehi-
corporated at the 84th Street
ing. These spaces become 3 hr me- cle traffic on these streets; it
residential entrance
tered parking, Monday – Saturday, 9 will be a safety nightmare.
President’s Message………………1 J.H.C.R.E.W. ………………………..6 Street Cleaning ……………….….13
News from the Heights………...….2 Garden Club…………………….…..6 Editorial …………………………… 14
Street Renaming……………………4 The Green Agenda………………...7 Membership………………………..15
From our NYC Council Halloween Parade…………….9 - 11 Holiday Lighting………………….. 16
Member Daniel Dromm……….….. 5 Composting ………………………..12

Views - Fall 2011 - Page 1

News from the Heights
By Daniel Karatzas
A Record Historic Weekend to these improvements were 6. The materials being used –
the comments and suggestions brick, cast stone, storefront infill
This year’s annual “Historic of the JHBG, Councilmember – were scrutinized by the LPC
Jackson Heights Weekend,” Daniel Dromm, the Historic and will be of higher quality than
held on Saturday June 18th and Districts Council and other con- in most construction done with-
Sunday June 19th, was our cerned residents. out their input.
most successful ever. About
275 tickets were sold for the Here is a brief summary of The residential section will be
Garden Tour, and 80 for the what was accomplished: set back from the commercial
Walking Tour. This year, Fill- storefronts along 37th Avenue
more Hall, Laburnum Cout, 1. Windows will now be placed by about 10 feet, similar to
and The Greystones participat- on the building’s east-facing Georgian Hall just west of this
ed in the Garden Tour, raising façade, where as the original site. Unfortunately, the building
the number of gardens to 13. proposal was simply a blank will still be built along its north-
Attendance was enhanced by brick wall ern lot line, and block a number
a “PS 69 Reunion” organized or windows in the adjacent
by a few loyal alumni. About 2. The 84th Street façade is apartment building.
50 former students, most of aligned with the adjacent build-
whom graduated in the 1960s, ing so that there is room for a While we would have liked for
returned to their old neighbor- front garden. this lot to have remained a one-
hood. After a tour of PS 69 story building, the zoning enve-
th
they attended our slide lecture, 3. The 84 Street residential lope allows for a larger building.
toured the neighborhood while entrance was set back from the As detailed above, a number of
on the Garden Tour, and end- façade, like the other residen- significant improvements over
ed their day with a dinner at tial buildings along 37th Ave- the original proposal were real-
Armondo’s. It was a great nue. This allows for a small ized. They are especially im-
weekend for all. garden at either side of the en- portant since we will have to live
trance. alongside this new building for
The New Building at 84th decades to come.
Street and 37th Avenue 4. The building’s details – win-
dows being set back from the Jackson Hts. Historic District
On July 19, 2011 the Land- façade, size and location of the – Extension Submitted
marks Preservation Commis- pediments, resolving the resi-
sion (LPC) held its final hearing dential tower with the one-story Over the past year the JHBG
and approved the proposed of commercial storefronts, etc. has been developing a pro-
new building at the northeast – were refined with input from posal for extending the existing
corner of 84th Street and 37th the Commissioners and staff of Jackson Heights Historic Dis-
Avenue. While many may feel the LPC. trict, which currently run (in an
the building is too large, the irregular pattern) from 76th to
review process overseen by 5. The small rear open space 88th Streets. Thanks to support
the LPC since December of was originally raised one flight and assistance from the Histor-
last year has resulted in a above grade level, and will now
much improved building. Key be at grade level. (Continued on next page…)

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ic Districts Council, which in- mission’s overall priorities for commercial properties that
cluded the JHBG’s proposal as the five boroughs.” rightfully contribute to the
one of its “Six to Celebrate” in character of the Historic Dis-
2011, much progress has been Our basic rationale was that trict designated in 1993.
made. when the original boundaries
of the Historic District were With the continued support of
A “Request for Evaluation” for established in the early our elected officials, the likeli-
the eastern and western exten- 1990s, the LPC was con- hood of realizing the proposed
sions of the Jackson Heights cerned about creating too extensions is enhanced, alt-
Historic District was submitted large a district, since it had hough continued community
to the Landmarks Preservation been almost 30 years since a support is crucial. Over the
Commission (LPC) on July 7th. district had been designated next year we plan to communi-
The JHBG received positive in Queens. As such, many cate directly with residents.
response to our proposal from buildings - built at the same We look forward to your sup-
the LPC in August: “The com- time and in the same styles as port! If you want to assist us in
mittee agrees that this is an those in the Historic District – this effort, simply email us at
important area that merits fur- were left out of the district. info@jhbg.org.
ther study. A survey of the ar- Our current effort focuses on
ea by the Commission is need- extending the district – both Below is a map of the exten-
ed and will be conducted in east and west of the current sions, which project both east
consideration with the Com- borders – to include the apart- and west of the existing histor-
ment buildings, houses, and ic district.


Street Renaming in Memory of Richard Cecere
By Doris Wurgler
The Street Co-naming of RICH- Remarks from:
ARD CECERE CORNER
(Corner of 83rd Street and 37th NYC Council Member
Avenue) in Jackson Heights, Daniel Dromm, Host,
took place on Sunday, Septem-
ber 25, 2011. Elected Officials

Active as the Chair of Queens Maureen Allen & Ed McGowan,
Community Board 3 and sever- Kiwanis Club of Jackson
al organizations, Richard was Heights
known for his dedication and
hard work. Richard joined the From Queens Community
Kiwanis Club of Jackson Board #3:
Heights in 1990 and served in
many capacities over the years. Grace Lawrence,
Chairperson,
Richard was also a board mem-
ber of the John F. Kennedy Arturo Sanchez, Member
Democratic Club and former
president of the New Visions Giovanna Reid,
Democratic Club. He also District Manager,
served on the boards of the
Newton Senior Center in and
Elmhurst and the United Com-
munity Civic Association. Lorraine Cecere

Richard’s dedication and in-
volvement in our community
was extensive. His civic en-
gagement was deep and well-
known; many in the community Special Thanks to:
are well aware of Richard’s tre-
mendous contributions and how Kiwanis Club of Jackson
well-deserved this honor is.
Heights
During his last battle with leuke-
mia, Richard remained an inspi- New Visions Democratic Club
ration to all with his positive and
upbeat attitude. Richard passed
away June 29, 2007. His unpar-
alleled commitment to his com-
munity is worthy of our eternal
gratitude.


Nepalese Pitch In To Support JH Plaza
From the Office of NYC Council Member Daniel Dromm

Jackson Heights, NY -- Re-
cently, NYC Council Member
Daniel Dromm participated in
a street cleaning program or-
ganized by the Sindhu-USA
Welfare Society, a Nepalese
community based organiza-
tion. A group of 75 people in-
cluding students from the
Bryant High School Nepa-
lese organization gathered to clean up the pedestrian plaza on
37th Road in Jackson Heights and all the surrounding streets in
the lower 70s from Roosevelt to 37th Avenue. Dromm is especially
proud of the group for giving back to their community, encouraging
civic participation and supporting the Jackson Heights Plaza.


J.H.C.R.E.W.
By Lori Longbotham
Although many use the dog gets very dusty for their own- Many in the neighborhood still
run no matter what the weath- ers and friends. We’re hoping don’t know about the dog run
er, things are beginning to to have a good solution by the or have heard misinformation
slow down a bit for the sea- spring. such as it costing $25/month
son. Over the winter we’re to belong.
looking forward to deciding Membership renewal notices
what actions and projects we have not been sent out since Even though we won’t see
want to focus on for next the run opened but we plan to each other at the park as
spring and summer. do that in January. When the much during the cold weath-
weather gets better, we hope er, we still have our website
After finding out that to re- to begin an active outreach. (www.jhcrew.org) and a Face-
place the same wood chips In the spring we’ll put up fly- book page for communi-
we had when the run opened ers around the neighborhood, cating, and a core crew anx-
would cost us $14,000, we handing them out at the ious to make it a better place
now are looking into a more farmers’ market, and general- and bring in more members.
affordable and practical alter- ly try to get the word out.
native! Dogs love dirt, but it

Update On Tree Gardens and Post Office
By Jill Yardley

Once again this past May of John who planted the tree urging of Mamie Tinkler, a
some of our dedicated gardens in front of Met Jackson Heights resident,
neighbors -- members of Foods. Their expertise and a few of us have started
the Garden Club -- orga- care made the gardens the the process of cleaning up
nized and planted inside most beautiful along the av- the garden. On a recent
the tree gardens along 37th enue. Friday four hopeful people
Avenue from 73rd Street to jumped in and started the
90th Street. The unusual As far as we know there is clean up process by,
long dry spell during May no younger crew to take weeding, cutting, pruning,
and June were hard on the over this project next year, etc. and made a small dent
plants and only the most but we have the impression in the garden clean up.
hardy survived, those which that the “old” crew would be There is much more to be
were faithfully watered by willing to pitch in again next done and with the help of
the merchants. The gener- year. We hope to plant more more volunteers the Post
ous rains of August revived hosta and liriope in the fall. Office will look lovely by
many of the flowers and the Spring.
public finally had a chance Many of you have passed
enjoy them. Particular by our Post Office and have If anyone is interested in
praise should go to the seen how overgrown the volunteering, please con-
scouts under the leadership garden has become. At the tact JHGB.

Trees, Open Space and Composting Center Tops
Green Agenda Progress
By Len Maniace

Have you done anything to energy conservation, and com- in surprising ways. Started in fall
make Jackson Heights a post tea (Hint: It’s not a drink). of 2010, we’ve removed bricks
greener place? This is what We plan to hold an electronics from overcrowded tree pits,
we and your neighbors have recycling day in April, so don’t chopped up compact soil and
done since release of JHBG’s toss those computers, printers replaced them with soil and
Green Agenda for Jackson and cell phones. mulch. The idea is to allow more
Heights, year: water to reach tree roots, espe-
So what do we mean by a cially the roots of young trees
* Provided first-aid to more green neighborhood? We’re which are most vulnerable. Our
than 150 neighborhood street talking about a community that Citizen Tree Pruners have also
trees. makes relatively light demands pruned trees in need of that
on the Earth’s resources, pro- care.
* Requested the planting of duces less pollution, and con-
100 street trees from the New tributes less to climate change We’ve worked to involve
York City Department of Parks and global warming. JH has Jackson Heights' co-ops in our
and Recreation. always been lucky on this is- tree-care effort, winning the sup-
sue. With all our subway and port from the Windsor, Dunnolly
* Worked toward expansion of bus services, our neighbors Gardens, Carlton Towers, the
Travers Park through the addi- are less likely to rely on cars Albertson and the Greystones.
tion of the 78 th Street than people living elsewhere. We thank them and hope other
Playstreet and the Garden co-ops will follow their example.
School athletic field, with our Our biggest effort so far is
partner the Jackson Heights our tree-care program, an ef- (Continued on next page…)
Green Alliance. fort that helps the environment

* Won state approval for a new
community composting center
under the BQE at 69th Street
and 35th Avenue. (See story
on this elsewhere in this is-
sue.)

* Won construction of a new
youth ball field at Landing
Lights Park in Jackson Heights
with our partner the St. Joan of
Arc Youth Council. (We started
this effort nearly a dozen years
ago.)

We’ve also brought in ex-
perts to give talks on tree care, Tree-care volunteers remove bricks and loosen up soil to promote
healthy growth.


Continued from previous page...
This effort won an award Here’s how that works: Tree New York City has a slew of
from the city’s One Million pits are breaks in concrete, strategies to divert runoff from
Trees program this past sum- allowing soil to absorb rain- our sewers. Bigger tree pits,
mer. NYC’s goal of planting a water that otherwise would green roofs and water-
million trees will change our run down sewers. Since NYC absorbing parking lots and
city’s environment for the bet- has sewer systems that com- schoolyards are a few. And
ter, cooling sidewalks and bine waste from houses and every time you chop up rock-
whole neighborhoods during storm runoff even moderate- hard soil in a tree pit, you help
the summer, so we won’t need size storms overwhelm sew- keep NYC’s waterways clean-
to run our air conditioners as age treatment plants. That er, too.
much. causes untreated sewage to
be flushed into our water-
It’s not obvious, but plant- ways, making them nasty
ing a lot of street trees also places for fishing, kayaking
helps reduce water pollution. and just being near.

Volunteers plant perennials and annual is a large A completed tree pit with annuals and a few perennials.
tree pit that allows plenty of water to reach roots.

If you’re interested in helping and having fun doing so, contact us at:
LenManiace@gmail.com and visit JHBG’s The Green Agenda for Jackson Heights’
Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/ga4jh ), or call 718-565-5344.


22nd Annual Children’s Halloween Parade
A Neighborhood Tradition
By Edwin O’Keefe Westly

The marchers stepped off @ 5:00 The line of marchers also included: Newtown HS, crowd control - 8 Ex-
pm for the 22nd Annual Children’s plores from the 115 Precinct, and
Halloween Parade on Monday, Oc- ∗Kiwanis Club of Jackson Heights handed out the 3,000 treat bags.
tober 31st on 37thAvenue and 89th- ∗Jackson Heights Early Learning Music, the American Songbook, was
Street. It was a grand evening for a Center Students PS 212 Students provided by Bethany Wild.
parade filled with ghosts, goblins, ∗Girl Scout Troop 4208 & Brownie
pirates and witches. Troop 4269 We recognized Lillian ‘Lil’ Shubitz,
∗Community Board Q3 an extraordinary lady who helped
This year’s theme was recognizing ∗PS 149 Students us each year. Mrs. Shubitz passed
our Volunteers; they were the ∗PS 69 Students away this past year. Her daughter
Grand Marshals. Marching behind (and parade photographer), Patty
∗IS 230 Marching Band and Stu-
the JHBG banner displayed by Lowen-haupt, accepted a framed
dents
O’Doherty’s children and friends, parade poster in her honor.
∗St. Joan of Arc Youth Council
were Mayor Bloomberg, Speaker
Quinn, Comptroller Liu, State Sen- ∗PS 280 Students Finally I would like to thank Darryl
ator Peralta, Assemblyman Moya, ∗82nd Street Academics Students Hoss, my Co-Chair, and the parade
Councilman Dromm, and the Hon- ∗Renaissance Charter School Stu- committee: Emma Brandt, Janet
orable Judge Greco. dents Kelly, Bill Kresse, Patty Low-
∗IS 145 Marching Band and Stu- enhaupt, John McCaffrey Jr., Joe
Two great marching bands, all from dents ‘William’ Ricevuto, and our Emeri-
Historic Jackson Heights, provided ∗Human Ethical Society of Jack- tus members Mairé Breen and
the musical entertainment. The lead son Heights Bridget Shaughnessy.
band was IS 230 Marching Band ∗Neighborhood Parents and Chil-
and Students with the ‘Flying Pup- dren Hope to see you all at next year’s
pets’ and ending with the powerful parade!
sound of the Joseph Pulitzer IS A reception followed for all the volun-
145’s ‘There’s Only One Race, the teers who stuffed Treat Bags and
Human Race’ guided the marchers down the ave-
nue – 30 Key Club Members from

Patty Lowenhaupt receives framed poster
in honor of her mother, Lillian ‘Lil’ Shubitz.


Jackson Heights Merchants Support
the Children’s Halloween Parade
By Edwin O’Keefe Westley
We encourage each of you to Bridget Shaughnessy.
thank and patronize each of the
businesses that have given both Better Friends of the Parade
merchandise and money to
make the parade a neighbor- Armondo’s Restaurant, Koep-
hood success. They have given pel Nissan, Brown’s Army/
back to the community and we Navy, Italian Farms, HSBC
should continue to patronize the- Bank, Byran Pu-Folkes, Esq.,
se businesses especially in the- the Jackson House Restau-
se difficult economic times. Buy rant, New Peking Kitchen, In-
Local with Cash. dia House, Noah’s Ark Pet
Clinic, Taco Bell, Queens
The Dime Savings Bank and County Federal Savings, and
the JHBG provided the treat the 82nd Street Tenants Corp.,
bags. Met Food on 37thAvenue Ponce DeLeon Bank, Maram
provides a fruit drinks; McDon- Pharmacy, and TD Bank.
alds on 82nd Street donated
cookies, for our 3,000 treat bags Thank you to the40 Friends of
distributed to the children of the parade who help us pack
Jackson Heights at the end of the 3,000 Halloween bags the
the parade. Coca Cola Bottling day before the parade. The 30
Company for providing 16 cas- Key Club Members from New-
es of beverages. town HS and the 15 Explores
from the 115 Precinct who
Based of their level of contribu- guided the marchers down the
tions to the parade the following avenue.
list of good, better and best has
been developed: Good Friends of the Parade

Best Friends of the Parade Olivos Opticians, Kiwanis
Club of Jackson Heights,
Capital One Bank, the 82nd Ho’s Florist, Dr. Abe Dyzen-
Street BID, Frank’s Pharmacy, haus, Schnier Eye Care Cen-
Joseph Lock and Alarm, Jack- ter, , Ultima Florist, Black Tie
son Heights Jewish Center Cleaners, Supper Soccer
and Astoria Federal. Stars, Pramukh Health
Foods, COSTCO, Lety’s Bak-
Thank you to the parade com- ery & Cafe, Carola Bakery and
mittee for their great work: Co- Giani’s Pizza.
Chairs Darryl Hoss and Edwin
O’Keefe Westley, Emma Finally, thank you our Jack-
Brant, Janet Kelly, Bill Kresse, son Heights neighbors who
Patty Lowenhaupt, John have made it the Largest Chil-
McCaffrey Jr., Joe ‘William’ dren’s Halloween Parade
Ricevuto, and our emeritus within the five boroughs.
members Mairé Breen and


Photos from the Jackson Heights
Halloween Parade 2011
By Patricia Lowenhaupt


Jackson Heights Gets
New Community Composting Center
By Lenny Olsson

You already recycle your
glass, paper, metal and plastic
jugs, but what to do with food
scraps and garden waste?
Now, they’re tossed into the
garbage and are then trucked
to landfills in Ohio or other dis-
tant states, burning petroleum
that pollutes the air, contrib-
utes to climate change and de-
spoils the countryside.

Jackson Heights will soon
have an alternative. JHBG has
just been granted permission
to turn an unused space under
the BQE at 35th Avenue into a
community composting center.

The space, owned by the New stay here and benefit Jackson Additionally, finished compost
York State Department of Heights. The plan is to apply has its own environmental
Transportation, will house the finished compost to the benefits. It provides plants
compost bins that will trans- street trees in the neighbor- with slow release but easily
form fruit and vegetable waste hood. accessible nutrients, introduc-
collected from the neighbor- es microbes back into deplet-
hood by the Greenmarket, fall New York City residents gen- ed soils which also aids the
leaves collected by Project erate about 72,000 tons of plants, and allows for greater
LeafDrop, and possibly garbage and recyclables each retention of rainwater which
mulched Christmas trees from week. Since the closure of the helps reduce the strain on the
the Parks Department’s Mulch- Fresh Kills Landfill in 2001, city’s water treatment systems
fest. everal neighborhood co- New York City pays to ship all after a decent soaking.
ops have begun composting its trash to those out of state
but can’t come close to han- landfills. Since organic materi- A date has not yet been set
dling the large amounts of al, especially fruits and vege- for the project to start. For ad-
compostable materials pro- tables, contain a lot of water ditional information about
duced by Jackson Heights. and are heavy, widespread what can be composted,
composting can remove a sig- please visit:
The start of a community com- nificant amount of trash that
posting center also means that must be shipped. http://www.nyc.gov/html/
our compost won’t be shipped nycwasteless/html/compost/
to other communities, but can edu_outdoor_materials.shtml


JHBG Making Jackson Heights a Little Greener
By Finuala O’Doherty

On October 15, 2011 the the BQE, under the train ea and feed all the volunteers
JHBG held its fourth annual bridge. lunch. We also received help
clean up along 69th Street from Grow NYC who provided
continuing our efforts to turn In April of 2011, JHBG planted gardening tools and Milmar
the east side of the BQE into a a small 800 sq. ft. garden next Landscaping who provided ex-
garden entrance to Jackson to the train tracks between pertise and advice on what to
Heights. With the help of 37th Avenue and 35thAve- plant. New York City Commu-
many local volunteers, we nue. The garden consists of nity Clean Up has also be a
cleaned from Northern Boule- decorative bushes, tall grass- great help in keeping the area
vard to 37th Avenue and ex- es, daffodil bulbs and flow- clean by periodically brining
panded our new garden. ers. Along fence next to the those mandated by the court
rail road tracks herbs such as to complete community service
The area along the BQE has rosemary, basil, thyme, pars- to the area to clean. NYC De-
long been a dumping ground ley, cilantro, lemon grass and partment of Sanitation has
in our community as there are sage were planted. With the helped by making special col-
no businesses or residences wet summer the plants lection runs to haul away the
on the west side of the thrived. trash at the end of the clean
street. The result is that no ups.
one takes care of the area. On October 15, 2011 JHBG
That is until about 6 years ago volunteers as part of the fall The next step is to focus on
when the JHBG began work- clean up, expanded the gar- the south side of 34th Avenue
ing to turn the space from a den by about 300 Square feet across from the dog run JHBG
dumping ground into much and put in more daffodil bulbs is again working with NY State
needed useable green space. and bushes. This was done Department of Transportation
with the support of our local to transform the area near the
The plan has been to find spe- politicians including City Coun- BQE pumping station into a
cific groups who need space cil member Danny Dromm, local composting site.
and are willing to commit to State Assembly
taking care of the land. The member Michael
transformation began with the Den Dekker and
formation of the dog run on the Sate Senator Jo-
north side of 35th Avenue. se Peralta. We
have also re-
With the help of the New York ceived great
State Department of Transpor- support from
tation, the dog run managed White Castle that
by JHCREW: Jackson Heights allows us to use
Canine Recreation and Exer- the district office
cise Wonderland (a committee on 34th Avenue
of JHBG) opened a small and and 69th Street
large dog run in 2010 next to as a staging ar-


VIEWS FROM THE From The Retiring Editor of Views From The Heights,
HEIGHTS Doris Wurgler
Volume 23 Number 1
Fall 2011 To Our Terrific JHBG Members and Community
Jackson Heights Readers:
Beautification Group
Post Office Box 720253
Jackson Heights, NY Thank you all for your support over the field, Jill Earick, Frank Moon, Nadia Kon-
11372-0253 past eleven years. I have loved being dratiev, Donna Macioce, Adrienne
718-565-5344 your Views Editor but now I feel it is Sumowitz, John Moran, Edward O'Keefe
Email: info@jhbg.org
time for me to pass the mantle to a Westley, Robert Laconi, Marguerite Park,
new editor, John Petrozino who is edit- Mary Sarro, Len Maniace, Jeffrey Saunders,
Editor ing this issue. I wish him all the best in Ralph Rivera, Celeste Balducci Chapin,
John Petrozino this new responsibility. I know he can Maire Breen, Frank Fiorentino, Diane
count on your support. Mosher, Bessie Karatzas, Doris Derwik-
Writers and Reporters John is joining a short list of Views Edi- Wurgler, Rev. Austin Armitstead, Joseph
Daniel Karatzas tors since the first issue of Volume 1, Ricevuto, Carson Scheidemann, Rebecca
Lori Longbotham No.1 published in 1989. The first editor Tally, Rebekah Wurgler, Mirelle Hug, Bar-
Len Maniace was Jim O'Donnell who was followed bara Kunkel, Rev. Msgr. John A. McGuirl,
Finuala O’Doherty by Daniel Karatzas in 1991 with Vol.3. Ellen Raffaele, James Riccio, Basil Safos,
Lenny Olsson
Edwin O’Keefe Westley Janet Kelly began her term with Vol.8, Bianca Armitstead, Yanghee Hahn, Darryl
Doris Wurgler no.5 in 1997 and I took over with Hoss, Ralph Moreno, Byron Munoz, Doro-
Jill Yardley Vol.12, no.1 in 2000. thy Phelan, John Azzali, Nelida Florez, Li
Since 1989 MANY community mem- Yu, Pat Kelly, Hon. John Sabini, Patty
Contribution from:
Office of NYC Council bers have contributed to the success of Shubitz-Lowenhaupt, Howard Goldberg,
Member Daniel Dromm Views. Just for fun, I went through the Hon. Hiram Monserrate, Hon. Helen Sears,
back issues of Views and made a list Jim Steere, John McCaffrey, Paul Enger,
Graphic Design of all the folks listed in the editorial box. Jeffrey Kressler, Jim Riccio, Madalyn Be-
James Stonebraker
In the beginning articles carried no by- noit, Mary Galane, Janet O'Hare, Maureen
Photography lines. Take a look and reminisce over Allen, Tom Lowenhaupt, Hon. Jose Peralta,
Patricia Lowenhaupt the names you remember and the Anne Raymond, Renee Stonebraker David
great contributions that they have Watson, James Stonebraker, Alexis Daniels,
JHBG OFFICERS made over the years. Some of those Alice Faber, eric Jacobs, Joe Ricevuto,
Edwin O’Keefe Westley, names in the first few lines of the list Robyn Einhorn, Rev. Ronald Thompkins,
President below are still here, working for our Frank Bowe, Wanda Chin, Kiran Kanwar,
John J. McCaffrey, Jr., community. Terry Rouge, Josh Weiss, Michele
Vice President Contributors to Views From The Beaudoin, Chris Boyd, M.P. Prabhakaram,
Nelida Florez, Vice President
Heights: Arline Schwender, Hon. Daniel Dromm,
Doris D. Wurgler, Secretary
Darryl Hoss, Treasurer Jim O'Donnell, Lorraine Cusick, Marianne Edwin Hoffman, Megan Mosher, Lorna
Ruch, Neil Ruggles, Gloria Daini, Dorothy Ronald, Julie Weiner, Melissa Zavala, War-
Warms, Milton Schulman, Elaine Zounek ren Shaw, Hannah Li, Stan Mieses, Beatriz
Paige, Dianna Delgrosso, Michael j. Crow- Ruiz, Will Sweeney, Brian Pu-Folkes, Alex-
JHBG DIRECTORS ley, Daniel Karatzas, Milton Horo- is Andrews, Lillian Kowalsky, Mary Abbate,
Nelida Florez witz,Margaret Schmidt, Susan Applebaum, Fionnuala O'Doherty, Ziati Rothman, Susan
Darryl D. Hoss Fannie Brustein, Joseph Bruzas, Suzanne Ross, Margaret Fabrizi, Zoe Sullivan, Mari-
Daniel Karatzas
Lall, Jacob Sherman, Michael Schelp, on Robertson, Marina Yoffe, Cecilia
Barbara Kunkel
Len Maniace
Tony Thomas, Rudy Greco, Fred Fox, Ja- Kulhanek, John Petrozino, Caryn Garega,
Carlos Martinez net Kelly, Bob Sansosti, Claudia Harsh- Alison Ostergaard, Jill Yardley.
John J. McCaffrey, Jr.
Finuala O’Doherty
John Petrozino Stay Connected!
Jim Riccio
Basil Safos
Edwin O’Keefe Westley In addition to the JHB official website, www.jhbg.org, you can now
Doris D. Wurgler follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/jhbgny.

Send e-mails to info@jhbg.org or
Founding Director
Maire Breen Leave a message at 718-565-5344.

Membership: Jackson Heights Beautification Group

Your annual membership in the JHBG helps us fund neighborhood activities,
demonstrates your commitment to a better community, and permits us to be your voice
in the revitalization of Jackson Heights. Your support is important to the future of our
neighborhood. The JHBG is 100% volunteer-run, and there is no paid staff. The JHBG is
a 501(C)3 nonprofit organization, and your contribution is tax-deductible.

Please make checks payable to Jackson Heights Beautification Group. You will be
mailed a receipt for tax purposes.

Please fill out this page and return it with your payment to:
JHBG—Membership
Box 720253
Jackson Heights, NY 11372

1. Please circle membership level:
Individual—$25 Business—$50
Sustaining—$100 Patron—$250
Benefactor—$500 Sponsor—$1,000
Other: ______

2. Please print the following:
Name: ________________________________________________________________
Address (including Apt. #): ________________________________________________
City/State/Zip: __________________________________________________________
E-mail Address: _________________________________________________________
Daytime Phone (optional): _________________________________________________
Evening Phone (optional): _________________________________________________

3. Are you interested in being contacted about any of the following JHBG activities?
If so, please circle the appropriate one(s):

Clean Streets Friends of Travers Park
Garden Club (including flower planting) Graffiti Busters
Halloween Parade Historic Weekend
Membership Building Newsletter and/or Website
Town Halls Other: __________________

4. Suggestions? Comments?

THANK YOU! If you have any immediate questions or concerns, contact the JHBG
by phone (718-565-5344) or email (info@jhbg.org).

Come to the Holiday Lighting Ceremony
Wednesday, December 14 at 5:00 PM
Jackson Heights Post Office
78-02 37th Avenue

EVERBODY WELCOME!

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