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    NYC Parks Tree Time Program Awarded Grant for New Trees by Elmhurst Hospital

    Department of Parks & Recreation  •  Trees  •  Elmhurst, Queens

    Image credit: NYC Department of Parks & Recreation.

    The TD Green Space Grant is providing the Tree Time Program with $20,000 to support urban greenery programs like planting street-ready trees. On May 27, 2021, the NYC Parks Tree Time Program announced its receipt of a $20,000 TD Green Space Grant to support innovative urban greening and tree planting projects in underserved communities. The grant comes from the TD Bank Group and the Arbor Day Foundation. (more…)

    Date: 06/08/2021
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    Parks To Allocate $4.6 Million for Gorman Playground Upgrades in East Elmhurst

    Department of Parks & Recreation  •  Upgrades  •  East Elmhurst, Queens

    Image credit: NYC Department of Parks & Recreation.

    The East Elmhurst playground will be receiving a $4.6 million renovation to accommodate active and passive recreation. On April 8, 2021, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation’s Commissioner, Mitchell J. Silver, announced the new $4.6 million renovation of the Gorman Playground located at 25th Avenue and 84th Street in East Elmhurst. The project received its funding for renovation from former Council Member Costa Constantinides prior to his departure from office. (more…)

    Date: 04/21/2021
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    Queens Rezoning Application Sees Opposition From Residents

    City Planning Commission  •  ULURP  •  Elmhurst, Queens

    40-31 82nd Street Rezoning. Image credit: CPC.

    Mixed-use building seeks to bring residential and commercial space, but residents do not agree. On May 23, 2018, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on the 40-31 82nd Street Rezoning application by The Heskel Group under representation by Nora Martins of Akerman LLP. The application seeks a zoning map amendment and zoning text amendment to develop a mixed-use building with residential, commercial, and community facility space in a currently vacant lot. The project site is located along Ithaca Street, Baxter Avenue and 82nd Street in Elmhurst, Queens. (more…)

    Tags : 82nd Street Rezoning, Elmhurst, Elmhurst Hospital, Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens Rezoning
    Date: 06/04/2018
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    Queens Colonial-Era Church Enters Designation Process

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Calendaring  •  Elmhurst, Queens

    Old St. James Episcopal Church in Queens. Image Credit: LPC.

    1736 structure is the second-oldest surviving religious building in New York City. On June 27, 2017, Landmarks unanimously voted to add the Old St. James Episcopal Church at 86-02 Broadway in Queens’ Elmhurst neighborhood, to its calendar, officially beginning the designation process. The building is the one of the oldest purpose-built religious structures in the City, second only to the 1694 Friends Meeting House in Flushing, an individual City landmark designated in 1970. (more…)

    Tags : Meenakshi Srinivasan, Old St. James Episcopal Church
    Date: 07/06/2017
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    Queens car rental agency wins zoning change

    City Council  •  Rezoning/City Map amendment  •  Elmhurst, Queens

    Council approves Commission modification demapping two street portions but not a third. On September 24, 2008, the City Council approved GTJ Co., Inc.’s plan, as modified by the City Planning Commission, to rezone its property from C4-2 and R3-2 to C4-1, and demap portions of abutting mapped streets.

    GTJ owns Lot 34 of Block 1082 and the entirety of Block 1083, where it operates a Budget Rent-a- Car business. The property is roughly bounded by 23rd and 24th Avenues between 87th and 89th Streets in Elmhurst, Queens, just south of Grand Central Parkway and LaGuardia Airport. (more…)

    Tags : Budget Rent-a-Car, GTJ Co., Inc.
    Date: 10/15/2008
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