{"id":294461,"date":"2026-07-13T15:07:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/294461\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:07:49","slug":"queens-community-board-5-talks-plethora-of-local-happenings-during-monthly-meeting-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/294461\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens Community Board 5 talks plethora of local happenings during monthly meeting \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7-_DSC8482.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"community board\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Queens Community Board 5 went over a variety of subjects with community members during their July 8 meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Alice Moreno<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/queenscb5\/index.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Queens Community Board 5<\/a> \u2013 which encompasses <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/neighborhoods\/ridgewood\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ridgewood<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/neighborhoods\/maspeth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maspeth<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/neighborhoods\/middle-village\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Middle Village<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/neighborhoods\/glendale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Glendale<\/a> \u2013 hosted its board meeting on Wednesday, July 8, where board members discussed a plethora of happenings around the neighborhood, and how it can be improved.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The meeting began with a public forum, where the floor opened up to the public to share any happenings and issues.\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/?attachment_id=616247\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-616247 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-616247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/11-_DSC8461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/><\/a>Members of the public had the opportunity to address Community Board 5. Photo by Alice Moreno\n<\/p>\n<p>One member of the public, on behalf of the board of elections, discussed the beginning of the poll worker training for the next election cycle, which would be the general election this November. He advised guests that if they would like to work as a poll worker, they can sign up on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vote.nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Board of Elections website<\/a> or call the BOE at 718-730-7802.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/?attachment_id=616243\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-616243 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-616243\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-_DSC8559.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/><\/a>Photo by Alice Moreno<\/p>\n<p>Another member, Christine Beazy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ridgewoodrides.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ridgewood Rides<\/a>, gave updates on what the organization accomplished these past few months, including a second annual Family Ride Day in conjunction with P.S. 290Q\u2019s park day at Grover Cleveland Park. Beazy also informed guests on upcoming events. <\/p>\n<p>Then, Sahila Macias, a Maspeth resident, took the floor to discuss a quality-of-life issue, mainly with the NYPD\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/bureaus\/patrol\/precincts\/104th-precinct.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">104th Precinct<\/a>, as many cars around 65th Place are illegally parked, and they are not being properly ticketed.<\/p>\n<p>During the following Chairperson\u2019s Report, Walter Sanchez reviewed the current applications for the sale of alcoholic beverages or cannabis locally.\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/?attachment_id=616245\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-616245 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-616245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6-_DSC8490.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/><\/a>Walter Sanchez reviews the applications. Photo by Alice Moreno\n<\/p>\n<p>Places that received new liquor licenses include:<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn Starling LLC DBA, Cypress Inc.<br \/>\nTulum Cafeteria Mexican Kitchen Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Liquor license renewals include:<\/p>\n<p>Myrtle Seneca Pub LLC<br \/>\nJoe\u2019s Restaurant.<br \/>\nSushi Yoshi Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Demolition Construction notices include:<\/p>\n<p>58-91 Maspeth Ave.: A garage demolition<br \/>\n69-23 Caldwell Ave.: A house and garage demolition<\/p>\n<p>In the District Manager\u2019s report, Gary Giordano discussed the rise of crime in Middle Village. Though it was not the same as it was when he first started in 1989, he recommends having more police in the 104th Precinct. He cites loud parties going over 81 decibels and people riding motorbikes and e-bikes at high speeds as issues occurring in the neighborhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Various representatives of elected officials also gave announcements regarding happenings around the neighborhood, as well as any old business. Guests received updates from Senator Joseph Addabbo\u2019s office, Rep. Nydia Velazquez and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.<\/p>\n<p>The board meetings are held every second Wednesday of the month, and they are open to the public.\u00a0The next board meeting will occur on Sept. 10, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queens Community Board 5 went over a variety of subjects with community members during their July 8 meeting.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[10597,9,24,63,122,22976,124,123],"class_list":["post-294461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-meeting","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-community-board-5","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}