BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer Astoria parents’ protests have paid off. Last Thursday, the City Council adopted a Fiscal Year 2015 budget that includes $1.6 million in funding for renovations at Astoria Heights Park, long criticized by neighborhood families as dirty and even dangerous. The funding was allocated by Borough President Melinda Katz and Councilman […]
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer Despite its cracked concrete, exposed tree roots and plastic bags rolling past like tumbleweeds, the Astoria Heights playground and park is packed and busy on weekend mornings. Several neighborhood parents who have been disturbed by the debris and dangerous conditions at the playground have joined in an effort to make […]
BY TRISHA SAKHUJA Staff Writer Volunteers want to improve conditions at the Astoria Heights playground because concerned parents who take their children to the playground say it is not a safe or clean environment. The Dept. of Parks and Recreation, however, has not given them the green light to do so. Rev. Larry Mayberry of Connection Church New […]