Juniper Park Civic Association

09/18/2026

IBX pop-up September 22 at 2pm at the Middle Village Library.

09/16/2026

Some of you may receive two copies of the latest Juniper Berry if you paid your dues online because Marilynn our membership coordinator is still recovering from surgery and has not been able to update the list. We didn't want to miss anyone, so we submitted the online list to the printer along with the one he already has on file. Please disregard the expiration date as well as those have not yet been updated. Thank you.

09/16/2026

Tomorrow.

09/14/2026

Other items of interest in this report include the fact that MTA doesn't have agreements yet with All Faiths Cemetery, CSX, or Buckeye. They have to find a way to make the line cross over the freight tracks twice in Brooklyn so that access is maintained for freight customers and the Buckeye Pipeline needs to be moved to accommodate the tracks.

Do we think this is entire line will only cost $5.5B and be built in 5 years?

By John B. Pegram[1]

09/14/2026

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards requested that the MTA investigate the feasibility of an IBX station at Queens Blvd, which is detailed in this report. This would be an elevated station on a reconstructed bridge that carries the line over the road. The ability to widen this bridge is questionable because of the presence of Sola Woodside, which is built right next to the current bridge. However, if this were to happen, it would trigger an upzoning of northern Maspeth and southern Woodside. The circle represents 1/2 mile from the station, which has been mentioned as the target development area.

https://bqrail.substack.com/p/interborough-express-design-and-engineering

09/13/2026

So you thought this was about transportation?

Gov. Kathy Hochul's vision for the proposed IBX light-rail includes a hell of a lot more housing in Brooklyn and Queens.

09/12/2026

A special thank you to Connolly’s Corner in Maspeth for inviting us for dinner last night in memory of our fallen members. A special thank you to Chief Connolly and the staff of Connolly’s Corner for having us last night. For anyone who doesn’t know the story:

September 10, 2001 — Connolly’s Corner, Maspeth, Queens

Twenty-five years ago tonight, Connolly’s Corner opened its doors and back room to a group of FDNY firefighters for what seemed like an ordinary Monday night.

The kitchen at Squad 288/HazMat 1 was out of service, so Connolly’s welcomed the members in for dinner. Shortly afterward, members of Rescue 4 and Ladder 163 asked if they could use the back room to work on the design for their Father’s Day memorial shirt. The answer from Connolly’s was simple: “Of course — more the merrier.”

That night, roughly 50–60 firefighters gathered at Connolly’s, eating dinner, watching the Giants play the Packers on Monday Night Football, laughing together, and working to finish the shirt. Nobody in that room could have imagined what the next morning would bring.

For many of those men, it would be their last dinner together.

The shirt was completed that night inside Connolly’s Corner. In the words of Pat Connolly, it became the most sacred shirt ever made for him and his brother because of where and when it was finished.

Twenty-five years later, Connolly’s Corner continues to honor the men who were there that night, keeping their names, their stories, and their memory alive.

A neighborhood restaurant became part of FDNY history simply by opening its doors to the brothers.

September 10, 2001 — a night that will never be forgotten.
September 11, 2001 — names we will never stop saying.

Never Forget. 🇺🇸

09/11/2026

Remembering the lives lost on this day 25 years ago and those who succumbed to 9/11-related illnesses in the time since.

09/10/2026

She means 50.

The Interborough Express (IBX) — a new light rail line between Brooklyn and Queens — will take at least five years to complete, MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber

09/10/2026

The 104th Precinct would like to make you aware of an incident that occurred earlier this morning, September 10, 2026. At approximately 12:02 am, Officers responded to the vicinity of 72 St and Juniper Valley Road, Middle Village. Upon arrival Officers were met by a male individual who stated he was returning home from a nightlife establishment in Astoria, when he noticed one male perpetrator across the street who displayed a firearm and shot one round into the air. The perpetrator then crossed the street, pointed the firearm towards the victim and demanded his jewelry. The perpetrator then fled the location. The NYPD Evidence Collection Team responded to the location and retrieved one small caliber shell casing in the vicinity. This incident is currently under investigation by the 104th Precinct Detective Squad. As always, please write or call with any information.

Det, Michael Berish
104 Pct Community Affairs