Kids drinking in their car, yelling and disturbing sleeping
people at 2 AM, left their empty beer bottle and cups
on 36th Street before driving off.
Garden statue on 36th Street was smashed on the
sidewalk sometime after 2AM June 12th.
Beautiful shrub was ripped out of a 36th Street garden
and thrown on top of a parked car.
Drinking and high speed driving do not mix
as seen in photo of 36th Street car crash.
Residents are furious and FED UP!!!!
An Open Letter from Norwood Gardens Residents!
Queens Community Board 1 , HELP!!!
Re: Approval of outdoor cafe permits and liquor licenses for 30th Avenue has brought vandalism, late night noise disturbances, drivers using excessive speed and aggression, trash and public urination.
Dear Queens Community Board Members:
As the Neighborhood Association has a meeting tonight to discuss the rezoningproject they cannot be present this evening. I am here as a representative of NNA and Norwood Gardens residents to request your help with serious quality of life issues our community is experiencing.
The new cafes and clubs on 30th Avenue bring a vibrant street life to our community. People from all over Queens and Manhattan flock to 30th Avenue to enjoy the social life provided by new cafes and clubs. Most residents welcome the variety and European flavor the cafés offer but the increase in liquor licenses and outdoor seating permits has also brought late night noise disturbances (3AM), vandalism (auto break-ins, property damage and graffiti), speeding cars (there have been a number of drunken late night crashes), litter (empty, broken beer bottles, trash) and public urination. Norwood members have been in contact Police Precinct #114 re these issues. Our precinct recommended contacting CB1, to request that a task force be assigned to 30th Avenue on the weekends, especially in the summer. If revenue is generated by approving liquor licenses and outdoor cafe permits, some of the income should go towards protecting Norwood Gardens’ residents, people who’s quality of life has been negatively and regularly impacted.
Of utmost concern to the residents (especially the children!) is exposure to the excessive speed and aggression by café patron’s vehicles. We need preventative measures in place before an unfortunate accident kills or maims someone. To curb excessive speed and reckless driving we recommend safety measures such as speed bumps, road or street signage or vibration bumps be put in place to slow cars down. A resident’s dog was run over and killed by a speeding SUV that never stopped. The enclosed photos document the tip of the iceberg what we experiencie daily.
If there is anything NNA can do to help with these quality of life concerns, we welcome the opportunity to help make our neighborhood better and safer.
Thank in advance for your help and support.
