The Fresh Meadows Senior Program is offering the following trips later this month: Wednesday, June 24th to Westchester Broadway Theatre for lunch and to see a performance of West Side Story. Trip leaves at 9 AM from 6700 building lobby … Continue reading →
Note: This blog mined the publicly available documents filed with the NYC Department of Buildings on behalf of the 186th Street hotel project to develop the answers in this FAQ. Q: How many stories tall will this hotel be? … Continue reading →
By building the 186th Street Hotel “as of right,” the Mayflower Business Group needed only to follow all NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) rules and regulations, file appropriate paperwork, and get approval from the DOB to begin. In 2012, that … Continue reading →
See anything odd near the bottom of this vintage 1951 aerial photograph of the Fresh Meadows main shopping center? Five little houses seem to intrude on the west parking lot. Not part of the development, they were built shortly before … Continue reading →
As noted in Saturday’s blog entry, The New York Times discussed the EB-5 Visa program in yesterday’s edition, That “immigrant investor” program awards an entrance visa and gives fast track access to permanent resident status. To qualify, one needs to … Continue reading →
Fresh Meadows have learned in recent years that some Mayflowers, such as the Mayflower Business Group LLC of Great Neck, NY, are not as nice as the May flowers that grace our community. In the coming week, the FMTA blog … Continue reading →
Some May flowers are the good kind. Once common when Fresh Meadows was new, these “President Grevy” variety lilacs still manage to thrive without any care, upholding their reputation for being hearty survivors that are hard to kill off–just like … Continue reading →
There is a transforming of our neighborhood underway, but it’s no movie. Pictured is the construction of two future Marriott-affiliated hotels on the north side of the Long Island Expressway..The hotels join a number of homes on a crowded lot … Continue reading →
Mystery Photo #1 is a closeup of the picture below which shows the dumping of “chipped” tree debris on 186th Lane behind the 6410 and 6430 buildings. In the shot taken last month, someone has added a holiday tree to … Continue reading →
The FMTA blog introduces a new, occasional feature, the Mystery Picture Game. The blog shows you part of a photograph and you try to guess what the complete photograph shows. Here are the first two mystery pictures. #1 Filming a … Continue reading →