Due to lack of our all-volunteer staff’s time, this blog has been dormant since the end of the multi-part “Mayflower” (Wyndham Garden) Hotel construction series several years ago. But that hotel is back in the news and soon this blog … Continue reading →
At the Community Board 8 Liquor License Committee meeting, representatives from the Mayflower Business Group revealed that the 186th St hotel would carry the Wyndham Garden brand. The Wyndham Hotel Group describes this brand as follows: Wyndham Garden® an upper-midscale … Continue reading →
Earlier in January, the management of the 186th Street hotel appeared before the Liquor License Committee of Community Board 8 seeking a full liquor license for a bar inside the hotel. Blossom Ho, representing the hotel explained the bar would … Continue reading →
Today, Queens Fresh Meadows management hosted FMTA members and Councilman Barry Grodenchik and Assemblywoman Nily Rozic as a first step towards discussing ways to improve our community. In a cordial setting, QFM management shared their on-going plans for improving the … Continue reading →
On January 21st, representatives for Federal Realty Investment Trust met with members of our local Community Board 8 to discuss a preliminary proposal that would expand both the west side (Michaels) and east side (Kohls) of the main shopping center … Continue reading →
The FMTA blog is back from its winter hibernation with a roundup of late December and early January news. What do steam, natural gas, and raccoons have in common? All three are recent issues in our community that the Queens … Continue reading →
Earlier this week, concrete and construction debris fell onto several cars in the shopping center parking lot adjacent to the hotel site. Some sharp-eyed residents noticed a possible impermissible use of a fire hydrant to wash away the debris that … Continue reading →
On Sunday, The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc., the parent of A&P, Waldbaums, and Pathmark supermarkets filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. According to many sources, including Supermarket News.com, the company has immediate plans to sell 120 of its … Continue reading →
The private towing company that Queens Fresh Meadows has hired to remove improperly parked cars has resurface in recent weeks. Some tenants have noted some troubling practices, including towing away vehicles that were not improperly parked. While keeping our streets … Continue reading →
Our friends at the Fresh Meadows Senior Program are sponsoring special trip to Kew Gardens Cinema on July 14th and a trip to the home of Louis Armstrong on July 28th. Details are in their June calendar. Click here to … Continue reading →