Scientists have shown that artificial sweeteners disrupt the microbes in our gut!
—possibly in ways that increase the risk of weight gain, diabetes, and heart disease.
Safety
Tree, garbage, theft, loud music, parking at 126 and 127 Streets.
The residents feel the City has a lower priority responding to their needs. Illegal activities continue. Tree trimming requires multiple attempts. Double-parking, reserved spots, hydrants, driveway blocking, out-of-state owners… Theft reporting is up to citizens to fix on their own. Response time has not been attentive. Quality of life is dramatically lower than before.
Speed camera request at Hillside Avenue near PS54.
Hillside Avenue is a wide thoroughfare between Van Wyck Expressway and Lefferts Boulevard. There is a speed camera in the commercial section west of LIRR, but not in the residential section east.
One bench wrongly placed at PS 54 Hillside is causing nothing but trouble.
It was installed about 3 years ago. It has attracted wrong people and wrong activities at the wrong time. Wednesday night boom box music until 2 am, drug use, dog poop, homeless, drinking, all happening at PS 54. It should be removed.
The MHANY housing at 87-12 125 Street has an annoying garage gate alarm bell.
The building managed by MHANY has a gate warning bell that annoys tenants day and night when used. Can the owner turn it off?
Speed bumps request at 125 Street lost.
Both ends of 125 Street between Jamaica Avenue and 89 Avenue are not thruways, yet cars speed down the one-way street south dangerously. The “mayor” of this block submitted request for two speed bumps 6 years ago, but was told that the request was lost. Also, sewer pipe mid-street is probably broken. DoT came several … Read more
City has no solution for an overgrown tree at 86-46 124 Street.
NYC Department of Parks and Recreation has no solution after multiple inspections and attempts. The roots are cemented over (cracking the sidewalk), the tree is only a few feet away from the property line, the branches are holding up the power lines. Chopping it down is deemed dangerous. In the meantime, fallen branches in late … Read more
DEP repaired service lines at homes along 124 Street between Jamaica and 89 Avenues in August. Water pressure dropped.
Concerns were raised. Response is lacking.
LIRR Jamaica Yard bridge over 89 Ave and 123 St is a dump site and poorly lighted.
Residents are afraid walking underneath the bridge at night. It is poorly lighted, a regular dump ground, pigeons roost here… MTA could install a camera, and live stream the feed. Public could access it and its recording.
500 years ago today, first circumnavigation of the world was done by Juan Sebastián Elcano. Ferdinand Magellan died en route!
The expedition accomplished its primary goal — to find a western route to the Moluccas (Spice Islands). The fleet left Spain on 20 September 1519, sailed across the Atlantic and down the eastern coast of South America, eventually discovering the Strait of Magellan, allowing them to pass through to the Pacific Ocean (which Magellan named). The fleet completed the first Pacific … Read more