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      <image:title>Home - Join us.</image:title>
      <image:caption>There are approximately 900 homeowners and an estimated 30 coop buildings within the boundaries of the KGCA. In December 2021, the KGCA board of governors voted to expand membership to coops and condos at the corporate level. Join us to create a better Kew Gardens.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>KGCA History</image:title>
      <image:caption>The old Kew Gardens Country Club on Lefferts Boulevard at the southeasterly corner of Austin Street, where KGCA meetings were once held</image:caption>
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      <image:title>KGCA History</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lefferts Blvd. (credit: Kew Gardens Preservation Alliance)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>KGCA History</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lefferts Blvd. (credit: Kew Gardens Preservation Alliance)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Homes in Kew Gardens (credit: Kew Gardens Preservation Alliance)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - About the KGCA</image:title>
      <image:caption>Founded in 1914, the Kew Gardens Civic Association (KGCA) is open to all Kew Gardens homeowners. We advocate for the interests of homeowners with civic and cultural organizations and municipal, state and federal officials and elected representatives. In December 2021, the governing board expanded membership to Kew Gardens cooperative and condominium corporations. Monthly Board meetings are held from September to June on Zoom. We invite all KGCA members to sit in at these meetings. In addition to occasional special programs, our Annual Meeting in June is attended by elected officials. The Kew Gardens Civic Association, Inc. is a 501(c)(4) organization under the IRS code and chartered as a New York State not for profit corporation.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://kewgardenscivicassociation.org/directory-of-elected-officials</loc>
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    <loc>https://kewgardenscivicassociation.org/homeowner-resources</loc>
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    <lastmod>2021-12-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Home and Apartment Owner Resources - Police Department</image:title>
      <image:caption>102nd Police Precinct serves Kew Gardens (and Richmond Hill, Ozone Park and Woodhaven) Address: 87-34 118th Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11418 KGCA members attend monthly 102nd Police Precinct Community Council meetings. KGCA representatives discuss crime incidents with 102 staff and share announcements with KGCA members. Precinct Community Council Location and Time: The Precinct Community Council meets the third Tuesday of every month at 7:00 P.M. (except December, July &amp; August) at Richmond Hill Public Library, 118-14 Hillside Avenue, Richmond Hill, NY 11418.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Home and Apartment Owner Resources - Sanitation Department</image:title>
      <image:caption>Garbage: Mondays and Thursdays; Tuesdays and Fridays (south of Metropolitan Ave and east of 118th St) Bulk Pickup: Mondays and Thursdays; Tuesdays and Fridays (south of Metropolitan Ave and east of 118th St Recycling: Mondays (except holidays); Tuesdays (south of Metropolitan Ave and east of 118th St) Organics: Mondays (except holidays); Tuesdays (south of Metropolitan Ave and east of 118th St) Holidays with no pickup service: New Year's Day Labor Day, Martin Luther King Day, Columbus Day, Lincoln's Birthday, Election Day, Presidents Day, Veterans Day, Memorial Day Thanksgiving Day, Independence Day and Christmas Day</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Home and Apartment Owner Resources - Fire Department</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ladder 151 Address: 111-02 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills, NY 11375 Phone: 911</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-05-09</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://kewgardenscivicassociation.org/homeownermembership</loc>
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    <loc>https://kewgardenscivicassociation.org/place-of-interest</loc>
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    <lastmod>2021-06-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Landmarks - Ralph Bunche House</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ralph Bunche helped found the United Nations in 1945, and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for mediating armistice agreements between Israel and its neighboring countries. In 1952, he and his wife, Ruth Bunche, used the award money that came with the Nobel Prize to buy this house for themselves and their three children. He lived there, serving on the KGCA’s Board of Governors, until his death in 1971, and his wife lived there until her death in 1988. The house was designed by Koch &amp; Wagner and is in the neo-Tudor style. The house is not open to visitors. 115-24 Grosvenor Road</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Landmarks - Maple Grove Cemetery</image:title>
      <image:caption>It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Maple Grove is a 65 acre non-sectarian cemetery established in 1875 and consists of two sections: Monumental Park and Memorial Park. The Victorian Era Monumental Park was the first section, opened in 1875, and laid out in the rural cemetery tradition, with panoramic winding roads through a forest-covered hilly terrain, with the original entrance at Queens Boulevard. The Lodge Building, located at the Queens Boulevard entrance, and the Receiving Tomb were erected in 1875. The Victorian Administration Building was erected in 1880 at the Lefferts Boulevard and Kew Gardens Road entrance. All were designed by noted New York City architect James E. Ware (1846-1918). A historical walking tour map including over 50 sites can be downloaded at the Friends of Maple Grove website. 127-15 Kew Gardens Road</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Landmarks - The Overlook</image:title>
      <image:caption>In 1898 the five boroughs were consolidated to form the City of New York; at that time what was then the Brooklyn Parks Department managed the parklands in what is now all of Queens and Brooklyn. It was not until 1911 that an independent Queens Parks Department was established for the borough, and a new building was designed to house the administration. The result was the Overlook, so named for its sweeping view of Forest Park. The firm of Birchman &amp; Fox designed the Spanish Mission-style structure. The design was approved on August 30, 1911, and construction was completed on December 17, 1912. Soon after the first Queens Parks Commissioner, Walter G. Eliot, moved his office from the Arsenal in Central Park to the Overlook, the one-room building proved to be too small, and Parks added six rooms in 1915, designed by Erdmann and Hahn. Today, the Overlook has eight rooms on the ground level and six rooms on the basement level. Park Lane South &amp; 80th Road</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Landmarks - Forest Park</image:title>
      <image:caption>Forest Park covers 538 acres of city parkland on the crest of the Harbor Hills terminal moraine, a ridge of sand rock that the Wisconsin glacier left when it retreated some 15,000 years ago. Forest Park boasts the largest forest in Queens and is one of the best places in the city to witness spring migration of land birds. Nearly every species of warbler, vireo and thrush occurring in the northeastern United States has been seen here. The land was inhabited by the Rockaway, Lenape, and Delaware Native Americans when the Dutch West India Company settled the area in 1635. The site of Forest Park was occupied by various landowners until the late 19th century, when City of Brooklyn officials looked for land for a large public park. In 1892, the New York State Legislature authorized the park search, and the Brooklyn Parks Department purchased the first parcel of this space on August 9, 1895, whereupon the name Brooklyn Forest Park was first used. Because of the numerous private landowners involved, the park had to be assembled in 124 parcels, finishing in 1898. Starting in 1896, the landscaping firm of Olmsted, Olmsted &amp; Eliot was commissioned to provide a plan for the park. Frederick Law Olmsted surveyed the park and designed Forest Park Drive. He also co-designed Central and Prospect Parks. Existing residential buildings were auctioned and disassembled and removed. A nine-hole golf course opened in 1901.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Landmarks - Statue of Job</image:title>
      <image:caption>This five-foot tall bronze statue of Job, mounted on a two-foot high schist and concrete base, is one of two casts of a sculpture created by Nathan J. Rapoport (1911-1987) for the 1968 celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. Both were acquired by Dr. Murray and Sylvia Fuhrman, former residents of Kew Gardens, who donated one to Yad Vashem, Israel’s National Holocaust Museum, in Jerusalem. Mrs. Fuhrman was for many years the KGCA’s President and later Board Chairman. The other stood in the Fuhrmans’ garden until 1986, when they donated it to the City of New York. In the following year, Job was installed in Forest Park, just north of the Overlook, the borough headquarters for Parks in Queens. Rapoport chose to depict the figure of Job, the biblical character whose story is told in the Old Testament, to convey the universal suffering and ultimate test of faith that was visited upon the victims of the Holocaust. According to the Book of Job, the "perfect and upright man" is bereft of his family, his possessions, and even his health when the devil challenges the depth of his piety. Wrapped in a torn prayer shawl, with his head tilted heavenward and his hands clasped together, Job questions God’s justice in rewarding his faith with despair. In the Bible, Job’s life is subsequently restored to its former happy state. Rapoport was born in Poland and studied at the Warsaw Academy of Art and the École Superieure Nationale de Beaux Arts in Paris, France. He escaped the Nazis by fleeing to Russia in 1939 at the outbreak of World War II. Rapoport lived in France and Israel before coming to America in 1959. A resident of Manhattan, he became a United States citizen in 1965. Rapoport’s art was profoundly influenced by the Holocaust. One of his most celebrated works is Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a 33-foot high memorial that was erected in 1948 at the site where the Jewish uprising against the Nazis began in February 1943. Rapoport was awarded the Herbert Adams medal for outstanding achievement in American sculpture by the National Sculpture Society in May 1987, less than a month before he died 80th Road and Park Lane South</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://kewgardenscivicassociation.org/umbrella-hotel</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Umbrella Hotel - KGCA Battles City Agencies to Close the Umbrella Hotel</image:title>
      <image:caption>KGCA organized numerous meetings with City and State elected officials to close the Umbrella Hotel. Throughout the last few years, the hotel had been the site of COVID parties, alleged prostitution, sexual trafficking, an illegal tattoo parlor, drug sales, shootings, and one homicide. For almost a year there was 24/7 police presence in front of hotel. Despite numerous meetings and demonstrations, it wasn’t until November 2020 that the City named an inter-agency coordinator to focus on this problem. The hotel announced its closing in January 2021. The KGCA is monitoring the situation for future developments.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-01-17</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Lefferts Blvd. Bridge - KGCA Battles to Preserve the Heart of Kew Gardens</image:title>
      <image:caption>KGCA and the Kew Gardens Improvement Association (KGIA) have been fighting with the MTA to preserve the bridge stores for over 30 years: - Meeting with elected officials and MTS - Organizing online petitions with over 6,000 signers Stores on Lefferts Blvd are owned by the MTA and operated by a master leaseholder responsible for maintenance and leasing the stores. Senator Comrie and Assemblyman Rosenthal introduced legislation to preserve the bridge and protect storeowners. Legislation passed and is awaiting Governor Cuomo’s signature.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Lefferts Blvd. Bridge - In 2020, the MTA Issued a New Request for Proposal for a Master Leaseholder</image:title>
      <image:caption>The MTA issued a new RFP for master leaseholder in October 2020 stipulating: - Stores will be delivered vacant - Leaseholder must repair bridge structure and stores KGCA approached Mutual Association of NY (MHANY) to consider forming a team. MHANY is a not-for-profit affordable housing and mixed-use developer with over 35 years experience. MHANY’s team includes architects, engineers, project managers, and community organizations (KGCA, KGIA, and KGCRA).</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Lefferts Blvd. Bridge - An Innovative Proposal</image:title>
      <image:caption>MHANY team responded with an innovative concept: - Storeowners can remain - Rents to cover expenses to keep them affordable - Board will consist of MHANY, community organizations and storeowners - Preserve historic nature of structures - Focus on mom-and-pop stores not chains Cost of improvements will be around $16MM.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://kewgardenscivicassociation.org/kew-gardens-jail</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-01-31</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Kew Gardens Jail - KGCA Opposes the Kew Gardens Borough-based Jail</image:title>
      <image:caption>In 2018, Mayor de Blasio proposed to close the Rikers Island jail and replace it with four “community” jails in Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx. Ever since, the KGCA has been fighting the construction of an overpowering 29-story 1,500-inmate facility behind the Queens Criminal Court in Kew Gardens.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://kewgardenscivicassociation.org/mpas</loc>
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    <lastmod>2021-08-21</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Maps - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://kewgardenscivicassociation.org/homeowner-resources-1</loc>
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    <lastmod>2021-06-13</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://kewgardenscivicassociation.org/planning-together</loc>
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    <lastmod>2021-06-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Planning Together - KGCA Opposes “Planning Together”</image:title>
      <image:caption>In December 2020, City Speaker Corey Johnson released a plan to radically change the City’s land use planning and zoning process. This plan will change what type of buildings can be constructed on residential blocks. There was no prior input or information from community boards prior to the report’s release. Only one City Council hearing was held on February 23, 2021, further limiting community input. There is considerable opposition to the plan and the lack of community input.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Planning Together - The plan calls for</image:title>
      <image:caption>— Appointed Director of Long-term Planning with authority to set goals for city planning and rezoning — Director and his office submits three plans for each community board (177 in all) for their review — Community Boards select one of three plans, but choice can be overridden by Director — Opinions of Community Boards and Borough Presidents are advisory only. Final decision rests with Director — Rezoning to be citywide and includes mandatory upzoning Mandatory upzoning is most likely to affect current low-density areas like Kew Gardens and could result in high-rises being built in the middle of a single family home block.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://kewgardenscivicassociation.org/newsletter-archive</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-03</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://kewgardenscivicassociation.org/kgca-in-the-news</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-24</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://kewgardenscivicassociation.org/condocoopcorpmembership</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-05-09</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://kewgardenscivicassociation.org/meet-our-elected-officials</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-05-13</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://kewgardenscivicassociation.org/bergers</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-04-19</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-02-06</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-04-19</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://kewgardenscivicassociation.org/friendsofkgca</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-01</lastmod>
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