I was reading The Queens Courier today and was really impressed with an article by Karen James called, “A Holy Man of the Cloth,” that told the story of James Kuroly and why he wanted to be a priest.
We have a great shortage of priests and I find it to be good news that there are young men out there like James that feel they have the calling to follow the Lord.
I applaud The Queens Courier and your reporter Karen James for a job well done.
I would also like to mention that I’m a Past Grand Knight of St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus and also Vocation Chairman and my council is actively helping future seminarians with our support and we also started helping Cathedral Preparatory in Elmhurst with financial support this year. We really believe the future of the church lies with young people who feel committed but they need encouragement. I hope this article does just that.
Frederick R. Bedell Jr.
Bellerose
On downtown Flushing
Eddie Abrams comment about Michael Limb saying Flushing downtown was a “rice paddy” when he came here, masks the realization that downtown Flushing in the late 1970s was certainly not as vibrant as it is today.
Why did stores like Masters, Gertz, the movie houses, the ice cream stores, and others close up and leave the area? Pure and simple, it is because the old guard of Flushing was not shopping in downtown Flushing. If stores lack business, they will close up.
Within this context, the “rice paddy” comment is not an insult but used to portray a desolate area with many vacant stores. For any business to survive it needs customers; the old guard abandoned Flushing.
John Ngai
Rego Park
Queens has traffic too!
If those cry babies in Manhattan want to experience real traffic, they should visit the borough of Queens. I invite them to drive the streets of Bay Terrace on a Sunday afternoon when Fort Totten is in full swing or College Point anytime.
Let us not forget Main Street in Flushing, downtown Jamaica, Astoria, the Rockaway Peninsula, Long Island City, our airports or Queens Boulevard, our very own “Boulevard of Death.”
There are just too many streets to list, but any one of those roadways could be used to define “congestion.” By comparison, midtown Manhattan is an open highway.
Think about it; no more free rides for vehicles going past 23rd Avenue, Astoria Boulevard, Roosevelt Avenue, or Jamaica Avenue. Only residents living in close proximity to a congested intersection would be exempted.
It is time to let Mayor Bloomberg know that Queens needs congestion pricing now! When that’s finished he can work on making the railroads run on time.
Warren Schreiber
Bayside
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