Bay Terrace wants out of CB7

Warren Schreiber, president of the Bay Terrace Community Alliance and a member of Community Board 7 (CB7), made a case last month that his 200-acre section of northeast Queens should be a part of Community Board 11 (CB11) rather than CB7 – a request that might make sense geographically, but one that some took exception to.
“I’m kind of insulted by it,” said CB7 chair Eugene T. Kelty, Jr., who was not present at the meeting. “[Schreiber] should have come to my office to talk about it. I think I always represented every part of this board fairly.”
Schreiber made his case at the CB7 meeting to the surprise of board members and those in attendance. If they moved, Bay Terrace would be under the jurisdiction of the 111th Precinct on Northern Boulevard in Flushing rather than the 109th Precinct.
“It comes down to an issue of police precinct and the delivery of service,” said Schreiber, who says his Bay Terrace community is a united front in terms of changing community boards. “The responsive I have received has been very positive. No one has come up to me expressing a negative opinion.”
Hurt feelings or not, Schreiber is currently in the process of putting together a petition paper outlining exactly why he feels the change should take place. While some may have an issue with their decision to leave, Schreiber said it’s nothing personal.
“I’m disappointed that some members of the board have taken this as a personal insult. They shouldn’t. We feel it makes sense. There is a lot of commonality geographically with CB11 rather than CB7.”
Vice Chairman Chuck Apelian, who was at the meeting, said the move is politically motivated and an effort to bump Schreiber’s status as an activist.
“If he thinks the police will better serve Bay Terrace in CB11, then say that,” said Apelian. “I’m upset that he said CB7 is wrong for Bay Terrace after all the support we have given them.”
CB 7 covers Flushing, Whitestone, College Point, Murray Hill and Bay Terrace, while CB 11 includes Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Hollis Hills and Oakland Gardens. Both boards share Auburndale.