The streets of central Queens will continue to shine.
Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz announced Wednesday that she secured $123,000 to renew The Doe Fund services to clean up the streets of select parts of Rego Park, Kew Gardens and Forest Hills, according to the councilwoman’s office.
The Doe Fund, a nonprofit organization, which employs recently homeless or formerly incarcerated people and is also in other parts of Queens, cleans the sidewalks and picks up the trash on Austin Street and Continental Avenue in Forest Hills. In Rego Park, workers maintain the area from 63rd Drive to Alderton Street along Queens Boulevard. And in Kew Gardens and Forest Hills they are on Metropolitan Avenue from Lefferts Boulevard to Woodhaven Boulevard.
“I am so pleased that we are able to continue using The Doe Fund,” Koslowitz said. “Commercial strips are being cleaned by men and women who are transitioning from difficult circumstances to productive lives. This is a win-win situation for everyone.”
Tiebreaker Productions, a musical concerts promoter at the West Side Tennis Club, donated an extra $27,122 to the Doe Fund.
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