Many of Ridgewood’s side streets are lined with single-family homes and almost all have stoops. These same stoops brought the Queens neighborhood together during the pandemic. Read more https://www.brickunderground.com/live/neighborhood-secrets-what-to-know-about-living-in-ridgewood-queens
The Greater Ridgewood Restoration Corp. was awarded a $10,000 grant to help the organization add a new district to the national historic register. Read More on https://ridgewoodpost.com/greater-ridgewood-restoration-corp-awarded-10000-grant
The Greater Ridgewood Restoration Corporation (GRRC) provides free housing counseling at the offices of Community Board 5 every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 61-23 Myrtle Ave. in…
When a 24-year-old Angela Mirabile was called in to interview for a position with Community Board 5 in 1981, she knew that she wanted to become active in local politics…
Cops nabbed a prolific graffiti artist who slapped his tag on everything from street trees to monuments and fire call boxes in several Queens neighborhoods. Michael Mestric faces dozens of…
The Greater Ridgewood Restoration Corporation (GRRC)—a group well known for it’s graffiti removal and landlord or tenant counseling—is the latest to feel the pinch of dwindling state money and grants….
n high-priced cities like New York, savvy would-be buyers often seek out houses with a rental unit (or two) to help them foot the bill. These days, the savviest ones…
In 2011, the GRRC removed graffiti at 199 sites, a decline from last year, due to the fact that the organization had to cut down its program to one crew…
WHEN it comes to areas awash in well-kept old buildings, Ridgewood, in west-central Queens, might not come to mind as quickly as, say, Brooklyn Heights. But maybe it should. Its…
