Stephanie Meditz

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Associate Editor at Queens Chronicle

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Articles

Taking a walk on the wild side in Douglaston

1 week ago | qchron.com | Stephanie Meditz

Learning about Douglaston’s flora and fauna is a walk in the park for kids who participate in Alley Pond Environmental Center’s Science in the Woods program. Held in partnership with the city Parks Department, the series invites children aged 8 to 12 to hike through nature with an expert and experience all that the forest ecosystem has to offer. “I hope they learn that they don’t have to be a scientist to enjoy nature,” said Erica Chow, the environmental educator who leads the walks.
Progress from the outside in: Wong

1 week ago | qchron.com | Stephanie Meditz

Phil Wong hopes to see more specialized high schools in Queens. According to Wong, the city should encourage and prepare all students to take the Specialized High School Admissions Test. Citing the single such school in Queens and the volume of students falling behind, he said there are few children who are well-equipped to do so.
Remove Rego bus lane camera: Holden

1 week ago | qchron.com | Stephanie Meditz

Citing a flood of constituent complaints, Councilman Bob Holden (D-Maspeth) last week called on the city Department of Transportation to remove a bus lane enforcement camera in Rego Park. According to Holden’s office, residents have said the camera, located on Woodhaven Boulevard at Wetherole Street heading north toward Queens Boulevard, unfairly issues violations and endangers drivers.
Businesses in Queens brace for Trump tariffs

2 weeks ago | qchron.com | Stephanie Meditz

To the chagrin of many global leaders, President Trump has held firm to his campaign promise of levying tariffs on foreign imports. But although that has remained consistent since Trump took office, not much else has. Rates have fluctuated rapidly, and the goods to which they apply have changed often. Just last week, the United States reached an agreement with China to pause their mutual triple-digit tariffs for 90 days.
Bus route changes at issue at Board 6

2 weeks ago | qchron.com | Stephanie Meditz

With the plan’s implementation set to begin in just over a month, city agencies delivered a presentation on the Queens Bus Network Redesign at Community Board 6’s meeting last Wednesday. The routes in CB 6 that will be affected by the changes set to take effect on June 29 are the Q23, 29, 38, 54, 59, 64, 67 and 88, said Ryan Wilkinson, a transportation planner for NYC Transit. The new Q14 and Q74 buses also are slated to begin service. Phase two implementation will start Aug. 31.
Parks moves to evict Ridgewood garden

2 weeks ago | qchron.com | Stephanie Meditz

The city’s Parks Department on May 5 moved to terminate its license agreement with Ridgewood’s Sunset Community Garden, which required members to uphold “community values” including rejections of Zionism, homophobia and transphobia. According to a Parks spokesperson, the agency told the group that it was out of compliance with the rules for community gardens by requiring prospective members to affirm its political and ideological viewpoints, regardless of the content.
Necklace thieves on mopeds sought

2 weeks ago | qchron.com | Stephanie Meditz

Two individuals have been riding around the 102nd and 104th Precincts and stealing or attempting to steal necklaces, according to police. Cops said that just before 3 p.m. on April 29, two unidentified males on a red moped approached a 13-year-old boy in front of 86-42 Forest Pkwy. in Woodhaven and took his necklace. They then fled southbound on Forest Parkway toward Jamaica Avenue. Two men on a red moped nabbed a 17-year-old girl’s necklace at around 5:30 p.m. May 1, police said.
Local and proactive politics: Pogozelski

2 weeks ago | qchron.com | Stephanie Meditz

Paul Pogozelski believes politics should stay close to home. A father of three, Pogozelski was introduced to the inner workings of local government when he aimed to address litter and vandalism on the hockey rink at Juniper Valley Park, where he often takes his kids. “I noticed right away that nothing was going forward without, actually, political connection,” he told the Chronicle in a sitdown candidate interview last Thursday.
Stadium security plan unclear: FHGC

2 weeks ago | qchron.com | Stephanie Meditz

With the first show in Forest Hills Stadium’s 2025 concert series just over a week away, many neighbors remain wary of the venue’s security plan for it. Members of the Forest Hills Gardens Corp., a plaintiff in one of several lawsuits against the stadium, told the Chronicle that the group has not been informed about the plan for security, sanitation or crowd control during the May 31 concert.
A peachy keen performance in Forest Hills

2 weeks ago | qchron.com | Stephanie Meditz

Those who wish to go on a wholesome adventure that starts off rough but turns out just peachy need look no further than Grace Lutheran Church in Forest Hills. Parkside Players’ production of “James and the Giant Peach,” a musical by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul based on Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book, is a luminous, magical adaptation whose layers of meaning know no bounds.