From the Queens Courier:
Thanks to a 42 to 7 vote by the City Council – and a construction contract that has already been awarded – it seems that the new police academy in College Point is on track.
In fact, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Tuesday, November 17 that, “the city [can] move forward on constructing a 21st century police academy to train the next generation of New York’s Finest...we can now break ground on the new building.”
Located at College Point Boulevard and 28th Avenue, the academy is a $1.5 billion project that will consolidate all of the instruction facilities for new police, school safety and traffic enforcement officers, as well as the continuing education of veterans, on its 30-acre campus. It will have 250 classrooms, firing ranges, indoor and outdoor tracks and a tactical training village including a simulated subway station.
Photo from the Times Ledger
19 comments:
There goes the neighborhood!
"and a construction contract that has already been awarded"
WTF???
A great project for College Point... congestion at Linden Place will suck but maybe this will chase out some of the College Point trash. More cops in the area is never a bad thing. More business for local stores too. Perhaps a new bus route, or more buses in general. Nothing but good things can come from this. Anyone who says otherwise isn't looking at the bigger picture
More cops in the area is never a bad thing.
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Well, it is not like they are going to be assigned patrol duties and cruise around the local streets. They are going to be tucked away inside this compound with minimal public interacytion, training the new recriuts. This is a training facility, not a new precinct, so don't think the area is getting any more police protection.
Remember this?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=
NSlWLfpN8go
Well, it is not like they are going to be assigned patrol duties and cruise around the local streets. They are going to be tucked away inside this compound with minimal public interacytion, training the new recriuts. This is a training facility, not a new precinct, so don't think the area is getting any more police protection.
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I'm well aware of that. But they will be in the area. Out getting lunch or running errands on their break. Then you do have officers on duty coming for range time and what not. They won't be going deep into CP either but its just their mere presence that I'm hoping will act as a deterrent.
They won't be going deep into CP either but its just their mere presence that I'm hoping will act as a deterrent.
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Point taken. I sincerely hope you are right about this.
Oh you naive fools. Since when does Bloomturd's gang of thieves keep promises? Give them a finger and they'll take an arm. I already picked out the finger that I want to give them. Get the point? No, it's not the index finger!
It's not a thumb's up either!
I get a bad feeling about all of this. The EDC's motto "Promises made = promises broken."
The EDC's motto "Promises made = promises broken."
What are you talking about? I got all of the perks that were promised to me...and then some! Wink Wink
You people are full of (Queens) crap!
They will not create enogh parking and the mass transit system sucks..............
They will not create enogh parking and the mass transit system sucks...
And just who will they be taking parking away from if they park around the neighborhood? No one. It's not residential there at all. There's a window factory across the street, and a ConEd facility behind it, as well as several vacant lots nearby.
There is a bus that goes from the Main Street 7 station directly past the new academy facility.
Next complaint?
Find something else to bitch about.
Which means they will take away parking from existing businesses and take up no parking lanes meant to keep traffic flowing smoothly.
College Point's limited access is about to become a clusterfuck. And just wait until they install those new Van Wyck ramps!
"And just wait until they install those new Van Wyck ramps!"
Is that a done deal?
Which means they will take away parking from existing businesses and take up no parking lanes meant to keep traffic flowing smoothly.
All those businesses over there have lots.
Next!
THERE GOES CB7
Lots which are too small just like the one at the police academy?
NEXT!
"take up no parking lanes"
Yep. That's what they do. No parking (for everyone but cops).
Uh oh. Do you think that those cop wannabees will be practicing ticket writing in College Point? Wouldn't that be a kick in the pants? ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho
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