Tools and disposable gloves available
All participants must wear masks and observe social distancing
The Children’s Garden is outside the Rainy Day Room.
Please contact the Management Office for more information: 718-728-1700
June 4, 2021
Dear Residents,
Please find attached notice about the upcoming Virtual Public Meeting with the MTA. It will be held via Zoom on June 15, 2021 from 6–8:00 pm. The meeting information is included in the flyer. They will be discussing adding additional trains (MetroNorth to Penn Station) along the Amtrak line that runs adjacent to Boulevard Gardens.
We must let them know our concerns. This will impact our community as a whole; we need to be heard.
Please attend.
FLYERS with information about the meeting are available in English, Haitian Creole, Bengali, Mandarin, Spanish, Korean, and Russian on MTA’s website: https://new.mta.info/transparency/penn-station-access-public-meeting
—Management
DATE: Friday, June 25, 2021
TIME: 4–8 pm
PLACE: Driveway/Picnic Area
Bring your own chair
Masks and social distancing rules apply
Movie Night COMING SOON
A Naturally Occurring Retirement Community, abbreviated as NORC, is a building or neighborhood in which there are a substantial number of residents aged 60 years or older. We are happy to inform you that we are currently applying for a grant to support this program here at Boulevard Gardens.
To help us with the grant and to better figure out our community needs to their services, please go online and take this short survey. Your participation is much appreciated. Thank you.
Boulevard Gardens is currently seeking additional part-time Park Attendants. Anyone interested can inquire in the Management Office Monday through Friday from 9–5. You can call 718-728-1700, ext. 1000 or email Muriel Dempsey. Must be able to work weekends.
To: All Residents
Date: April 5, 2021
Re: Playground Opening
A soft opening for the playground is scheduled for April 12, 2021. At this time, the playground is subject to the limited availability of the attendants, and is scheduled to be open Monday to Friday, 11AM to 7PM, weather permitting. We hope to expand these times as soon as possible. Those who are interested in employment as a playground attendant may inquire at the Management Office.
To maintain the safety of the space and residents with this opening:
Only residents will be permitted. Guests will not be permitted.
Social distancing is required to be observed at all times.
The attendant on duty will have the discretion to limit capacity, if needed, to ensure social distancing.
The CDC requires masks or face coverings to be worn by those over two years of age. This must be observed at all times.
The Amenity Card will be required to be presented for entry beginning May 1. Cards may be obtained from the Management Office if needed.
The safety and welfare of our residents are of the utmost importance. Extra masks will be available with the Attendant for those who may need. While all equipment will be sanitized daily and the rules above strictly enforced, please exercise your best judgement in using this amenity.
Receive an Easter Basket for your child. Email the office at muriel.dempsey@ellimanpm.com.
Send Muriel:
Your apartment number
Child/children’s name(s)
Any food allergies
Sign up by March 31, 2021. Baskets will be delivered to your door.
Each new elevator comes with customized padding. These pads protect the newly renovated cabs from damage caused by deliveries, move-ins, move-outs, debris brought down from contractors who are renovating, etc.
These pads are available in the Management Office. Please remember to pick them up, use, and distribute them accordingly, to protect the inside of our elevator cabs.
Something so simple can go a long way to maintaining the fresh new look of our elevator cabs.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Management
Dear Residents,
On Tuesday, March 2, 2021 we will begin our Local Law 11 (FISP) Repair Work. “A” (30-81 54th Street/54-17 31st Avenue) building will be our first building. “E” (51-36/51-34 30th Avenue) will follow shortly after. “B” (30-51/30-69 Hobart Street) and “C” (55-01/55-03 31st Avenue) buildings will start in July 2021.
“A” and “B” buildings will require a sidewalk bridge. The constructing of “A” building’s sidewalk bridge will begin on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. There will be two bridges constructed around this building, one outside the Management Office, located on 31st Avenue and the other on 54th Street near the 30-81 54th Street side. Shortly, thereafter mobilization will start and the work will commence.
When traveling through these areas of the property, please proceed with caution.
Management
February 23, 2021
Dear Residents,
As some of you are already aware, we recently removed the clothing donation bins from the basements of B and E buildings. This wasn’t an easy decision for us to make, as these bins were obviously quite popular, based on the amount of donated items in and around the bin areas at any given time. Unfortunately, from the onset it was virtually impossible for us to commit the city to regularly scheduled pickups, resulting in unsightly and unsanitary mounds of clothes, accessories, sheets, blankets etc., around the bins. The general shutdown during the pandemic ceased pickups altogether for most of 2020. When they finally resumed, we had no more success in scheduling regular pickups than we had beforehand. This caused an unnecessary and time-consuming burden on our maintenance staff, who had to regularly discard of the items overflowing from, and spilling out of the bins.
We appreciate that these bins were a convenient and charitable resource for our residents, and a way for all of us to help the less fortunate in our community. We encourage you to continue to donate your clothing and textiles to re-fashionNYC. There are several drop-off sites located in our neighborhood and the surrounding areas. Please go to refashionNYC@dsny.nyc.gov for further information, and for the nearest drop-off locations.
The Board of Directors
Join us on Christmas Eve at 6 p.m. to ring a bell for two (2) minutes to spread the Christmas spirit and help Santa fly his sleigh. Afterward, we will be singing holiday tunes for a few minutes.
UPDATE: Unfortunately, because of COVID numbers increasing, instead of singing, we will play some Christmas music from the D Building archway right after the bell ringing.
Receive a holiday gift for your child.
Email the Muriel at the management office at Muriel.Dempsey@ellimanpm.com
Send Muriel your:
Apartment number
Child’s name
Age
Gender
(Election results are not official until the certification has been issued)
Proxies Tallied: 146 = 37,761 shares
Telephone votes Tallied: 17 = 3,510 shares
Online votes Tallied: 252 = 53,521 shares
Total Represented for quorum 415 = 94,792 shares (52% of the corporation)
90,698 needed for Quorum.
❖ Indicates Current Board Member
**Elected
ELECTION FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS (7)
**ROBERT MCCARTHY ❖ — 74,681 shares
**NICHOLAS BONELLO ❖ — 70,247 shares
**DOROTHY LOUKATOS ❖ — 68,336 shares
**LUIS RODRIGUEZ ❖ — 67,878 shares
**ARTHUR OLANDO BREEDY ❖ — 62,140 shares
**DIANE SCHWALB ❖ — 61,882 shares
**JEAN MCCLEAN ❖ — 57,015 shares
DAVID RUKAJ — 43,504 shares
MICHAEL LINSER, SR. — 42,901 shares
Please take the time out to be counted using one of the following methods:
Vote online.
Email your proxy with ID to honestballot@aol.com.
Drop your proxy off in the ballot box located across from the Management Office.
Vote by phone.
Be counted by attending tonight’s meeting.
If you plan on attending TONIGHT’S MEETING, don’t forget to pre-register. Let’s not waste our time and your money.
If you have not voted or handed in your proxy, please remember to do so. There are many options available. Please use them.
Also, please remember if you are planning to attend the meeting via Zoom to pre-register.
Shareholders,
One week left to vote and/or be counted using one of the various methods.
This costs the Corporation (YOU) money, let’s not waste it.
We need a quorum.
— Management
Shareholders,
You all should have received your Notice of Meeting and Proxy by now. Please use one of the various methods to vote and be counted.
This costs the Corporation (YOU) money. Let’s not waste it.
—Management
A face covering must be worn at all times when in any building and outdoor common area, for the safety of the residents and staff.
Elevator occupancy should be limited to one person, or to members of the same household at any one time. Thank you for your cooperation.
To: All Residents
Date: September 11, 2020
Re: Grass Area Between E and F Buildings SURVEY
A survey on whether to open the large center grass area between E and F Buildings for resident use until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic can be found in the September Special Edition. This will be distributed to all residents the week of September 14th.
If you would like to participate in giving your opinion, please return the survey to the designated box in the room across from the Management Office, located in A Building, no later than Friday, October 2nd.
July 15, 2020
Dear Residents:
Boulevard Garden is fortunate to be blessed with a park-like atmosphere. Our trees are our biggest asset in creating this atmosphere. Unfortunately, the age and condition of our 300 plus trees vary. Whitney E. Lewis who is an ISA-certified arborist and has ISA TRAQ (Tree Risk Assessment Qualification) for evaluating tree risk, does a walk through every year with our superintendent.
During this year’s walk through, a White Pine and Norway Maple were marked with an unmanageable risk factor and recommended to be removed. The White Pine is listing/leaning towards F building (30-31 Hobart Street). The tree’s root system has become compromised and the tree is partially uprooted. The bigger the tree gets, the bigger the risk. The Norway Maple is suffering from girdling root with a deformed buttress root collar and Phytophthora Bleeding Canker (which is evidence of Phytophthora root rot below grade). Both of these trees are highly prone to failure in wind and/or snow and ice events. Therefore, for the safety of our residents, the Board of Directors has decided to remove these two trees. The Board has purchased two trees to replace them.
On Thursday, July 16, 2020, the Norway Maple will be removed near J (55-25 31st Avenue) building and on Friday, July 17, 2020 the White Pine will be removed near F (30-31 Hobart Street). If you are traveling through these areas of the property, please proceed with caution.
Management