Mark Weprin Helps Make 188th Street Safer
With the help of Assemblymember Mark Weprin (l.) (D-Little Neck), longtime Fresh Meadows resident Lillian Ptucha (r.) got allway stop signs installed at the intersection of 50th Avenue and 188th Street. "I was very pleased to see the stop signs installed," said Assemblymember Weprin. Weprin said, "There was a long history of traffic accidents at the intersection. The new stop signs are going to save lives." Properties on the southeast and southwest corners of the intersection have six-foot fences, which limited visibility for drivers, and residents had been waiting for the Department of Transportation to install the stop signs for some 10 years. "It was a very dangerous intersection," Ptucha, said. "I would drive home from church and as I approached 188th Street on 50th Avenue, it was impossible to see the vehicles that were traveling on 188th Street."