Residents of Floral Park’s Flowerview Gardens Co-Op are interested in developers’ plans for the former Patterson Oil property and the shuttered Koenig’s Restaurant — and their impact on local parking and traffic.
At the Oct. 6 village board meeting, Trustee Lynn Pombonyo announced that construction of the first of nine one-family houses on Cisney Avenue was approved for the site once owned by Patterson Energy Group.
James LaManna, president of the Flowerview Gardens Co-op Board, raised concerns about traffic in that part of the village, saying he was “surprised” the property was big enough for nine 40-by-100-foot lots.
Flowerview residents said they are also curious about “rumors” about the status of the Koenig’s property, LaManna said.
The German restaurant, located at the corner of Tyson and South Tyson Avenues before it closed in September, has a large parking lot across the street.
But Village of New Hyde Park Mayor Thomas Tweedy says no firm plans have been presented to the village.
In other business, Tweedy said that the village crime rate continues to be one of the lowest in the state.
He said police officer Brian Keteltas arrested a suspect within minutes of a robbery at a Hillside Avenue 7-Eleven on Sept. 28.
Keteltas, hired by the village in 2011, previously worked for the Old Brookville Police Department.
He was featured in a New York Daily News article in 2007 crediting him with catching two suspects in a series of home break-ins.
The board also approved requests from community groups for public events and paperwork for the annual village holiday season decorations, which requires use of poles owned by PSE&G and Verizon.
My First School, a nonprofit cooperative playschool based at the Methodist church on Verbena Avenue, will hold two events next spring at the Floral Park Recreation Center.
It will also hold its annual Fall Social at Village Hall next month for parents who have enrolled their children in its program.
Girl Scouts from Troop 1612 received approval to hold a bridge-up ceremony for Brownies at the Firefighter’s Hall.
Trustees also approved a request by the John Lewis Childs School PTA for 20 barricades to use at its Harvest Fair on Saturday, Oct. 24.
Approvals were subject to required insurance certificates.
