🌱 Queensboro Bridge Repair Work + Missing Mother + Zen Yai

Happy Wednesday, neighbors! Let's get this day started. Here are the most important things happening today in town.

First, today's weather:

Not as cold, turning breezy. High: 44 Low: 43.

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Here are the top three stories today in Queens:

1. Repair work began on the Queensboro Bridge Monday, closing down at least one Manhattan-bound vehicle lane on the upper deck for the entirety of the nearly two-year project. According to The Department of Transportation, the work is expected to take until December 2023 to complete and will consist of replacing the bridge’s upper deck in order to extend its life span by up to 75 years. The overhaul means the city’s plan to convert a car lane into a pedestrian pathway on the bridge has been put on hold until at least 2024 — a project the DOT pledged to be completed by 2022. (Queens Post)
2. Family and friends are concerned about a missing mother who was last seen at a police precinct in Ridgewood. Emily Gallant, a 30-year-old mother of two young boys from Bangor, Maine, was last seen in early August 2021 when she was arrested for “unauthorized use of a vehicle.” Many have tried to make contact with Gallant, to no avail. (PIX11)
3. Roughly four years after a massive fire burned its original Queens Boulevard location to the ground, a Vietnamese and Thai noodle shop is opening a takeout and delivery spot in Sunnyside. Zen Yai will be opening inside Sunnyside Eats, a facility located at 40-05 Skillman Ave. that provides commercial kitchen spaces for restaurant businesses that can serve their customers through delivery and takeout only. The ghost kitchen will offer much of the original menu items that made the eatery a local favorite, including varieties of pho, stir-fry noodle dishes, rice bowls, and curry. (Sunnyside Post)

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• Queens College will screen 'Dream A Little Dream' from Feb. 16 through Feb. 27. (Facebook)
• Are you looking to be an empowering voice for your Queens community? There are only two days left to submit your Community Board application and advocate for the neighborhood you call home. (Facebook)
• NYC Health + Hospitals is partnering with city cultural sites, including Queens Botanical Garden, and public libraries to distribute free at-home COVID-19 tests! Weekly walk-up distributions begin this week. (Facebook)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.