This Saturday, July 18 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. the Mosaic City Church will hold a free carnival at the Queens College Student Union. The event will feature a bounce house, face painting, cotton candy and the first 100 kids to arrive will get a free prize. 
Author: Dan Rose
CUNY Citizenship Now! Fair announced
Today at the Flushing YMCA, Senator Toby Stavisky, Assemblyman Ron Kim and Council Member Peter Koo announced the Citizenship Now! Fair in connection with CUNY.
The Citizenship Now! Fair will be held on Saturday, July 25. It will take place in the Flushing YMCA located at 138-46 Northern Boulevard, at the corner of Bowne Street.
The fair, which will last all day, will provide legal services which include help with the naturalization process, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and family-based petitions. 
Select Bus Service proposal is revised to address community concerns
Last night, Community Board 7 was presented with a revision to a proposal that once wanted to install bus-only lanes along Main Street. This plan raised many concerns for locals regarding heavy traffic congestion.
The new proposal would install Select Bus Service bus lanes on Main Street in both directions from Kissena Blvd to the LIE and a bus lane only on the Northbound side of Main Street from Reeves Avenue to the LIE. The bus lanes will be one lane away from the curb so as to continue to allow parking and loading.
“Addressing the needs of commuters, drivers and pedestrians in an area so heavily congested is extremely difficult, but I believe this plan is the best solution for the Flushing community,” said Senator Stavisky. 
Two events provide entertainment in Flushing
On Tuesday, July 7 at 11 a.m. at Flushing Town Hall, local business leaders will announce Flushing Night Out. The event will be the first community night market and will promote local food and fashion and showcase live music and entertainment.
Also in Flushing, the 2nd Annual All-Queens Family Fun Fest will take place on Sunday, July 12 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Kissena Corridor Park, near Main Street and Elder Avenue. The event, which is sponsored by elected officials and business leaders, will provide locals with performances and music that represents a wide range of cultural influences.
The All-Queens Family Fun Fest will also have activities and rides for children.
Judge halts Willets West project
Plans for a mega-mall on part of the Citi Field parking lot took a hit yesterday, as a judge ruled that the developers of Willets West would have to seek approval for the project from the state.
The private project, which included a “mega-mall” and was touted as necessary to finance the larger Willets Point redevelopment, would have technically been constructed on parkland. Approval from the state legislature is necessary to give public land to a private entity.
Success at the Carnival for All Children
Flushing elected officials made good on their promise to host a “Carnival for All Children” at Bowne Playground on Sanford Avenue in Flushing on Tuesday. The event was a response to a neighborhood school principal who prohibited around 100 elementary school students from attending a carnival during the school day because they couldn’t pay the $10 fee. 
Carnival for All Children
On Tuesday, June 30th the Carnival for All Children will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.at Bowne Playground, which is located on Union Street between Sanford and Barclay.
The Carnival for All Children will include live music, bounce rides, face painters, cotton candy, popcorn and many other games.
The event was created in response to an earlier incident at PS 120 where almost 100 children were reported to be unable to attend a school-sponsored carnival due to their inability to pay the $10 fee. Together the F&T Group, the Chinese Planning Council, Assemblyman Ron Kim and other elected officials planned and sponsored the event.
Flushing LIRR station construction to be completed by 2017
The renovation of Flushing’s LIRR station will be complete by the end of 2017, the MTA recently reported.
The $16.5 million project for the Flushing–Main Street station, located on Main Street and 41st Avenue, will include the installation of an elevator for each platform to make the station wheelchair- accessible as well as new staircases, platform railings, better lighting and improved safety measures.
“We completed the design work in May and now that the design is done, we are looking to award the construction contract by the end of 2015,” Aaron Donovan, an MTA spokesman, said.
The Shops at Queens Crossing hosts Music beyond Borders Summer Concert
This Sunday, June 21, from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The Shops at Queens Crossing will be hosting a concert, Music beyond Borders, as a part of Make Music New York 2015. The free live music event celebrates the start of summer, Fathers Day and the 9th anniversary of Make Music New York which offers over 1,000 free performances all over New York City.
At Music beyond Borders, which aims to give its audience a range of music genres to experience, performances will include music styles from Japan, Korea, New York and California.
The concert will also have stands for snacks, drinks and raffle drawings.
Uniqlo Opens in Flushing
Global retailer Uniqlo opened it’s first location in Queens last week with a Black Friday–style grand opening on on Level D of SkyView Center in Flushing.
The store opened at 6 a.m. on June 5, and by 5:30 a.m. over 100 fans of the Japanese hipster outlet’s fashion were lined up to get first crack at several opening day deals, including $5.90 Supima cotton t-shirts and $5.90 SPRZ tote bags.
Uniqlo joins a diverse mix of retailers at SkyView, including Nordstrom Rack, Forever 21, Nike Clearance Store, The Children’s Place, Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, Marshall’s and Restoration Hardware Outlet.
The Shops at SkyView Center is located at 40-24 College Point Boulevard.
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