Rockaway Journal 03-19-2026

Rockaway JOURNAL

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, fixing potholes

Leadership and team members of Episcopal Health Services marched in the annual Rockaway St. Patrick’s Day Parade, on March 7.

SAmong the EHS marchers were Dr. Donald Moorish, chief executive officer; Karen Paige, chief operating officer and executive vice president; and Pamela J. Yusuf, chief medical officer and senior vice president, who was also honored as the 2026 deputy grand marshal.

afe, accessible streets are a basic promise of city government.

Zohran Kwame

mamdani

Mayor

To celebrate the community’s rich Irish heritage, revelers cheered along the sidewalks and received EHS beads and clappers as they showed their support for the community.

Episcopal Health Services includes St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway and several other healthcare facilities on the Rockaway Peninsula that also serves the Five Towns and surrounding communities.

Repairing city streets

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and New York City Department of Transportation NYC Commissioner Mike Flynn announced a citywide pothole repair blitz on March 13 after a historic winter marked by record snowfall and sustained cold temperatures.

More than 80 NYC DOT crews were deployed across city streets and highways in all five boroughs on March 14. The city expects to fill thousands of potholes in a single day, with additional repair blitzes planned in the weeks ahead.

Since Jan. 1, NYC DOT has repaired more than 50,000 potholes, maintaining a response time of just over two days. More than 10,000 potholes have been filled in the past week alone. The accelerated repair effort coincides with the City’s annual road resurfacing season, which begins this month and includes

full curb-to-curb repaving projects.

NYC DOT plans to resurface 1,150 lane miles of roadway this year. New York City is also one of the few cities in the country that operates its own asphalt plants, allowing crews to respond quickly to road damage and complete repairs efficiently.

“While most New Yorkers are still asleep, 80 DOT crews will take to the streets to repair potholes in a five-borough blitz,” Mamdani said in a news release. “In a single day, they'll fill thousands of potholes that pop up every year as spring arrives and our city streets begin to thaw. Safe, accessible streets are a basic promise of city government, and after a historically brutal winter,

I'm incredibly grateful to the DOT teams who are not wasting a moment of time in delivering the street improvements we need.”

“New Yorkers have braved a rough winter, and we can see and feel the resulting potholes from wear-and-tear on our roads,” Flynn said in the release.

“That’s why the men and women of NYC DOT are doubling down on repair efforts in recent weeks and will step it up this weekend with a five-borough, 80-crew blitz. We appreciate New Yorkers’ patience on the roads as we complete this critical work and encourage the public to report road defects to 311.”

Pothole season begins in New

York City around the spring, when more potholes form on our roadways because of high-moisture, winter weather conditions and the cycle of freezing and thawing conditions.

New Yorkers should report any potholes they come across to NYC311 to be addressed as soon as possible.

— Melissa Berman and Jeffrey Bessel

Chabad Five Towns lights up Purim event

The Chabad of the Five Towns celebrated the Jewish holiday of Purim with their annual event, this year it was themed “Neon Nights in Shushan.”

The festivity took place in the Grand Tent on March 3 at 5 p.m.

Families and community members were invited to “glow the night away” and enjoy glowing entertainment and activities, a festive Purim meal and Megillah reading.

Chabad of the Five Towns members gathered together to enjoy the joyous holiday while listening to the Megillah, eating Purim treats and sharing the story of Queen Esther.

Purim began at night on March 2 and ended on March 3.

Purim means “lots” in ancient Persian. The holiday was thus named since Haman had thrown lots to determine when he would carry out his diabolical scheme.

— Melissa Berman

News briefs

Courtesy Syd Mandelbaum

Third annual St. Patrick’s Day feast

The American Legion LawrenceCedarhurst Post 339 pantry served a record number of families during its latest distribution, on March 7.

For the third consecutive year, Chris Meyer and his family — formerly of Frank’s Steak House — prepared a traditional St. Patrick’s season lunch of corned beef, cabbage, potatoes and carrots for more than 30 post members, their families and pantry volunteers.

Maryann Alesia also contributed

homemade Irish soda bread for the gathering.

Post officials said the pantry served 64 families during the distribution, marking the largest turnout to date.

Commander Marianela Lizana Plaza led the post’s meeting and ceremony during the event. Organizers said the day combined community service with fellowship, ensuring that no one left hungry.

— Melissa Berman

Kiwanis honors Fourth Precinct officers

Kiwanis Club of the Five Towns recently honored two Nassau County police officers from the 4th Precinct for their service to the community, on March 5.

Officer Ed Demeo and Officer Lou DiLeonardo were recognized for their dedication and work in the neighborhood during the club’s annual recognition event.

Local officials and members of the

police department attended the gathering to celebrate the officers’ contributions.

Citations recognizing the officers were sent by State Sen. Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, Assemblyman Ari Brown and U.S. Rep. Laura Gillen.

— Melissa Berman

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All about wood beams

Q. We are talking with contractors about rebuilding our large deck, and we would like to have fewer columns so they don’t block our water view. The contractor suggested that there are wood beams that can do the job, and mentioned something called a lam beam to go a longer distance and open up the space underneath. We would also like to have the deck be sealed so that we can use the underneath area, even in the rain. What do you suggest we use and not use?

A. For starters, laminated wood beams are generally a poor choice for outdoor use, even though there are some on the market that are specifically treated with waterproof adhesives. These few products on the market for outdoor use are much more expensive, and often only used in commercial projects or where the expense is not the greatest concern. Not all beams are the same material or made the same way.

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When I have conversations with people who build, I sound negative instead of enthusiastic, but that is based on the experience of writing insurance reports and investigating the damage and cost of failed products and applications. Remember, in order to succeed, you first have to know how to fail, so as to avoid failure.

What I have witnessed is not failure at the center of beams, where the beam would bend the most, but at the ends and tops, where water penetrates more frequently. If the product isn’t waterproof, the grain of the laminations will start to split. For these reasons, I discourage outdoor use of manufactured, laminated beams because when they are specified very carefully for a project, there is little or no control over what ends up on the jobsite unless the ordering is micro-managed.

I keep samples in my office of beam cutaways to demonstrate how one beam product was specified for a job and what ended up on the jobsite was similar but, with careful inspection, clearly shows the two beams are not the same. They were laminated using different species of trees, one weaker than the other and an inferior number of plies and glues. To a person dropping the material off, based on an order for a “lam beam,” the inferior material looked the same but after installation the floor bounced like a trampoline. The beam had to be removed, at great expense, and the right product ordered. Even though a lesson was learned, it came at a great price.

So indoor locations can also be a problem if the wrong configuration of laminations and species are used. If the correctly engineered lumber beam or steel reinforced beam is designed, they will last for years without another thought. I would use an interlocking aluminum deck product called Versadeck or another product called Lock Dry. They conduct heat rapidly, which means they dissipate heat quickly, making them cool enough on hot summer days to walk on while barefoot, and they keep water from getting through. Good luck!

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