The Street Where I lived: Saunders Street in Rego Park My family arrived in America in 1992, and our first apartment was on 63rd Avenue and Queens Boulevard. Behind my home was Sauders Street, which stretches seven blocks from Eliot Avenue to 67th Avenue, entirely within Rego Park. Its architecture ranges from Spanish Mission to Fedders Special. The Jupiter Court Apartments are a perfect candidate for landmarking. This rare Spanish Mission-style building is located on Saunders Street and 62 Avenue. Behind it, an apartment building contains a symbolic corner tower, also a potntial landmarking candidate. 62 Avenue was once named after the planet, before being given a boring number. Marion Court Apartments were named after Marion Avenue, which was later numbered 63 Avenue. Upon crossing Queens Boulevard, 63 Avenue becomes 62 Drive. The mapmakers really goofed on this one! This apartment building was built in 1929, and has rooftop sheds that were once open to residents, proving excellent city views. The next block contains 1920s single-family homes. this breed of homes starred in All in the Family. Since then, some of these homes lost their lawns (front), others had ugly nose jobs (second to the right). A few remain in their original condition (middle). Kudos to the owner of the home in the middle. The apartments on Saunders Street and 64th Road were built around 1994. This was before Fedders made the bright decision to affix its name on its products in big letters. The ACs below these windows do not ave a brand name listed. A 1970s piece of crap stands between 65th and 66th Roads. On both of its sides are apartments from the 1950s, which have no architectural decorations on their exteriors. A piece of Fedders crap from the new milennium surrounded by 1980s crap houses. Waste of Space Behind many of these apartmentbuildings are concrete backyards, usually used to store trash. Wouldn't these spaces look better as pocket parks or community gardens? A redeeming Quality If there is any redeeming qulity to Saunders Street, it must be its last, easternmost block, which resembles Forest Hills Gardens. The Tudor-bethan home on the corner serves as a Shtiebel. This is a Yiddish term denoting a mini-synagogue within a house or storefront. Trylon Synagogue A block away from Sauders street is the non-ladmarked Trylon, the last single-movie theater in Queens, now used as a Bukharian-Jewish synagogue Ohr Natan. Happy Chanukah! If you care to see the interior of the Trylon Synagogue, it still shows movies once in a while. This month's special is "Arranged," a movie that compares the lives of Orthodox Jewish and religious Muslim wives. Give peace a chance! The movie will be on December 29th. This event is for women only. | 
