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=Halo (safety device)=

The halo is a driver crash protection system used in open-wheel racing series which consists of a curved bar placed to protect the driver's head.

The system was introduced for the first time in 2015 and became mandatory according to FIA homologation and regulation from 2018. The first tests with the prototypes equipped with the system were carried out in 2016 and in July 2017. Since the 2018 season the FIA has made the halo mandatory on every vehicle in Formula 1 and Formula 2 as a new safety measure.

Design and construction
The Halo system is a "wishbone-shaped" bracket that surrounds the driver's head and is connected at three points to the frame of a vehicle. The component is constructed of Grade 5 titanium alloy. It consists of an upper U-shaped half ring, two pieces which attach the ring to the car at the driver's head, and a center pillar placed in front of the driver which holds the device above the driver's head. The pieces are heat-treated and welded together to form the device.

The device is designed to withstand up to 125 kN of force, or 12 t of weight from a top or side impact for five seconds. According to Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport technical director James Allison, the Halo can support the weight of a "London double decker bus".

To facilitate the device, the chassis of Formula One cars from each constructor had to be strengthened. In addition, the minimum weight for cars was increased by 6 kg to take account for the additional weight of the halo. Further, the weight of the device and its placement near the top of the car changes the car's center of gravity. The Halo's placement on the car also affects its aerodynamics, as well as the airflow to the engine. Because of this, teams are allowed to add carbon fiber fairings atop the halo to improve the aerodynamics of the car.

weighed around 7 kilograms in the version presented in 2016. The weight rose to 9 kilograms in 2017. In its current iteration, the device itself weighs approximately 7 kg. However, the brackets to attach the Halo to a car along with the additional strengthening of the chassis adds a total of 10 - 15 kg of weight.

The system is not developed by the teams, but is manufactured by 3 approved external manufacturer chosen by the FIA and is the same specification for all vehicles.

In a simulation performed by the FIA, using the data of 40 real incidents, the use of the system led to a 17% increase in the survival rate of the driver.

Criticism

 * "Ugly"
 * culture
 * Niki Lauda
 * Another concern was whether or not the halo would impede a driver from exiting the car, particularly when it was upside-down.

Background
One of the earliest catalysts for improved cockpit protection in single-seater racing automobiles took place in 1994, when Formula One drivers Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna were killed in crashes on consecutive days during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix weekend. In Senna's crash on race day, his car collided with a wall and a section of his right front suspension entered the cockpit and pierced his helmet. Following the incidents, in 1996 the sides of vehicle cockpits were raised to further protect the driver.

Formula 1 had been considering implementing additional cockpit protection onto cars since at least 2011. This push followed incidents in July 2009, the first when driver Henry Surtees was killed during a Formula Two event at Brands Hatch by a wheel from another race car,  and the second during the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix when Felipe Massa was injured by a spring coming from another car. Massa suffered a skull fracture and concussion in the incident.

In response, in 2011, helmet visors equipped with Zylon strips were introduced to prevent incidents like Massa's. The feature was mandated for the 2011 Japanese Grand Prix in October. Also that year, the FIA Institute for Motor Sport Safety began testing two windscreen devices for cockpit protection, one constructed of polycarbonate and the second based on the canopy of a fighter jet. In 2012, the FIA began testing a titanium forward roll hoop device constructed by Lotus F1. In October 2013, F1 team executives including Christian Horner and Ross Brawn along with F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone rejected to roll hoop system. The decision was made in large part due to the device not being aesthetically pleasing, and it taking away the open-cockpit identity of F1.

Development of the halo
Further calls for a closed cockpit system in open-wheel racing came in mid-2015 following two deaths from racing incidents. On July 17, 2015, F1 driver Jules Bianchi passed away from a diffuse axonal injury (a form of traumatic brain injury) sustained at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix nine months earlier, when his car collided with a support vehicle in heavy rain conditions. On August 23, 2015, former F1 driver Justin Wilson suffered a traumatic brain injury during an IndyCar Series event at Pocono Raceway, after debris from a crashed car struck his helmet. Wilson passed away the next day.

In the week following the death of Wilson, the FIA announced that it would test three concepts for cockpit protection: a forward roll hoop or roll cage known as the "AFP-V2" with protruding blades to deflect debris, a centerline roll hoop made up of three bars, and a "halo-shaped hoop". The latter concept, the predecessor to the current halo system, was developed by the Mercedes F1 team. Development of the halo concept was performed on the Mercedes simulator by Anthony Davidson.


 * Development based on previous racing incidents, in which airborne cars or projectile parts threatened to impact the driver within the cockpit (word better).
 * Grojean 2012
 * Justin Wilson.

The FIA for development examined three fundamental scenarios: collision between two vehicles, contact between a vehicle and the surrounding environment (such as barriers) and collisions with vehicles and debris. Tests have shown that the halo system can significantly reduce the risk of injury to the driver. Moreover, in many cases the system was able to prevent the helmet from coming into contact with a barrier when checked against a series of accidents that had occurred in the past. During the study of the last case it was found that the halo is able to deflect large objects and provide greater protection against smaller debris.

After a one-year delay in January 2017, the FIA announced that the development of the system had been completed and it was ready for use. The device was the first frontal protection system to be approved by the FIA for competition use.

In addition to its use in Formula One, beginning in 2018 all new cars introduced into FIA-sanctioned single-seater series will incorporate the Halo. On August 31, 2017, the Dallara F2 2018 car for the 2018 Formula 2 season was unveiled at Monza prior to that year's Italian Grand Prix. It was the first to install the halo system. In January 2018, the Spark SRT05e Formula E car for the 2018–19 season was unveiled, also was equipped with a halo.

Alternative systems
As an alternative to the halo system, Red Bull Racing developed the "aeroscreen". The design, which was similar to a small fairing, did not receive much interest from the FIA. After the drivers had expressed their opposition to the introduction of the halo system, the FIA developed the "shield", a polyvinyl chloride windscreen based on the airbrush concept.

Sebastian Vettel was the first and only driver to try the shield. During the free practice for the 2017 British Grand Prix, he completed a lap with the new system before ending the test early. He complained of distorted and blurred vision that prevented him from driving. Its introduction was subsequently excluded, partly because the teams did not have enough time to test and study the shield.

Reception
The system has aroused some criticism, including that of Niki Lauda who claimed that this system distorts the "essence of racing cars". The system has also proved unpopular with fans, who have said that it is ugly, against the concept of open-cockpit racing, and obstructs the driver's vision. For instance, an unofficial online poll among users on the Autosport website showed that around three-quarters of the voters were against the halo. Other former drivers, including Jackie Stewart, welcomed the system and compared it to the introduction of safety belts, which had been similarly criticised, but then became the norm also on road cars.

Despite initial criticism, the halo was praised by the community following two incidents where the halo was struck by another car: one in the Formula 2 race at Catalunya where Tadasuke Makino's halo was landed on by fellow countryman Nirei Fukuzumi's car and one in the Belgian Grand Prix where Charles Leclerc's halo was struck by Fernando Alonso's airborne McLaren, with both of their haloes showing visible impact damage from the impact. Both Makino and Leclerc credited the halo for possibly saving their lives, and Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, who had criticised the halo earlier in the season, admitted that it had proved itself following Leclerc's incident.

Description

 * Employees Club Chase Manhattan Bank

Maxwell Intro
William H. Maxwell Career and Technical High School is a vocational high school in Brooklyn, New York. It lies on Pennsylvania Avenue in the upper half of the East New York neighborhood, close to Liberty Avenue subway station on the. The current building was built as Public School 173 in 1913. The high school, meanwhile, was originally the girl's division of the East New York Vocational High School (now Transit Tech High School), and began using the P.S. 173 building in the 1930s. In 1950, it was chartered as William H. Maxwell High School. The school continues to have a majority-female student body. Maxwell High School offers vocational training in a variety of subjects, including cosmetology, fashion, medical assisting and related visual instruction.

Transit Tech Intro
Transit Tech Career And Technical Education High School, previously called East New York High School for Transit Technology or East New York Transit Tech, is a vocational high school in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. It's mission is the training of students for careers in the rapid transit (subway) industry. It is located at 1 Wells Street, at the corner of Wells Street and Fountain Avenue, between Atlantic Avenue and Liberty Avenue.

The school was originally established in 1922 as the East New York Continuation School, later East New York Vocational High School, and moved to its current location in 1941. Its girl's division eventually became William H. Maxwell High School, another CTE school, in 1950. The current transit-oriented program was established in 1986 in a partnership with the New York City Transit Authority, part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

First building
The original site of the East New York Vocational High School was at 2416 Atlantic Avenue, on the south side of Atlantic Avenue west of Van Sindren Avenue. The building was situated near the Atlantic Avenue subway station of the BMT Canarsie Line, and the East New York Long Island Rail Road station. It was a four-story brick factory, which was leased to the school. It contained numerous industrial arts rooms, including woodworking, printing, electrical, and auto shops The classrooms were separated by thin partitions 6 ft high.

Second building
Transit Tech The current Transit Tech building is located at Wells Street and Fountain Avenue south of Atlantic Avenue in the City Line section of East New York, to the east of the original building. It is located adjacent to the south of City Line Park. It was completed in 1941. The school site and City Line Park were originally occupied by the Brooklyn Water Works pumping station, which pumped water from the Ridgewood Aqueduct (now Conduit Boulevard) north into the Ridgewood Reservoir.
 * Preliminary layout, 1939.

The school was designed by architect Eric Kebbon, who also designed Forest Hills High School in Queens at the same time. The building is "F"-shaped, the long side along Wells Street. It is three-stories tall with a gray brick facade and limestone trim. At the time of its construction, the design was described as "'modern in spirit'". The school was built to accommodate 1,941 students. It features standard class rooms and science labs, as well as 21 industrial arts shops. The original purpose of these shops was for the construction of airplanes, boats, and automobiles; welding; painting; printing; and radio and household appliance repair. A weather station was located on the roof.

Today the building features a rail car lab, a hangar located at the east end of the school at the rear of the building. The lab was added in 1980. It has been billed the "largest classroom in New York City" and "the country's biggest classroom". It features raised rail tracks and metal platforms or catwalks for students to work on subway trains. The lab is currently occupied by two retired R42 subway cars, numbered 4736 and 4737, which were built circa 1970. The two cars were donated by the MTA in 2009. The cars replaced a R30 car built around 1960 and acquired in 1994. The rail car lab was featured in a New York Magazine list of the "Coolest Classes" in the city in 2005.

Current building
Maxwell William H. Maxwell High School is located the northeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Glenmore Avenue, just south of Liberty Avenue. It consists of two structures which collectively form an L-shape. The original building, the former Public School 173, was completed in 1913 and is located near the center of the block along Pennsylvania Avenue. It is five-stories tall. The new addition, completed in 1998, sits along Glenmore Avenue extending to New Jersey Avenue at the east end of the site. It was designed by architect Richard Dattner and is four-stories tall. Both buildings are designed with brick outer facades and limestone trim, with a granite strip along the ground level. The 1998 addition was designed to mimic the original P.S. 173 design. The addition also features curved window bays and a curved roof. The new building contains a first floor cafeteria, science labs, and a gymnasium on the upper floors. The original building features a first-floor auditorium which extends out east to the rear of the building.

The current main entrance to the school is along Glenmore Avenue near Pennsylvania Avenue in the new building. This entrance has a wheelchair ramp making it ADA-accessible. A second entrance is located at Glenmore and New Jersey Avenues. Both of these entrances feature curved canopies. The original school entrance is along Pennsylvania Avenue in the P.S. 173 building, leading to the auditorium. Additional exits lead from the auditorium to the rear of the building. A nameplate atop the original building's entrance reads "WM. H. Maxwell CTE High School". Another nameplate atop the new building's Pennsylvania Avenue facade reads "William H. Maxwell High School".

Transportation
Maxwell Maxwell High School is directly served by the Liberty Avenue subway station of the IND Fulton Street Line at Liberty and Pennsylvania Avenues. The Alabama Avenue station of the BMT Jamaica Line is located two blocks further north on Fulton Street. The and  bus routes operate along Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the school. The runs along Atlantic Avenue north of the school. The operates along Sutter Avenue to the south.

Transit Tech The closest New York City Subway stations to the school are the Euclid Avenue station on the IND Fulton Street Line on Pitkin Avenue to the south of the school, and the Crescent Street and Norwood Avenue stations on the BMT Jamaica Line on Fulton Street to the north of the school. The bus directly serves the school on Atlantic Avenue one block north. The and  operate near the Euclid Avenue station.

Name
Maxwell HS The high school is named after Brooklyn teacher and education executive Dr. William Henry Maxwell. A journalist for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and later superintendent of the Brooklyn Board of Education, Maxwell was appointed as the first superintendent of the unified New York City school system following consolidation of the five boroughs in 1898. The now-defunct Brooklyn Training School for Teachers was also named after Maxwell in 1920 following his death; this building is now Public School 138.

A local bakery, Mrs. Maxwell's Bakery on Atlantic Avenue north of Maxwell High School, is named after the school and the Maxwell House coffee brand.

ENY Vocational High School

 * East New York Continuation School
 * The factory building on Atlantic Avenue was constructed in early 1922. In January of that year, while the building was being erected, the New York City Board of Estimate proposed a five-year lease of the site for the East New York Continuation School. The school was projected to serve 3,600 students from East New York as well as Brownsville, who would attend classes while working.
 * Began 1922 w/ two students, two subs, and its first principal J. Ritchie Stevenson.
 * The owner of the factory also operated a knitting plant in the building, which went bankrupt in April 1925.
 * By 1927, the school had an enrollment of 7,500 students, more than any other high school in New York City.
 * Co-ed
 * Classes:
 * Construction, commercial art, mechanical drawing, bookkeeping, office practice, typewriting.
 * Aeronautics
 * Issues with truancy (cutting class)
 * Annexes
 * Annex at PS 150 (former Jefferson Annex, 1929
 * Annex at PS 151 (Knickerbocker & Halsey, Ridgewood) - Circa 1959
 * Annex at PS 155 (Eastern Pkwy, Herkimer Street), 1933
 * Girl's Annex by 1939.
 * In January 1934, it was renamed the East New York Vocational High School
 * In June 1934, the Board of Ed voted against continuing the lease of the Atlantic Avenue building, due to deteriorating conditions.
 * In particular, the building was among 65 school buildings identified as "firetraps" that year. no sprinklers; landlord would not fix
 * 1931
 * In spite of this, the lease was extended two years in late 1934.
 * December 1936: continued to use Atlantic Avenue building. Contined to be labeled a "fire trap" with "little light, no recreation facilities, no rest room for teachers,...no gymnasium". At this time, $2000 was earmarked in the 1937 Board of Education budget for a new building.
 * First four-year students graduate on June 21, 1938.
 * began boat construction program in fall 1938.
 * By 1941, largest program in the country.

New Building
The former site of the Ridgewood Aqueduct pumping station was ceded from the New York City Board of Water Supply in 1937. The plans for the new East New York High School building were approved on October 25, 1939, along with plans for Forest Hills High School in Queens. Construction contracts for both schools were approved on November 22, 1939. A model of the new school building was displayed at the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park. The cornerstone for the school was laid by Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia on May 13, 1940. Around the same time Conduit Boulevard and Conduit Avenue, laid out along the former aqueduct, was widened as part of the construction of the Belt Parkway system.

The school was planned to open on March 31, 1941, but the opening was delayed due to a lack of equipment for its industrial shops, which was instead taken for the World War II effort. This included a hydraulic press for plane construction. The new building was opened April 26, 1941. At the time of its opening, the school operated four additional annexes, and operated three overlapping sessions.


 * 1943/WWII
 * In 1943 During World War II, the school offered a "war training" program for adults teaching vocational and engineering work for the war effort.
 * Also that year, 35 students from the school formed a cadet squadron of the Civil Air Patrol under the United States Army Air Corps, with the intention of becoming pilots, navigators, or bombardier.

Maxwell History
P.S. 173 History During the American Revolution, the area around the current school building was the site of an important event during the Battle of Long Island or Battle of Brooklyn. British troops captured the owners of Howard's Tavern, three blocks from the current school, who lead them through the Jamaica Pass from Brooklyn to Jamaica, Queens.

Bids were opened for construction of Public School 173 on February 19, 1912. The school was planned to have 48 classrooms, a setup that was "most desired in congested districts" at the time. The school was opened September 8, 1913, along with the nearby P.S. 174 on Dumont Avenue. Renovations on the building took place in October 1916. The school was alternately known as "The Liberty School", and was also used as community center. Between 1923 and 1925, the lot at Pennsylvania and Glenmore Avenues adjacent to the school was acquired by the City of New York, and it was designated as "a site for school purposes". In January 1925, P.S. 173 began vocational classes for its middle school students.

Maxwell HS / ENY Girls History: (mostly) Post-1940 Paragraph break
 * 1938: Plans for new building for ENY HS for Girls.
 * 1945-1947: Creation of separate Girls HS in PS 137, as part of the city's plans to turn several vocational school annexes into new independent high schools. P.S. 173, meanwhile, was discontinued in fall 1945.
 * 1946: Girl's Annex offers trade, commercial, and "beauty culture" courses.
 * 1975: By 1975, the Maxwell building (P.S. 173) was considered inadequate, having been operating for 63 years.
 * 1985:
 * October: Maxwell among six most overcrowded high schools in the City.
 * On November 27, 1985, Maxwell was included in a list of the 72 city schools which ranked in the bottom ten percent of school statewide in terms of academic performance.
 * 1988: Violence
 * 1998:
 * New addition completed. The renovation cost $29 million or $45 million.
 * The project suffered from delays and mismanagement, with the first two construction companies dismissed and replaced.
 * On May 12, 1998 during the rennovation under the second firm, a fire broke out in the school, temporarily trapping 150 students and faculty. The welder who set off the blaze was later found to be uncertified.
 * The problems with the Maxwell High School renovations led in part to the firing of the New York City School Construction Authority vice president in 1999.
 * 2001
 * Into the 21st century, Maxwell continued to have a majority-female enrollment, while other city vocational schools such as East New York Transit Tech had majority-male populations. In 2001, the National Women's Law Center issued a letter to then-Schools Chancellor Harold O. Levy criticizing the enrollment disparity. The law center was also critical of the "traditionally female" trades such as cosmetology taught at Maxwell, High School of Fashion Industries in Manhattan, and the Jane Addams and Grace Dodge High Schools in the Bronx, while other CTE schools like Transit Tech pushed students towards high-tech careers with higher wages.
 * 2002-2004: Overcrowding
 * During the 2002-2003 school year, Maxwell was the most overcrowded school in the city, operated at 206 percent of its capacity.
 * July 2004: overcrowded by 180 percent.
 * Increased enrollment from 1,341 to 1,757; school built for 722
 * four sessions, beginning at 7:12AM
 * Library, shops, auditorium converted into classrooms
 * Metal detectors
 * students forced to take gym during night school session
 * extra students from Jefferson and others end up at Maxwell ; accused to be dumping ground for unwanted students.
 * 2005: 30% graduation rate.

Attempts to close
On December 9, 2009 the Department of Education announced plans to close Maxwell High School. Under the plan, a new school called Academy for Health Careers would have been started in the Maxwell building. Maxwell had improved on its performance "report card" from a F grade in 2006 to a D grade in 2009. There were also rises in Regents exam scores and graduation rates in that period. In addition, new disciplinary policies and a uniformed dress code were implemented. The staff of the high school earned $180,000 in bonuses for the improvements at the school, which drew controversy as the overall grade of D was still low.

In protest of the closure, a rally was held on December 9, 2009 outside the school, organized by United Federation of Teachers (UTF). Following a lawsuit by the UTF and NAACP, in March 2010 a Manhattan Supreme Court judge prevented the closure of the school. The judge ruled that the city violated regulations by not disclosing the potential affects of the school's closure to local communities. The ruling was upheld in an Appellate Court ruling on July 1. However, on June 25, 2010, Maxwell High School was placed on a list of 34 failing schools that would be closed, converted to charter schools, or have half of their teaching staff fired and replaced in order to reform them. In Fall 2010, a report was conducted by the New York State Education Department at Maxwell High School as well as Jane Addams High School, and August Martin High School in Queens. The report found that students at the schools lacked books and science labs, and in addition "found students sleeping or listening to MP3 players in class".

In Janaury 2012, Maxwell High School was once again put on a list of schools to be closed. The school had improved from its D grade in 2009 to A grade in 2012. In addition, the school's graduation rate had risen from 43 percent in 2009 to 60 percent in 2011. According to then-Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, the school's performance grade was misleading. Walcott pointed out that Maxwell teachers were absent twice as often as city average. On April 2, 2012, Maxwell High School and six other schools with high progress grades were removed from the list of schools to be closed. Because of this the city forfeited $9 million in potential federal aid, which would have gone to the new replacement schools.

Following Hurricane Sandy in fall 2012, the Scholars' Academy of Rockaway Park, Queens was relocated to the Maxwell building due to damage at their school building.

2013
 * Expansion of AP classes.

Creation of Transit Tech
In 1984, $290 million was earmarked to renovate the 17 vocational high schools in New York City. On November 27, 1985, East New York Vocational was included in a list of the 72 city schools which ranked in the bottom ten percent of school statewide in terms of academic performance. Its former sister school Maxwell was also included in this list. In February 1986, the New York City Transit Authority (TA), a subsidiary of the MTA which operates the New York City Subway, proposed to renovate the East New York Vocational School and convert it into a transit-oriented program. The Transit Authority sought to create a skilled workforce through the school, in order to replace retiring current employees. It would be the first transit-oriented high school program in New York City. An agreement was signed on February 7 at the New York Transit Museum in Downtown Brooklyn, between Schools Chancelor Nathan Quinones and TA president David L. Gunn. The school reopened as East New York Transit Tech in September 1986. 400 freshmen applied to the new school. Existing students, meanwhile, continued the previous vocational program. Initially, the school building was not equipped to facilitate the program. This included not being able to fit a subway car for students to work on inside hangars within the school. Later, $43 million in renovations occurred. The first class under the new program graduated in 1990.


 * Politico

Academics
Maxwell Reflective of its history as a girls vocational school, Maxwell High School offers CTE programs in "traditionally female saturated" fields. These programs are "Beauty Science & Technology" (cosmetology), "Design Technology", and "Medical Careers". The cosmetology program allows students to work towards state certification in the salon and spa industry. The Design Technology program is divided into Apparel Design (fashion) or advertising. As part of this program, students annually participate in Brooklyn Fashion Week. Within the Medical Careers program is the "Vision Technology" track, which includes instruction in the crafting of corrective lenses.

Transit Tech Transit Tech's best known Career and Technical Education (CTE) program is its "Transportation Systems" program, which focuses on transit-oriented careers and utilizes the rail car lab. Courses include "Transit Technology", "Basic Transit Welding", "Rail Car Maintenance", and "Climate Control" (climate systems repair). The other CTE programs offered are information technology, cyber-security, Energy Management and Green Technology, and engineering. The school offers STEM courses based off the Project Lead the Way curriculum. Internships are offered with the MTA and Amtrak, as well as other companies and agencies. The school also offers several Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Admission is available to all incoming New York City high school students, who apply for selection in one of the programs. Selection is based on attendance, grades, and standardized test scores.

Notable alumni
ENY Vocational Maxwell Transit Tech

Moda Description

 * Two acre site

Original building
Prior to the construction of the MODA complex, the Queens Family Courthouse consisted of two buildings. These were the original 1930 Queens Central Library building fronting Parsons Boulevard, and an annex built in 1966 on 89th Avenue. Original

The former Central Library building was designed in Italian Renaissance style. During its construction, it was described as having an "English Georgian exterior" with the interior designed in "Florentine Renaissance" style, "of classical design and monumental in character". It has also been described as a Classical Revival-style structure. It was designed by architects Robert F. Schirmer and Junius W. Schmidt. Murals, ceilings, and other interior design work was done by brothers Thomas Di Lorenzo and Anthony Di Lorenzo, who also worked on the Fisher Building in Detroit.
 * Four-stories
 * The front facade along Parsons Boulevard, which remains as part of the Moda Apartments, features a row of columns or a colonnade above the main entrance.
 * The main entrance hall featured pillars with "Corinthian capitals", a pediment made of Travertine, and a bronze balustrade. The main reading room was located above the entrance hall.
 * Marble staircases
 * "Bronze railings"
 * "High vaulted ceiling"
 * "ornate chandeliers"
 * 75000 ft2 of space, with storage for 350,000 books and space for 271 library goers.
 * Built with a fire suppression system on each floor.
 * A message was originally inscribed above the main building entrance, reading "These hoards of wealth you can unlock at will."
 * An additional inscription was featured on the children's entrance, reading "What Greater Gift or Better Can We Offer to the State Than If We Teach and Train Up Youth."
 * The building housed Queens Library's central circulation and executive offices, and housed special sections on Long Island history and family records.
 * Many of the decorative interior features of the library were destroyed when the building was converted into a courthouse.

The 1966-built annex building was three-stories tall and designed in Modernist style. It occupied 32000 ft2 of space.

Current building
Moda Apartments
 * 12 stories
 * Outer facade consists of structural steel and precast concrete.
 * 500-car underground garage.
 * "'Manhattan-style' amenities".
 * Concierge service
 * rooftop deck
 * gym
 * "19,500 square-feet of community facility space"
 * 346 residential units.
 * Co-ops, market rate
 * 70% of the units are affordable housing.
 * 40,000/50,000 square feet of retail space.
 * Two identical shop spaces are located on Parsons Boulevard at either side of the building. The northernmost space on 89th Avenue has been used as a restaurant since 2013, currently occupied by Dallas BBQ.
 * Incorporates original facade on parsons boulevard

Construction of Queens Central Library
Prior to construction of the building, a house was located on the site, at what was then the intersection of Parsons Boulevard and Shelton Avenue. In 1899, shortly after consolidation of Queens County into New York City, the Queens Borough Library was created to oversee three existing branches of the Long Island City Public Library, and later absorbed other libraries in the borough. The Queens Borough Public Library was created as an independent corporation on April 17, 1907, taking the place of Queens Borough Library. The organization was first headquartered on 164th Street and Clinton Avenue (now 89th Avenue) in Jamaica, then in May 1911 it was moved to Jamaica Colonial Hall (later the site of the Stuart Building) at Fulton Street (now Jamaica Avenue) and 163rd Street. Colonial Hall was the first central branch of the library. A separate Jamaica branch library on Jamaica Avenue and Ray Street (now 153rd Street) had been opened on November 1, 1906.


 * A new central library building had been planned by the library system since 1922.
 * On July 8, 1921, $35,000 was allocated to acquire the site, with $200,000 appropriated for building construction on January 12, 1922.
 * In May 1924, the library trustees created an open design competition for the new central building.
 * Initial sketches of the building were drawn by late-1924.
 * Architects Robert F. Schirmer and Junius W. Schmidt were selected for the project in 1926, paid $26,428 for their services.
 * Bids opened April 18, 1928.
 * Cornerstone laid October 23, 1928.
 * Dedicated November 1, 1929 by Mayor Jimmy Walker, with borough president George U. Harvey in attendance.
 * Opened April 1, 1930 (as Queens Libaray)
 * Judged "best public building erected in Queens" by Queensboro Chamber of Commerce.
 * The existing Jamaica library branch was closed and moved into the new central library. The branch had been considered a fire trap.
 * In fall 1930, Queens Borough Public Library's library school was moved from Woodhaven branch to the Central Building.
 * By May 1939, American Library Association president Milton J. Ferguson stated that the library was inadequate to serve the entire borough, and that 18 new library branches and 18 replacements for existing branches were required.
 * A ten-story, 70 ft tall addition was constructed at the rear of the site with Works Progress Administration (WPA) funds around 1939, referred to as the "book stack".
 * Work completed July 21, 1941. Wing dedicated by Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia on October 27, 1941.
 * Land purchased in 1945 for an expansion of the building. On May 27, 1946, the city library commission reported to the New York City Planning Commission that 33 new library facilities were required in Queens, with priority given to a new northwest wing for the central library.
 * In 1955, the city commissioned an architectural survey for an expansion of the library. Following the survey based on American Library Association standards, the library was found to be one-third of its ideal size, with only 75,000 square feet of space instead of 200,000 required for a central borough library. The L-shape of the building's site also hindered potential expansion. Plans for an enlargement of the existing site were dismissed by the American Library Association in 1958 as "non-functional". Afterwards, in spring of 1958, $485,000 was allocated for a new central library.

New Building
 * around half-a-million books were moved to the new location beginning on March 22, 1966.
 * New Merrick Boulevard location opened on April 11, 1966.

Queens Family Court

 * While the new central library was being constructed, plans to convert the original library on Parsons Boulevard into a a facility for the Queens Family Court were proposed in 1964 by the Queens County Bar Association. The family court had been located in rented space in Kew Gardens. At the time, the association stated it "does not recommend this temporary usage as a permanent solution for the needs of the Queens Family Court.
 * $1.85 million for conversion requested in August 1966.
 * Approved by New York City Board of Estimate July 18, 1968.


 * In September 1971, the court began a literacy program for truant students.


 * May 31, 1995: New Queens Family Court to be built on Jamaica Avenue and 153rd Street, across from the Joseph P. Addabbo Federal Building.
 * 1996: Planned annex to be built in 1998, to add 12 courthouses.
 * The Parsons Boulevard courthouse had considered to be dilapidated and undersized.
 * One particular hearing room only measured 10 X 12 feet and was described as a "closet-sized chamber".


 * Queens Family Court moves to new building on 153rd Street between Jamaica and Archer Avenues on February 4, 2003.   The Parsons Boulevard building was to be returned to Queens Library, with plans to use it once again as a central library facility.  The renovation was estimated to cost $100 million. Queens Library, however, relinquished its claim due to a lack of capital funds to renovate the building for library use. Afterwards, the building was managed by the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services, and remained vacant.  Shortly after its closure, the former courthouse became overrun with garbage and damaged furniture.

Moda

 * In 2004, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) issued a request for proposal for reuse of the building. Any proposal was required to preserve the outer facade of the building.
 * On June 16, 2005, the NYCEDC announced that the Dermot Company was selected to renovate the courthouse into an affordable housing complex. Fox & Fowle Architects (now FXFOWLE) were selected to design the project. The original plans called for 380 residential units, 18500 square feet for retail, and 190 parking spaces.
 * Brownfield
 * Approved by the New York City Council on March 14, 2007.


 * Homeless


 * CityRib opens in July 2013. At the time, it was one of only three sit-in restaurants in Downtown Jamaica.
 * Pre-K
 * MODA Grill replaces CityRib in December 2015/2016
 * Dallas BBQ opened in October 2017.

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 * Atrium 8% of floor space
 * The Electrical Engineer
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