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4 CO Zip-zero to Parking permits disabled Post office put 'em in B'klyn 'V By HARRISON RAINIE Washington (News Bureau) Ridgewood, Brooklyn? Glendale, Brooklyn? Whoa, what's this? Some 38,000 residents of Queens live in Brooklyn as far as the U.S. Postal Service is concerned. But postal officials are finally learning that there is no fury like a Queens resident who has been tagged a Brooklynite. Through the wonders of bureaucratic illogic, the folks in Ridgewood and Glendale were given zip codes that began with a "112" prefix the Brooklyn prefix when the zip code system was established. For years, local politicians, including Rep.

James J. Delaney, tried to have the number changed. Can be changed It appeared that the first major breakthrough was achieved when Rep. Geraldine Ferraro (D-Forest Hills) got a pledge from Postmaster General William Bolger that the Queens folks could get a Queens zip code if they want it. Bolger told the freshman Democrat that if she produced evidence that 70 of the residents supported the change, the Postal Service would make it.

Hoping to score an unexpectedly early and constituent-pleasing victory, Ferraro has gotten her staff to gear up a post card campaign to sound out the Queens residents. The zip code problem is not just a matter of pride for the Ridgewood and Glendale families. It has led to some major headaches in those communities. Wide-reaching effect Zip codes are used to determine which municipal hospital city residents must use, what kind of auto and property insurance they get and the way mortgage money is parceled out. "In this case the problem is a zip code arbitrarily assigned by a bureaucratic process which did not take into consideration the needs of the community," Ferraro said.

For instance, she noted that those families must go to Bushwick for hospitalization instead of the much closer city hospital at Elmhurst. Auto, homeowners and theft insurance are also more costly in Ridgewood and Glendale than in neighboring Queens communities because those two spots are lumped together statistically with Bushwick, which has higher crime and arson rates. Ferraro staffers said the zip code snafu was made because Ridgewood and Glendale are closer to the main Brooklyn post office in Williamsburg than the general Queens post office in Flushing. "It probably made sense at the time, but our people are good and mad at it now," said one aide. "I don't think we'll have much of a problem convincing the Post Office we want out of Brooklyn." New photo by Nick Sorrcntino Maurice Nixon (left), assistant city parks commissioner for recreation, presents special parking permit to Kurt Shamberg and City Councilman Walter Ward (right) presents another to Irwin Rubin in parking lot of Forest Park.

Permits allow persons with walking impairments to park in specified areas within certain city parks normally closed to traffic. Individuals and organizations can obtain the permits, good for one year only, by contacting the Parks Department REACH program, Arsenal Building, 830 Fifth New York, N.Y. 10021, Room 101. Applicants must present a physieian's statement or letter from a health-related agency confirming the disability. NEWS BRIEFS The New Alert: home tax hike coming qucille Roberts ii will focus on the boulevard between 116th and 125th Ave.

Laura Carter, chairwoman, said that the area is littered with garbage, debris and broken glass and infested by rats and stray household pets. She said the Department of Sanitation, Parks Department, Boy Scouts and many Queens and Brooklyn home owners may be unaware that full value assessment is coming, a Bronx lawmaker says, and with this in mind, Assemblyman John C. Dearie has invited homeowners from both boroughs to a citywide conference from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Queensborough Community College.

Room Ml-36, Medical Arts Building, 56th Ave. and Springfield Blvd. A recent survey of homeowners showed that 80 are unaware that the state is moving toward full value assessment of private homes, a move that might bring tax increases, the assemblyman disclosed. "We don't need to be an alarmist now but rather a catalytic Paul Revere g- shouting in every homeowner neighborhood, 'get involved, be aware, full value is Dearie said. CM 2 firemen hurt Two firemen were in jured fighting a stubborn three-alarm fire yesterday in Flushing that spread from one two-and-a-half story frame house to the adjoining homes on 160th St.

A Fire Department spokesman reported that the fire started in a vacant house at 42-30 160th St. and carried to two adjoining homes at 42-32 before firemen could bring it under control an hour and a half after the first alarm was received. Firemen had difficulty fighting the blaze due to heavy smoke. The injured firemen were taken to Flushing Hospital. Fire officials said no homeowners or residents of the three homes were at home at the time.

Thomas PugV Spring on Sutphin A coalition of Jamaica groups plans an early start on spring this Saturday with a cleanup drive on Sutphin Blvd drive is being sponsored by the Sutphin Blvd. Coalition, which -represents six community gcoups, and 1 residents have pledged assistance in the cleanup. Bellamy to speak City Council President, Carol Bellamy will be the guest speaker at a luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce of the Rockaways at Peter's Place, 129- 18 Newport Ave. in Belle Harbor on Monday. Joel Gerstel, president of the organization, said Bellamy would discuss her role as head of the Office of the Ombudsman, which investigates citizens complaints, reviews real estate abuses, utility costs, and general services to the community.

The last dance Queens Theater in the Park offers its. last concert of the year on Sunday when Cliff Keuter brings in his dance company for a single performance at 7 p.m. Tickets may be reserved by calling the theater office at (212) 592-5700. Ibsen in the park The Queens Festival Theater will open the second half of its new split season with Henrik Ibsen's classic "Gedda Gabler," which will run from March 3 through March 25. Shaine Marinson will play the title role of a woman whose desire for power and passion results in tragedy.

Performances will be held Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $3.50 to $7. The theater is in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. For -reservations and informations call (212) 699-1660.

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