Home Is Where the Auto Parts Are

The New York Times article by Terry Pristin: "When Joseph Ardizzone makes the short drive to Flushing to cast his ballot at election time, he never has to wait his turn. “When I vote,” he says, “it’s the whole precinct voting.” Mr. Ardizzone, a wiry man who is still spry at 74, is the sole resident of Willets Point, an unsightly 75-acre enclave near Shea Stadium in northern Queens with a cluster of 225 auto parts and repair businesses, many of them operating out of tin or cinder-block sheds."