Flushing Post
Jan. 18, 2019 By Meghan Sackman
Two Flushing and Forest Hills-based organizations have been working to ensure that no federal employee goes hungry in the midst of the fourth week of the partial government shutdown.
Jan. 18, 2019 Staff Report
A world-renowned ballet company will offer some magical choreography to a special Queens commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy on Sunday, Jan. 20.
Jan. 17, 2019 By Christian Murray
The police are looking for a woman who has been snatching wallets and purses from shoppers at retail stores in College Point, Elmhurst and midtown Manhattan over the past year.
Jan. 16, 2019 Staff Report
It has smelled and looked delicious for the past three months. Now, it’s finally time to get a free taste.
Jan. 14, 2019 By Meghan Sackman
Police have arrested a man who is suspected of attacking and sexual assaulting a woman on a Flushing street last month.
Greenpoint Post
Jan. 18, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan
An unusual project is underway in Williamsburg involving a landmarked church and an upcoming residential tower connected by way of a skybridge.
Jan. 16, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan
The emergency Metropolitan Transportation Authority board meeting held yesterday that was meant to serve as a discussion and information session over new L train plans has instead left many members with unanswered questions and concerns about the revised course for the line.
Jan. 16, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan
Greenpoint’s waterfront may soon be seeing yet another large mixed-use development after plans were filed earlier this week for a 173-unit project on Huron Street.
Jan. 15, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan
Customized Coca-Cola bottles displaying the name “Jakelin” are currently being sold at a Williamsburg bodega in memory of the 7-year-old who died in U.S. custody late last year.
Jan. 14, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan
The family of an 8-year-old student at a Williamsburg elementary school is searching for answers after their third-grader apparently fractured his skull during gym class last week in an incident that required emergency brain surgery.
Jackson Heights Post
Jan. 18, 2019 By Meghan Sackman
A man was fatally struck by an F train at the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue station this morning after jumping onto the tracks.
Jan. 18, 2019 By Meghan Sackman
The community is invited to an open forum in Jackson Heights later this month to hear from the candidates who are vying to be Public Advocate–to fill the position that Letitia James vacated to become the state Attorney General.
Jan. 17, 2018 By Meghan Sackman
A local advocacy group is holding a rally next week on Northern Boulevard to announce its support for congestion pricing.
Jan. 15, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez
The sudden death of State Sen. Jose Peralta in November, which shocked constituents and New York politicians across the spectrum alike, stemmed from complications of an aggressive form of leukemia, the city medical examiner announced today.
Jan. 11, 2019 By Meghan Sackman
A new bar/restaurant offering popular German food and 30 different types of beer on tap opened recently near the Queens Center Mall.
Forest Hills Post
Jan. 18, 2019 By Meghan Sackman
Two Flushing and Forest Hills-based organizations have been working to ensure that no federal employee goes hungry in the midst of the fourth week of the partial government shutdown.
Jan. 17, 2019 By Christian Murray
Construction workers were emptying out a popular pizzeria on Austin Street today.
Jan. 17, 2019 By Meghan Sackman
A Forest Hills resident has established a free dog walking service for canine owners who are elderly, disabled or ill.
Jan. 16, 2019 By Christian Murray
Governor Andrew Cuomo urged lawmakers to pass legislation this year that would charge motorists a fee for entering Manhattan below 60th Street.
Jan. 15, 2019 By Meghan Sackman
The Continental Avenue building currently home to an HSBC Bank has gone up for sale, with an asking price of $16.5 million.
Astoria Post
Jan. 18, 2019 By Meghan Sackman
Community Board 1 resoundingly rejected a rezoning application earlier this week that would allow for a 14-story building to replace a string of businesses off 48th Street and Northern Boulevard.
Jan. 16, 2019 By Meghan Sackman
Socrates Sculpture Park is at last advancing on its longtime plans to bring its first permanent installation on site—staff office spaces made out of shipping containers.
Jan. 16, 2019 By Christian Murray
Governor Andrew Cuomo urged lawmakers to pass legislation this year that would charge motorists a fee for entering Manhattan below 60th Street.
Jan. 14, 2019 By Meghan Sackman
An 88-year-old pedestrian was struck by a car at an Astoria intersection on Friday and was declared dead the next day.
Jan. 14, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez
The NYC Ferry system is set to undergo a significant expansion in coming months, with the Astoria route, connecting the western Queens neighborhood to Wall Street, getting a new stop at the Brooklyn Navy Yard this spring.
LIC Post
Jan. 18, 2019 By Christian Murray
What activities would you like to see on the Long Island City waterfront this year?
Jan. 18, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez
All-way stop signs have at last been installed at a Long Island City intersection after many years of advocacy from local parents and elected officials.
Jan. 17, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez
A new school is rising in Long Island City as part of the sprawling Hunters Point South development.
Jan. 17, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez
The Fire Department of New York is anticipating that Amazon’s arrival in Long Island City will further strain services in the rapidly growing neighborhood, and is considering opening a shuttered engine company in the area among possible resource boosts in response.
Jan. 16, 2019 By Christian Murray
Governor Andrew Cuomo urged lawmakers to pass legislation this year that would charge motorists a fee for entering Manhattan below 60th Street.
Sunnyside Post
Jan. 17, 2019 By Christian Murray
A former bookkeeper who was behind a vicious acid attack on Skillman Avenue in 2015 that disfigured a woman’s face has been sentenced to 17 years in prison.
Jan. 17, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez
A developer has filed plans for a seven-story building at the corner of 52nd Street and Roosevelt Avenue in a project that comes after several properties were recently purchased on the stretch.
Jan. 16, 2019 By Christian Murray
Governor Andrew Cuomo urged lawmakers to pass legislation this year that would charge motorists a fee for entering Manhattan below 60th Street.
Jan. 15, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez
Portions of the yellow and green decorative tiles that line the Queens Boulevard viaduct fell off and pierced the windshield of a car in the parking lot below in an alarming incident captured by one local resident last week.
Jan. 10, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez
Yet another Roosevelt Avenue building has sold on a block that is gearing up to see significant change.
Ridgewood Post
Jan. 17, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan
A brewery with plans to open a brick-and-mortar locations in Ridgewood this spring will be holding a series of pop-up taproom events at a nearby bar leading up to its official opening.
Jan. 17, 2019 By Christian Murray
Gymboree Group, a retailer of children’s clothes, announced today that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will be shutting down all its stores.
Jan. 16, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan
Ongoing work at a Cooper Avenue warehouse that has long been rumored to become a homeless shelter has residents concerned after construction workers were suspected of illegally removing asbestos-laden tiles after hours earlier this week.
Jan. 14, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez
The owners of Rentar Plaza in Middle Village are eyeing modifications to their large Metropolitan Avenue shopping center, recently left with a gaping hole after two big-box retailers went out of business, in an effort to attract tenants and keep the center alive.
Jan. 10, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan
Police have arrested two teens–a 13-year-old and a 17-year-old–in the assault and robbery of a 37-year-old man that took place in Ridgewood last week.
