Sep. 6, 2024 By Anthony Medina

Do you remember? The first Thursday in September? If not, don’t fret. The Fresh Pond Road Street Festival began its four-day-long event on Thursday, Sept. 5, and will continue to offer fun games and vendors to the public until Sunday.

Sep. 6, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

The average rental price for housing units across Queens went up 4.07% year-over-year in August 2024, according to a report by the real estate firm M.N.S. Real Estate.

A 72-year-old man was killed after a fire engulfed his illegal basement apartment in South Richmond Hill on Thursday afternoon.

The FDNY received a call just after 5 p.m. of a house fire at 94-14 132nd St. Firefighters confirmed the blaze broke out in the basement. The FDNY dispatched 12 units and 60 firefighters and EMS personnel to the scene. Paramedics rescued the 72-year-old victim, and EMS rushed him to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition. He succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead a short while later.

Sep. 6, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

New York City has launched a housing lottery for 182 units in The Monarch, a 24-story mixed-use development at 92-29 Guy R Brewer Blvd. in Jamaica that opened last July.

Sept. 6, 2024 by Shane O’Brien 

A new restaurant specializing in Korean fried chicken and Korean street food is set to open its doors in Long Island City next month.

Sept. 6, 2024 By Jessica Militello

Bar Enzo, a speakeasy inspired by the Italian American upbringing of owner Joe Schinco, officially opened in Long Island City on Thursday, Sept. 5, following an exclusive pre-opening event the previous evening.

The FDNY received a call at 11:31 a.m. of a house fire at 95-26 110th St. in South Richmond Hill on Thursday.

Firefighters from Squad Company 270 and Ladder Company 143 arrived moments later and confirmed the blaze originated in the attic space of the two-story private dwelling.

Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for a strangler who robbed a 63-year-old woman in Queensboro Hill on the night of Thursday, Aug. 29.

The victim was walking on a residential block near the intersection of Frame Place and Maple Avenue just before midnight, when a stranger approached her and began to choke her. The perpetrator snatched her bag, which contained $6,000 in cash, her wallet and an iPhone.

Sept. 6, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

Council Member Francisco Moya, alongside community partners and volunteers, hosted a back-to-school event at Moya’s district office, distributing more than 1,000 backpacks and school supplies to local students in Corona.

Sep. 6, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Fall is here, and seasonal festivities have begun. Head to the Queens County Farm Museum on Saturday, Sept. 7, for Corn Fest, celebrating the grand opening of the Amazing Maize Maze.

Sep. 6, 2024 By Anthony Medina

Several Queens neighborhoods will undergo mosquito spraying from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene starting next week as part of a larger effort to combat the West Nile Virus’ record-breaking rise. 

Sep. 6, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

Wednesday will mark 23 years since the horrific terrorist attacks devasted New York City and forever changed the world. 

Sept. 6, 2024 By Shane O’Brien 

Community leaders and local business owners gathered Thursday afternoon to demand action against a rise in criminal organizations, drug rings, human trafficking, prostitution and shoplifting syndicates along Roosevelt Avenue.

Sep. 5, 2024 By Athena Dawson

**Update: Due to inclement weather, the free screening of Kung Fu Panda 4, originally scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 7th, has been postponed. The Borough President and Rooftop Films are exploring alternate screening dates, and one will be announced in the coming weeks.

Sep. 5, 2024 By Czarinna Andres and Paul Frangipane

King Singh, an 11-year-old from Queens Village, issued a heartfelt plea for blood donations at Cohen Children’s Medical Center on Thursday, highlighting the life-saving impact of blood transfusions.

A South Richmond Hill man was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison on Thursday for five counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of distributing child pornography while being a registered sex offender.

Davis Burgos-Collazo, 45, of Atlantic Avenue, was convicted by a jury following a one-week trial in Brooklyn federal court in July 2022.

Sept. 5, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

MoMA PS1 will host the first institutional exhibition in the US by artist Jasmine Gregory, featuring a number of new works exploring the difficulties of creating art in modern-day society and themes of generational inheritance.

Sep. 5, 2024 By Anthony Medina

Young adults starting college may not fully understand the stresses that come with higher education, but relying on tobacco products as a coping mechanism is never the solution, says the NYS Quitline.

Sept. 5, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

New York City has launched a housing lottery for 43 one-bedroom units in a 7-story mixed-use building at 21-11 31st Ave. in the Ditmars Steinway section of Astoria.

Sep. 5, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller & Dean Moses

Members of Mayor Eric Adams‘ inner circle have found themselves on the wrong end of multiple FBI search warrants and raids executed this week.

Sep. 5, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

“The French Workshop,” a bakery that opened in Bayside in 2015, will open its fifth location in Astoria by the end of 2024. 

Sept. 5, 2024 by Shane O’Brien

Popular Astoria pet store Tom’s Pet Supply will close its doors in December after more than five years on Broadway.

A Flushing man was criminally charged in the fatal stabbing of his wife in front of horrified customers at a Kissena Boulevard spa during the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 3.

Jiahai Ma, 25, of Cherry Avenue, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Wednesday evening on a criminal complaint charging him with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly killing 26-year-old Jui Mei Tang during a fit of rage in the basement of the Bodywork Spa at 41-39 Kissena Blvd.

Sep. 5, 2024 By Anthony Medina

The street co-naming of Margaret and Joseph Magnus Way in Middle Village honored the community leaders whose impact will forever resonate with those fortunate enough to have known the inspiring couple.

Sep. 5, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon

New York City opened 24 new public schools on Thursday, the first day students returned to the classroom to start the next academic year.