Astoria Diner to Host Drive-In Rock Concert Saturday

Jan. 6, 2025 By Colum Motherway

Alicia Vaichunas, a longtime Maspeth resident, civic leader, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Council Member Robert Holden, has officially announced her candidacy for the New York City Council to succeed her term-limited boss.

Jan. 6, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Astoria’s own Tootles & French popped the cork on its biggest celebration yet, throwing a neighborhood party Friday night to toast its win as USA Today’s Best New Restaurant, topping a nationwide holiday vote.

Jan. 6, 2025 By Athena Dawson

The ball-drop babies are here! A handful of Queens families celebrated their bundle of joys as the world’s borough’s newest- and tiniest- residents swaddled their way into the  New Year.

Jan. 6, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Queens actor Adrien Brody won his first-ever Golden Globe on Sunday night, beating off stiff competition to win the highly coveted Best Actor in a Drama Film award at the 82nd annual film and television awards.

Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are looking for four alleged muggers who jumped a 22-year-old man in Jamaica Hills on the evening of Friday, Jan. 3.

The victim was walking past 179-33 Hillside Ave. at around 5 p.m. when four strangers approached him and attempted to grab his personal belongings. The incident escalated into violence when the man refused to comply, and one of the perpetrators slashed him in the left arm with an unknown sharp object, causing a laceration, police said Sunday. The four men ran off empty-handed toward Midland Parkway.

Jan. 6, 2025 By Colum Motherway

Council Member Robert Holden has accused Gov. Kathy Hochul of “gaslighting the public” after she issued a plan to tackle the mental health crisis in New York.

Jan. 6, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

In a blow to Queens’ vibrant dragon-boating community, NYC Parks has announced that the temporary docks at Flushing Bay’s World’s Fair Marina, a hub for the centuries-old sport, will close indefinitely starting in May 2025.

Jan. 6, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Celebrate the Year of the Snake at Flushing Town Hall this Lunar New Year. Throughout January, the arts and culture hub will hold a month-long celebration with programming from Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean, Japanese and Tibetan artists. 

Jan. 6, 2025 By Christy Hinko

Line dancing, a vibrant and inclusive form of social dancing, continues to captivate enthusiasts across generations and genres. Rooted in American folk traditions, it gained widespread prominence during the country music boom of the 1970s and has since evolved to include a diverse array of musical styles. On Long Island, Neil “DJ Wrangler” Farren has been a driving force behind the enduring popularity of this rhythmic pastime for nearly two decades.

A Breezy Point man who was struck by a hit-and-run driver by a Brooklyn motorist in a road rage incident just two blocks from his home in May succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead on Saturday, Nov. 16, the NYPD announced late last month.

Thomas McDade, 55, on Bayside Avenue in Breezy Point, died after lying in a coma for nearly six months to the day after he was run over on Rockaway Point Boulevard, just blocks from his home. The investigation was reclassified as a homicide.