Fire Tears Through Six Storefronts in Jackson Heights Thursday Night: FDNY

Apr. 29, 2025 By Jessica Militello

The month of May brings a lively lineup of special events to the Queens County Farm Museum, located at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park. As New York City’s oldest continuously farmed site and the only working farm in the five boroughs, Queens Farm offers unique seasonal experiences that combine fun, education, and history.

FDNY fire marshals are still working to determine the cause of a stubborn 2-alarm fire at the CALLAHEAD headquarters in Broad Channel that injured a civilian and a firefighter on the night of Sunday, April 27.

The blaze broke out at 3-04 Cross Bay Blvd. just before 7 p.m. at New York’s largest portable sanitation company at the southern edge of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. The fire went to a second alarm, bringing 25 units and 106 firefighters and EMS personnel to the scene between East 3rd Street and East 4th Street. EMS transported the civilian to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center with minor injuries. EMS transported the firefighter to Nassau County Medical Center in East Meadow with minor injuries.

Apr. 29, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

A new high-end Mediterranean restaurant is slated to open at 7000 Austin St. in Forest Hills, taking over the space formerly occupied by TGI Friday’s, which closed in October 2024.

Apr. 29, 2025 By Czarinna Andres and Ramy Mahmoud

Students, community advocates and transit experts gathered at Queens College on Monday evening, April 28, for a town hall focused on advancing the QueensLink project — a proposal that could dramatically improve public transportation in Queens by reactivating the long-abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch rail line.

Apr. 29, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

Over 200 runners, walkers, and environmental advocates gathered on Saturday, April 27, to celebrate Earth Day with State Senator John Liu during a lively 5K Fun Run along the historic Long Island Motor Parkway, a route that once served as one of the nation’s earliest highways but now thrives as a scenic greenway through Queens.

Apr. 29, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

Queens voters will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of New York City government as all 51 City Council seats are up for grabs in the 2025 election cycle. With several incumbents term-limited and new challengers stepping into the spotlight, the borough is home to some of the city’s most closely watched and competitive races.

Apr. 29, 2025 By Colum Motherway

The Ridgewood Democratic Club drew a full house on Friday night for a highly anticipated debate featuring the three Democratic candidates vying for the District 30 City Council seat.

April 29, 2025 By Jessica Militello

Western Queens residents can bring home fresh, locally grown flowers each week through Queens Perennial’s 2025 Flower CSA, now underway across the borough.

Apr. 29, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller

Taking a page from his mayoral challengers’ playbooks, Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday announced an expansion of the city’s after-school program for elementary school students as a step toward making it free for all students who want a seat.

April 29, 2025 By Bill Parry

By the time Long Island City civic leaders discovered racist and antisemitic graffiti scrawled across the oval at Hunters Point South Park on Monday morning, neighborhood children were already playing on the turf.