Teenager Punched and Robbed at Knifepoint on Metropolitan Avenue: NYPD

Jan. 15, 2025 By Colum Motherway

New York City’s biggest party, The Governors Ball, is returning to Flushing Meadows Corona Park from Friday, June 6 to Sunday, June 8.

Jan. 15, 2025 By Dean Moses

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch continued Wednesday to make sweeping changes within the NYPD — this time with dramatic shifts in the department’s vehicle pursuit policy.

Detectives from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are investigating after the body of a 55-year-old man was discovered wrapped in trash bags and stuffed under a bed in a Kew Gardens Hills apartment three blocks east of Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Tuesday afternoon.

Police responded to a 911 call of a man in need of a wellness check at 137-17 70th Ave. at 5 p.m. and found him unconscious and unresponsive, police said. EMS responded to the location and pronounced him dead at the scene.

Jan. 15, 2025 By Jessica Militello

Overflow Coffee, located at 46-36 Vernon Blvd in Long Island City, is redefining the neighborhood café experience by combining quality coffee with a commitment to community.

An unlicensed Forest Hills cannabis shop located near a public park and a junior high school has been padlocked following a raid by law enforcement, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Tuesday.

More than 30 pounds of marijuana, with a street value of more than $38,200, were confiscated along with hundreds of packages of cannabis products following a search of The Smoke Shop at 103-17 Queens Blvd.

Jan. 15, 2025 By Shane O’Brien 

The LaGuardia Community College Foundation has awarded more than $500,000 in named scholarships for the 2024/25 academic year, helping hundreds of students overcome financial barriers and focus on their studies.

Jan. 15, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign has raised $642,339 from 6,502 unique donors in its first 80 days, the most money raised by any candidate in a single filing period for the 2025 New York City mayoral election.

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in identifying the three gunmen who opened fire in an illegal gambling den in a Flushing apartment building last month, killing one man and injuring a second.

Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing responded to a 911 call of a person shot at 41-19 Haight St. just before 2:20 on the night of Thursday, Dec. 19.

Jan. 15, 2025 By Colum Motherway

Queens Community Yoga officially opened on Monday, Jan. 13, offering Maspeth residents a new space to unwind and take time for themselves.

Jan. 15, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

The year 2024 concluded with a notable shift in Northwest Queens’ rental market, as the area experienced its first yearly decline in median rent in several months, according to a report by the real estate firm Douglas Elliman Real Estate.