Alleged Robber Put 62-Year-Old in Chokehold for $4 in LIC: NYPD

Sep. 6, 2025 By Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society

Aug. 22 marked the 150th birthday of Mr. George Seuffert Sr., the man whose name graces the bandshell in Forest Park. For generations of families in Woodhaven and the surrounding neighborhoods, the name “Seuffert” is synonymous with summer afternoons filled with music.

Sep. 5, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki & Ethan Stark-Miller

Mayor Eric Adams forcefully said Friday he will continue his uphill re-election campaign all the way to the end, rebuffing reports of an impending dropout in favor of a lucrative job offer from the Trump administration.

Sep. 5, 2025 By Jessica Militello

Get ready to be a-maized as the Corn Fest returns to the Queens County Farm beginning on Saturday, September 6. The event will feature the grand opening of the Amazing Maize Maze, a 3-acre corn maze sponsored by Con Edison.

Sep. 5, 2025 By Bill Parry

A Whitestone motorcyclist was killed after a collision with the driver of a Mini Cooper on Thursday, Sept. 4, according to the NYPD.

A teenager was shot inside Jamaica’s Rufus King Park on Friday morning, and the NYPD is searching for two suspects who remain at large.

Police from the 103rd Precinct responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress near the park entrance at Jamaica Avenue and 150th Street at 10:20 a.m. Upon arrival, the officer found a 14-year-old boy sitting on a bench inside the park with a gunshot wound to his right thigh, an NYPD spokeswoman said. EMS responded to the scene and rushed the wounded boy to Cohen Children’s Medical Center in Glen Oaks, where he was listed in stable condition.

Sep. 5, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

The Flushing Hospital Medical Center held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of its new state-of-the-art Neotal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on Tuesday, Aug. 19.

Sep. 5, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller

After days of denial, Mayor Eric Adams seemed to admit Friday that he is entertaining offers for other job opportunities, though he maintained that he continues to campaign robustly for re-election.

Sep. 5, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

Permits have been filed for the construction of a 6-story mixed-use building with nine housing units at 56-12 Roosevelt Ave. in Woodside.

Sep. 5, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Innovation QNS, a proposed $2 billion development that aimed to bring more than 3,000 housing units to 35th Avenue in Astoria, has been scrapped after the developers behind the proposal shelved their plans for the megaproject.

Sep. 5, 2025 By Ethan Marshall and Paul Frangipane

The Fresh Pond Road Street Festival returned to Ridgewood on Thursday, Sept. 4, and will be running through Sunday, Sept. 7, from Woodbine Street to Menahan Street.