Oct. 10, 2022 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a man who allegedly groped a 13-year-old girl at the Astoria Boulevard subway station on Friday. The suspect allegedly followed the girl who had just exited a N train at around 4 p.m. and approached her from behind as she had just gone through… Read more »
Oct. 7, 2022 By Christian Murray A new Paris Baguette franchise will open in Corona on Tuesday. The café will open at 37-38 Junction Blvd. and will offer the same menu as its other eateries including large cakes, cake slices, cookies and yogurts. The bakery will also serve a wide range of baked breads and… Read more »
Oct. 7, 2022 By Christian Murray The NYC Districting Commission released its revised maps Thursday and most of the controversial changes to District 26 under an earlier plan have been nixed and the district looks similar to what it is today. The latest map is exclusively western Queens and no longer includes sections of the… Read more »
Oct. 7, 2022 By Christian Murray A Brooklyn man has been indicted on hate crime charges for allegedly attacking a Muslim woman with a metal pipe on the N train near the Queensboro Plaza train station earlier this year. Joval Cedeno, 41, was arraigned Wednesday in Queens Supreme Court on a five-count indictment where he… Read more »
Oct. 6, 2022 By Max Murray Spectrum opened a store in Long Island City Thursday with the aim of providing customers with a convenient option for adding or managing their Spectrum Internet, TV, Mobile or Voice services. The store is located at 23-20 Jackson Ave. and aims to provide consumers in Long Island City and… Read more »
Oct. 6, 2022 By Christian Murray The man who allegedly stabbed a high-ranking EMS worker to death in Astoria last week has been indicted on murder and other charges, the Queens District Attorney announced Thursday. Peter Zisopoulos, of 20th Avenue in Astoria, is accused of fatally stabbing Alison Russo-Elling, a 25-year veteran of the FDNY… Read more »
Oct. 6, 2022 By Czarinna Andres Sunnyside Gardens Park will host its annual Oktoberfest this weekend, complete with a biergarten, authentic German food, the festival’s ever-popular pumpkin patch and an arts and crafts fair. The event is set to take place on Saturday, Oct. 8 between noon and 5 p.m. at the park, located at… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Oct. 5, 2022 By Haidee Chu A torn-up bedroom wall and exposed pipes. That is what Joe Yin remembers from several years ago, after the Forest Hills condo unit he lived in was converted — along with most of the building — from rent-stabilized units. It… Read more »
Oct. 5. 2022 By Christian Murray Several elected officials held a press conference at Woodside Houses Wednesday morning to call on NYCHA to fix the complex’s broken heating system that has left many residents without reliable heat and hot water for more than a year. Council Member Julie Won, State Senators Michael Gianaris and Jessica… Read more »
Oct. 4. 2022 By Michael Dorgan The owners of a well-known yoga studio in Sunnyside are set to open a new grocery store that aims to reduce people’s use of plastics and packaging. The store, which will be called Seed and Oil by Suryaside, will open at 49-20 Skillman Ave. and offer items such as… Read more »