Dec. 13, 2023 By Bill Parry A man who fell to his death down a flight of stairs in an Astoria apartment building last month was murdered, the NYPD announced Tuesday. The NYPD said that the incident was not an accident and that the case has been classified as a homicide. The determination was… Read more »
Dec. 13, 2023 By Bill Parry Queens Public Library reopened the Steinway branch in Astoria Tuesday following an eight-month closure for improvements to the building’s main floor and cellar. The upgrades consist of new furniture and finishes such as new paint and carpeting, shelving, workstations and self-service kiosks, as well as technology improvements including… Read more »
Dec. 12, 2023 By Bill Parry Elmhurst Hospital recently celebrated a new arrival, not in its maternity ward, but outside, with the Department of Transportation installing a Citi Bike rack across the street. DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez cut the ribbon on the much-anticipated Citi Bike rack on Nov. 29 that has been installed… Read more »
Dec. 11, 2023 By Bill Parry Following an international search for a new leader, the Board of Trustees of The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum announced on Dec. 8 the appointment of Astoria native Amy Hau as its next director. Hau has a long history with the Long Island City cultural institution, having… Read more »
Dec. 11, 2023 By Bill Parry A 7-train rider was groped by an unknown man on Saturday morning as she entered the 40th Street-Lowery subway station on Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and transit cops are looking for a stranger who followed the 27-year-old woman into… Read more »
Dec. 11, 2023 By Bill Parry An E train rider’s AirPods were stolen as she waited on a platform at the Queens Plaza subway station in Long Island City last week. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and transit cops are looking for three strangers who approached the woman, 27, as… Read more »
Dec. 11, 2023 By Bill Parry While Long Island City became one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in the nation with a population that nearly doubled since 2010, and a building boom continuing into its second decade, locals gathered for the sixth annual tree and menorah lighting ceremony on Dec. 7 to kick off the… Read more »
Dec. 8, 2023 By Bill Parry New York’s fast-growing tech sector has become the city’s most consistent source of new middle- and high-wage jobs, but much work remains to be done — both citywide and in communities across the five boroughs — to ensure that far more New Yorkers of color are able to access… Read more »
Dec. 6, 2023 By Bill Parry A Woodside man who got into a shootout with the NYPD last month after allegedly holding his building superintendent at gunpoint before shooting him was criminally charged Dec. 6 with attempted murder and other crimes in Queens Supreme Court. William Hernandez, 65, of 54th Street, was arraigned on an… Read more »
Dec. 5, 2023 By Bill Parry While Long Island City became one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in the nation over the past decade, locals warned that infrastructure was not keeping pace with development. On Nov. 29, elected leaders, city officials and safe streets advocates gathered at Murray Park to celebrate the opening of a… Read more »