Oct. 27, 2020 By Christian Murray Denise Keehan-Smith, the former chairperson of Queens Community Board 2, held a press conference in Woodside Saturday and announced that she is running to be the next council member for the 26th council district. The life-long Woodsider, who was joined by about 40 people by the Big Six Towers… Read more »
Oct. 27, 2020 Staff Report The New York City Board of Elections announced today that it will be expanding its hours for the final three days of early voting. The board’s commissioners said at their meeting today that they would expand the hours on Friday, Oct. 30 through Sunday, Nov. 1. The announcement follows a… Read more »
Oct. 26, 2020 By Christian Murray With the city budget being slashed, Sunnyside resident Daniel Toronto has formed a group that aims to keep a local public park in good condition. Toronto has just launched an organization that aims to cleanup and maintain Lou Lodati/Torsney Park, which is located on the corner of Skillman Avenue… Read more »
Oct. 23, 2020 By Christian Murray A developer has filed plans with the Department of City Planning to have a Rego Park site where the Shalimar Diner was located rezoned. The application was filed earlier this year by David Koptiev, the owner of the Forest Hills-based company Platinum Realty, who is looking to construct a… Read more »
Oct. 23, 2020 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a man who assaulted a traffic agent in Astoria earlier this month—after being upset that he had been issued with a summons. Police said the traffic agent, a 36-year-old woman, was writing the man a summons for double parking in front of GameStop at… Read more »
Oct. 22, 2020 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a man who held up a Ridgewood bodega at gunpoint Tuesday and made off with cash and cigarettes. The gun-toting man allegedly entered Jimmy Deli and Grocery, located at 1683 Woodbine St., at around 11:50 p.m. and demanded that an employee hand over cash…. Read more »
Oct. 22, 2020 By Christian Murray Ingrid Gomez, a long time Corona resident, formally announced today that she is running to unseat Council Member Francisco Moya to represent the 21st Council District. Gomez, a clinical social worker and self-described progressive, said she was prompted to run after seeing up close the toll COVID-19 had taken… Read more »
Oct. 21, 2020 By Christian Murray Chip, the famed Astoria cookie bakery, is opening a shop in Brooklyn. Chip will open its first Brooklyn shop in Williamsburg, where it will be serving its signature gooey cookie flavors starting Oct. 31. The new store will be located at 123 Kent. St. The shop is known best… Read more »
Oct. 20, 2020 By Christian Murray It’s been a long time coming but the new Greenpoint Library & Environmental Education Center has finally opened. The new library at 107 Norman Ave. opened today and replaces the former branch building that was demolished in 2017. The new branch is a three-story state-of-the-art facility that is twice… Read more »
Oct. 20, 2020 By Christian Murray Permits have been filed for two large apartments buildings that are planned to go up in Astoria. Plans were filed Oct. 15 for a seven-story mixed-use building at 26-41 3rd St. that would include 58 apartments, approximately 15,000 square feet of commercial space and 14,500 square feet for community… Read more »