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Astoria kicks off early July 4th celebration with 41st annual fireworks show

June 29, 2025 By Ramy Mahmoud and QNS News Team Astoria Park lit up the sky Thursday night as hundreds of Queens residents gathered for the 41st annual Central Astoria Independence Day Celebration. The June 26 event, held a week ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, is hosted by the Central Astoria Local Development… Read more »

Filipino bakery Arellano Pandesal rises in Queens with NYC-style twists

June 27, 2025 By Paulina Albarracin Arellano Pandesal, an online Filipino bakery renowned for its distinctive pandesal—a bread roll that serves as a breakfast centerpiece—is sweetening up Western Queens with delectable pastries that blend Filipino tradition with NYC modernity. Founders Jennifer Arellano and Kian “Arellano” Ahmadian started the bakery to share the Arellano family recipe,… Read more »

Arrest made in Long Island City pepper spray attack on woman and child: NYPD

June 27, 2025 By Dean Moses Police arrested a man Thursday who allegedly pepper-sprayed a mother and her 11-month-old daughter aboard a Queens subway train last week, just one day after the NYPD released surveillance images of the suspect to the public. Edward Vargas, 34, was apprehended by the NYPD Warrant Squad on June 26,… Read more »

Community cookout brings neighbors together on 31st Avenue open street in Astoria

June 24, 2025 By Ramy Mahmoud and Queens Post News Team The first “Tikkun Community Cookout” of the season transformed a stretch of 31st Avenue in Astoria into a bustling open-air festival on Saturday, June 21, offering free barbecue, live music, a public movie screening and vital public health outreach. Organized by Eli Goldman, owner… Read more »

FDNY extinguishes fire near 7 train tracks in Little Manila, Woodside

June 23, 2025 By Bill Parry  A late-night fire in Woodside extended to the exterior of a building and reached the elevated 7 train tracks on Sunday, but firefighters quickly brought it under control before it disrupted subway service, officials said. The blaze broke out at approximately 11:21 p.m. on June 23 outside 69-11 Roosevelt… Read more »