April 27, 2025 By Dean Moses Two suspects in the shooting of an off-duty cop in Long Island City on Sunday morning are now in custody after leading police on a wild pursuit across the borough. According to sources familiar with the investigation, the 25-year-old off-duty NYPD officer parked his green BMW along 43rd Avenue… Read more »
April 27, 2025 By Dean Moses Detectives from the 114th Precinct and Police Service Area 9 are investigating a shooting in Astoria on Saturday night that left a man hospitalized. According to police sources, officers rushed to Astoria Houses located at 1-05 Astoria Blvd. at around 8:54 p.m. on April 26 after receiving reports of… Read more »
April 25, 2025 By Laura Dorgan American singer-songwriter and actress Miley Cyrus was spotted atop a rooftop in Long Island City, on Wednesday, April 23, filming a new commercial for Maybelline New York. The Grammy Award-winning artist performed a series of stunts for the shoot, stepping onto a set of steps and leaping toward the… Read more »
April 25, 2025 By Laura Dorgan Gantry Plaza State Park transformed into a celebration of spring on Saturday, April 19, as families from across Queens gathered for the annual Queens Easter Festival. Hosted by Renew Queens and Wellspring Church NYC, the free event in Long Island City featured age-specific egg hunts, carnival games, live entertainment,… Read more »
April 24, 2025 By Laura Dorgan During National Volunteer Week, more than 1,600 New Yorkers stepped up to give back across the five boroughs, participating in over 200 community service projects organized by New York Cares, the city’s largest volunteer network. The weeklong initiative, held from April 20 to 26, focuses on addressing the city’s… Read more »
April 23, 2025 By Ramy Mahmoud and Queens Post News Team On a sunny Earth Day morning, community leaders, elected officials and local students gathered on the rooftop of 37-18 Northern Boulevard in Long Island City to celebrate the second full growing season of Sky Farm LIC — a once-vacant urban farm reborn as a… Read more »
April 23, 2025 By Queens Post News Team Jackson Heights residents are in for a double treat this week as Dunkin’ and Baskin-Robbins mark the grand reopening of their newly remodeled store at 74-13 Roosevelt Ave. with giveaways, special deals and a celebration of community. To commemorate the occasion, the first 100 Dunkin’ Rewards members… Read more »
April 23, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell and Czarinna Andres A Queens firefighter is being hailed as a hero after rescuing an unconscious dog from a burning home during a two-alarm fire in Elmhurst on Tuesday afternoon. The fire broke out at around 3:30 p.m. at 86-05 57th St., where Squad Company 288 arrived to find… Read more »
April 21, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell & Robert Pozarycki Firefighters in Astoria spent Easter morning battling a four-alarm fire in the borough’s fourth big blaze this holiday weekend. FDNY sources said the blaze ignited inside 21-33 31st Ave. just after 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 20. The first responding Fire Department units encountered heavy fire… Read more »
April 15, 2025 By Dean Moses Attorney General Letitia James has launched an investigation into the fatal police shooting of a 61-year-old man experiencing a mental health crisis while armed with a knife on a public sidewalk in Astoria, her office announced Tuesday. Police brass said that they attempted to de-escalate the shooting that happened… Read more »