Sep. 7, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon The MTA is taking action to combat fare evasion at the 61st Street-Woodside subway station, a critical transit hub home to the 7 train and Long Island Railroad (LIRR) in Queens. The targeted action is part of the agency’s broader initiative to address fare evasion throughout the city.…
Sep. 7, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon An e-bike rider was killed after recently slamming into an open car door on a Queens street, police announced Saturday. According to law enforcement sources, officers from the 102nd Precinct responded to a collision near Lefferts Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill at around 8:25 a.m. on…
Sep. 6, 2025 By Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society Aug. 22 marked the 150th birthday of Mr. George Seuffert Sr., the man whose name graces the bandshell in Forest Park. For generations of families in Woodhaven and the surrounding neighborhoods, the name “Seuffert” is synonymous with summer afternoons filled with music. George Seuffert (pronounced…
Sep. 5, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki & Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams forcefully said Friday he will continue his uphill re-election campaign all the way to the end, rebuffing reports of an impending dropout in favor of a lucrative job offer from the Trump administration. “I am staying in this race, I am the…
Sep. 5, 2025 By Jessica Militello Get ready to be a-maized as the Corn Fest returns to the Queens County Farm beginning on Saturday, September 6. The event will feature the grand opening of the Amazing Maize Maze, a 3-acre corn maze sponsored by Con Edison. The family-friendly event, at 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy.,…
Sep. 5, 2025 By Bill Parry A Whitestone motorcyclist was killed after a collision with the driver of a Mini Cooper on Thursday, Sept. 4, according to the NYPD. Police say 21-year-old James Korakis, of 9th Avenue in Whitestone, was riding a BMW motorcycle northbound on the Cross Island Parkway service road near 157th…
Sep. 5, 2025 By Bill Parry and Lloyd Mitchell A teenager was shot inside Jamaica’s Rufus King Park on Friday morning, and the NYPD is searching for two suspects who remain at large. Police from the 103rd Precinct responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress near the park entrance at Jamaica…
Sep. 5, 2025 By Ethan Marshall The Flushing Hospital Medical Center held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of its new state-of-the-art Neotal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on Tuesday, Aug. 19. This new NICU will provide the doctors and nurses at the hospital with an environment that delivers the highest quality of specialized…
Sep. 5, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller After days of denial, Mayor Eric Adams seemed to admit Friday that he is entertaining offers for other job opportunities, though he maintained that he continues to campaign robustly for re-election. The admission came as questions continued to swirl around whether Adams would abandon his reelection bid for…
Sep. 5, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Permits have been filed for the construction of a 6-story mixed-use building with nine housing units at 56-12 Roosevelt Ave. in Woodside. The proposed building would be 65 feet tall and span 9,552 square feet. The nine residences will take up 6,879 square feet. With an average unit…