Sep. 3, 2025 By Athena Dawson Bayside is a small but mighty neighborhood in northeast Queens bordering Whitestone, Oakland Gardens and Fresh Meadows. With a diverse makeup of residents coming from global backgrounds, including Italian, Korean, Irish and Greek, the neighborhood has become a cultural melting pot that is reflected by its food and…
Sep. 3, 2025 By Jessica Militello Solace House is having its second annual Sunset Boat Cruise to advocate for mental health awareness and suicide prevention on Thursday, Sept. 18. The three-hour event, which begins at 6 p.m. with boarding at Pier 36, at 299 South St. in Manhattan, features an open bar, Italian-style buffet…
Sep. 3, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon As the IBX moves south from Maspeth’s Grand Avenue, the proposed light rail line’s third stop is Eliot Avenue in northern Middle Village, a mostly serene, tree-dense neighborhood of single-family homes that has virtually had the same personality since the 1950s. Public transportation is limited in this part…
Sep. 3, 2025 By Athena Dawson For students attending Zeta Queens Jamaica Elementary School, Sept. 2 was the first of many first days of school. Kindergartners and first graders lined the hallways of the free charter school system’s newest campus, located in the heart of downtown Jamaica. Located at 159-26 Jamaica Ave, the Jamaica…
Sep. 3, 2025 By Bill Parry State Sen. James Sanders and Council Member Joann Ariola met with a number of city and state agencies on Aug. 28 to discuss ongoing issues on the Joseph P. Addabbo Bridge connecting the neighborhoods of Howard Beach and Broad Channel. Following the conversation and walking tour of the…
Sep. 2, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Real estate developer TF Cornerstone announced the opening of a new nail studio, “sundays studio,” on the ground floor of the North building of the Malt Drive residential development, located at 2-21 Malt Dr. in the Hunter’s Point South section of Long Island City. This marks the sixth…
Sep. 2, 2025 By Shane O’Brien The Louis Armstrong House Museum is set to debut a new oral history exhibition next month exploring the voices, memories, characters and legacies of the Corona and East Elmhurst communities that the iconic jazz musician was part of. The Corona Collection, which debuts at the Louis Armstrong House…
Sep. 2, 2025 By Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas Four years ago, Hurricane Ida tore through our neighborhoods of East Elmhurst, Corona and Jackson Heights, leaving behind devastation we will never forget. We lost neighbors to the floodwaters. Families saw their homes destroyed, their basements wiped out, their lives upended. Immigrant families—so many of them…
Sep. 2, 2025 By Ethan Marshall The average cost of homes for one to three families reached $1,013,558 in the second quarter of 2025, marking the first time that price has reached $1 million dating back to the second quarter of 2024, according to a report by the real estate firm Brown Harris Stevens.…
Sep. 2, 2025 By Bill Parry A Long Island City woman was fatally struck by an unlicensed driver in Dutch Kills on Sunday afternoon and the motorist from St. Albans was arrested near the scene of the collision. Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria responded to a 911 call of a pedestrian struck…