Aug. 22, 2025 By Shane O’Brien A new report has described Flushing Meadows Corona Park as the most “overlooked” park in New York City, stating that the park has severe infrastructural issues after being underappreciated and underinvested in for years. The report, published by the Center for an Urban Future, calls for a new…
Aug. 22, 2025 By Jessica Militello Queens Theatre is ready to dazzle audiences with its 2025-2026 season featuring a vibrant lineup of dance, art and culture. Located at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the new season, called “Homegrown and Worldwide,” represents the world’s most diverse borough with performances from companies such as Parsons Dance, Nrityagram…
Aug. 22, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are still looking for a heartless purse snatcher who allegedly injured an elderly woman during a robbery last month. Police say the 75-year-old victim was walking in front of an apartment building at 134-38 Maple Ave. near Main Street at 9:40…
Aug. 22, 2025 By Bill Parry A St. Albans man was charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing more than $872,000 that was meant to feed the needy from a Queens charity where he worked as an administrator, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday. Otto Starzmann, 60, of Anderson Road, was arraigned in…
Aug. 22, 2025 Adam Daly, Dean Moses & Athena Dawson An NYPD detective was wounded by “friendly fire” Friday morning in Queens while responding to a carjacking in progress by a “violent, predicate felon,” law enforcement officials said. The detective, a 12-year veteran assigned to Queens South Narcotics, was struck once in the right…
Aug. 22, 2025 By Jessica Militello Fern and Aurora, a small-batch dessert shop that specializes in Filipino-inspired sweets, is offering delicious creations like freshly-made ube donuts and hand-painted bonbons in Douglaston. The hidden gem is located at 39-02 Little Neck Pkwy. in a space that was formerly a long-standing deli called Little Neck Cafe.…
Aug. 22, 2025 By Bill Parry When The Durst Organization broke ground on its massive Halletts Point project in Astoria on a cold winter day in January 2016, the speeches were delivered inside a massive brick warehouse that had cut off public access to a stretch of East River waterfront for generations. That warehouse…
Aug. 22, 2025 By Jessica Militello Mets fans have another reason to raise a glass next time they go to Citi Field as Pantalones Organic Tequila has officially become the organic tequila of the New York Mets. The award-winning brand, owned by Matthew and Camila McConaughey, first made headway into the sports world with…
Aug. 21, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams’ leading November general election rivals pounced on the latest round of corruption charges against his former top adviser, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, that came down Thursday, as well as a report that another ex-top aide, Winnie Greco, tried to hand a journalist a cash-stuffed potato chip bag…
Aug. 21, 2025 By Athena Dawson More than 40 people testified in support of Resorts World NYC receiving its casino gaming license during a public advisory hearing at Queens Borough Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 20. The hearing was led by the Resorts World New York City Community Advisory Committee, chaired by Assembly Member Stacey…