Nov. 29, 2023 By Anthony Medina A new report from the New York City Comptroller Brad Lander’s office revealed that Ridgewood and Maspeth were among the neighborhoods with the longest duration of having no Citi Bikes or docks available to users. According to the comptroller’s report, Lyft failed to ensure the availability of bikes in…
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Nov. 29, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Northwell Health officially opened a new 70,000-square-foot facility Tuesday, Nov. 28, in Rego Park. The new $52 million facility — located at 95-25 Queens Blvd. — offers medical practices meant to cover a host of conditions and delivers complex, coordinated health care. Northwell Health at Rego Park has several resources, including Northwell Health Labs, Vivo Health Pharmacy, Rego Park Imaging and STARS rehabilitation. There are specialists available in bariatrics and weight management, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general pediatrics, general surgery, hepatology, HIV, internal medicine, maternal fetal, neurology, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, pulmonary, rheumatology, urology,…
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Nov. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst and Transit District 20 are looking for the three teenage boys who allegedly threw ice at an on-duty MTA subway conductor as she was operating the train doors at the Woodhaven Boulevard subway station during the afternoon of Saturday, Nov. 18. Police say the three boys threw ice at her, striking her in the face before running out of the station in an unknown direction, police said. The 49-year-old victim sustained minor injuries and EMS transported her to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Queens in stable condition. The NYPD released surveillance…
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Nov. 29, 2023 By Iryna Shkurhan Four historic landmarks in downtown Flushing will be decorated for the holidays for the 36th Annual Holiday Historic House Tour hosted by the Queens Historical Society on Sunday, Dec. 10. Guests will be able to walk to and tour the landmarked houses – The Bowne House, Friends Quaker Meeting House, Kingsland Homestead and Voelker Orth Museum Bird Sanctuary and Victorian Garden – all less than a mile of each other. The annual event gives visitors a glimpse into Colonial and Victorian era Queens through festive tours, with a provided holiday refreshment in hand. “This…
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Nov. 29, 2023 By Rachel Butler A New York City-based women’s bowling club is celebrating their 50th anniversary with a tournament that will take place at Jib Lanes Bowling Alley in Flushing next month. The New York State Women’s 600 Bowling Club was founded in 1973 and is open to any female member of the New York State United States Bowling Congress (USBC) who is over 18 years of age and has previously bowled in a sanctioned league or tournament play. A 600 series refers to three consecutive games with a combined score of 600 or better. Club member and Regional…
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Nov. 29, 2023 By Anthony Medina The Kiwanis Club of Glendale will kick off the holiday season with its annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Sunday, Dec. 3. Hundreds of residents are expected gather at the Glendale Veterans Triangle on Myrtle Avenue to celebrate the season of giving. As per tradition, members of the Kiwanis Club will provide onlookers with music, refreshments and a special visit from Santa Claus. Glendale Kiwanis President Ingrid Huber, who made her first public appearance at the Myrtle Avenue Halloween Parade, anticipates another great turnout this year. “It’s a tradition that we think will bring our…
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Nov. 29, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The national real estate investment firm Feil Organization announced on Nov. 17 that the Whitestone Plaza shopping center has been fully leased following two more leases. These two leases related to Beechhurst Executive Suites and The Smilist Dental. Beechhurst Executive Suites renewed its second floor 6,936-square-foot space for ten…
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Nov. 29, 2023 By Iryna Shkurhan St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children received a $92,000 grant to support locomotor training for children with spinal cord injuries and other neurological diagnoses at their hospital in Bayside. The hospital’s innovative spinal cord approach helps children learn how to sit, stand and walk again by making gains in…
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Nov. 28, 2023 By Bill Parry An MS-13 gang leader from Queens was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday, Nov. 28, in Brooklyn federal court for racketeering charges, including the murder of a 16-year-old victim in Bayside’s Alley Pond Park in 2017. Melvi Amador-Rios, 32, of Briarwood, was convicted on 17 of 18 counts by a federal jury in August following a three-week trial and sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Rachel Kovner to life in prison for murder in-aid-of racketeering. Amador-Rios was also sentenced to 80 years in prison for four Hobbs Act robberies, 40 years in prison for…
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Nov. 28, 2023 By Anthony Medina At the Queens Community Board 5 Liquor License and Cannabis Committee meeting on Monday, Nov. 27, members voted to oppose four out of six applications for proposed cannabis dispensary locations in Ridgewood and Glendale. The committee meeting at the Brewery Keenan Heiser American Legion Post on Cooper Avenue in…
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