Apr. 25, 2024 By Joe Pantorno The mecca of American tennis, the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, is opening its doors to one of the hottest sports in the country. The top pickleball players around the country will descend upon Queens from May 21-26 for the 2024 Zimmer Biomet APP New York…
Apr. 25, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann It was an action-packed afternoon at J-CAP, a bilingual residential drug treatment program for adults and young adults in Jamaica, Queens. For the third time this year, the NYPD Community Affairs Bureau hosted a “Cops, Kids and Community” event for teenagers with the NYPD Blue Chips and J-CAP residents. Besides…
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Apr. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry
A school crossing guard from Jamaica was criminally charged with attempted rape, attempted use of a child in a sexual performance and other sex-related crimes after he allegedly tried to lure an undercover NYPD officer he believed to be 14 years old to participate in a sex act.
Apr. 25, 2024 By Athena Dawson Construction has begun on New York State’s largest onsite solar carport at JFK Airport’s Lot 9. Gov. Kathy Hochul, along with leaders of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the New York Power Authority (NYPA), held a groundbreaking event at the airport site Tuesday. TotalEnergies,…
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Apr. 25, 2024 By Athena Dawson Local families celebrated a day of play in honor of Earth Day at Roy Wilkins Park in St. Albans last weekend. Residents gathered at the park, located on Merrick Boulevard, on April 20 for a day of celebration hosted by Council Member Nantasha Williams (D-27). Over 200 families were…
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Apr. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry and Lloyd Mitchell
The FDNY had a massive response to a three-alarm house fire in Richmond Hill on Wednesday morning.
Apr. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Corona hitman was found guilty of killing a man outside a Flushing karaoke bar in exchange for a $100,000 wristwatch in 2019.
Apr. 24, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The fashion retailer Express announced Monday that 95 of its locations across the United States will soon shut down after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The location at 26th Avenue and Bell Boulevard in Bay Terrace is included among these locations. The Express Men at 21127 26th Ave….
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Apr. 24, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for 134 units in the 17-story mixed-use building The Peninsula A1, also known as Edgemere Commons Apartments, at 51-23 Beach Channel Dr. in Far Rockaway. The Peninsula A1 has 194 apartments, 60 of which are market rate. The 134 affordable units…
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Apr. 24, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon A’hoy, New Yorkers! Get ready to see sailors and other service members all throughout town when Fleet Week returns to NYC at the end of May. The Big Apple’s time-honored tradition of welcoming the U.S. armed forces to the city will kick off with the famous Parade of…