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Queens Symphony Orchestra returns to St. John’s University for annual summer concert

Aug. 1, 2023 By Bill Parry St. John’s University will host the Queens Symphony next week as the 23rd annual Great Lawn Summer Concert returns to the Hillcrest campus on Tuesday, Aug. 8. Now celebrating its 70th year as the borough’s only professional orchestra and the oldest and largest professional arts organization in Queens, the…
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Queens rises in ranks documenting most popular cities to live in: report

Aug. 1, 2023 By Julia Moro Queens is showing consistent growth in new reports documenting the most popular cities for renters, according to RentCafe. In July’s renal activity report, Arlington, Virginia was found the be the most popular among renters. However, the Bronx climbed five positions in the rankings to #9, and Queens went up…
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St. John’s Episcopal Hospital honored with street naming in Far Rockaway

Aug. 1, 2023 By John Schilling Elected officials gathered with hospital executives and team members in Far Rockaway last week for a street naming ceremony in honor of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, the peninsula’s lone hospital that has served the community for the last 118 years. The hospital, which first opened as St. Joseph’s Hospital…
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Fresh Meadows intersection co-named in honor of late community leader Sylvia Weprin

Aug. 1, 2023 By Bill Parry The late matriarch of a Queens political dynasty was honored Sunday, July 30, during a street co-naming celebration in Fresh Meadows. State and city officials gathered at the northeast corner of 192nd Street and 67th Avenue to unveil Sylvia Weprin Way, just around the corner from Saul Weprin Street,…
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Op-ed | Getting sidewalk sheds down

Aug. 1, 2023 By Mayor Eric Adams Last week, we announced our plan to take down unsightly sidewalk sheds and reclaim our streets. Sidewalk sheds — which many New Yorkers also known as scaffolding — are the ugly green and metal boxes that cover our sidewalks. They block the sunlight, keep pedestrians away from businesses,…
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Assembly speaker joins Queens lawmaker on tour of Jamaica Bay in Far Rockaway

Aug. 1, 2023 By John Schilling New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie visited Far Rockaway on Friday, July 28, for a tour of Bayswater Point State Park and the nearby shoreline of Jamaica Bay.  The invitation to tour the park came from South Queens Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato in an effort to show Heastie…
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Officials confiscate Flushing supermarket’s items that illegally occupied sidewalk along Main Street

Jul. 31, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed As she continues to work on keeping the streets safe and walkable for Flushing residents, Councilwoman Sandra Ung recently announced that the 109th Precinct and the city Department of Sanitation (DSNY) enforced regulations against CJ Supermarket for illegally occupying sidewalk space along Main Street and 41st Avenue.  CJ Supermarket’s…
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