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QueensLink hosts Ozone Park town hall to discuss plans for old Rockaway Beach line

Mar. 23, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed About 50 community members attended the QueensLink town hall in Ozone Park on March 16 to discuss plans for the dormant 3.5 miles Rockaway Beach train line that would bring accessible transportation to transit desert communities.  Volunteers of QueensLink heard community feedback on how to best meet residents’ needs…
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NYPD Special Operations divers recover arsenal of weapons from Jamaica Bay waters near JFK Airport

Mar. 23, 2023 By Bill Parry NYPD Special Operations divers made a disturbing discovery beneath the surface of Jamaica Bay on March 22 that was particularly alarming given the location’s proximity to JFK International Airport. Detectives from the 101st Precinct in Far Rockaway were alerted to multiple firearms submerged in Jamaica Bay by a concerned…
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Community Board 7 approves Parks Department proposal to reconstruct MacNeil Park seawall in College Point

Mar. 23, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed During its virtual meeting held on March 13, Community Board 7 voted to approve plans to reconstruct the deteriorating seawall and rip-rap along the Hermon A. MacNeil Park waterfront in College Point.  The $8.86 million project for the seawall reconstruction at MacNeil Park, located near Poppenhusen Avenue between 115th…
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Far Rockaway man sentenced to 17 years in fatal shooting of 15-year-old boy

Mar. 22, 2023 By Julia Moro Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz on March 22 announced that a Far Rockaway man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for the fatal 2018 shooting of a 15-year-old boy who was coming off a city bus in the neighborhood. According to the charges, around 4 p.m. on Thursday,…
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Queens’ 104th Precinct teams up with DSNY to relocate parked cars in effort to keep streets clean

Mar. 22, 2023 Elijah Hamilton With an initiative to keep the streets safe and cleaner, the NYPD’s 104th Precinct is working with the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) to relocate abandoned vehicles in Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village and Ridgewood. According to Deputy Inspector Kevin Coleman, the commanding officer of the 104th Precinct, the…
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