Aug. 2, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed US Open Fan Week, a predominantly free week of activity, will begin with the start of the 2023 US Open Qualifying Tournament on Aug. 22 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Each day of Fan Week will be anchored by a…
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Aug. 2, 2023 By Bill Parry
The Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park has created an award that will honor former Queens Borough President Claire Shulman.
Aug. 1, 2023 By John Schilling A proposal to bring more affordable housing to Far Rockaway divided locals during a July 18 meeting hosted by NYC Council Majority Whip Selvena N. Brooks-Powers. The meeting, which was held remotely, centered on garnering community feedback on the rezoning of an existing parking lot in the Bayswater section…
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Aug. 1, 2023 By Bill Parry A self-described street racer from the Bronx was criminally charged in Queens Supreme Court on Aug. 1 with murder and manslaughter after she caused a high-speed crash that killed an Uber passenger on the Whitestone Expressway alongside Harvey Park in Whitestone in May. Melissa Rodriguez-Lopez, 28, of Kossuth Avenue…
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Aug. 1, 2023 By Anthony Medina The Wu-Tang Clan will kick off the SiriusXM and Pandora music festival “For the Love: 50 Years of Hip-Hop” celebrating the golden anniversary of all things hip-hop at the Knockdown Center, located at 52-19 Flushing Ave., in Maspeth, on Thursday, Aug. 10. Anyone who knows of the iconic Wu-Tang…
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Aug. 1, 2023 By Bill Parry An on-duty MTA conductor was attacked while on board her northbound R train at the Forest Hills-71st Avenue subway station on July 30. Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills and Transit District 20 are searching for the Crocs-wearing assailant who was standing on the platform as the…
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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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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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Aug. 1, 2023 By Michael Dorgan More than 150 concerned western Queens residents attended a town hall event in Sunnyside on Wednesday, July 26, to learn about a new climate law that is likely to impose hefty costs on the owners of older co-op and condo buildings — and how to rally against its…
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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