Sep. 10, 2025 By Bill Parry Nearly 13 years after Superstorm Sandy crashed into the Rockaways, damaging or destroying nearly 1,000 homes and businesses along the 11-mile peninsula, a Neponsit house will be demolished by the city. Council Member Joann Ariola has been working with the city’s Department of Buildings (DOB) and the NYC…
Sep. 9, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Permits have been filed for the construction of a 9-story mixed-use building with 44 housing units on the vacant lot at 21-12 Cornaga Ave. in Far Rockaway. The proposed building would be 80 feet tall and yield 64,676 square feet of space. Residential space will account for 33,973…
Sep. 9, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill and Transit District 20 are still looking for a groper who targeted a woman inside the Jamaica-Van Wyck subway station last month. The 24-year-old victim was on the escalator just after 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 17, when a stranger…
Sep. 9, 2025 By Claude Solnik Brunch, or at least breakfast, is a fairly common offering across New York City restaurants. And these morning meals often follow basic rules and menus with fairly similar offerings such as eggs, traditional omelets and maybe a Mimosa. When it comes to good food and, in particular, brunches…
Sep. 9, 2025 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn man is being held without bail after he was charged with attempted murder for the vicious beatdown of a motorist in Astoria, who remains in a coma. Norberto Ordonez-Delvalle, 25, of Bay Ridge Avenue in Bensonhurst, surrendered to the NYPD’s Queens Warrants Squad in Queens Village…
Sep. 9, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Residents at Rochdale Village, one of the largest Mitchell-Lama co-op housing complexes in the country, staged a protest Sunday against proposed rate hikes that could rise as high as 30%. Residents on Sept. 7 gathered at the Rochdale Park basketball courts against the backdrop of the Rochdale Village…
Sep. 9, 2025 amNewYork The 9/11 Memorial and Museum rests upon one of the most hallowed grounds of this city and country, and serves not only to honor the legacy of those killed on that day of infamy 24 years ago this Thursday, but to educate future generations on the date’s significance. This memorial…
Sep. 9, 2025 By Ethan Marshall The Middle Village Players Roller Hockey League celebrated the opening day of its sixth season on Saturday, Sept. 6, at the James Bohan Hockey Rink in Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village. The festivities kicked off with the New York Islanders holding their Learn to Play program, which…
Sep. 9, 2025 By Athena Dawson Community members celebrated the completion of a restoration project at the Queens Valley Playground on Monday, Sept. 8. Assembly Member Sam Berger and Council Member James Gennaro joined the celebration of the completion of the restored blacktop at Queens Valley Playground, which is adjacent to P.S. 164. The…
Sep. 9, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani would still lead in the November general election, albeit by a far slimmer margin, if the field shrank to a one-on-one bout between himself and rival former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a new Siena College and New York Times poll released Tuesday…