June 8, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A trendy and spacious cafe has opened on Queens Boulevard following three months of delays due to COVID-19. Mad Café, opened its doors at 43-10 Queens Blvd. last week and is now brewing fresh coffee and serving pastries delivered daily from SPOT dessert bar in Flushing. The 2,600 square-foot… Read more »
June 9, 2020 By Michael Dorgan. A Forest Hills shop has sold a winning lottery ticket worth nearly $58,000. The winning Take 5 ticket was purchased at Yellowstone Convenience Store, located at 71-69 Yellowstone Blvd., according to the New York Lottery. The lucky winner matched all five numbers to clinch the top prize of $57,834.50…. Read more »
June 8, 2020 By Michel Dorgan A ‘vigilante’ who was suspicious of two black men who were driving through his Jamaica neighborhood allegedly pursued them in his car, pulled out a gun and fired shots. Yosef Aranbayev, 41, has been charged with attempted murder as a hate crime, after following the black men in his… Read more »
June 8, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Building permits have been filed for a 14-story commercial building on Union Street in Flushing. The plans call for a 189-foot-tall structure on a vacant lot at 37-16 Union Street, according to documents filed with the Department of Buildings on June 5. The building will include ground floor retail;… Read more »
June 8, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Mayor Bill de Blasio has vowed to slash funding to the NYPD and implement a series of reforms within the department. The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis cop last month coupled with a series of recent NYPD beatings at protests has led to calls to defund the… Read more »
June 6, 2020 Staff Report Large protests against racial injustice went off peacefully across Queens on Friday and Saturday. Thousands of protesters took to the streets at various locations throughout the World’s Borough – replicating the mass protests seen throughout the country since the killing of George Floyd on May 25. Hundreds of people marched… Read more »
June 6, 2020 By Michael Dorgan The Queens Pride virtual parade will take place online this Sunday, June 8. The physical parade, which was expected to go ahead in Jackson Heights tomorrow, is being replaced by a live-streamed event starting at noon to celebrate Pride Month and the LGBTQ community. The online event will feature… Read more »
June 6, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Council Member Robert Holden has called on the city to reopen parks and other public spaces as part of Phase 1. The lawmaker wrote to Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver Thursday demanding that public parks, beaches, tennis courts and golf courses be made available to the public from June 8…. Read more »
June 5, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A large truck packed with fruits and vegetables for the needy rolled into Sunnyside Thursday. The truck pulled up to an empty retail space on Skillman Avenue at around 2 p.m. and around 60 local volunteers unloaded as many as 1,400 boxes. The volunteers had set up a human… Read more »
June 4, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A tense standoff between a large group of demonstrators and the police almost boiled over in Sunnyside Thursday. More than 100 protesters blocked up traffic on Queens Boulevard by 47th Street at around 3:40 p.m. and refused to leave unless NYPD officers joined them in taking a knee or… Read more »