July 26, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival will roar back to full strength at Flushing Meadows Corona Park this weekend. The event, which is the oldest and largest dragon boat festival in the United States, will take place on July 30 and 31 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Attendance… Read more »
July 25, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police are looking for three suspects who allegedly stole nearly $20,000 worth of jewelry from a store in Astoria earlier this month. The suspects – two men and a woman — allegedly carried out the heist while they were inside K A Jewelry, located at 30-04 Broadway, on July… Read more »
July 25, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The Dept. of Transportation has reduced the operational hours of the controversial Main Street busway in Flushing. The busway, which runs down a .6-mile stretch of Main Street between Northern Boulevard and Sanford Avenue, is now in operation from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Mondays through Sundays having previously… Read more »
July 25, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police are looking for a man who allegedly pushed a 13-year-old boy to the ground and then punched him in the face while inside the 61 Street station in Woodside last week. The suspect got into an argument with the boy inside the station on July 20 at around… Read more »
July 25, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A pedestrian is dead after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Jamaica early Friday. The victim, a 60-year-old woman, was hit by an unidentified vehicle while walking on the eastbound Belt Parkway near 150th Street at around 3:10 a.m., according to police. The woman was struck by the… Read more »
July 22, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The King of Falafel may not be ready to relinquish his crown just yet. Just one day after Fares “Freddy” Zeideia announced on social media that he planned to sell his popular halal food business, King of Falafel and Shawarma, the charismatic chef sat down with the Queens Post… Read more »
July 22, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Two local business owners are spearheading the revival of a popular open street program on Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria. The open street — which sees a section of Ditmars Boulevard closed off to vehicular traffic — will return Saturday and stretch four blocks from 33rd Street to 37th Street…. Read more »
July 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A vintage subway car that once transported passengers to and from the 1964 World’s Fair in Flushing-Meadows-Corona Park has been bought at auction for nearly $250,000. The subway car, one of the last remaining “Redbird” fleet of models, was snapped up by an anonymous buyer Friday who beat off… Read more »
July 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The police are looking for a man who smashed two security cameras inside a Long Island City subway station earlier this month. The suspect, police said, was inside the 33rd Street-Rawson Street subway station on July 9 at around 3:35 p.m. when he began to urinate on the southbound 7… Read more »
July 20, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A global fried chicken chain based out of the Philippines will open in Downtown Jamaica Thursday. The restaurant will be the company’s second in Queens following on from its popular Woodside location. Jollibee, which has more than 1,300 restaurants worldwide, will open July 21 at 160-08 Jamaica Ave.— inside… Read more »