Authorities Shut Down Unlicensed Club in Corona, In Breach of COVID-19 Restrictions

Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for two men who blasted a caustic liquid in the face of a 36-year-old woman and then robbed her of hundreds of dollars in cash and personal property in Auburndale last month.

The victim was standing in front of a home at 40-45 172nd St. across from the Star Toyota Service Center when two strangers approached and pepper-sprayed her face before snatching her purse, which contained a cell phone and $600 in cash, police said. They fled the location in an orange sedan in an unknown direction and remain at large a month later.

May. 6, 2025 By Robert Pearl

Council Member Vickie Paladino stood before a packed auditorium at Bayside High School on Thursday evening and delivered what many attendees described as a masterful and heartfelt address on the state of New York City’s 19th Council District.

May. 6, 2025 By Emily Davenport

Rite Aid is closing the rest of its New York stores after long-standing financial issues, according to multiple reports.

May. 6, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

More than 400 guests gathered at Terrace on the Park in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park on Thursday, May 1 to celebrate Queensborough Community College’s 2025 Partners for Progress Gala, an annual fundraising event that highlights the college’s commitment to student success and honors distinguished partners in health care and community advancement.

May. 6, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller

Eric Adams won the Democratic mayoral primary in 2021 on a promise to combat crime rates that spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic.

May. 6, 2025 By Ramy Mahmoud and QNS News Team

United Adult Ministries hosted its annual gala on May 1 at Leonard’s Palazzo in Great Neck, celebrating over a century of service to older adults and marking the 50th anniversary of Flushing House, one of New York’s pioneering independent living residences for seniors.

May. 6, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

Two Queens residents may be thousands of dollars richer after the New York Lottery announced multiple top-prize winning tickets were sold in the borough for the May 2 TAKE 5 drawings.

May 6, 2025 By Jessica Militello

Hard Knox Astoria may sound like a rough-and-tumble gym, but for many in the neighborhood, it’s a second home.

The family of 23-year-old Justin Diaz expressed outrage that his accused killer, Michael Peña, was ordered released from Rikers Island on Friday, two weeks after he was remanded into custody without bail following his arraignment in Queens Supreme Court.

A Queens grand jury indicted Peña, a former FDNY firefighter from Oakland Gardens on manslaughter and DWI charges for a pre-dawn collision that killed Diaz on Northern Boulevard in East Elmhurst on February 26.

May. 6, 2025 By Athena Dawson

More than 20 community organizations came together at Queens Borough Hall on Monday, April 23, to mark Denim Day—a global campaign that raises awareness of sexual violence and honors survivors through education, solidarity and support.