Jul. 18, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Indoor skydiving company iFly held a ribbon-cutting celebration in Long Island City Friday ahead of a grand-opening celebration at its western Queens facility on Saturday. iFLY Indoor Skydiving, which operates more than 80 locations around the world including on several cruise ships opened at 10-20 Borden Ave. at…
Jul. 18, 2025 By Bill Parry A teenager was stabbed in front of a gym near Steinway Street in Astoria after he came to the defense of a friend who was about to be attacked by two men on the night of Thursday, July 17, according to law enforcement sources. Police say a 17-year-old…
Jul. 18, 2025 By Bill Parry A College Point man is being held without bail after he was arrested and charged with murder for the fatal stabbing of a Corona man in May. Carlos Castro Alvarado, 26, of 121st Street, was apprehended near his workplace on Tuesday, July 15, by members of the Regional…
Jul. 18, 2025 By Athena Dawson LaGuardia Gateway Partners (LGP), the manager and developer of LaGuardia Airport’s new Terminal B, is partnering with a local college for an immersive internship program. LaGuardia Gateway Partners, the manager and developer of LaGuardia Airport’s new Terminal B, is partnering with Farmindale State College(FSC) for its Terminal Operations…
Jul. 18, 2025 By Shane O’Brien More than 100 Queens students of all ages flocked to the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) for a live Earth-to-space conversation with NASA astronaut Dr. Jonny Kim, who is aboard the International Space Station (ISS), as part of an event organized by U.S. Rep. Grace Meng. Students…
Jul. 18, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Permits have been filed for the construction of a 12-story mixed-use building featuring 591 housing units at 89-53 165th St. in Jamaica. The proposed building would be 124 feet tall and yield 438,961 square feet of space. Residential space for the 591 units would make up 432,484 square…
Jul. 18, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani said during a Thursday night TV interview that he now discourages using the phrase “globalize the intifada” as he seeks to quell a weeks-long controversy over his repeated refusal to condemn a slogan that many Jewish New Yorkers see as an incitement to…
Jul. 18, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria and Transit District 20 are looking for a woman who hijacked an N train early Thursday morning. Cops responded to a 911 call of a subway train being moved from the Broadway station over 31st Street at 4:30 a.m. on July…
Jul. 18, 2025 By Athena Dawson Episcopal Health Services (EHS) will soon open a state-of-the-art labor and delivery suite for expecting mothers living on the Rockaway peninsula and surrounding areas. QNS gained exclusive access to the suite located at 327 Beach 19th St., which will officially open on July 31 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.…
Jul. 18, 2025 By Shane O’Brien More than 700 people have signed an online petition opposing the proposed closure of Maspeth’s Church of the Transformation, while others are currently attempting to prevent any sale by securing landmark status for the Roman Catholic church built by the Lithuanian community in the 1960s. The church, also…