Jul. 11, 2025 By Ethan Marshall The second quarter of 2025 marked the first time that the average price for one-to-three-family homes in Queens eclipsed $1 million, according to a report by the real estate agency Brown Harris Stevens. The average price of these homes rose 9.1% year over year, from $928,953 in the…
Jul. 11, 2025 By Czarinna Andres A lucky TAKE 5 player in Bayside is more than $16,000 richer following the New York Lottery’s July 10 evening drawing. The winning ticket, worth $16,105, was sold at CPL Works Inc., dba BP Petrol Station, located at 34-51 Bell Blvd. A second ticket with the same prize…
Jul. 11, 2025 By Jessica Militello A taste of France has arrived in Forest Hills with the opening of Tourmaline, a new restaurant offering a refined and seasonal dining experience on Metropolitan Avenue. Located at 106-17 Metropolitan Ave., Tourmaline debuted at the end of June in the same space as My Kitchen, a beloved…
Jul. 11, 2025 By Dean Moses and QNS News Team A Queens woman who survived a brutal hammer attack in a subway station in 2022 confronted her assailant in court Thursday, demanding answers and finding some measure of justice as he was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Nina Rothschild, 60, stood…
Jul. 10, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller On the heels of endorsing Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani in the mayoral general election, U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-Manhattan/Bronx) on Thursday urged fellow Democrats who have been hesitant to back the democratic socialist to get on board with his campaign for City Hall. Espaillat, during a Thursday afternoon…
Jul. 10, 2025 By Bill Parry New details have emerged in the case of the Hollis man accused luring a 14-year-old boy into his car in St. Albans and then allegedly raping him on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 1. Virgilio Taveras, 63, of Hillside Avenue, was arrested by detectives from the Queens Special…
Jul. 10, 2025 By Athena Dawson Dozens gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Queens Borough Hall on Wednesday, July 9, to celebrate the completion of a major renovation of Queens Borough Plaza. Queens Borough President Donovan Richards was joined by NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Tom Foley, whose agency oversaw the…
Jul. 10, 2025 By Bill Parry A Springfield Gardens man and a passenger in his car died after they were involved in a multi-vehicle chain-reaction crash on the Belt Parkway near Kennedy Airport on the morning of Saturday, July 5. Noah Thompson, 24, of 179th Street, was behind the wheel of a white BMW…
Jul. 10, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Council Member Julie Won and her husband, Eugene Noh, are denouncing what they call “sexist” and “misogynistic” scrutiny of their relationship following Noh’s appointment as campaign manager for Mayor Eric Adams’ re-election bid. Noh, a longtime political strategist and consultant, was officially announced as Adams’ campaign manager in…
July 10, 2025 By Czarinna Andres NYC Parks officials and community leaders gathered on Wednesday to celebrate the long-awaited completion of an $8.5 million reconstruction of Rainey Park, a popular waterfront green space in Astoria. The upgraded park now features new playgrounds, adult fitness areas, spray showers, expanded greenways, and improved accessibility designed to serve… Read more »