Sept. 20, 2022 By Michael Dorgan LIC just can’t get enough bubble tea! A Taiwanese-based bubble tea chain is set to open on Jackson Avenue next month – adding to the growing list of bubble tea stores opening in the neighborhood. I’Milky, a franchise that also has stores in Hong Kong, Malaysia, China, Cambodia, Macau… Read more »
Sept. 20, 2022 By Christian Murray The police have released the name of a man who was stabbed to death in Woodside during the early hours Monday morning. Freddy Jimenez, 55, of 71st Street in Woodside, was fatally stabbed in the stomach at around 2:45 a.m. on the corner of 69th Street and Roosevelt Avenue, according… Read more »
Sept. 20, 2022 By Christian Murray Gov. Kathy Hochul was in Corona Tuesday to announce that security cameras will be installed in all subway cars. The governor said that the MTA will place two cameras on each of its more than 6,400 subway cars. The announcement follows the installation of 10,000 cameras across all 472… Read more »
Sept. 20, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A new upscale bar and restaurant will open on Jackson Avenue tonight, replacing a beer hall that closed last year. The new establishment, called Jungly, will open at 12-23 Jackson Ave. at 6 p.m. and will offer craft cocktails, live music and American fusion-style food. The owners are taking… Read more »
Sept. 20, 2022 By Max Murray The police released photos today of a man wanted for assaulting a straphanger at the Union Turnpike-Kew Gardens subway station last month. The suspect allegedly got into an argument with a 30-year-old man at around 11:15 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21, before punching the victim multiple times in the… Read more »
Sept. 20, 2022 By Christian Murray The MTA released the results of it’s Spring 2022 bi-annual survey Monday that revealed that only 48 percent of subway riders are either satisfied or very satisfied with service. The results were based on a survey where the MTA gathered feedback from riders who rely on New York City… Read more »
Sept. 19, 2022 By Christian Murray The Halal Guys, a popular New York City-based halal food chain, is opening a location in the Queens Center Mall this weekend. The eatery, which was started by three Egyptian immigrants as a lone Manhattan food cart in 1990 and morphed into a brick-and-mortar restaurant business, will open a… Read more »
Sept. 19, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Two bike shops in Ridgewood have been busted for illegally selling motorcycles without identification numbers. Officers from the 104th Police Precinct on Wednesday raided two stores — H.C. E-Bike Corp, located at 17-02 Gates Ave., and Fly Wing, located at 55-48 Myrtle Ave. — and confiscated more than a… Read more »
Sept. 19, 2022 By Christian Murray Community boards throughout New York City will now have to meet in person. Gov. Kathy Hochul lifted the state’s emergency powers related to the COVID-19 pandemic last week and the change means that all city agencies—including community boards—must hold their meetings in person. The change will mean that all… Read more »
Sept. 19, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A man is dead and three others are injured after a wild shooting in Elmhurst Sunday afternoon – in what police are investigating as a possible gang-related incident. The broad daylight shooting erupted outside a house at 95-23 41st Ave. at around 1:35 p.m. when two unidentified suspects on… Read more »