Aug. 3, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A community-led group is hosting guided food crawls through Woodside and Jackson Heights next week. The restaurant crawls, which will see participants visit a diverse mix of local eateries to savor takeout food, will take place on Aug. 13. There will be two tours, with the first beginning at… Read more »
Aug. 3, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The police are looking for a group of suspects who assaulted two women inside a movie theater in College Point last month. The suspects – two men and two women – got into a dispute with the victims while watching a film at the College Point Multiplex Cinema, located… Read more »
Aug. 3, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A large mural has gone up on a Sunnyside street corner in recognition of a well-known business owner—and the wife of the treasurer of the Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District—who passed away earlier this year. The colorful mural, which features six roses and a streetscape of Manhattan, has been… Read more »
Aug. 2, 2022 By Czarinna Andres Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams were at the Woodside Houses NYCHA complex this morning to announce plans to improve the heating and cooling systems for residents in NYCHA housing developments across the city. The plan calls for the installation of what’s called an “electric heat pump” in… Read more »
Aug. 2, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A Woodside man who has been blind for most of his life is inspiring members at a local boxing gym to up their game. Justin Rivera, 30, has been training at Supreme Team Boxing, located at 34-09 Queens Blvd., since late 2019 and has learned how to box regardless… Read more »
Aug. 2, 2022 By Czarinna Andres A 74-year-old woman is in critical condition after being struck by a driver in the crosswalk at an intersection in Bay Terrace Monday. The woman was hit while crossing 26th Avenue at Corporal Kennedy Street at around 12:56 p.m. when a driver in a 2021 GMC SUV traveling along… Read more »
Aug. 2, 2022 By Christian Murray The owners of two successful Italian restaurants in Sunnyside opened a gelato shop in the neighborhood Sunday. Valerio Marchi, Gina Mastrovito and Manuel Gregorio, who own Sotto Le Stelle Pizzeria and SoleLuna on Queens Boulevard, opened Arcobaleno Gelateria on July 31 at 44-09 Queens Blvd. The addition represents their… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Aug. 1, 2022 By Katie Honan and Hiram Alejandro Durán, The City A group of Queens street peddlers have organized one of the city’s first local vendor associations, centered around a bustling but chaotic plaza — as some nearby businesses say the influx of mobile merchants… Read more »
Aug. 1, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A family-owned food cart that offers Venezuelan fare was stolen from its operating spot in Jackson Heights on early Saturday. The red-colored cart, called Chamo Landia, was taken at around 12:30 a.m. from the corner of 83rd Street and Northern Boulevard by a suspect, or suspects, using a flatbed… Read more »
Aug. 1, 2022 By Christian Murray The fate of a developer’s plan to build 1,340 apartments on the Halletts Point peninsula now rests in the hands of the city council and Council Member Tiffany Cabán, who announced Sunday that the project still does not contain enough affordable housing. The project, which the City Planning Commission… Read more »