June 2, 2022 By Alexandra Adelina Nita The annual Queensboro Dance Festival tour will begin this Saturday—featuring Queens-based dance companies of diverse cultures and styles. The festival will consist of more than 30 free outdoor performances and classes across the borough, as well as pop-up events that will be announced throughout the summer on the… Read more »
June 1, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A large indoor soccer complex that opened in Astoria at the start of the year is expanding in size. The facility, located at 36-39 35th St., will increase from two small soccer pitches to four by the end of June, according to the manager of the establishment. The complex… Read more »
June 2, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A 54-year-old man was head-butted and beaten with his own hockey stick after he tried to stop an assault taking place inside of the Court Square station Tuesday. The incident took place on the northbound E train platform at around 5:30 p.m. when another man was being punched by… Read more »
June 2, 2022 By Czarinna Andres The police are looking for two men who robbed a straphanger at knifepoint at the 52nd Street subway station in Woodside Tuesday. The victim, a 24-year-old male, was waiting for a train on the Flushing-bound platform when two unknown men approached him at around 2:50 p.m. The suspects displayed… Read more »
June 2, 2022 By Christian Murray The police have arrested a man for allegedly killing a food delivery worker while he was making deliveries in Forest Hills in late April. Glenn Hirsch, 51, was arrested last night at his Briarwood apartment on murder and weapons charges for the shooting death of Zhiwen Yan. Yan, 45,… Read more »
June 1, 2022 By Czarinna Andres As many as 100 people turned out at Lou Lodati Park Tuesday evening for a candlelight vigil to pay respect to the victims of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and to call on federal legislators to pass gun laws that would make it safer for children and adults… Read more »
June 1, 2022 By Christian Murray Call it a case of political switcheroo. Two Queens state senators are swapping districts following the redrafting of the newly-drawn electoral maps. State Sen John Liu, who currently represents District 11, said Sunday that he plans to run for the redrawn District 16, which now incorporates where he resides… Read more »
June 1, 2022 By Czarinna Andres A 28-year-old man is dead after crashing his motorcycle into a brick wall in the Utopia section of Queens just after midnight Wednesday morning. Thomas Hardy, of St. Albans, was riding his 2021 Honda CBR 650R motorcycle along Utopia Parkway at a high rate of speed when he lost… Read more »
June 1, 2022 By Alexandra Adelina Nita The 30th annual Queens Pride Parade and Multicultural Festival will be taking place in Jackson Heights Sunday and tens of thousands of people are expected to attend. The event is scheduled for June 5 after a two-year hiatus, and is being organized under new leadership. David Kilmnick, the… Read more »
June 1, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A man was found dead inside his Corona apartment Tuesday evening and the incident is being investigated as a homicide, police said. The victim, 35, was discovered at around 6 p.m. with severe trauma to his torso inside the apartment located at 100-24 40th Rd., the NYPD said. The… Read more »