June 24 2022 By Michael Dorgan A popular Korean-style chicken restaurant that closed in August after a fire ripped through its storefront is set to reopen next month. Mad For Chicken, known for its specialty fried chicken dishes, will reopen the 43-16 Queens Blvd. restaurant in two weeks. The reopening comes nearly a year after… Read more »
June 24, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after he struck his head while subway surfing atop the elevated 7 train in Corona Thursday. The victim, police say, was on the roof of a Manhattan-bound 7 train when his head hit an object as it pulled into the 111th Street… Read more »
June 24, 2022 By Alexandra Adelina Nita Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas and State Senator Jessica Ramos joined parents outside P.S. 69 in Jackson Heights last week to protest the upcoming budget cuts to New York City schools. The local officials and parents voiced their opposition to the $215 million cut to public school funding outlined in… Read more »
June 23, 2022 by Michael Dorgan Holy Cow! A street corner in Glendale will soon bear the name of veteran broadcaster and Yankees legend Phil Rizzuto, who was affectionately known as “The Scooter.” The corner of 64th Street and 78th Avenue will be co-named “Phil ‘Scooter’ Rizzuto Corner” Sunday at a ceremony hosted by Councilmember… Read more »
June 23, 2022 By Christian Murray Citi Bike has finally come to Sunnyside and Woodside. Several of the 70-plus docking stations planned for the area have been installed and the remainder are expected to be up by the end of the month. Stations went up Wednesday in the southwest portion of the district in the… Read more »
June 23, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A man is dead – and two other men are injured — after a sports car they were in plowed into a tree just off the Clearview Expressway early Wednesday. The man killed was sitting in the front passenger seat of a 2016 Dodge Charger that spun out of… Read more »
June 23, 2022 By Christian Murray Queens officials were quick to condemn the Supreme Court’s ruling today that overturned a century-old handgun law that many say could result in a flood of firearms hitting the streets. The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the state’s handgun law that limits people from carrying concealed… Read more »
June 23, 2022 By Czarinna Andres Get ready for a zombie apocalypse. The Museum of the Moving Image and AMC Networks are partnering to present “Living with The Walking Dead,” an exhibit devoted to the groundbreaking series The Walking Dead. The exhibit will open on June 25 at the Astoria-based museum and will explore key… Read more »
June 22, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A man is dead after being crushed by a pickup truck in Maspeth Tuesday night. The victim, who police say was lying on the ground beneath a parked Ford-350 pickup truck, was killed when the driver got into the vehicle at around 6:55 p.m. and put the truck into… Read more »
June 22, 2022 By Michael Dorgan and Christian Murray The mood was tense and people were passionate but at the end of the night Community Board 1 voted against the Innovation QNS rezoning application that would bring 2,800 units to a five-block manufacturing district in Astoria. The board voted 24 to 8 to reject the… Read more »