Oct. 21, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Instead of throwing out this Halloween’s used pumpkins, Sunnyside/Woodside residents can smash them apart with their neighbors – while helping the environment. The seventh annual Pumpkin Smash will take place on Nov. 6 at the Sunnyside Greenmarket, located outside Lou Lodati Playground on Skillman Avenue between 41st and 43rd… Read more »
Oct. 20, 2021 By Michael Dorgan An Italian café is set to open inside a new high-rise apartment building on the Long Island City waterfront. Santa Chiaro Café will open in December on the ground floor of 52-41 Center Boulevard, a 44-story residential building at Hunters Point South. It will be the first café owned solely… Read more »
Oct. 20, 2021 By Allie Griffin Friends of a lifelong Astoria resident who died in a motorcycle crash Sunday have launched a fundraiser to support the man’s wife and two young daughters. The fundraiser aims to raise money to help pay for college for Thomas Antonaccio’s two daughters, Giuliana, 13, and Gabriella, 11. Antonaccio died… Read more »
Oct 20, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A Brooklyn man whose attempted robbery of a T-Mobile store in Richmond Hill resulted in a cop being shot dead pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wednesday, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office. Christopher Ransom, 30, was holding up the store with another suspect in 2019 when police were called… Read more »
Oct. 20, 2021 By Allie Griffin All city workers must get vaccinated for COVID-19 or face unpaid leave under a new mandate Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday. The mandate requires city employees — including police officers, firefighters and sanitation workers — to get at least one dose by 5 p.m. on Oct. 29. It… Read more »
Oct. 20, 2021 By Christian Murray A man was found dead with a laceration to his face behind a block of stores in Flushing this morning. Police received a call at around 3:50 a.m. that there was an unconscious man at the rear of 147-14 Northern Blvd. Upon arrival, officers from the 109th NYPD Precinct… Read more »
Oct. 19, 2021 By Allie Griffin Apartment rentals in Queens are largely going for less than they were before the pandemic threw the market in a tailspin, a new real estate report shows. Rent prices continue to trend upward but have yet to reach pre-pandemic costs in the vast majority of Queens neighborhoods, a market… Read more »
Oct. 19, 2021 By Allie Griffin Participants at an annual walk-a-thon Sunday raised more than $100,000 for a Bayside hospital to support children with special medical needs. Hundreds joined the annual Big Hearts Walk for St. Mary’s Kids at the Bronx Zoo to raise funds for St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children, the city’s only… Read more »
Oct. 19, 2021 By Allie Griffin An inaugural street vendor scavenger hunt will kick off in Corona Plaza next month in an effort to support the city’s local vendors. The five-borough scavenger hunt, organized by the Street Vendor Project of the Urban Justice Center, will challenge participants to visit vendors and complete a number of… Read more »
Oct. 19, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Members of a local Irish sports club and elected officials cut the ribbon Saturday to mark the opening of a newly developed playing field in College Point. Frank Golden Park, located between 138th Street and 132nd Street, has undergone a major overhaul with a large section of the 11.42-acre… Read more »