March 2, 2021 By Allie Griffin The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has completed accessibility upgrades at the Manhattan-bound side of the Court Square- 23rd Street subway station, the agency announced Tuesday. The entrance to the E/M line platform — on the Manhattan-bound side — has been outfitted with a new elevator, ramp, wheelchair access gate,… Read more »
March 2, 2021 By Christian Murray The Sunnyside branch of the Queens Public Library will reopen Thursday following its closure for construction. The library, located at 43-06 Greenpoint Ave., will reopen after it shut down Nov. 5 in order for the entrance to be revamped to make it ADA compliant and accessible to all customers…. Read more »
March 2, 2021 By Christina Santucci Movie theaters across New York City can usher in patrons Friday — for the first time in nearly a year — but some cinema operators in Queens will not be opening their doors just yet. Three independent cinemas in Queens are among those that will not be opening Friday…. Read more »
March 2, 2021 By Christian Murray Queens Borough President Donovan Richards will be presenting his first State of the Borough address Wednesday night when he will outline the borough’s road to recovery in the wake of the pandemic. The event, which will be held virtually, will take place at 6 p.m. and will be streamed… Read more »
March 2, 2021 By Allie Griffin The COVID-19 vaccination site at York College in Jamaica is now open to all eligible Queens residents. The site — where appointments were reserved for eligible residents of select Queens ZIP codes for one week — was opened to the rest of the borough on Saturday, Governor Andrew Cuomo… Read more »
March 2, 2021 By Christina Santucci The roof of a Best Buy warehouse in Woodside partially collapsed Monday night. More than a dozen firefighters responded to the location, at 32-49 49th St., after the incident was reported around 7 p.m. No one was injured in the incident, fire officials said. The building — a storage… Read more »
March 2, 2021 By Christina Santucci Middle Village resident Brian Walter lost his 80-year-old father to COVID-19 in May, but his family was not able to properly mourn. “We had a funeral with no attendance, no wake, no services,” he said. So, Walter has sought to honor his dad, John, in another way. He has… Read more »
March 2, 2021 By Allie Griffin Police are investigating the death of a 40-year-old man whose body was found near Citi Field yesterday afternoon. Jywan Stovall, of Westchester, was found lying on the ground, partially submerged in a puddle, near Seaver Way at 5 p.m. Monday, police said. Stovall was found unconscious and unresponsive, but… Read more »
March 1, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A coalition of transport, community, business and other advocacy groups are calling on the city’s mayoral candidates to commit to converting street space–currently used by private vehicles–into space for the exclusive use of pedestrians, bicyclists and buses. The city-wide coalition, which includes a number of groups from Queens, say… Read more »
March 1, 2021 By Allie Griffin Only a quarter of the potentially life-saving COVID-19 shots at a Queens vaccine site have been put in the arms of city residents. About 75 percent of the vaccines at the state-run site inside the Aqueduct Racetrack facility have gone to people who live outside the city, Mayor Bill… Read more »