Oct. 30, 2020 Staff Report A local group that formed last month to combat an uptick in graffiti is looking for financial help in order to buy paint and power-washers to clean up the neighborhood. The volunteers, who established the Forest Hills and Rego Park Graffiti Cleanup Initiative, launched a GoFundMe earlier this month with… Read more »
Oct. 30, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for a man who stole thousands of dollars worth of cosmetics from an Astoria drug store earlier this month. The suspect entered Rite Aid, located at 32-87 Steinway St., on Oct. 10 at around 9:50 a.m. and allegedly swiped around $4,000 worth of cosmetics from the… Read more »
Oct. 30, 2020 By Michael Dorgan An award-winning Long Island City brewing company is about to get bigger after securing a new location in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. Big aLICe Brewing Company, which was established at 8-08 43rd Rd. in 2013, has purchased a former brewery in Geneva and will expand… Read more »
Oct. 30, 2020 By Allie Griffin The owner of the historic Neir’s Tavern signed a five-year lease Thursday, securing its place for years to come after the 191-year-old bar nearly shuttered in January. Owner Loycent Gordon signed the five-year lease agreement for the establishment at 87-48 78th St. with landlords Ken and Henry Shi. The… Read more »
Oct. 30, 2020 By Allie Griffin Police are looking for a man who spat at and punched a woman in the head onboard a Manhattan-bound E train Thursday. The man spat in the face of the 32-year-old woman as the train approached the 74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue subway station just before 10 a.m. and began to… Read more »
Oct. 29, 2020 By Allie Griffin The New York City Parks Department and the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced an initiative Thursday to study and create new connections to existing parks through bicycle and pedestrian corridors known as “greenways.” The two agencies plan to improve existing greenways and create new ones to better establish a… Read more »
Oct. 29, 2020 By Allie Griffin The New York City Police Department appointed its first female Chief of Patrol Thursday — Juanita Holmes, who has a long history of policing in Queens. Holmes, the highest-ranking African American woman in NYPD history, has more than 30 years of experience with the department, including several stints in… Read more »
Oct. 29. 2020 By Christian Murray If the gas line is down–the rent needs to come down with it, according to Astoria elected officials. State Sen. Mike Gianaris announced today that he is introducing legislation that provides rent relief for NYCHA tenants should they experience utility outages. The bill, which will be co-sponsored in the… Read more »
Oct. 29, 2020 By Christian Murray A ceremonial ribbon cutting was held at Queensbridge Park Wednesday to mark the completion of a new $6.25 million field house. The new facility replaces the old field house that was constructed in 1941 and had not been in use for nearly 30 years. The previous building was demolished… Read more »
Oct. 29, 2020 By Christian Murray A Corona man has been indicted by a Queens Grand jury on murder, manslaughter and other charges for the stray-bullet killing of a woman who was in her Jackson Heights apartment last month. Issam Elabbar, 31, was arraigned today on a seven-count indictment including murder in the second degree… Read more »