Oct. 23, 2020 By Allie Griffin [This story has been updated to reflect that the Open Streets program has no set end date at this time.] The city will keep the 34th Avenue Open Street going as the Department of Transportation (DOT) looks into a plan for its “long-term” transformation. Residents and local elected officials… Read more »
Oct. 22, 2020 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a man who held up a Ridgewood bodega at gunpoint Tuesday and made off with cash and cigarettes. The gun-toting man allegedly entered Jimmy Deli and Grocery, located at 1683 Woodbine St., at around 11:50 p.m. and demanded that an employee hand over cash…. Read more »
Oct. 22, 2020 By Christian Murray Ingrid Gomez, a long time Corona resident, formally announced today that she is running to unseat Council Member Francisco Moya to represent the 21st Council District. Gomez, a clinical social worker and self-described progressive, said she was prompted to run after seeing up close the toll COVID-19 had taken… Read more »
Oct. 21, 2020 By Allie Griffin A group of Sunnyside residents, a local nonprofit organization and a property owner have all come together to turn an empty lot into a composting site. The ad hoc group of residents— who go by the name of the 45th Street Composters — are collecting food scraps at an… Read more »
Oct. 22, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for a man who allegedly assaulted a 24-year-old woman inside a Kew Gardens subway station earlier this month. The suspect allegedly approached the woman – who was standing on the platform at the Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike station – and punched her in the face with a… Read more »
Oct. 21, 2020 By Allie Griffin Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that COVID-19 restrictions in two Queens coronavirus hotspots will be eased as infection rates have come down. The Central Queens and Far Rockaway red and orange zones have been downgraded to yellow zones — in which nonessential businesses and schools are permitted to reopen…. Read more »
Oct. 21, 2020 By Michael Dorgan An off-duty NYPD detective has been busted for driving drunk after he crashed into a security gate at the Police Academy in College Point yesterday, according to published reports. Detective Michael Jimenez, 38, was arrested and charged for driving while intoxicated and refusing to take a breath test at… Read more »
Oct. 21, 2020 By Christian Murray Chip, the famed Astoria cookie bakery, is opening a shop in Brooklyn. Chip will open its first Brooklyn shop in Williamsburg, where it will be serving its signature gooey cookie flavors starting Oct. 31. The new store will be located at 123 Kent. St. The shop is known best… Read more »
Oct. 21, 2020 By Allie Griffin Governor Andrew Cuomo has extended the statewide moratorium on commercial evictions and foreclosures from Oct. 20 through to the end of the year. He signed an executive order extending it Tuesday — the same day the emergency moratorium was set to expire. Cuomo first announced a state moratorium on… Read more »
Oct. 21, 2020 By Allie Griffin A Planet Fitness gym is coming to Forest Hills in a 10-story building that is going up near MacDonald Park. The gym will occupy the first floor and cellar of the 142,500-square-foot building currently under construction at 107-02 Queens Blvd. Queens Community Board 6 voted to approve the special… Read more »