FDNY extinguishes large fire on rooftop terrace of Long Island City apartment building

State Senator James Sanders Jr. hosted his annual Earth Day celebration in the Rockaways on Saturday, Apr. 20, highlighted by his “Tuvalu Challenge” address, delivered while standing in the surf off Beach 86th Street with like-minded community leaders.

For the third year in a row, Sanders delivered his speech in the Atlantic Ocean to commemorate a similar address by Foreign Minister Simon Kofe of the South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu on Nov. 5, 2021, to dramatize the plight of his endangered country from climate change by standing in the ocean.

Apr. 25, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Neir’s Tavern is set to celebrate its “Halfway to 195th” anniversary this Saturday, Apr. 27. Residents are invited to take part in a special spring edition of this beloved Woodhaven fixture’s annual block party, located at 88th Avenue, between 78th and 77th Street, from 12-6 p.m.

Apr. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry

Police from two western Queens police precincts are looking for a pair of armed robbers who targeted several people miles apart in just over an hour last week.

Apr. 25, 2024 By Anthony Medina

Queens Council Member Robert Holden has introduced a series of bills that aim to impose tougher penalties on lawbreakers and provide law enforcement with additional tools to make arrests. 

Apr. 25, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

As Pro-Palestinian encampments emerged at over a dozen college campuses across the country following in the footsteps of Columbia University, local elected officials pushed out statements in response.

Apr. 25, 2024 By QNS Staff Report

The Irish woman who was stabbed to death in a pub in Maspeth last month is set to be remembered with a church service in Elmhurst on Saturday evening. 

Apr. 25, 2024 By Queens Post News Team

Upscale Upper East Side grocery store Butterfield Market is set to open a new location in Long Island City next year. The store will operate a retail space and a 9,000-square-foot commissary kitchen. 

Apr. 25, 2024 By Olivia Seaman

Rob Basch is not your average volunteer. While many might shy away from the idea of picking up trash for a living, Basch embraces it wholeheartedly. As the president of the Hunters Point Park Conservancy in Long Island City, he dedicates his days to nurturing the park and transforming it into a haven for the Queens community.

Apr. 25, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann

It was an action-packed afternoon at J-CAP, a bilingual residential drug treatment program for adults and young adults in Jamaica, Queens. 

A school crossing guard from Jamaica was criminally charged with attempted rape, attempted use of a child in a sexual performance and other sex-related crimes after he allegedly tried to lure an undercover NYPD officer he believed to be 14 years old to participate in a sex act.

Jared Jeridore, 24, of Sutphin Boulevard, was arraigned Wednesday in Queens Criminal Court on a seven-count criminal complaint that also included counts of attempted dissemination of indecent material to minors, attempted endangering the welfare of a child and official misconduct.