NYPD’s 115th Precinct welcomes new commanding officer

Oct. 13, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld and Lloyd Mitchell

Queens elected officials and advocates are renewing calls for the city to open up a dedicated pedestrian path on the Ed Koch-Queensboro Bridge, hoping to nip in the bud long delays by the Department of Transportation (DOT).

Students, faculty and staff at an elementary school in Jamaica were evacuated on Friday morning after a gas leak was detected nearby, officials said. The FDNY received a call just before 9 a.m. of a ruptured high-pressure gas main near P.S. 95 Eastwood, located on 179th Place between Hillside Avenue and Hillside Avenue.

“Out of an abundance of caution, this school is being evacuated to a nearby building due to an outside gas leak, off school property,” Department of Education spokeswoman Jenna Lyle said. “The school has communicated with families, FDNY is responding, and all students and staff are safe.”

Oct. 11, 2024 By Ethan Marshall and Paul Frangipane

Students at at P.S. 19Q Marino Jeantet in Corona, under the leadership of Emily Calandrelli (AKA Emily the Space Gal), were among more than 250 schools across the United States to launch a baking soda bottle rocket on Thursday, Oct. 10, setting a record for most baking soda bottles launched in a single day.

An off-duty NYPD School Safety Agent was arrested and booked at the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica late last month after officers responded to a domestic dispute call at her St. Albans home.

Janet Williams, 54, of Elmira Avenue, was taken into custody on the evening of Monday, Sept. 30, and arraigned in Queens Criminal Court two days later on a criminal complaint charging her with menacing, criminal mischief, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon.

Oct. 11, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Queens artists now have access to a package of new resources as part of a multipronged initiative led by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. and the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). 

Oct. 11, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

The Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District (BID) held a launch event for Taste of Sunnyside on Thursday evening, bringing together business owners and community members who will be participating in Sunday’s highly anticipated restaurant crawl.

Oct. 11, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

City officials and transportation safety advocates gathered in Kissena Corridor Park in Fresh Meadows on Wednesday morning to celebrate newly secured capital funding to close a gap in the Eastern Queens Greenway. 

Oct. 11, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Hunters Point Parks Conservancy (HPPC) will host a Halloween Festival the weekend before the actual holiday, featuring a Halloween March and a special outdoor screening of “The Addams Family.”

Oct. 11, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Council Member Robert Holden has criticized Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for their “insufficient efforts” to address lead service line replacements in his district.

Oct. 11, 2024 By Bill Parry

A married father of two from New Jersey was killed in Astoria when he suffered a blow to his head while working on a water sewage system more than a hundred feet underground.