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Queens families harvest over 50 pounds of produce at NYSCI’s hydroponics lab
Queens families harvest over 50 pounds of produce at NYSCI’s hydroponics lab

Jul. 14, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

The New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) teamed up with sustainability nonprofit New York Sun Works to welcome Queens families to NYSCI on July 11 to harvest over 50 pounds of produce grown at a hydroponics lab at the Queens-based science museum. 

New York Sun Works installed a Hydroponic Learning Lab at NYSCI last August in order to “empower and inspire the next generation” of scientists, biologists, agriculturalists, agronomists, activists and community leaders to create solutions to local and global climate challenges.

The non-profit has now installed over 350 hydroponics labs across New York City and over 70 across Queens, teaching young students how to grow plants indoors and without using soil. Instead of receiving energy from the sun, plants at the labs receive energy from LED lighting that is tailored to the specific energy needs of individual plans. Plants are also planted in soil-free growth mediums.

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Ridgewood mother and daughter arrested for attacking woman over parking spot: NYPD

A Ridgewood mother and daughter were arrested Monday after they ambushed a young Black woman who tried to park her car in a spot in front of their apartment building that they frequently cordon off with garbage cans and traffic cones.

A family friend was standing at the northeast corner of Onderdonk Avenue and Putnam Avenue at around 7:30 p.m. when the 21-year-old Jada McPherson tried to park her car in the spot. The man placed a garbage can in her way. She drove off and circled the block multiple times. She tried to pull into the same spot one more time, but the man tried to stop her again. McPherson got out of her car to confront him, and an argument ensued.

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MTA bus slams into pole in Flushing, injuring eight passengers: NYPD

The driver of the Q20A bus was traveling westbound on 57th Road just south of Kissena Corridor Park at 5:58 a.m. when he made a right turn onto Main Street, jumped the curb, and slammed into a light pole at the intersection of Booth Memorial Avenue and Main Street, an MTA spokesman said. There were seven passengers on the bus when it crashed. They were transported by EMS to New York-Presbyterian Hospital with minor complaints of pain, according to the NYPD spokesman.

The Q20A bus had significant front-end damage, and an MTA spokesman said the bus operator is being withheld from service pending the investigation. No criminality is suspected, and the investigation remains ongoing, the NYPD spokesman said.

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