Nov. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry

A Southeast Queens FDNY emergency medical technician is criminally charged with attempted murder and other crimes for the unprovoked shooting of a 36-year-old man on Steinway Street in Astoria in late August, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Thursday.

Nov. 22, 2024 QNS News Team

Flushing Council Member Sandra Ung, with support from the Flushing Chinese Business Association and several local businesses, is celebrating their largest Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway to date.

Nov. 22, 2024 Hollis Hills Civic Association

The Hollis Hills Civic Association represents an engaged community in Eastern Queens. When we requested a median construction project over a decade ago, we envisioned safer streets and improved aesthetics for our neighborhood. Instead, we were subjected to dangers that have left our community with serious concerns.

New details have emerged into the fatal chain-reaction four-vehicle collision on the Kosciuszko Bridge in Maspeth that killed a senior and injured seven on Thursday morning.

The 75-year-old man who was killed during the pile-up has been identified as Shafiur Rahman of Euless, Texas. He was among several passengers riding in a 2021 Honda HRV that was trying to merge into the rain-soaked southbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

Nov. 22, 2024 By Colum Motherway

Jenifer Rajkumar, a Democrat currently representing the 38th Assembly district, which includes the neighborhoods of Glendale, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Ridgewood and Woodhaven, officially kicked off her campaign to be New York City’s next Comptroller.

Nov. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry

Four teenage boys were taken into custody inside Long Island City High School in Astoria on Thursday afternoon after a brawl broke out and a 16-year-old boy was stabbed in the head, according to an NYPD spokesperson.

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Nov. 22, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Nov. 22, 2024 By Queens Post News Team

A local art store and community hub in Jackson Heights is set to host an innovative art exhibition beginning in December.

Nov. 22, 2024 By Colum Motherway

Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr. partnered up with the Queens Public Library to host an Older Adult Fun Day on Monday, Nov. 18.

Nov. 21, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller

A slightly weaker version of Mayor Eric Adams’ controversial City of Yes zoning reform package, aimed at making it easier to build more housing in the Big Apple, cleared two key City Council committees on Thursday.

Nov. 21, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld and Robert Pozarycki

The MTA will host eight webinars over the month of December for New Yorkers to learn more about the forthcoming Central Business District Tolling Program — better known as congestion pricing — which begins on Jan. 5.

The city has secured two major labor agreements with the Building & Construction Trades Council that will cover more than $1 billion in capital projects, including infrastructure improvements in Willets Point, Mayor Eric Adams announced at City Hall on Thursday morning.

The Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) enable the city to establish fair wages, benefits, and safety [protections for workers and provide opportunities for workforce development while controlling construction costs and ensuring the timely completion of projects.

Nov. 21, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards has provided $1 million in funding for a renovation project at a community center in Flushing. 

Nov. 21, 2024 By Colum Motherway

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and while it’s a joyous time for many, it can also be challenging for others.

Nov. 21, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller

City Hall appears to be closing in on a deal to make Mayor Eric Adams’ City of Yes zoning changes to boost housing production a reality.

Nov. 21, 2024 By Laura Rothrock and Wilma Alonso

Long Island City and Fordham Road are two completely different neighborhoods. Fordham is the Bronx’s busiest commercial corridor, with more than 300 businesses, primarily retail. Long Island City is a multi-use waterfront community that includes residential, commercial, retail, and industrial properties.

Nov. 21, 2024 By Athena Dawson

A group of Cambria Heights residents are working to revitalize their community garden. 

Nov. 21, 2024 By Bill Parry

The NYPD has identified a suspect in the fatal hit-and-run collision that killed a cyclist during a police chase through the streets of Astoria last month.

Nov. 21, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld

A 75-year-old man was killed, and several people — including a 9-year-old girl — were injured in a massive pile-up crash on the Kosciuszko Bridge Thursday morning, police reported.

Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are looking for a trio of robbers who targeted two people at the same location, just over a month apart, near Captain Tilly Park in Jamaica Hills.

The first incident occurred during the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 12, near the intersection of Gothic Drive and 167th Street when three strangers approached a 33-year-old woman at around 4:30 p.m. and forcibly removed her purse containing two cell phones and other personal property before running off in an unknown direction.

Nov. 21, 2024 QNS News Team

The New York City School Construction Authority (SCA) has added funding for a 700-seat annex at Forest Hills High School to its Fiscal Year 2025-2029 Capital Plan, aiming to address longstanding overcrowding issues at the high-demand school.

Nov. 21, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Construction work for the Champlain-Hudson Power Express (CHPE) has started along Shore Boulevard in Astoria Park as part of the final stretch of a 339-mile underground transmission line that will bring clean energy from Canada to a converter station in Astoria by 2026.

Nov. 21, 2024 By Jessica Militello

Before the turkey and pumpkin pie take center stage, Western Queens is serving up its own Thanksgiving tradition: Drinksgiving.

Former MTA bus driver Michelle Washington was arrested Tuesday and booked at the 113th Precinct in Jamaica for the fatal hit-and-run collision that killed a St. Albans woman in August.

Washington, 54, of 222nd St. in Queens Village, was charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to use due care, but she was not charged with leaving the scene of an accident.

Nov. 21, 2024 Athena Dawson

A temporary art installation representing New York City’s namesake has made its way to Downtown Jamaica.