Planters at Travers Park in Jackson Heights Undergo a Colorful Makeover

Oct. 10, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

The City Parks Foundation held its second annual Senior Fitness Fair, wherein free healthy activities were offered for people 60 years of age and older on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Beloved New York Mets mascot, Mr. Met, made a special appearance and joined the seniors in participating in the activities.

Jamaica resident Rahlik Pinnock was sentenced to ten years in prison on Thursday for stabbing a man during an altercation shortly after Pinnock tried to solicit the victim’s girlfriend to engage in prostitution in front of a Sutphin Boulevard liquor store in February 2022.

Pinnock, 35, of 115th Road, pleaded guilty on Sept. 25 to assault in the first degree before Queens Supreme Court Justice Michelle Johnson, who sentenced him to a decade imprisonment, to be followed by five years post-release supervision.

Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood and Transit District 33. are looking for a pervert who allegedly groped a 14-year-old girl on an M train on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 6.

The youngster was onboard a southbound M train approaching the Seneca Avenue subway station in Ridgewood at around 10:40 a.m. when a stranger approached her and asked to use her cell phone. The suspect repeatedly squeezed her inner thigh, police said Wednesday. The degenerate got off the subway at the Seneca Avenue station and was last seen walking away on Palmetto Street. The girl was not injured during the encounter.

Oct. 10, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is urging City Hall to put an “operational pause” on the ongoing electric scooter share pilot program in Queens, citing an epidemic of discourteous parking practices.

Oct. 10, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

P.S. 41 in Bayside unveiled its new facilities on Wednesday morning, featuring light-filled classrooms with views of Crocheron Park, an upgraded art studio complete with a kiln and a modern computer lab, marking significant improvements to the school.

Oct. 10, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

State Sen. Mike Gianaris hosted the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) at the Queens Public Library in Elmhurst Wednesday to help local residents secure their REAL IDs, which will be required to board domestic flights and access some federal facilities starting May next year.

Oct. 10, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Seniors across the world’s borough are invited to get active at the Queens Public Library, Mitchell Linden branch.

Oct. 10, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Council Member Shekar Krishnan has co-sponsored two bills presented to the City Council as part of efforts to crack down on alleged human trafficking and forced prostitution at illicit hotels and massage parlors in the city.

The FDNY and the city’s Department of Buildings (DOB) have shut down a Halloween haunted house in Hollis.

On Saturday, Oct. 5, they conducted a joint inspection at 211-17 Hollis Ave. and found unsafe conditions inside that posed a danger to the public, as well as first responders.

Oct. 10, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Council Member Julie Won has announced plans for the long-delayed “Long Island City Ramps” project, which aims to transform a gritty area under the Queensborough Bridge ramps into 50,000 acres of public land and park space.