Planters at Travers Park in Jackson Heights Undergo a Colorful Makeover

Jan. 26, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon

As congestion pricing chugs along, another big MTA project stands to move forward with financial support from the Manhattan toll plan: a new Brooklyn-to-Queens train that will potentially transform city travel as outer-borough commuters know it. 

Jan. 26, 2025 By Dean Moses

Queens detectives are questioning a teenager who allegedly stabbed a man to death during an argument early on Sunday morning.

Jan. 26, 2025 By Dean Moses and Robert Pozarycki

Newly released surveillance footage of the suspect behind a Queens rape attempt appears to show the sicko with a handkerchief apparently used to subdue his victim.

Jan. 25, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki

A Queens suspect who attempted to rape a woman on a neighborhood street early on Friday morning remains at large, police reported.

Jan. 24, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Mayor Eric Adams hosted a town hall in Corona Wednesday evening as part of the mayor’s Talk with Eric Community Conversation Series, informing local residents that he hopes to speak to the Trump administration regarding its plans on deportation.

Jan. 24, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced on Friday, Jan. 24, the completion of major accessibility upgrades at the Woodhaven Blvd JZ station.

A Queens grand jury indicted seven men for a shooting at a Richmond Hill baby shower in May, leaving a Long Island man dead and three others injured.

The gunfire, which was apparently gang-related, erupted outside a party venue and then continued inside, where dozens of people were gathered, including four young children, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday.

Jan. 24, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

Hundreds of volunteers across New York City came together on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to take part in Commonpoint’s annual Day of Service, a flagship initiative of the Queens-based nonprofit dedicated to strengthening community bonds while addressing the needs of thousands of families.

Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are looking for a burglar who allegedly broke into a Kew Gardens Hills synagogue in broad daylight last month and slaked his thirst for liquor.

At around 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7, the suspect broke into Yeshiva Hashevaynu, a Shul located in a one-family home at 144-49 72nd Dr., at around 3 p.m. by manipulating a lock on a basement door with a wire coat hanger, police said on Thursday. Once inside, the culprit found two bottles of booze and used a plastic cup to drink up, but not before he was captured on a security camera toasting whoever viewed the images.

Jan. 24, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, the state’s largest grantmaking nonprofit focused exclusively on advancing the health and well-being of New Yorkers, has announced that it has awarded 209 grants totaling $208 million to nonprofits across the city, including $54 million in grants for 109 programs across Queens and Brooklyn.