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May 9, 2025 By Jessica Militello

Get your pooches primped and red-carpet ready for the Pledge Kindness Pet Parade, hosted by Chateau Le Woof and FarmKind, on Saturday, May 17, in Astoria.

May. 9, 2025 By Jessica Militello

The Flushing Business Improvement District (BID) officially launched its fourth annual Restaurant Week with a festive and flavorful kickoff event at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel, drawing food lovers, influencers and community leaders for an afternoon spotlighting the Flushing neighborhood.

May 9, 2025 By Bill Parry

A 33-year-old man was critically injured after he was beaten and robbed by three chain-snatchers in front of a bar on Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights during the early morning hours of Wednesday, May 7.

May 9, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

An Astoria pastry shop has introduced a “Pope Leo Cookie”, complete with a picture of Pope Leo XIV, in honor of the election of the first-ever American pope.

May 9, 2025 By Bill Parry

Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for a woman who punched a teenage girl at the 61st Street/Woodside subway station and remains at large.

May. 9, 2025 By Dean Moses and QNS News team

A former NYPD cadet who was stabbed while protecting a civilian during a mental health crisis at a Queens precinct has officially joined the ranks of New York’s Finest.

May. 9, 2025 By Jessica Militello

A new health and wellness spa in Whitestone is offering red light and infrared therapy aimed at pain relief, skin rejuvenation and overall wellness.

May. 9, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller

Mayor Eric Adams is taking a last-minute trip to Washington, D.C. to meet with President Trump on Friday to discuss “infrastructure” and “other funding items,” his office announced.

May 9, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

The Long Island City Partnership (LICP) has released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a traffic and pedestrian safety study along the Queens Plaza and Jackson Avenue corridors. 

The New York Hall of Science in Corona opened its largest interactive exhibition in more than a decade on Saturday, May 3. The exhibition explores the often invisible inner workings of the built urban environment.

CityWorks is housed in a 6,000 square foot gallery, and the exhibit was created by a team of NYCSI exhibit developers, researchers, and educators over the past five years. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore the intricate systems and engineering that enable cities to function, including how they break, evolve, and endure.