Queens Place Mall Evacuated After Suspicious Vehicle Reported

April 30, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Eco Material Technologies, a company specializing in sustainable and environmentally-friendly cement alternatives, celebrated a ribbon-cutting Tuesday morning for a new rail terminal in Blissville that will deliver non-carbon cement materials to New York City.

Apr. 30, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Dozens of protestors rallied in front of Queens Housing Court in Jamaica on Thursday, April 10th, calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul and Queens elected officials to pass crucial statewide tenant-rights legislation.

April 30, 2025 By Shane O’Brien 

Council Member Julie Won has announced a slate of “community-driven” priorities for the OneLIC neighborhood plan, which officially entered the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) following certification by the City Planning Commission on April 21.

Apr. 30, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

While most major urban hubs across the United States continued to see the average size of apartments shrink in 2024 compared to 2015, one of the few exceptions to this trend was Queens, according to a report by the real estate listing site RentCafe.

Apr. 30, 2025 By QNS News Team

Queens residents and visitors will get a chance to explore the borough like never before during Jane’s Walk Weekend, a global celebration of urban life through free, volunteer-led walking tours taking place Friday, May 2, through Sunday, May 4.

The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating a case of criminal mischief in Bellerose during the afternoon of Sunday, April 20.

Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village reported that an unidentified man walked onto the victim’s property in the vicinity of Little Neck Parkway and Union Turnpike at 2:40 p.m. and removed four religious flags from the porch at the front of the house and discarded them in the garbage before running off in an unknown direction. A police spokesman said the flags represented the Hindu religion.

Apr. 29, 2025 By Jessica Militello

The month of May brings a lively lineup of special events to the Queens County Farm Museum, located at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park. As New York City’s oldest continuously farmed site and the only working farm in the five boroughs, Queens Farm offers unique seasonal experiences that combine fun, education, and history.

FDNY fire marshals are still working to determine the cause of a stubborn 2-alarm fire at the CALLAHEAD headquarters in Broad Channel that injured a civilian and a firefighter on the night of Sunday, April 27.

The blaze broke out at 3-04 Cross Bay Blvd. just before 7 p.m. at New York’s largest portable sanitation company at the southern edge of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. The fire went to a second alarm, bringing 25 units and 106 firefighters and EMS personnel to the scene between East 3rd Street and East 4th Street. EMS transported the civilian to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center with minor injuries. EMS transported the firefighter to Nassau County Medical Center in East Meadow with minor injuries.

Apr. 29, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

A new high-end Mediterranean restaurant is slated to open at 7000 Austin St. in Forest Hills, taking over the space formerly occupied by TGI Friday’s, which closed in October 2024.

Apr. 29, 2025 By Czarinna Andres and Ramy Mahmoud

Students, community advocates and transit experts gathered at Queens College on Monday evening, April 28, for a town hall focused on advancing the QueensLink project — a proposal that could dramatically improve public transportation in Queens by reactivating the long-abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch rail line.