Queens Public Library Launches Online Book Club

Sep. 9, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

Permits have been filed for the construction of a 9-story mixed-use building with 44 housing units on the vacant lot at 21-12 Cornaga Ave. in Far Rockaway.

Police from the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill and Transit District 20 are still looking for a groper who targeted a woman inside the Jamaica-Van Wyck subway station last month.

The 24-year-old victim was on the escalator just after 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 17, when a stranger approached her from behind and grabbed her buttocks, police said Tuesday. The suspect ran out of the subway station, onto Jamaica Avenue and fled on foot in an unknown direction. The victim was not injured during the encounter.

Sep. 9, 2025 By Claude Solnik

Brunch, or at least breakfast, is a fairly common offering across New York City restaurants. And these morning meals often follow basic rules and menus with fairly similar offerings such as eggs, traditional omelets and maybe a Mimosa. When it comes to good food and, in particular, brunches that depart from the usual, Kantu really can do.

Sep. 9, 2025 By Bill Parry

A Brooklyn man is being held without bail after he was charged with attempted murder for the vicious beatdown of a motorist in Astoria, who remains in a coma.

Sep. 9, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Residents at Rochdale Village, one of the largest Mitchell-Lama co-op housing complexes in the country, staged a protest Sunday against proposed rate hikes that could rise as high as 30%.

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The 9/11 Memorial and Museum rests upon one of the most hallowed grounds of this city and country, and serves not only to honor the legacy of those killed on that day of infamy 24 years ago this Thursday, but to educate future generations on the date’s significance.

Sep. 9, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

The Middle Village Players Roller Hockey League celebrated the opening day of its sixth season on Saturday, Sept. 6, at the James Bohan Hockey Rink in Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village.

Sep. 9, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Community members celebrated the completion of a restoration project at the Queens Valley Playground on Monday, Sept. 8. 

Sep. 9, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller

“Cuomo would capture the vast majority of both Adams’ and Sliwa’s current support and win a majority of voters over forty-five,” Siena Research Institute Director Don Levy said. “Mamdani’s overwhelming 22-point lead would shrink to four points.”

Sep. 9, 2025 By Athena Dawson

More than 30 public libraries across the city’s library systems — including four in Queens — will be open seven days a week as of Sunday, Sept. 7.