Shiro of Japan Close Their Atlas Park Restaurant, Cite COVID-19 Restrictions

Mar. 14, 2025 By Colum Motherway

The debate over the sale of wine in New York grocery stores remains contentious, with the New York State of Wine coalition and the National Supermarket Association (NSA) defending a Siena College Research Institute poll suggesting widespread public support for the change. 

Mar. 14, 2025 By Athena Dawson

A group of Queens high school students learned about the importance of jury service during a civic engagement program at Queens County Supreme Court in Jamaica on Monday.

Mar. 14, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Mayor Eric Adams marked the fifth anniversary of the first confirmed COVID-19 death in the five boroughs of New York City by visiting NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst and paying tribute to city healthcare workers, first responders, essential workers, and the 46,000 New Yorkers who lost their lives during the pandemic.

Mar. 14, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller

Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Friday criticized rival Andrew Cuomo’s response to the Trump administration’s detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and green card holder, calling it weak.

Mar. 14, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. joined local Jewish leaders to celebrate the holiday of Purim with a unique food crawl.

March 14, 2025 By Bill Parry

Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights and Transit District 20 are looking for a groper who targeted a 51-year-old woman near the Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street transit hub late last month.

Mar. 14, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

Permits have been filed for the construction of an 8-story residential building with 68 housing units at the vacant lot occupying 11-27 Foam Pl. in Far Rockaway.

March 14, 2025 By Bill Parry

A 13-year-old boy was critically injured when he was struck by a 7 train at the 111th Street subway station in Corona on Friday morning.

A 14-year-old boy was arrested for slashing a father who tried to defend his son during an after-school brawl near I.S. 192 in St. Albans on Wednesday afternoon.

Police from the 113th Precinct in Jamaica responded to a 911 call of a man slashed at 109-89 204th St. just before 3:40 p.m. When officers arrived on the scene, they were informed by NYPD School Safety that the 37-year-old man was slashed across the lower back during a dispute between two strangers in the vicinity of 204th Street and Hollis Avenue, police said Friday, stressing that the incident did not occur on school grounds.

March 14, 2025 By Jessica Militello

As the world feels increasingly chaotic, with political tensions rising, the days growing shorter and even the blood moon casting its eerie glow, the need for peaceful escapes has never been greater.