Feb. 15, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed The Flushing Business Improvement District (BID) released its annual Flushing Guide, a comprehensive navigation tool with up-to-date and accurate MTA bus stop locations in the downtown Flushing area, to better serve residents, commuters and tourists. However, this year’s Flushing Guide focuses on health and wellness with the inclusion of… Read more »
Feb. 15, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Congressman Gregory Meeks on Tuesday, Feb. 14, presented a check for $2.1 million in federal funding for academic programs at York College in Jamaica. “The funding approved for the projects provides the geology, environmental science and pharmaceutical science workforce training programs with the resources they need to have students… Read more »
Feb. 15, 2023 By Elijah Hamilton Students from the Christ the King High School’s (CTK) speech and debate team in Middle Village have been invited to participate in the 49th Harvard National High School Invitational Forensics Tournament scheduled for President’s Day weekend. The annual tournament, which takes place in Cambridge, Massachusetts, brings students together from… Read more »
Feb. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry An Elmhurst man died three days after he was struck by the driver of a pickup truck on Roosevelt Avenue in Corona, according to authorities. On the night of Sunday, Feb. 5, police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision… Read more »
Feb. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry
The Queens Borough Board voted overwhelmingly to approve the package of budget priorities Monday, Feb. 13, although several community board chairs expressed concern over issues caused by the city’s migrant crisis.
Feb. 14, 2023 By Julia Moro The NYPD are looking for a group of approximately 11 individuals who allegedly robbed a 67-year-old man the Beach 25 Street A train station at Rockaway Freeway and Beach 25th Street on Saturday, Feb. 11. At approximately 9 p.m., the victim was exiting the station when he was approached… Read more »
Feb. 13, 2023 By Bill Parry Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined a walking tour of the proposed Astoria Waterfront Arts District on Feb. 13 with a group of community members and stakeholders to learn more about the project. The Astoria Waterfront Arts District would stretch from Astoria Boulevard south to include Rainey Park and would include… Read more »
Feb. 13, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Six Queens historical institutions are featured in the New York Landmarks Conservancy online exhibition showcasing photography and architectural history of 50 sites throughout the city as part of its 50th anniversary yearlong celebration. The online exhibition, “50 at 50,” celebrates the nonprofit’s continued determination to save the city’s unique… Read more »
Feb. 10, 2023 By Bill Parry Eighteen motorists trying to get to Queens from the Bronx via the Whitestone Bridge on Wednesday morning, Feb. 8, were pulled over and had their vehicles towed to a nearby impound lot for persistently evading tolls. During the same day, MTA Bridge and Tunnel officers towed a record 32… Read more »
Feb. 9, 2023 By Bill Parry The killers of an Ozone Park businessman were sentenced by a federal judge in Brooklyn to a combined 242 years in prison Wednesday, Feb. 9, For the “ruthless” fatal shooting of 64-year-old Hani Kasem in 2017. Ppassim “Big Sam” Elder, 42, of Staten Island, and Wilbert Bryant, 57, of… Read more »