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Author Joseph Lee examines Indigenous history and identity at Martha’s Vineyard during Jackson Heights visit

Joseph Lee and Katie Yee talking into their microphones at The World's Borough Bookshop in Jackson Heights.

Aug. 20, 2025 By Paulina Albarracin Because Martha’s Vineyard is associated with wealthy vacation destinations, the island’s coastline charm often conceals its Indigenous origins. In his debut book “Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity,” Joseph Lee, an award-winning journalist and member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe, reflects…

Can Queens’ food scene thrive with both trucks and restaurants?

One of the many food trucks along Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights.

Aug. 19, 2025 By Jessica Militello In Jackson Heights at 4 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon, Roosevelt Avenue is buzzing with energy as commuters file in and out of subway cars and onto the street and cars and trucks grapple to get down the busy road. The street is filled with rows of shops…

Exclusive | NYCT honcho shares news of Phase 2 of Queens Bus Network Redesign

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Aug. 19, 2025 By Athena Dawson The MTA has relaunched its Customer Ambassador Program on Monday, Aug 18, continuing the largest customer outreach program in the transit agency’s history. QNS spoke exclusively with acting NYCT Senior Vice President of Buses Chris Pangilinan outside of the Jackson Heights/74 St-Broadway subway station about the second phase of…

Elected officials outline continued support for 31st Street protected bike lanes in Astoria

Cyclists along 31st Street in Astoria. The DOT has proposed installing protected bike lanes on each side of the corridor.

Aug. 19, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Elected officials in western Queens have outlined their support for the Department of Transportation’s planned protected bike lanes underneath the elevated subway tracks on 31st Street after the New York State Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction preventing the plan from going forward. Council Member Tiffany Cabán, Assembly…

Lithium-ion battery sparked Murray Hill house fire on Sunday evening: FDNY

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Aug. 19, 2025 By Bill Parry FDNY fire marshals have determined that a Murray Hill house fire was caused by a lithium-ion battery on Sunday evening. The FDNY responded to a report of a basement fire at 164-18 Pidgeon Meadow Rd., just before 7:30 p.m., where firefighters discovered approximately 100 lithium-ion batteries burning in…

US Open returns to Flushing Meadows as most competitive and unpredictable major in tennis

Jannik Sinner, of Italy, celebrates after winning a set against Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, during the Miami Open tennis tournament, Friday, March 31, 2023, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Sinner is the defending men's champion ahead of the 2025 US Open. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Aug. 19, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka  ensured the 2024 men’s and women’s US Open went with the formbook, with both favorites romping to victory at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center last September, but recent history suggests that Sinner and Sabalenka – undoubtedly the two best hardcourt players…

Six illegal cannabis storefronts padlocked, hundreds of pounds of illicit marijuana products seized across Queens: DA

Moonrocks at 46-06 Utopia Parway in Flushing was shuttered along with five other illegal cannabis dispensaries across the borough, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Aug. 18.

Aug. 18, 2025 By Bill Parry A Woodhaven man and a Queens Village resident were among four people arrested during a sweeping enforcement action against six illegal cannabis storefronts across the borough, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Monday. Dubbed “Operation Weed Whacker,” the months-long investigation included undercover buys and resulted in the padlocking…