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…
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. Norberto Ordonez-Delvalle, 25, of Bay Ridge Avenue in Bensonhurst, surrendered to the NYPD’s Queens Warrants Squad in Queens Village…
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%. Residents on Sept. 7 gathered at the Rochdale Park basketball courts against the backdrop of the Rochdale Village…
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. Seven-day services have been added to 11 additional branches across the city, including two in Brooklyn, three in The Bronx,…
Sep. 9, 2025 By Jessica Militello Flushing Town Hall is unveiling their Fall exhibit at the end of the month, giving artists and comic book writers the opportunity to display their work with “Comics in the City: Sequential Art is…” beginning on Sept. 25 and running through Oct. 20. The exhibit, located at 137-35…
Sep. 8, 2025 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a Jackson Heights woman on charges of sex trafficking, grand larceny and other related crimes for allegedly forcing a woman to engage in prostitution on Roosevelt Avenue and to pay the defendant a daily sum of money. Valezka Echeverrias, 31, of 80th Street,…
Sep. 8, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Council Member Shekar Krishnan and Queens Public Library (QPL) welcomed local residents to QPL’s Jackson Heights branch Sunday to celebrate the return of seven-day service. QPL’s Jackson Heights branch, located at 35-51 81st St., was one of five Queens libraries to begin offering seven-day service on Sunday, Sept.…
Sep. 8, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Wonder, a “fast-fine” virtual food hall aiming to connect New Yorkers with high-quality restaurants from around the country, is set to open its doors in Ridgewood later this month, provoking a flurry of criticism from local residents who contend that the location will impact independent businesses in the…
Sep. 8, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 106th Precinct in South Ozone Park and Transit District 23 are looking for a gunman who allegedly fired multiple shots inside an Ozone Park subway station on the night of Thursday, Sept. 4. Police say The suspect was on the southbound A train platform at…
Sep. 8, 2025 By Jessica Militello The Treehouse Shakers are back at Flushing Town Hall (FTH) on Sunday, Sept. 14, bringing farm life to the stage with “Hatched,” a fun and interactive show that gives babies and toddlers a unique hands-on approach to theater. The play and workshop will take place at the historic…