Sep. 25, 2024 By Athena Dawson An innovative recording studio program is coming to a local Queens high school. Creative Hope Studios has partnered with Martin Van Buren High School, located at 230-17 Hillside Ave. in Queens Village, to transform an old classroom into a podcast station and state-of-the-art recording studio. The program will allow…
Sep. 25, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Council Member Vickie Paladino announced on Monday that two Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in her district have been awarded a total of $175,000 in city grants to boost their development and support local businesses. “Through business visits and regular meetings with local entrepreneurs, I have gained a deep…
Sep. 24, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Queens residents are invited to nominate their favorite teacher for the annual FLAG Awards for Teaching Excellence, which celebrates public school teachers in each borough and awards winners with a $25,000 grand prize. The awards program, now in its sixth year, has been expanded to include 3-K teachers…
Sep. 24, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for three units at 18-15 Linden St. in Ridgewood. This 5-story building yields a total of nine residences, with six being at market rate. The other three residences have been set aside for those earning 130% of the area median…
Sep. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a Flushing man on murder and weapons charges for allegedly stabbing his wife to death in front of horrified customers inside her place of employment at a Kissena Boulevard spa during the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 3. Jiahai Ma, 25, of Cherry Avenue,…
Sep. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry Police out of the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood and Transit District 33 are on the lookout for a hood-wearing hoodlum who allegedly robbed a teenager onboard an M train approaching the Forest Avenue subway station during the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 11. The 17-year-old victim was on a…
Sep. 24, 2024 By Athena Dawson The New York Hall of Science (NYSCI), in collaboration with UN Climate Week, invites residents of all ages to take part in its weeklong climate-focused ‘STEMOCRACY’ Festival. The weeklong festival, held at the museum located at 47-01 111th St. in Flushing, runs from Sept. 22 to 28 and highlights the intersection…
Sep. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry Two teenagers turned themselves in at the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows, where they were booked for stealing an unoccupied MTA subway car at the Briarwood-Van Wyck Blvd. station and taking it for a brief joy ride just after midnight on Thursday, Sept. 12. The 17-year-old girl surrendered…
Sep. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry Flags are flying at half-staff at all city buildings across the five boroughs to honor a Department of Sanitation veteran who was killed in the line of duty in Northeast Queens on Saturday. Mayor Eric Adams and DSNY Commissioner Jessica Tisch rushed to the Queens East Garage on Sept.…
Sep. 23, 2024 By Athena Dawson Local elected officials, water safety advocates and families of drowning victims gathered on Friday, Sept 20, to honor the lives of seven New Yorkers who drowned this summer. Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Members Selvena Brooks-Powers, Joann Ariola and Shekar Krishnan attended the solemn event in Far Rockaway. Friday’s…