Aug. 7, 2023 By Bill Parry Generations of motorists in central Queens would scoff at the notion of “award” being used in the same sentence as Kew Gardens Interchange, but this is now true. Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Aug. 4 that the $937 million Kew Gardens Interchange reconstruction project that was completed by the…
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Aug. 7, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld The city is finally launching a first-in-the-nation program using technology to enforce weight restrictions against trucks on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE), with violations in the hundreds of dollars set to start in November on the crumbling highway. Enforcement against hefty trucks weighing over 80,000 pounds, which are not…
Aug. 7, 2023 By Bill Parry
Aug. 7, 2023 By Anthony Medina The New York Lottery announced a prize-winning ticketfor the Aug. 6, Take 5 Evening drawing worth more than $30,000 was sold in Middle Village. G R Stationery Store Inc, located at 64-67 Dry Harbor Road, in Middle Village, sold the prize-winning ticket worth $31,578. TAKE 5 numbers are drawn…
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Aug. 7, 2023 By Anthony Medina A 24-year-old Bronx man was arrested on Aug. 6 and charged with murder in the shooting death of a 20-year-old Queens native who was working at a Richmond Hill smoke shop in March. Albert Edwards, 24, was arrested at approximately 6 p.m. within the confines of the 102nd Precinct…
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Aug. 7, 2023 By Bill Parry A motorcyclist was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Cambria Heights early Sunday morning, according to the NYPD. Police say that Kallyn Jean, 33, of Oneida in upstate New York, was riding near the intersection of 125th Avenue and 233rd Street — within the confines of the 105th Precinct…
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Aug. 7, 2023 By Anthony Medina Councilman Robert Holden and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. introduced two pieces of legislation during a recent New York City Council meeting on Thursday, Aug 3. One proposed bill, known as Intro 1146, will ban the use of plywood to board up abandoned and foreclosed properties not sealed…
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Aug. 6, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld A man died early Sunday morning after driving his car through a Queens park and ultimately into the East River. Police say that Martins Gonzales, 24, of Centereach, Long Island, drove a BMW SUV through the entrance of Rainey Park, at 34th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard in Astoria,…
Aug. 6, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld A 19-year-old teenager was killed Thursday after crashing a motorcycle in Maspeth, Queens. Police say Roman Mikirtichev, a resident of Woodhaven Boulevard in Middle Village, was driving a Suzuki motorcycle northbound on 64th Street in Maspeth, near the intersection with 58th Road, just before midnight on Aug. 3…
Aug. 5, 2023 By Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society On May 27, 1823, more than 60,000 spectators gathered at the Union Course Racetrack (in what is now Woodhaven, Queens) to witness the spectacular match race between Sir Henry (representing the South) and American Eclipse (running for the North). It is one of the most famous…
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