Jul. 20, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Councilwoman Sandra Ung presented a check for $312,000 to 109th Precinct Deputy Inspector Louron Hall in downtown Flushing on Tuesday, July 18. The money will be used to purchase new Argus surveillance cameras for the precinct that will be deployed in high-crime areas around the district. “When I took…
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Jul. 20, 2023 By Dean Moses The serpent rises again. Central Park played host to an awe-inspiring ceremony on Thursday that marked the launch of a Queens staple that has been running for more than three decades: The Dragon Boat Festival. Dubbed the “Dragon Awakening Ceremony,” parkgoers stopped in their tracks by the Bethesda Fountain…
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Jul. 20, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City’s beloved outdoor performing arts festival, is bringing two free concerts to Flushing Meadows Corona Park this weekend. On Saturday, July 22, at 6 p.m. Queens Live! Kool & The Gang will return to the SummerStage with Mobb Deep Havoc featuring…
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Jul. 20, 2023 By Julia Moro Police are searching for the suspect who broke into an elderly man’s home in Whitestone earlier this month. A 93-year-old man reported to the 109th Precinct that when he returned to his residence approximately an hour after leaving it on the morning of July 5, he discovered a broken glass…
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Jul. 20, 2023 By John Schilling The New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) invited local leaders and residents of Old Howard Beach for a walkthrough of the construction site on the corner of 99th Street and 165th Avenue near Frank M. Charles Memorial Park on Wednesday, July 19. A part of the Raised Shorelines…
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Jul. 20, 2023 By Anthony Medina The Kiwanis Club of Glendale is continuing its annual tradition of hosting a summer street fair along the busy stretch of Myrtle Avenue between Fresh Pond Road and Forest Avenue on Sunday, July 23. Vendors and local businesses will provide fairgoers with prizes, free giveaway items and key community-building…
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Jul. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry
Jul. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry Queens small business and property owners will be able to engage with staff from the city’s Department of Buildings on Saturday, July 22, at the Roy Wilkins Park Recreation Center in Jamaica. The “DOB in Your Community” events offer one- to four-family property owners and small businesses help to…
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Jul. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry Few in Queens will forget when the borough was known as the “epicenter of the epicenter” during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when the only sounds coming from the streets were the sirens and gunned engines of FDNY EMS ambulances rushing the stricken to Elmhurst Hospital and other…
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Jul. 20, 2023 By John Schilling Behind the hustle and bustle of Times Square and 34th Herald Square in Manhattan, the busiest intersection in New York City exists in Queens at Flushing’s Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue, and it’s easy to see why. For years, Flushing has been one of the largest central business districts…
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