June 14, 2021 By Ryan Songalia A street in Corona has been co-named in honor of an Elmhurst Hospital worker and long-time community leader who died of COVID-19 during the height of the pandemic. The intersection of 98th Place and 57th Avenue was co-named Priscilla Carrow Way on Friday, with Carrow’s friends, family and colleagues,… Read more »
June 2, 2021 By Christian Murray Hate-filled vandals scrawled swastikas and other ugly messages on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Elmhurst Park today. The graffiti blanketed the memorial that features the names of 371 service members from Queens who gave up their lives in the Vietnam war. “This is the worst vandalism I have seen… Read more »
May 26, 2021 By Allie Griffin A developer has filed permits to demolish a number of buildings in Rego Park, including a popular diner and a synagogue that occupies a historic Art Deco building. RJ Capital Holdings, under the name Trylon LLC, filed the demolition permits on May 3 for the triangular lot at 98-85… Read more »
May 10, 2021 By Christina Santucci A 28-year-old Queens Village man was arraigned Sunday afternoon on charges of killing and sexually assaulting his own mother, the Queens district attorney said. Pushkar Sharma was charged with second degree murder and first degree sexual abuse in the death of his 65-year-old mother, Saroj Sharma, authorities said. The incident… Read more »
May 5, 2021 By Allie Griffin A 38-year-old homeless man died in hospital Tuesday after having been assaulted in Ridgewood days earlier. Lukasz Ruszczyk, who was living on the streets of Ridgewood, succumbed to his injuries at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center nearly five days after he was assaulted by another homeless man, police said. Ruszczyk… Read more »
May 4, 2021 By Ryan Songalia Four Queens-based start-ups were awarded $10,000 each in seed money last week to expand their respective businesses. A children’s center, a tech-design agency, a butcher shop and a design firm all nabbed $10,000 in the 15th annual Queens Economic Development Corporation’s StartUP! Business Competition. The businesses entered into a… Read more »
April 30, 2021 By Allie Griffin Queens residents along with elected officials will come together Saturday to remember the more than 8,000 people who called the world’s borough their home that were killed by COVID-19. The deceased will be honored by friends and family members during the “Queens Covid Remembrance Day” ceremony from 2 p.m…. Read more »
April 26, 2021 By Allie Griffin An alleged drunk driver who plowed into two cars in Richmond Hill last week—killing a passenger—has been charged with vehicular manslaughter. Harpreet Singh, 20, allegedly got behind the wheel of a 2018 Honda Accord while intoxicated, ran a red light and struck one car and then another early Wednesday… Read more »
April 16, 2021 By Christian Murray The Queens Public Library announced Thursday that it will be reopening five additional branches for “to-go” service Wednesday. The library system currently has 34 branches open for to-got service and after Wednesday it will have 39 up and running. The branches to be added include Woodside, Baisley Park, Douglaston,… Read more »
April 9, 2021 By Christian Murray A team of developers held a ceremonial ground breaking at a prominent Forest Hills site Wednesday that will be home to an 11-story, 166-unit development. The development is slated to go up at 69-65 Yellowstone Blvd., where a Key Food supermarket was located for years. The project generated some… Read more »