Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens hosts MLB Junior Home Run Derby in Astoria

Feb. 7, 2025 By Colum Motherway

The Republican Delegation of the New York City Council has elected Council Member Joann Ariola as the new Minority Leader. 

Feb. 7, 2025 By Jessica Militello

The Ozanam Hall of Queens Nursing Home in Bayside marked a significant milestone with the grand opening of Carmel Hall on Thursday, Feb. 6.

Feb. 7, 2025 By Colum Motherway

The St. John’s University lacrosse team (Red Storm) kicks off the 2025 season on Saturday, Feb. 8, with a highly-anticipated matchup against NJIT (Highlanders) at Mal Simon Stadium in Newark, New Jersey. 

A Queens grand jury indicted a Flushing woman and her friend from the Bronx for various crimes related to the August 2024 hit-and-run death of 56-year-old David Opiela, two blocks from his Queensboro Hill home.

Jamie Ferreira, 37, of 98th Street, was allegedly behind the wheel of a rented U-Haul truck speeding on the Horace Harding Expressway when she struck Opiela, who was standing on the sidewalk, struck another vehicle, and then ran from the scene.

Feb. 7, 2025 By Sadie Brown

Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered the temporary closure of all live bird markets in New York City, Westchester, Suffolk, and Nassau counties on Friday after the state Department of Agriculture and Markets (AGM) detected bird flu at seven markets citywide, including two in the Bronx.

Feb. 7, 2025 By Jessica Militello

Queens Community Board 2 held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 6 at Sunnyside Community Services.

Feb. 7, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

Reported rapes across both northern and southern Queens are on the rise during the 28-day period ending on Feb. 2, compared to the same period of time the previous year. However, robberies and grand larcenies have undergone significant declines across both northern and southern Queens.

Feb. 7, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

Radiant, one of the newest luxury condominiums to open in Long Island City, announced that more than 30% of its residences have entered contract just over three months after beginning sales.

Feb. 7, 2025 By Colum Motherway

District 30 candidate Alicia Vaichunas has received the official and unanimous endorsement from the Queens County Republican Party for her bid to represent the district.

A Ridgewood man was identified as the murder victim whose body was discovered along the Clearview Expressway on Tuesday morning, the NYPD announced early Friday morning. The investigation was reclassified as a homicide.

Emmanuel Moncoeur, 57, of Margaret Place, was spotted in the grass near the tree line by a motorist who pulled over on the northbound shoulder near the Union Turnpike exit alongside Cunningham Park just before 9 a.m. on Feb. 4, and he called 911.