Residents Want Longer Cooling Center Hours
After a resident complained about trekking two miles during a heat wave only to find a closed cooling center, Richmond Hill and Woodhaven’s community board…
Neighborhood Feels Ambushed by MTA Bus Reroute
Geraldine Bruccoleri got up on the morning of June 27, waved to neighbors and went to work as she normally would. But, upon returning…
Ulrich: Keep Stop and Frisk
Councilman Eric Ulrich doesn’t want the NYPD to go soft on stop and frisk and said the recent spike in shootings over the Fourth of…
Halloran Joins In Million Big Gulp March
Dan Halloran the Republican candidate for the 6th Congressional District spoke out Monday during a protest against Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed ban on sugary drinks…
No-Nonsense Advice for Job-Seeking Graduates
The diploma now hangs framed on the wall, memories of “Pomp and Circumstance” are quickly fading, and the student loan collectors are only a phone…
DOT Unveils Final Version of Glendale Plaza
After twice presenting its proposal and getting feedback from the community board and residents, the Department of Transportation (DOT) offered its final version of the…
Second Queens Synagogue Burgled In Six Months
Police say four religious items used in Jewish ceremonies were stolen from a Forest Hills synagogue some time on or before Monday, June 18. Synagogue…
CB 5 Cleans Eyesore Stairway
A problem stairway in Maspeth got some measure of attention and cleanup last month after residents complained. The stairway between 65th Place and 64th Street…
A Broken Life on Liberty Avenue
Tucked into a hole no more than 12 x 8, behind the Marshalls Department store off Liberty Ave and Rockaway boulevards, a homeless man, who…
Motel Resurfaces as a Haven for Prostitution
Neighbors claim that prostitution and drug deals at a Rego Park motel have intensified in the last two months since a crackdown on two other…
Barbara Sheehan Hopes to Inspire Domestic Violence Victims
For Barbara Sheehan, the wait since her conviction on a gun charge in November has been complicated by a fight to keep her job with…
Rapist Attempts Fourth Attack —This Time With Accomplice
In his fourth attack identified so far, Ibrahima Ragis tried to rape another woman on June 22 in the same pattern he has used since…
MLS Proposes Soccer Stadium in Flushing
Major League Soccer (MLS) officials are in discussions to bring a brand-new soccer stadium to Queens, which would make it the first facility built in…
Middle Village Residents Want Speed Hump, Stop Sign
For the last seven years, Jerry DeStefano has been trying to get a speed hump or a stop sign along 69th Road in Middle Village….
Thieves Target Decorative Mailboxes for Scrap
At about 5 a.m., Omayra Gonzalez sat on her Howard Beach porch and sensed something was missing from her front yard. “I noticed something weird,”…