Howard Beach brush fire breaks out near Spring Creek; more than 100 firefighters battle blaze
More than 100 firefighters battled an inferno of a brush fire that broke out around 4:19 p.m. near Spring Creek in Howard Beach Saturday afternoon,…
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For Queens Photographer, a Love Affair with Kew Gardens
For Joe Abate, a photographer who works on Austin Street in Forest Hills, Kew Gardens has long beckoned to him because of its “beauty and design of urban…
Juniper Civic grapples with unsightly eyesores
A Middle Village civic group called on the city to step up its enforcement in order to combat a series of eyesores, including graffiti and…
Editorial: Time for the city to prove it’s not worthless
At the end of Beach 131st Street in Belle Harbor, there is a plot of empty land by the ocean. A block of dirt and…
Sikh Americans Should Be Allowed to Serve in Military: Crowley
Now essentially prohibited from serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, devout Sikh Americans should be allowed to fight for their country, U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley…
State Diploma Standard Needs Overhaul: Goldfeder
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) is pushing a bill that would overhaul the state Board of Regents’ and state Department of Education’s current diploma standard,…
Assistant Queens Police Chief Honored at Women’s History Fete
An assistant police chief from Queens served as the keynote speaker at a Women’s History Month celebration in the Bronx this week and was recognized…
Bishop thanks blood donors at Middle Village’s Christ the King
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio gave a big thanks to high schoolers in Middle Village for opening their hearts and arms to those in need. Christ the…
Fifty Years After Kitty Genovese Murder, Two Books Explore Crime
Five decades after Kitty Genovese, a 28-year-old bartender living with her girlfriend in Kew Gardens, was murdered, the notorious 1964 crime that captivated the nation’s…
London Lands a Taste of Rockaway
Turns out, it’s not only New York hipsters who have recently proclaimed their love for Rockaway. A bar named Far Rockaway Shoreditch has recently opened…
Corona Man Arraigned in Child Porn Bust: DA
A Corona man was arraigned on charges that he forced young girls to perform sex acts as part of an online game, Queens District Attorney…
Lawmaker pushes to webcast public meetings, citing need for engagement
If a Bronx lawmaker has his way, residents in all five boroughs will be able to kick back and watch community board meetings from their…
Law Grad Convicted of Torturing, Murdering Girlfriend
A University of Florida law school graduate was convicted of strangling and beating to death his former girlfriend inside their Astoria apartment, Queens District Attorney…
Queens Special Ed Provider Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charge
A Flushing-based special education provider pleaded guilty in federal court March 7 to charges he stole millions of dollars in federal, state and city aid…