After Drastic Budget Cuts, Richmond Hill Library Looks to Community for Help
By the time employees of the Queens Library at Richmond Hill arrive each day to open the building’s doors, there is almost always a line…
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Some Say No Way to Jamaica Bay Greenway
Hovering above maps of a proposed greenway around Jamaica Bay last Thursday, South Queens residents started putting pen to paper to document their concerns about…
Police investigate double murder in Ridgewood: 104th Pct.
A Ridgewood couple was found shot dead in their Summerfield Street apartment near the corner of Seneca Avenue Thursday night, launching a full-on police investigation, the…
Howard Beach Crime Wave Prompts Hundreds of Fearful Residents to Plead for Police Action
“If they come in my house? They’re going out in a body bag,” Sabrina Vitucci, a longtime Howard Beach resident, yelled, referring to the criminals…
Middle Village Boy Lands Visit from U.S. Coastal Guard
The U.S. Coast Guard teamed up with the western Queens 104th Precinct to make an 8-year-old’s day. Colin Flood has been battling his second route…
Queens Reps Botch Human Rights: Report
Only one borough recorded a lower human rights record than Queens, according to the Urban Justice Center’s annual report card surveying the city. The Human…
CEC 24 Slams City Over PS 229 Bus Problems
PS 229 parents in Woodside are calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to find a new solution to an old problem. Community Education Council 24…
State Fails to Make DREAM Act Come True
State legislators fell two votes shy of passing the comprehensive Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, but not all lawmakers saw it…
Boro Residents Face QueensWay’s Earliest Design Plans
It took two rooms to accommodate everyone hoping to land a closer look at the latest design concepts for a potential public park running along…
$25M Sewer Project Will Bring Much-Needed Flooding Relief, Leaders Say
Millions of new city dollars will help Elmhurst, Maspeth and Middle Village better manage the flooding problems that have long plagued the communities, the city…
City Delays Vote on Busing Hundreds of PS 11 Students to Distant School
Plans to temporarily relocate Woodside students to a school on the other side of the district in Astoria have been put on hold – for…
Maspeth workers rally to save hundreds of jobs at UPS site
The United Parcel Service’s self-proclaimed “appropriate and justifiable action” of firing nearly 250 employees sparked protests outside its Maspeth facility Friday with elected officials and…
New Music Coming in Forest Hills Stadium Series
The Forest Hills Tennis Stadium has rolled out a full season of musical acts this year, with the Zac Brown Band topping the list. The…
Friends of Queensway Present New Design Concepts
The Friends of the QueensWay and the Trust for Public Land rolled out a new series of design concepts in anticipation of the group’s upcoming…
From a Rockaway warehouse, focusing on a return to life
Covered in the kind of dust that seems to permanently hover at construction sites, Patricia Andre stood in the back room of the Rockaway bungalow…