Joe Abbracciamento Restaurant bids Rego Park farewell
The Abbracciamento family is much bigger today than it was when their restaurant started in Rego Park 65 years ago. Joe Abbracciamento Restaurant cooked up…
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Celebrating the Luck of the Irish in Rockaway
The streets of Rockaway were flooded with the sounds of bagpipes and many a reveler decked out in green last Saturday, when thousands of people…
Katz calls on mayor to seize Queens Library’s contracting control
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz called on the mayor to seize control over the Queens Library’s construction contracting power until an investigation of the system…
Woodhaven Residents to City: Act Before Tragedy Happens
“Mayor de Blasio: Tear down that wall,” Woodhaven civic activist Ed Wendell said, invoking the famous statement from former U.S. President Ronald Reagan as he…
Howard Beach Native Stars in Indie Thriller: ‘Profile of a Killer’ set to make its New York debut
Playing a retired FBI profiler in a film about to premiere on the east coast, Howard Beach native Gabriele Angieri delved into a role that…
Maggie’s Little Theater brings ‘Nunsense’ to Middle Village
The Little Sisters of Hoboken are trying to raise money to bury the dead nuns storied in their freezer. It’s “Nunsense.” Maggie’s Little Theater at…
City to host homeless shelter sit-down with Queens leaders
The city’s Department of Homeless Services has reached out to various Queens officials with hopes of setting up a face-to-face meeting before making any final…
City solicits civics’ help for safer Woodhaven Boulevard
In an effort to make Woodhaven Boulevard – one of Queens’ most dangerous and congested roads – safer, the city Department of Transportation has been…
Boro boards sound off at Katz’s first budget hearing
For Queens civic leaders, the annual budget dance brought more of the same at this year’s Borough Board budget hearing. For the first time since…
Owner of collapsed Woodhaven building ordered to begin repair work
The head officer of the company that owns the Woodhaven building that partially collapsed last April appeared in Queens Criminal Court Friday and was…
Pols slam DOE over plan to relocate PS 11 students
Politicians and parents took to the streets Tuesday to publicly oppose the city’s plan to bus displaced students from PS 11 in Woodside to a…
Queens leaders optimistic about city plan to curb pedestrian deaths
The city got a closer look at Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Vision Zero campaign to curb traffic-related deaths, and some of Queens’ pedestrian advocates said…
Mayor fills Maspeth in on pothole plan
An onslaught of winter snowfalls left some city streets riddled with potholes and Mayor Bill de Blasio hit the Maspeth pavement to plug them. With…
Man arrested for string of Queens mall fires: NYPD
Police arrested a 23-year-old man alleged to have started fires over several days in at least six stores in two Queens malls, including Macy’s and…
Queens Library heads vow hard look at CEO’s contract
Queens Library CEO Thomas Galante responded in detail to reports scrutinizing his five-year contract with the system, which included a $392,000 salary and an evergreen…