The Comeback of Coleman Square – The Little Town That Could…And Did
It’s just several small blocks, tucked away in the heart of Old Howard Beach, but the area known as Coleman Square is full of history…
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City Grapples With How To Protect Vulnerable Coastline
In Howard Beach, it was 9:23 p.m. on Oct. 29, 2012. Broad Channel? 9:18 p.m. These are the times that the storm surge peaked in…
Sandy Prompts Residents To Demand Better Transportation
The A-train? Shut down. Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge? Couldn’t take it. Cross Bay Bridge? Again, no. Even if residents wanted to get somewhere immediately…
In Sandy’s Wake, Assessing Health Care Needs
For hospitals throughout the city, Hurricane Sandy brought daunting challenges – there were significantly overcrowded conditions at St. John’s Episcopal in the Rockaways, the peninsula’s…
A Year Later, Sandy Exposes Flood Insurance Program in Desperate Need of Reform
As the one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy rapidly approaches, many are taking yet another look at the storm’s chaos and the myriad of unresolved…
At Calverton, Queens Veterans Honor Service Members They Are Making History Does Not Forget
Walking past the rows of headstones and American flags at Calverton National Cemetery on Long Island last week, the members of the Queens Chapter 32…
Woodhaven Civic Leaders Plead With City To Demolish Partially Collapsed Building
Community leaders are urging the city Department of Buildings to demolish a Woodhaven building that partially collapsed last April, saying the building has made neighbors…
Still A Queens Girl: Cyndi Lauper Returns Home To Kick Off Tour
“They said sing with your accent; I said, ‘what accent?’” Cyndi Lauper says in a thick Queens accent at the Colden Center at Queens College….
Howard Beach Residents Begin to Craft Plan to Protect Themselves from the Next Hurricane Sandy
For Howard Beach residents Valerie Messana and JoAnn Ambrosio, this week’s meeting about preventing the kind of devastation Hurricane Sandy wrought was, to them, more…
‘She Would Have Danced’ – Ridgewood school dedicated to Geraldine Ferraro
“If my wife were here, she would have danced,” John Zaccaro said at Tuesday’s ceremony dedicating a Ridgewood school to Geraldine Ferraro, a longtime Forest…
JFK’s Shake Shack Wins Foodie Award
The Shake Shack that recently opened in John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 4 just landed major accolades from The Moodie Report, which named the…
South Queens Detective and Five Others Remembered at Ceremony Unveiling Their Names on Police Memorial Wall
Six members of the NYPD who died in the line of duty were honored at a ceremony led by Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond…
After Shutdown Cancels Recruitment Fair, Glendale Family Worries About Son’s College Plans
For a teen from Glendale and his parents, the partial government shutdown has meant more than reading headlines about the fiscal showdown among legislators in…
Angels on the Bay Hosts 18th Benefit Ball – Gives $500,000 to St. Mary’s Hospital for Children
The 18th Annual Angel’s on the Bay Benefit Ball was held on Tuesday evening at Russo’s on the Bay. Originally founded to raise funds for…
After Years of Pleas, PS 87 Celebrates School Addition – $20M project includes classroom seats and new gym
Flinging their hands in the air, the students who had just cut the ribbon on the new addition to PS 87 in Middle Village turned…