Broad Channel’s Hazel Lewis Celebrates 100th Birthday
The city Department of Design and Construction’s slow movement on a repaving and sidewalk repair project is keeping the Parks Department from being able to…
Facing massive spikes in flood insurance premiums that many said would drive people from their homes and neighborhoods, South Queens and Rockaway residents this week…
While the U.S. House of Representatives was expected to hold a vote on a flood insurance bill Thursday, it was pushed off, and the House’s…
Sixteen months after Hurricane Sandy slammed into New York City, some Queens residents still have not been able to return to their homes devastated in…
After months of Queens residents pleading with federal officials to send some financial relief their way after it looked as if their insurance premium rates…
The fact that many homeowners in Queens are still rebuilding and recovering from Sandy, more than a year later, is little surprise given the storm’s…
The re-emergence of a sinkhole and a water main break on Beach 84th Street near Beach Channel Drive in Rockaway Park – which rendered residents…
A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers, including U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), announced this week that relief could be headed the way of South Queens…
Ask almost anyone on West 12th Road in Broad Channel if they knew Michael McLoughlin, and you will get more than a resounding yes: If…
Sophia Vailakis-DeVirgilio just wants the nightmare to end. After Hurricane Sandy hit New York City, leaving the Broad Channel resident, her husband and their then…
A flood mitigation project in Broad Channel is, after years of water-weary residents and legislators advocating for it, going to become a reality, city officials…
For Stephanie Wagner, the Christmas lights that now adorn Cross Bay Boulevard in Broad Channel do more than remind residents of the holiday season –…
Drive down Noel Road in Broad Channel and you might not see a firehouse. The red building tucked on the corner looks too small to…
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…