After Years Of Silence, Music To Fill Forest Hills Tennis Stadium
A place steeped in history where the first African-American won a major tennis championship and at which the likes of the Beatles and Bob Dylan…
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Ahoy! Metropolitan Students’ Boat Sails in Hudson River
A group of students from Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School in Forest Hills charted new waters last week when they launched the boat they built from…
Set For Auction, Parkway Hospital Could Become Senior Housing – Officials
There are indicators that the large beige building set amidst weeds on 113th Street in Forest Hills once housed a 251-bed hospital, but they, like…
Forest Hills Honors a Patriot – Ceremony to Unveil Thomas X. Winberry Way at Metro and Ascan
Just short of the two year anniversary of his passing, Thomas X. Winberry was honored in his hometown of Forest Hills on Sunday morning. Winberry’s…
Thousands Hit Forest Hills For Arts Fair
Tens of thousands of people flocked to Forest Hills last Sunday for the 13th annual Festival of the Arts. The event, sponsored annually by the…
Forest Hills Legion Leader, NYPD Vet To Be Honored – Street to be renamed Thomas X. Winberry Way
During a career that spanned 20 years with the NYPD, Thomas X. Winberry was awarded many commendations—including the NYPD Medal of Honor for saving the…
Needle Weilding Suspect Caught!
A twisted robbery spree, termed as “bizarre” by the Commanding Officer of the 112th precinct, has come to an end. And the man who last…
112 Makes Arrest in FH Burglaries – Career criminal may not have acted alone
About 100 concerned residents attended the second public safety meeting sponsored by the 112th pct.. Community council in a month. The first meeting on April…
From the Silk Road to Queens: Author to Discuss Bukharan Jews’ History, Culture at Forest Hills Y
When Alanna Cooper began teaching at a school for immigrants in Forest Hills in the early 1990s, she did so because she, then a Columbia…
Open For Business
Frozen yogurt has officially taken up residence on Metropolitan Avenue in Forest Hills. With the official grand opening Twist It Top It Yogurt on Saturday…
From Ragtime…To Ragtime — Neighborhood favorite gets back to business and more
When the water rolling off Cross Bay Boulevard came pouring into the basement of Ragtime Gourmet Supermarket off 158th Avenue in Howard Beach, it filled…
Let’s Hear it for Queens! — New musical pays homage to borough
Forest Hills resident Mark Lord has lived in Queens since 1969 but it wasn’t until a few years ago that the idea struck him to…
Sweet Treat in Forest Hills
Summer , winter , spring or fall, the yogurt craze is alive and well in Queens, with an already bustling Metropolitan Avenue about to be…
Queens Human Rights Advocate to Discuss Women in Islam
When asked about her childhood in Afghanistan, Naheed Bahram will begin to speak, softly, her words stringing together sentences almost impossible to understand for those…
Queens Teacher Arrested — Had ongoing sexual relationship with 13-year-od student
Queens public school teacher Daniel Reilly is facing rape, child endangerment and sexual abuse charges for allegedly carrying on an eight month sexual encounter with…