Activists Continue Push for St. Saviour’s Park
With the status of parkland at the former site of St. Saviour’s church in west Maspeth in limbo, local leaders are pushing the city to…
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Forest Hills Rated Safest Queens Neighborhood
While the city’s crime numbers are at record lows, a look at citywide crime data shows some surprising results about neighborhoods and the troubling fact…
Maspeth Bypass Progress a Headache for Local Businesses
For years, residents of Maspeth have asked the city Department of Transportation to reroute trucks, which used the neighborhood’s residential and commercial areas as a…
Middle Village Crime News Relayed at JPCA Meeting
The new commanding officer of the 104th Precinct Captain Michael Cody is still meeting with the community to provide updates about crime and receive input…
City Outlines Plan to Alleviate Overcrowding at PS 49
Middle Village’s PS/IS 49 faces a potentially serious overcrowding situation. If incoming kindergarteners continue to enroll in the school at its current pace, local education…
Resident Asks CB5 to Honor 9/11 Victim
Various traffic issues, including the conversion of a Maspeth Street to one-way, were topics of discussion at September’s monthly Community Board 5 meeting. There is…
Campaign Tactics Peeve Area Residents
With the special election to fill a vacant congressional seat over, Juniper Park Civic Association President Bob Holden has found several things he would like…
Crime Update from 104th Precinct at COMET
Maspeth and Elmhurst residents learned that grand larcenies are on the rise in their neighborhoods as the Communities of Maspeth and Elmhurst Together (COMET) held…
Maspeth Honors Squad 288 and Hazmat 1
Nine miles from Ground Zero, the firefighters from Squad 288 and Hazardous Materials 1 responded quickly when two planes struck the World Trade Center on…
Legislation to Bury Power Lines Planned
Tropical Storm Irene caused thousands of Queens residents to lose power, and one Council Member thinks there’s a simple solution to prevent massive outages. Councilwoman…
Cleanup Continues After Irene
The city was largely spared from the devastating effects of Tropical Storm Irene, which created havoc along the eastern seaboard last week, but there was…
Congressional Candidates Spend Week Trading Barbs
With the special election to replace disgraced Anthony Weiner in the 9th Congressional District two weeks away, both campaigns are getting involved in increasingly…
CEC24 Debates City’s Sex Ed Mandate
The City’s recent decision to mandate sex education was the main topic at Tuesday night’s Community Education Council 24 meeting at P.S. 58 in Maspeth….
Development at St. Saviour’s Continues
While local residents continue to push for a park at the former property of St. Saviour’s church on 57th Drive and Rust Street in Maspeth,…
Maspeth Father Killed Over Cab Dispute
A potential cab fare on Hempstead Turnpike in Long Island reportedly led to a deadly fight among two cabbies that left a Maspeth man dead….