Aqueduct Security Tops Residents’ Concerns
With Resorts World New York’s Aqueduct Racetrack casino set to open later this summer, residents in the surrounding neighborhood are worried the 106th Precinct will…
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Brakes Applied on Maurice Avenue Drag Races: Victory Declared as DOT Installs Speed Humps on Dangerous Street
A concentrated effort by local residents and city Council Members to stop drag races along Maurice Avenue in Maspeth paid off this week as…
Tons of Trash Avoids Landfill
A recycling event sponsored by State Senator Joseph Addabbo last Sunday was a major success, with more than 11 tons of electronics and paper…
Despite Support, Effort For Maspeth Park Stalled
Maspeth residents are eyeing the newly opened Elmhurst Park with envy and have strengthened their advocacy for a park at the former St. Saviour’s site…
Park Opening Yields Mysterious Tombstone
Updated, see below On September 12, 1912, Leon Nascimbene arrived in New York City onboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, a passenger ship sailing from Cherbourg,…
O’Neill’s Destroyed by Fire
A cultural institution in Maspeth was destroyed in a fire early Monday morning. O’Neill’s bar and restaurant, at 64-21 53rd Drive, has been serving the…
Residents’ Patience Running Out Over Trash Trains
Residents living around New York & Atlantic Railway’s (NY&A) tracks, especially in Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth and Middle Village, have had to deal with increased rail…
Volunteers Clean Bayside Cemetery
About 40 people including neighborhood residents, Boy Scouts, community activists and Councilman Eric Ulrich and his staff, armed with more than 30 rakes and boxes…
Remembering The Holocaust
Members of the congregation at the Rockwood Park Jewish Center gathered on Sunday for Yom Hashoah Observance, a remembrance of the Holocaust held every year…
Grand Marshals Announced: Maspeth Memorial Parade Set For May 29
The United Veterans and Fraternal Organizations of Maspeth is proud to announce Andrew and Virginia Frazier as Grand Marshals of its Memorial Day parade. Andrew…
Crowley Sponsors Recycling Event
Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, with COMET and the Maspeth Federal Savings Bank, hosted Honor Earth Day, a recycling fair that took place on Saturday from 1…
Pheffer to Leave Assembly
Legislator Will Resign Seat to Take Over as Queens County Clerk As The Forum went to press on Wednesday evening, we learned that Assemblymember Audrey…
Ideas Wanted for Queens Design Projects
“Wouldn’t it be great if the old, abandoned [Long Island Railroad track] running from Forest Park to Rockaway Beach was turned into a simpler version…
Traffic Changes in Maspeth Bypass Continue
A revised version of street changes in Maspeth—part of the Maspeth Truck Bypass Plan—was approved on Tuesday by Community Board 5’s Transportation Committee. It will…
Hospital Plan for St. John’s Flat-lining
New life may be coming to the former St. John’s Hospital in Elmhurst, but it won’t be patients. A proposal filed last month with the…