Rockaway Man Pleads Guilty in Sex Assault – Rapes 62-year-old woman
A Rockaway Beach man plead guilty to first-degree rape in connection with his attack on a 62-year-old woman in Rockaway last year. The defendant identified…
Neighborhoods
At QueensWay Meeting, Tensions Run High
QueensWay, a community-based planning initiative, held a meeting last Wednesday at Emanuel Christ Church in Woodhaven to provide information on their project that aims to…
When A Friend Falls Sick, What is There to Say? – Renowned author to speak about new book at Forest Hills Y
When Letty Cottin Pogrebin – a Queens native who co-founded Ms. Magazine alongside Gloria Steinem – was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, she was…
How Does South Queens Protect Itself from the Next Sandy?
Settling into the slightly creaky wooden seats lining the auditorium of Howard Beach’s PS 207, South Queens residents spent hours Monday night absorbing colorful maps…
Woodhaven’s Christmas Wishes Dashed as No Tree Comes to Neighborhood
After Hurricane Sandy destroyed Woodhaven’s beloved three-story tree that was annually decorated during the holidays, residents were devastated and hoped it would quickly be replaced….
At Richmond Hill Library, A Reading Series is Born
“It’s nice to bring friends together to listen to good work,” Deborah Emin said during Monday’s launch of the first reading series at the Richmond…
CB 9 Chair Says There will be Re-Vote on Ousting Member – But another member says it will never happen
After Community Board 9 members voted at their meeting last week to retain one individual who had faced being ousted as part of the organization,…
South Ozone Park Man Found Tied Up, Beaten To Death – Investigation is open
Police made a grizzly discovery inside a South Ozone Park home around 5 a.m. on Tuesday morning when where they found the body of a…
911 Needs 911 – City ambulance takes 45 minutes to respond to collapse of elderly man in Richmond Hill
Despite frantic calls from police and several bystanders at the scene, it took a city ambulance more than half an hour to respond to a…
DEP’s Bioswale Program Causes Stir in Forest Hills – But city says it will help with sewer runoff
Community Board 6, which encompasses Forest Hills and Rego Park, is a high yield area for combined sewer runoff into Flushing Bay. The city Department…
112th Warns Residents of Typhoon Scamps
The 112th Precinct Community Council stressed to its members, and the general public, this week that the federal government has raised red flags over possible…
State Vows to Heed Pols’ Concerns About Trash Train
State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens recently penned a letter to Queens elected officials vowing to carefully assess numerous concerns aired about a…
Reckless Drivers Prompt Howard Beach Residents to Plead for Change
Passing the well-kept two-story homes along 156th Avenue in Howard Beach, it is hard to notice something is amiss: The lawns are tidy, the fences…
Scholars Student Casts Shadow on Beloved Academy – Lawsuit against school, administrators and parents will follow
In stories released last week by CBS News and the The New York Post, a Howard Beach teen and her mother have introduced serious allegations…
102nd Nabs Alleged Latin Kings Members
Four alleged members of the Latin Kings gang were recently arrested on the border of Woodhaven and Ozone Park following an intensive investigation by the…