City Plan to Remove Parking Draws Ire in Forest Hills
A city proposal to wipe out as many as 14 parking spots around the intersection of Metropolitan and 71st avenues in Forest Hills has landed…
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Lindenwood Alliance Resumes Meeting Schedule – Discuss bank robbery, question Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota
A few dozen residents turned out for the first meeting of the Lindenwood Alliance since the summer. A number of topics were bantered about but…
Raucous CB9 Meeting Includes Outrage Over District Manager Evaluation
Ever epic, the Community Board 9 meeting this month included board members shouting at one another over an evaluation of District Manager Mary Ann Carey…
Celebrating 50 Years Of The JFK International Airport – Hundreds gather in Howard Beach to mark the anniversary
More than 500 people packed into Russo’s on the Bay in Howard Beach on Tuesday to mark the 50th anniversary of the naming of John…
Cuomo Green-Lights Plan To Expand National Tennis Center
Gov. Cuomo gave his stamp of approval for the United States Tennis Association’s plan to expand its complex in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, following the…
Queens to Congress: Flood Insurance Rates Will Drive Us From Our Homes
The Federal Emergency Management Agency finally made public its flood insurance premium guidelines last week – and the numbers, Queens residents and coastal dwellers across…
Spreading Hope: Howard Beach Pays It Forward – Community joins in Star Paint event at HB Assembly of God Church
The stars were out in Howard Beach on Tuesday evening; not the stars expected in a nighttime sky—these were wooden stars—the ones so many wondered…
Two Elevators Coming To Lefferts Boulevard Subway Stop, City Officials Say
Renovation work at the Lefferts Boulevard subway station in Ozone Park now includes plans for two elevators, instead of the original one, city officials announced…
5-Year-Old Hit By Van In South Ozone Park
A 5-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital last Thursday after he was struck by a van in front of 114-36 115th St. in South…
Never Forgotten: Glendale Remembers Victims of Sept. 11 Attacks
Area officials, clergy members, and community leaders gathered in Forest Park on Sunday to honor those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks of…
Maspeth’s Bridge and Tunnel Brewery’s Keeping the Stories of Queens Alive
Steam rising around his head, Bridge and Tunnel Brewery owner Rich Castagna leans over an oak barrel perched outside the Maspeth home where grew up…
O’Neill’s to Hold Grand Opening on Sept. 20
O’Neill’s, a community mainstay in Maspeth that was forced to close after a massive fire destroyed it in 2011, will celebrate its grand reopening on…
Thousands Flock to Fresh Pond Road Street Festival
The Fresh Pond Road Street Festival drew thousands of people to Ridgewood last week, which celebrated the four-day feast with everything from children’s rides to…
Five Alarm Middle Village Fire Claims Six Homes
A raging blaze that began in the airshaft between two attached homes in the heart of Middle Village has displaced seven families and destroyed their…
911 Call Leads To Arrest Of Two Burglars In Forest Hills
A call from one concerned citizen to 911 led police in the 112th precinct in Forest Hills, to be on the lookout for two individuals…