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…
Neighborhoods
Fed up with Fines, Woodhaven Leaders Fight City Over Tickets
Woodhaven civic leaders and elected officials are urging the city Department of Sanitation to change its policy on trash removal after property and business owners…
The Law Back At School – Supreme Court Justice returns to teaching roots
Supreme Court Justice Augie Agate spent some time talking to students in the 5-8th grades at the Ave Maria Catholic Academy on Wednesday morning. Having…
HB Kiwanis Celebrate 51 Years; Honors Joann Ariola With Clem Vicari Award
Hundreds of Kiwanis members, their families and community supporters filled the room at Roma View Catering Hall on Saturday night in celebration of the clubs…
Police Launch Manhunt For Unidentified Sexual Attacker
Police have released very few details in the chilling sexual assault of a South Ozone Park girl on Wednesday evening around 6 PM. The victim…
Missing Ridgewood Man Found Dead – Girlfriend’s son admits to murder
The man who allegedly smothered his mother’s boyfriend is awaiting arraignment in Queens Criminal Court. Derrick Tudor, 27, is accused of suffocating Ridgewood resident…
Howard Beach Welcomes Petco Back
Like many local stores, the Petco in Howard Beach, NY has taken the past six months to rebuild. However, after many months the store is planning to reopen its…
NYFAC Hold 15th Annual Dinner Dance
NYFAC celebrated with their yearly fundraising dinner dance event held at Russo’s on the Bay on Friday evening. The evening had several distinguished honorees who…
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…
JPCA Takes On Spring Cleaning – Civic and volunteers tackle graffiti
More than two dozen volunteers came out in support of the Junper park Civic Associations clean-up on Saturday to clean and paint the dual overpass…
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…
Pols Urge Feds to Ignore Bloomberg Plan, Reimburse Sandy Victims
Reeling in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, people throughout South Queens dug into their pockets – into retirement funds, into savings for children’s college…
Advisory Release For FEMA Revisions – New maps offer comfort, potential savings for homeowners
When FEMA released Advisory Base Flood Elevation maps (ABFE) for many hard hit areas of Queens, after Sandy, it did so with the accompaniment of…
Pols, community activists rally against proposed USTA expansion
Led by State Senator Tony Avella, a group of civic associations and park groups rallied on Sunday to send yet another strong message to the…