Collapse Leads To Inquiries Into Nearby Buildings
Following a building collapse in Woodhaven that sent a storm of bricks crashing into an area often packed with vehicles and pedestrians during rush hour…
Neighborhoods
Saints Be Praised
The International Society of Saints Cosma and Damiano this year celebrates its 35th anniversary, having been founded in 1978 by the late Joseph DeCandia Sr….
Promising to Tackle Taxes and Small Business Fines, Caruana Launches Bid Against Crowley
Flanked by legislators, neighborhood leaders and family – including his 96-year-old grandfather – and armed with harsh words for tax increases and fines on small…
Broad Channel Gets a Green Thumbs Up
Brown lawns, dead shrubs and lifeless plants are soon to be a thing of the past in Broad Channel and its surrounding communities after the…
The All American Dream (Come True)
Rob Pisani was pretty sure the future of his deli had been washed away by the storm that had already stolen so much of his…
Falling to Pieces – Two-Story Building Collapses onto Jamaica Avenue
Scores of firemen from numerous companies responded to the collapse of a roof on Jamiaca Avenue in Woodhaven on Friday evening around 6:30 PM. Emergency…
Let’s Hear it for Queens! — New musical pays homage to borough
Forest Hills resident Mark Lord has lived in Queens since 1969 but it wasn’t until a few years ago that the idea struck him to…
The Real Friends of Charles Park
City Council member Eric Ulrich (R-Howard Beach), who represents several neighborhoods hit hard by the storm, has tapped The Doe Fund to help restore and…
Sweet Treat in Forest Hills
Summer , winter , spring or fall, the yogurt craze is alive and well in Queens, with an already bustling Metropolitan Avenue about to be…
120 Lucky Winners
Middle Village Prep (MVP) conducted its first lottery for its inauguration class on Tuesday, April 16, 2012. MVP is a charter middle school serving grades…
Pols, Parents Demand Action — Call for dangerous Howard Beach school crosswalk to be DOT
A dangerous public school crosswalk in Howard Beach has galvanized local residents and politicians alike who are calling on the city’s DOT to put children’s…
Queens Human Rights Advocate to Discuss Women in Islam
When asked about her childhood in Afghanistan, Naheed Bahram will begin to speak, softly, her words stringing together sentences almost impossible to understand for those…
Helping Hands at AMCA – From one little guy to another, the gift of love
Starting on February 21, The Forum ran an article in response to having heard the story of Macalister Davison; a one-year-old identical twin, suffering from…
NYFAC Dreams Realized — Pols, community cut ribbon at autism center
The dream to bring a state of the art autism center to the community that began in 2004 was shattered just two weeks before…
Hunt for Forest Park Stun Gun Sex Assaulter Continues
A celebration by police last week in the speedy arrest of the Forest Park stun gun sexual assaulter apparently came too early—they arrested the wrong…