Residents Speak Out Against Proposed Redistricting Plan
Nearly a hundred residents and parents filled the auditorium of PS 58 Tuesday night to send a loud message to city education officials about the…
Neighborhoods
Addabbo Brings MetroCard Van Back to Howard Beach
In an effort to provide more accessible service, New York City Transit has a mobile outreach program designed especially to serve their needs in their…
Howard Beach Kiwanis Prepare for Parade
The Howard Beach Kiwanis Club will host its annual Halloween Parade on Saturday, October 29th at 11 am. To mark the 25th year of this…
Water Main Breaks in Howard Beach
A water main break on 102 Street between 157th Avenue and 158th Avenue caused city officials to shut down part of the street on Tuesday…
Man and woman indicted for sex trafficking in Queens
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced today that a Queens County grand jury has indicted a 22-year-old Jamaica, Queens, man and a 26-year-old woman…
Richmond Hill Fire Injures Eleven
Eleven people were injured yesterday after a fire broke out on the back porch of a home on 91st Avenue in Richmond Hill. Firefighters responded…
MTA Releases 2011 Customer Satisfaction Survey Results
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) released results yesterday from its series of customer satisfaction surveys con- ducted annually for all MTA services. These surveys show…
Addabbo Brings Free Mammography Van Back To Woodhaven
On Saturday, Nov. 19, between 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. in collaboration with the American-Italian Cancer Foundation (AICF), is sponsoring…
Plea in Kidnapping of Eight Children
The Manhattan couple that took their eight children from a Forest Hills foster care center last month pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of second-degree…
Job Fair Attracts Thousands
At State Senator Joe Addabbo’s job fair on Friday, thousands of residents came looking for work at a time when the state unemployment is close…
Dumping Hits Ozone Park
Residents in Ozone Park say they understand the plight of nearby neighbors in Howard Beach who have in recent weeks been plagued with illegal dumping…
Van Crashes Onto Boat in Hawtree Basin
A hit and run fender bender on the Belt Parkway last Thursday morning led to a car chase that ended with a van crashing onto a…
Illegal Dumping Continues in Howard Beach
Several weeks ago The Forum reported about garbage being dumped illegally in the overgrowth along 165th Avenue. The Sanitation Department was notified and took swift…
Fire Guts Lenny’s Pizzeria
In the second fire at a Crossbay Boulevard business in less than a week, flames tore through a popular Howard Beach eatery on Monday morning,…
Hundreds Pray for Sheehan’s Release
Four days after nearly 300 supporters gathered at a Sunday evening prayer vigil for Barbara Sheehan at Our Lady of Grace in Howard Beach, a…