New Officers to Take the Helm at WRBA
The Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association announced this week there will be a changing of the guard at the more than 40-year-old neighborhood organization that does…
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Man Dies After Hit-and-Run in Woodhaven, Residents Call for Change
After a Brooklyn man was killed while trying to cross Woodhaven Boulevard at Jamaica Avenue, residents are calling for change to an area they say…
Woodhaven Speaks Up Against Railway Plans
The rules were clear as Woodhaven residents filed into their block association’s public forum Monday evening. “We want to hear from the Woodhaven residents first,”…
Cheering on Christmas with Woodhaven Parade
Holiday cheer filled the streets of Woodhaven last Saturday, when the “Welcome Santa to Woodhaven” parade rolled down Jamaica Avenue. The Woodhaven Business Improvement District…
Woodhaven Lights Tree
Oh the weather outside was frightful but dozens of residents braved the cold and rain to join in the festivities at the Woodhaven Christmas Tree…
Woodhaven Residents Encouraged to Launch Civilian Patrol
Talk of a new civilian patrol in Woodhaven and the QueensWay proposal to turn a portion of the abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line into park…
Multi Million Dollar Counterfeiting Ring Cracked – Woodhaven woman among those arrested
If you’d been wondering how your friend could have afforded a pair of $400 True Religion jeans and you couldn’t, odds are it’s because they…
Once the stomping grounds for Mae West and ‘Goodfellas’ Stars, Historic Neir’s Now Plays Host to Indie Filmmakers
“It’s a bittersweet burden I don’t mind carrying for another 184 years,” said Loycent “Loy” Gordon, 34, on recently becoming the sole owner of Queen’s…
Woodhaven Man’s Killer Could Face Just Months Behind Bars
The driver who pleaded guilty to driving drunk and killing a 76-year-old Woodhaven man, described by family as “the sweetest man you could ever know,”…
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….
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…
Community Celebrates All Saints Moving Into Historic Woodhaven Church
After the community was devastated by the closing of the beloved 111-year-old Saint Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Woodhaven a couple years ago, residents shuddered at…
Woodhaven Civic Leaders Plead With City To Demolish Partially Collapsed Building
Community leaders are urging the city Department of Buildings to demolish a Woodhaven building that partially collapsed last April, saying the building has made neighbors…
Wonderful Woodhaven Street Festival Draws Thousands
Thousands of people from throughout Queens flocked to the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation’s 33rd annual fall street festival Sunday, when colorful children’s rides, civic groups…
From A Sea of Pink, Woodhaven Soccer Club Wages War on Breast Cancer
Woodhaven Soccer Club players decked themselves out in pink last weekend – from their hair to their shirts – and the young players not only…