Civic Decries Vandalism at ‘Eyesore’ Construction Site
Photo: Graffiti has been an issue since scaffolding was installed at this site on Jamaica Avenue two years ago. File Photo. While it seems that borough…
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Schumer Calls for Fed Funds to Bring Bus Rapid Transit to Area
Photo: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has asked the federal DOT to help bring Bus Rapid Transit to Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards. File Photo. If recent…
Teen Attacked with Bat in Woodhaven Park
Photo: A 14-year-old boy last week was jumped by three other teens inside Equity Park in Woodhaven. Courtesy of the City Parks Department. Cops this week…
Addabbo Turns Attention to Woodhaven Ambulance Corps Building Troubles
State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) this week told The Forum that the fight for the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps building continues. Earlier…
Projects, Voting Outreach Discussed at Participatory Budgeting Sessions
Participatory Budget Delegates, City Council staff and civic leaders in Woodhaven and Rockaway Park last week pared down the items which will appear on the…
Symphony Orchestra Kicks Off Concert Series
The Queens Symphony Orchestra last Wednesday kicked off the 2015 Salon Concert Series with a show at All Saints Episcopal Church in Woodhaven featuring the…
Historic Woodhaven Pub Hosts Guided Tour Down Memory Lane
Dozens of history buffs on Tuesday night descended on Neir’s Tavern—itself a link to Woodhaven’s past—to join city historian Kevin Walsh as he narrated a…
Cops Bust Man Running Drugs Out of Daycare Facility
A Woodhaven man on Thursday was arrested and arraigned on drug, child endangerment and other charges for selling marijuana and other drugs out of the…
Woodhaven Murder Ends City’s 12-Day Homicide Streak
Prior to last Saturday, the city had gone nearly two weeks without a single homicide; an unprecedented streak, especially for a metropolis of New York’s…
Participatory Budget Committee Meets with Ulrich Fiscal Chief
Members of the Participatory Budgeting Committee last Thursday evening met with Gregory Mitchell, City Councilman Eric Ulrich’s (R-Ozone Park) budget director, to review ideas submitted…
Building Collapse, Slow Recovery Cause Volunteer Ambulance Corps to Shutter
The partial collapse of a building on Jamaica Avenue in 2013 has had a devastating domino effect on the Woodhaven community. It seems that the…
Community Board 9 DM Search Down to Five Candidates
The Community Board 9 District Manager Search Committee last Thursday evening whittled down the candidate pool to five from 11. These applicants have advanced to…
Cops Still Investigating Christmas Hit and Run
Cops this week were still investigating a Christmas Day hit-and-run accident in Woodhaven that pinned a woman in her car until she was extricated and…
Jamaica Avenue Trolley is a Sign of the Season
Mailboxes brimming with greeting cards; festive lights adorning apartment buildings and houses from Laurelton to Little Neck; Addabbo as Santa; a seemingly endless string of…
Civic Celebrates Holidays and Looks Back on Eventful Year
With an eye on an eventful 2014, and the other on the coming year, the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association last Saturday held its annual holiday…