Spanning Sunnyside Yards and connecting Skillman Avenue to Northern Boulevard in Long Island City, the 39th Street Bridge has long been an eyesore covered in graffiti.

Now, thanks to a partnership between Council Member Julie Won and District Council 9’s (DC 9) Bridge Painter Apprenticeship Program, the bridge has been given a fresh coat of paint. The project, completed on March 13, marks the start of an ongoing effort to keep the bridge clean and graffiti-free.

Mar. 20, 2025 By Athena Dawson

The United States Postal Service (USPS) held an unveiling ceremony for a stamp of the late civil rights icon, Hon. Constance Baker Motley. 

Mar. 20, 2025 By jmilitello

March 20, 2025 By Jessica Militello

Mar. 20, 2025 By Colum Motherway and Athena Dawson

New York City’s new trash bin laws, which mandate that all residential waste be placed in secure containers, have encountered a rocky start, filled with confusion, complaints and logistical hurdles. 

Mar. 20, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

March 20, 2025 By Dean Moses

Mar. 19, 2025 By emarshall

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Mar. 19, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Hundreds of seniors gathered at Queens Borough Hall on Wednesday morning to protest a proposed $102 million budget cut to the New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA)—a reduction that advocates warn could lead to the closure of up to 90 senior centers across the city.

Mar. 19, 2025 By jmilitello

March 19, 2025 By Jessica Militello

Mar. 19, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

March 19, 2025 By Taliah Gabriel

March, 19, 2025 By Bill Parry

A 16-year-old girl was robbed at knifepoint in broad daylight at a 7 train station in Long Island City during the morning rush on Friday, March 14.

Mar. 19, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

The Queens Public Library (QPL) has been recognized as one of the top midsize employers in the United States, ranking 46th on Forbes’ 2025 list of America’s Best Midsize Employers.

Mar. 19, 2025 By Jessica Militello

Young performers from across the tri-state area, including talented acts from Queens, will take the stage at Radio City Music Hall on April 8 for the annual Garden of Dreams Talent Show, a heartwarming showcase that gives children facing adversity a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform at the iconic venue. 

Mar. 19, 2025 By sobrien

March 19, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Four men—two from southeast Queens, one from Long Island, and another from New Jersey—along with three companies, have been indicted by a Queens grand jury for allegedly orchestrating a deed fraud scheme that led to the theft of homes in Kew Gardens Hills, Jamaica Estates, and Queens Village.

Carl Avinger, 42, of 202nd Street in St. Albans, Lawrence T. Ray, 38, of 127th Avenue in Jamaica, and Autumn Valeri, 41, of Commack, and Torey Guice, 40, of Roselle, NJ, surrendered to the Queens District Attorney’s detectives on Tuesday morning and were arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on a 47-count indictment charging them with grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, conspiracy, and other related crimes for allegedly stealing the homes from their rightful owners.

March 19, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

A planned Zeta Charter School set to open at Sunnyside’s P.S. 150 Annex for the 2025-26 academic year has been scrapped amid widespread community and political opposition, sources say.

Mar. 19, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

State Sen. John Liu has warned that thousands of Medicaid patients may face disruptions to critical at-home care if the state legislature does not extend the April 1 deadline allowing patients and caregivers to transition to statewide fiscal intermediary Public Partnerships, LLC.

Mar. 18, 2025 By Paulina Albarracin

Over 250 runners kicked off the St. Patrick’s Day festivities at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park on Sunday, Mar. 2, with The Queens St. Patrick’s 5K and Half Marathon. An additional five participants completed the virtual 5K.

Mar. 18, 2025 By sobrien

March 18, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Mar. 18, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Smyth, a United Federation of Teachers political strategist, has raised the most money in the district so far from private sources, $77,292, in addition to $125,605 in public funds from the city’s Matching Funds Program, for a total of over $200,000 in the hotly contested race.

Endeavor Air operated a Delta Airlines connection flight that crashed and flipped upside down when its wing struck the runway during a landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday, Feb. 17. All 80 people onboard survived the crash, but 21 were injured.

Mar. 18, 2025 By Colum Motherway

Ridgewood Savings Bank is celebrating its inclusion in the Monopoly Queens Edition, a special version of the iconic board game that honors the borough of Queens. 

A man was struck by a 7 train at the 111th Street subway station in Corona early Tuesday morning in an apparent suicide attempt.

It was the third incident on the 7 line in five days after a man was killed when he jumped in front of a Manhattan-bound train at the 103rd St.-Corona Plaza station on Thursday afternoon, and a 13-year-old boy was critically injured while subway surfing at the 111th St. station on Friday morning.

March 18, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Hundreds of Queens parents have signed a petition to prevent a charter school from opening in Western Queens. They state that the establishment of a charter school would divert much-needed funds away from public schools in the district.

Mar. 18, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

March 18, 2025 By Abby Gibson 

March 18, 2025 By Bill Parry

Police from two Western Queens precincts are looking for four members of a vicious carjacking crew who have stolen seven vehicles, all at gunpoint, since February.

March 17, 2025 By Bill Parry

The co-founders of the Queens World Film Festival will host a special evening of remembrance and reflection at The Local in Long Island City on Wednesday night, marking the fifth anniversary of the festival’s historic pivot to an online format.

Mar. 17, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Queens residents interested in shaping local public school policies can now apply to serve on the Community Education Council (CEC) for the 2025-27 term, the Queens Borough President’s office announced on Monday, March 17.