March 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan It was one of the greatest upsets of all time in world soccer. In 2004, no-hopers Greece defied odds of 300-to-1 to win the European Championships for the first time in its history — and now residents in Astoria can relive the famous victory on the silver screen. A… Read more »
March 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The ever-popular Queens Night Market will return for its seventh year next month. The weekly food festival, which showcases the culinary diversity of Queens each Saturday, will return beginning April 16 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park with dozens of vendors confirmed to take part. The cost of entry for… Read more »
March 17, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A man was fatally struck by a subway train in Astoria Thursday afternoon after slipping off the platform while urinating on the tracks. The 27-year-old victim fell in front of an R train at around 3:35 p.m. as it pulled into the 46th Street station, according to police. The… Read more »
March 17, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A 73-year-old Flushing scholar — who helped establish a pro-democracy group in Queens — is one of five defendants who have been charged with spying on Chinese dissidents in the United States. Shujun Wang was arrested Wednesday and charged in Brooklyn federal court for secretly working with the Chinese… Read more »
March 16, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A teacher at a Jackson Heights middle school has been arrested for sexually abusing a minor under the age of 13. David Reinoso, a teacher at I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer, located at 33-34 80th St., was arrested by New York State police Friday and charged with sexual abuse and… Read more »
March 15, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A fundraiser is being held in Sunnyside Sunday to raise money for the people of war-torn Ukraine. The event, called Stand With Ukraine, will take place at Bar 43, located at 43-06 43rd St., and will feature live music, Ukrainian cultural performances and raffles with lots of prizes up… Read more »
March 14, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Two armed men pulled a man out of his vehicle at gunpoint early Monday morning just feet away from a Woodside elementary school. The driver, 45, was sitting in a Toyota Corolla outside 57-14 Woodside Ave. — situated across the street from St. Sebastian’s Catholic Elementary School — when… Read more »
March 14, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police are looking for a knife-wielding man who robbed a woman at the Queens Plaza subway station Sunday. The incident comes just a little over two weeks since a homeless man brutally robbed and attacked a 57-year-old woman with a hammer as she walked down a flight of steps… Read more »
March 11, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Residents living in the densely populated area of Queens Plaza will soon be getting a new public park. The park, which will be around a half-acre in size, will open early next year next to Sven, a 71-story luxury building located in the Queens Plaza section of Long Island… Read more »
March 11, 2022 By Michael Dorgan An Astoria accounting professor who owns a local tax consultancy firm was sentenced to 14 months in prison Wednesday for preparing bogus tax returns — following a sting operation conducted by undercover investigators. Ahmed Abdelhalim, who teaches at LaGuardia Community College, was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court after pleading… Read more »