April 7, 2025 By Czarinna Andres A 27-foot hot dog rolled into Queens — and no, it wasn’t a dream. The iconic Oscar Mayer Wienermobile rolled into Woodside on Friday, April 4, and parked outside The Dugout Sports Bar on 61st Street, just south of Roosevelt Avenue — perfectly timed with the New York Mets’… Read more »
Apr. 7, 2025 By Czarinna Andres April 7, 2025 By Paulina Albarracin Get ready to race through rainbows for a great cause in Long Island City. Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 12, and lace up for the inaugural Let’s Grant Wishes Color Run, a vibrant charitable run/walk hosted by The Learning Experience in…
April 7, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct are still looking for a groper who targeted a woman near the 61st Street transit hub in Woodside late last month. The incident occurred at around 6:20 a.m. on Tuesday, March 25, as the 35-year-old victim was walking near 64th Street and Woodside Avenue… Read more »
Apr. 4, 2025 By Czarinna Andres April 4, 2025 By Robert Pearl Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels and Republican mayoral candidate, was met with cheers and applause at Katch in Astoria on March 26 as friends, family, and supporters—as well as members of his Guardian Angels—gathered for a surprise 71st birthday celebration.…
Apr. 3, 2025 By bparry April 3, 2025 By Bill Parry A fake doctor who was performing medical procedures without a license at an Astoria home was taken into custody on the night of Friday, March 28, after one of his patients went into cardiac arrest. At around 1 p.m. that afternoon, Felipe Hoyos-Foronda,…
Apr. 3, 2025 By bparry April 3, 2025 By Bill Parry New details have emerged in the bloody attack that left two teenagers wounded inside Astoria Park late last month, and the NYPD is asking for the public’s help in identifying the 19-year-old suspect who remains at large. Three teens were walking past the…
Apr. 3, 2025 By bparry April 3, 2025 By Bill Parry A homeless man from Manhattan was convicted in Queens Supreme Court Wednesday for brutally assaulting a 58-year-old woman with a hammer at the Queens Plaza subway station in Long Island City in 2022. William Blount, 60, whose last known address was in a…
Apr. 3, 2025 By Czarinna Andres April 3, 2025 By Richard Khuzami New York City’s housing crisis is a real challenge. Every day, residents across all five boroughs feel the strain of rising rents and the lack of new housing. The recent zoning changes under the “City of Yes” initiative are a step in…
Apr. 2, 2025 By Czarinna Andres April 2, 2025 By Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas, Zeinab Eyega and Yasmeen Hamza As advocates who have dedicated our careers to achieving gender equity and justice, and as the representative of and service providers for some of the most culturally diverse districts in the country, we know firsthand…
April 2, 2025 By Bill Parry A College Point man is criminally charged with stealing checks worth more than $80,000 from a construction union after the U.S. Postal Inspection Service uncovered his elaborate mail theft operation that involved the Woodside Post Office, where he was arrested late last month. Xingqiang Chen, 29, of 11th Avenue,… Read more »