Mar. 1, 2024 By admin Feb. 29, 2024 By Rachel Butler Queens Congresswoman Grace Meng, along with a coalition of elected officials, has penned a letter to the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) regarding the extended downtime of three crucial escalators at the 74th Street-Broadway subway station in Jackson Heights. These escalators have been have been… Read more »
Feb. 29, 2024 By Staff Report PJ Horgan’s, an Irish bar and eatery that has served Sunnyside for over 60 years, has announced that it will close its doors for the last time on Sunday. The bar wrote a post on Instagram, stating that it will be closing its doors permanently at 49-02 Skillman Ave…. Read more »
Feb. 29, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria are looking for two men who attempted to rob a corner deli near the Woodside Houses and attacked a store employee who tried to stop them. The incident occurred on the night of Wednesday, Feb. 14, when the two suspects walked into… Read more »
Feb. 28, 2024 By admin Feb. 28, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Frank Ottomanelli, the owner of Ottomanelli By The Water, a restaurant located in Hunters Point South Park, is extending an open invitation to local artists for the second phase of his ambitious community mural project. Having already installed five sections of the mural in… Read more »
Feb. 27, 2024 By ishkurhan Feb. 27, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan US. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hosted a town hall in Astoria last week to discuss how federal climate change policy is playing out on a local level. Five years after she laid out the Green New Deal vision with Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts,… Read more »
Feb. 27, 2024 By Shyvonne Noboa We face a number of challenges as we age. But perhaps one of the most distressing is elder abuse. A 2021 study found that more than 1 in 10 older adults in New York State has experienced mistreatment. Elder abuse refers to neglect, financial exploitation, emotional or verbal abuse,… Read more »
Feb. 26, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_71999" align="alignnone" width="541"] Police are looking for this man who allegedly assaulted a woman in Jackson Heights on Saturday night[/caption]
Feb. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry
Feb. 25, 2024 By admin Feb. 25, 2024 By Czarinna Andres and QNS Staff Several non-profit groups held a town hall meeting in Woodside Wednesday evening where they advocated for the statewide right to counsel for tenants facing eviction. The event, held at the St. Sebastian’s Parish Center and called Queens United: Town Hall for… Read more »
Feb. 23, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_71975" align="alignnone" width="700"] Long Islander arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter after crashing in Astoria and driving to Maspeth while passenger was critically injured and later died. Via iStock[/caption]
Feb. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry
Feb. 23, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_71964" align="alignnone" width="500"] A cyclist from Corona was killed after he slammed into the side of a truck in Maspeth on Thursday night. Via Getty Image[/caption]
Feb. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry