Apr. 30, 2024 By Czarinna Andres April 30, 2024 By Queens Post News Team The Hunters Point Parks Conservancy (HPPC), a non-profit organization that helps manage Long Island City’s waterfront parks, is calling on the city to provide a multi-purpose sports facility for local schools and residents as it looks to complete the massive Hunters… Read more »
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Sunnyside celebrates Women’s History with inaugural Lily Gavin memorial breakfast
April 30, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Dozens of Sunnyside residents and community leaders came together Monday morning to celebrate women’s history and to honor one of the neighborhood’s most influential figures—the late Lily Gavin—at the first annual Lily Gavin Memorial Sunnyside Women’s History Breakfast Celebration. The event, held at Sunnyside Community Services, paid tribute to… Read more »
Astoria man raises thousands for MS research ahead of Citi Field climb fundraiser
Apr. 30, 2024 By Czarinna Andres April 30, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan One Astoria resident has raised thousands of dollars for multiple sclerosis research as part of the National MS Society’s 15th Annual Climb to the Top at Citi Field next month. Andrew Amenn committed to the climb and set an ambitious fundraising goal in… Read more »
LIC-based Fortune Society hosts third-annual Tech Fair for justice-involved New Yorkers
Apr. 30, 2024 By Czarinna Andres April 30, 2024 By Queens Post News Team New York-based non-profit the Fortune Society held its third-annual Tech Fair in Long Island City on Wednesday, providing dozens of justice-involved New Yorkers with an opportunity to learn about opportunities in the information and technology sector. The Tech Fair, which took… Read more »
CityPickle in LIC offers discounts for Queens residents on pickleball games and lessons
Apr. 29, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Apr. 29, 2024 By Queens Post News Team A pickleball center in Long Island City is offering a discount to Queens residents for midweek games and lessons. CityPickle, which opened at 9-03 44th Rd. last September, is offering 20% discounts for court reservations and clinics before 5 p.m. Monday… Read more »
Families gather in Queensbridge Park for inaugural Earth Day Picnic
Apr. 24, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Apr. 24, 2024 By Queens Post News Team Dozens of families gathered in Queensbridge Park on Monday to mark the first-annual Earth Day Picnic, celebrating plans to transform New York City’s largest fossil fuel powerplant into a renewable energy hub. The event, hosted by Queens-based energy asset management company… Read more »
Community rallies to preserve Queensbridge composting as Parks Dept. eviction looms
Apr. 24, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Apr. 24, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Elected officials and environmental advocates rallied on the grounds of a nationally recognized community composting site in Long Island City on Friday to prevent the NYC Parks Department from evicting the non-profit organization that operates it. The Long Island City composting site underneath… Read more »
Over a dozen Woodside families displaced by 2-alarm fire at apartment building early Monday morning
Apr. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry At least 15 Woodside families were displaced by a two-alarm fire that tore through their apartment building early Monday morning. The FDNY received a report of a fire at a five-story building located at 39-06 63rd St. at 3:16 a.m. Firefighters arriving at the scene observed flames shooting from… Read more »
Queens Assembly Member Juan Ardila runs for re-election amid sexual assault allegations and widespread criticism
Apr. 23, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Assembly Member Juan Ardila, a western Queens Democrat whose time in office has been mired by two sexual assault allegations, is running for re-election despite being shunned by progressives and his electorate at large. Ardila, who won the vacant Assembly District 37 seat in 2022 that covers Ridgewood, Sunnyside… Read more »
Three people hurt in Woodside apartment building 2-alarm fire early Monday morning: FDNY
Apr. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry Three residents of a Woodside apartment house were injured during a two-alarm blaze early Monday morning. The FDNY received a report of a fire at a five-story building located at 39-06 63rd St. at 3:16 a.m. Firefighters arriving at the location observed flames shooting from the roof of the… Read more »