Nov. 30, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Natural & Fresh, the sizable grocery store along Queens Boulevard, has quietly closed. The 40-08 Queens Blvd. store, with its lights shuttered and shelves still stocked with some products, appears to have closed two days ago, according to a neighboring store owner and social media posts. The Pyramid Group,… Read more »
Nov. 30, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Skillman Avenue will light up once more for its third annual holiday lights festival, with a street fair planned through several blocks of the stretch on Saturday. The festival will be held on Dec. 1 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., with live music, art exhibits, family games, a… Read more »
Nov. 29, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Thumbtacks have been found in Sunnyside’s newly-installed protected bike lanes, with many believing that the sharp objects were intentionally placed by opponents of the controversial lanes in an attempt to damage bicycles and hurt cyclists. The alarming incident first came to the fore in a Facebook post on a… Read more »
Nov. 29, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Citi Bike is set to undergo a massive expansion, doubling its current service area and more than tripling the number of bikes in its fleet over the next five years, the city announced today. Lyft, the parent company of Citi Bike, will invest $100 million toward the expansion as… Read more »
Nov. 27, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Two men–an uncle and a nephew– have been taken into custody following a series of armed robberies in Queens yesterday that included the shooting of a Woodside Duane Reade employee. Elgin Brack, 22, and Scott Brack, 50, now face federal charges in the alleged armed robberies of four convenience… Read more »
Nov. 27, 2018 By Christian Murray The police have released video footage of a man who critically shot a Duane Reade employee in Woodside during a botched robbery yesterday, before going on to hold up three other stores in Queens at gun point. The suspect began his crime spree at about 3:25 a.m. when he… Read more »
Nov. 26. 2018 By Laura Hanrahan One of New York City’s biggest hotel developers, Sam Chang, has his eye on Long Island City for his next big project. Chang filed plans today with the Department of Buildings for a 14-story, 283-room hotel at 52-02 Van Dam St., just one block from the Fairfield Inn Motel,… Read more »
Nov. 26, 2018 By Christian Murray (Update: 5:10 p.m.) A 49-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot in the head while inside a Duane Reade store in Woodside earlier this morning. Police were called out to 60-02 Roosevelt Ave. at around 3:30 a.m. Monday after reports of shots being fired. Upon arrival, the… Read more »
Nov. 23, 2018 By Christian Murray A 25-year-old Woodside man turned himself into police this morning after fatally punching a fellow Irish immigrant at the Gaslight Bar in Sunnyside Thursday, police said. Steven O’Brien, who lives on 42nd Street in Woodside, has been charged with assault, after killing 21-year-old John “Danny” McGee with a single… Read more »
Nov. 23, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez After a whirlwind week following Amazon’s official announcement to locate half of its second headquarters to Long Island City, Community Board 2 is now on the offensive, deliberating on how it can steer the project viewed by many as a done deal. Members of the board’s Land Use committee… Read more »