March 14, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The much-anticipated town hall on the Department of Transportation’s proposal to install bike lanes on Skillman and 43rd Avenues has been scheduled for the end of the month. The town hall, organized by the DOT, will take place on March 26 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at PS… Read more »
March 13, 2018 By Tara Law Features and short films made by Queens filmmakers will grace the silver screen alongside movies from around the world at the 8th annual Queens World Film Festival in Astoria this month. The festival will take place from March 15 to 25 at Kaufman Astoria Studios (34-12 36th St.) and… Read more »
March 12, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Police are searching for a man who is wanted for attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a 29-year-old woman in Woodside over the weekend. The suspect, 32-year-old Marco Antonio Baez, stabbed the victim once in the left abdomen inside a home near 65th Place, an NYPD spokesperson said. The attack… Read more »
March 12, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Parents with children at PS 11 will stage a walkout this Wednesday, joining the thousands of national walkouts and events happening in the one-month anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. The symbolic walk out at PS 11, located at 54-25 Skillman Ave., will… Read more »
March 12, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Police are searching for a Woodside man who was reported missing yesterday. Kyoung Jin Kim, 74, was last seen on Saturday, March 10 at around 9:30 a.m. inside his home near 69th Street and Woodside Avenue, police say. Police describe Kim as Asian, 5 feet 6 inches tall, and… Read more »
Feb 28, 2018 By Staff Report The owners of Phyzique Fitness Club, located at 43-12 50th St., are about to mark the gym’s 27th anniversary and are celebrating by reducing their one year membership price for existing and new members. Nick Komporozos and Rich Bundy, the Woodside born-and-raised owners of the local gym, decided to roll… Read more »
March 6, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Queens Boulevard is set to undergo a major beautification project that will see a flourishing linear park along the median, changes to some slip lanes, and a Q60 bus line running through the median instead of the curb. The proposal, part of the city’s $101 million Great Streets project,… Read more »
March 5, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The city will install traffic signals right by P.S. 11 on Skillman Avenue in a move that comes after the school, Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) and other advocates demanded their installation last month. Two traffic signals will be up in front of the school at 54th Street and… Read more »
March 2, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A public meeting will take place in the coming days for the community to discuss the new homeless shelter on Van Dam Street that will occupy the current site of the Fairfield Inn by Marriott. The meeting will be held on March 15 at St. Raphael’s Church, located at… Read more »
March 2, 2018 By Christian Murray A fringe group of bicycle advocates who want protected bike lanes on 43rd and Skillman Avenues have stepped up the rhetoric, with one taking to twitter yesterday to intimidate Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer. Members of the group have been lashing out at Van Bramer in recent weeks for not… Read more »