Apr. 11, 2024 By admin Apr. 11, 2024 By Seán Ó Briain Citizens Bank announced a series of new initiatives to support a range of community programs in Queens over the summer, becoming the first-ever title sponsor of the Queens 10K. The event, organized by New York Road Runners, is part of the organization’s Five-Borough… Read more »
Apr. 10, 2024 By admin Apr. 10, 2024 By Queens Post News Team The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts (FSSA), a performing arts education in Astoria, has announced its 16th Annual Film Festival for Friday, May 3rd. The festival, featuring the cinematic talents of its students, is set to commence at 6 p.m. at FSSA located at 35-12 35th Ave. in the Tony Bennett Concert Hall, which is named after the school’s illustrious founder and late entertainer, Tony Bennett. The films, influenced by the works of renowned directors Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick, cover a broad spectrum of genres,… Read more »
Apr. 8, 2024 By admin Apr. 8, 2024 By Seán Ó Briain On ‘moon-day’ afternoon, hundreds of spectators gathered in Gantry Plaza State Park in Long Island City to witness the awe-inspiring solar eclipse of 2024. People of all ages flocked to the park for the Parks Department’s Solar Eclipse Viewing Party, which kicked off… Read more »
Apr. 8, 2024 By admin Apr. 8, 2024 By Council Member Shekar Krishnan Four years ago we had to face our darkest days. Our community of Jackson Heights and Elmhurst became the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Long food lines, blaring ambulances, and sheer desperation filled our reality. It was at that moment that the… Read more »
Apr. 8, 2024 By admin Apr. 8, 2024 By Seán Ó Briain The Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice has launched a new interactive map detailing hazards in each neighborhood in the city in a bid to tackle environmental inequity across the five boroughs. The Environmental Justice NYC (EJNYC) Mapping Tool, the first-ever online resource… Read more »
Apr. 5, 2024 By Czarinna Andres The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) together with the Queens Public Library will be hosting a memory screening event on Apr. 16 in Woodside, offering free cognitive health checks to the public. This initiative, set to take place at the Woodside branch of the Queens Public Library located at… Read more »
Apr. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry A Woodside man is facing up to 65 years in prison for launching a random knife attack on three of his neighbors, including a 69-year-old woman, from his wheelchair on the afternoon of March 16. Kareem Phillips, 31, of 54th Street, was indicted and arraigned Friday in Queens Supreme… Read more »
Apr. 1, 2024 By admin Apr. 1, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Several blocks in Astoria will close for an inaugural Ramadan Night Market on Wednesday, April 3. The food centered event—which will take place less than a week before Eid commemorates the end of the holy month—will bring together halal food vendors on Steinway Street… Read more »
Mar. 29, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The median asking price for rent in Queens jumped significantly from February 2023 to February 2024, according to a study conducted by the real estate firm StreetEasy. Year-over-year, the median asking rent rose 13.5%, from $2,599 to $2,950. This price increase is reflective of the fact that more people… Read more »
Mar. 21, 2024 By ishkurhan March 21, 2023 By Iryna Shkurhan Titan Foods, a large Greek specialty supermarket that closed its Astoria store last year, is gearing up to reopen in the neighborhood later this spring. After 40 years at 25-26 31st St., Titan Foods closed its doors on June 18, 2023. Since then, the… Read more »