Opinion:
September 20,
By Melissa Orlando, founder of Access Queens/7 Train Blues.
The 2015 State of the Subways Report Card is out and riders in Queens are confused. For the second year in a row,…
Opinion: We’re the Best?
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Mexican Restaurant on Greenpoint Ave. to Open First Week of October
Sept. 20, By Christian Murray
A Mexican restaurant will be opening on the corner of 47th Street and Greenpoint Avenue where Bliss Street Station had been located for more than 25 years.
The restaurant, called Chihuahuh, is expected to open at the 47-02 Greenpoint Ave.…
Straphangers Ranks the 7 Train the Best Line in NYC
Sept. 17, By Christian Murray
The NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign today issued its 17th annual “State of the Subways” Report Card, and rated the 7 as the best of 19 subway lines.
The 7 was ranked number one for the eighth time that Straphangers has been putting out the reports.…
Parents, Educators Weigh Ethics of School Supply Lists
Sept. 16, By Jackie Strawbridge
Back to school means back to the store, for hours-long trips in search of folders, glue sticks, marble notebooks and everything else on parents’ annual classroom supply lists.
For many parents and educators, lengthy school supply lists have long represented a necessary evil in resource-strapped schools.…
Knife-Wielding Man Steals $20 From Woodside Laundromat, Cops Say
Sept. 16, Staff Report
A man broke into Woodside Laundromat Tuesday, grabbed $20 cash and then brandished a knife when the owner went to confront him, police said.
The suspect pried open the front door at Lung Fai Laundromat,…
Vintage Cartoons and Jazz Coming to Sunnyside Gardens Park Saturday
Sept. 16, By Christian Murray
Vintage cartoons and live jazz will be on display at Sunnyside Gardens Park this Saturday.
The 5th Annual Flicks & Jazz festival, which will feature several 1930s cartoons as well as performances from Sunnyside jazz musicians,…
Shelley’s, the Woodside Bar That Closed in April After 70 Years, is Coming Back
Sept. 15, By Christian Murray
Shelley’s, a long-time Woodside bar that suddenly closed in April, is likely to reopen in coming months by its former owners.
Deborah Strack Cregan, who owned the 58-15 Woodside Ave. establishment with her husband from 1986 through 1999,…
Queens Library: Delusions of Confidence
By Columnist John O’Reilly
City Comptroller Scott Stringer issued two scathing reports on the operations of the Queens Borough Public Library in July that uncovered, what he characterized, a “sickening track record of waste, fraud and abuse” engaged by library executives. …
Small Korean Restaurant to Open in Sunnyside
Sept. 12, Staff Report
A small Korean restaurant will be opening in Sunnyside next month across the street from the Butcher Block.
The restaurant, to be called Mamma Casa, will be located at 43-43 41 Street, where Anise Fusion,…
Participatory Budgeting Kicks off Monday, as Residents Decide What Projects to Fund
Sept. 11, By Christian Murray
Residents of Sunnyside, Woodside and Long Island City will soon have a direct say on how $1 million in city funds will be spent in the district.
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, who each year allocates city funds toward local parks,…