Nov. 22, 2022 By Christian Murray The City Council voted to approve Innovation QNS today, clearing the final hurdle for the developers in their quest to rezone a 5-block section of Astoria in order to build a 3,190-unit project. The vote came as no surprise, coming just a day after the council’s Land Use Committee… Read more »
Nov. 22, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The School Construction Authority (SCA) has announced plans to build a new 547-seat elementary school in the Court Square section of Long Island City. The SCA is set to acquire a 5-story office building, located at 23-10 43rd Ave., and then demolish it before constructing the new school in… Read more »
Nov. 21, 2022 By Christian Murray It didn’t come easy. After lengthy negotiations, the developers of the massive Innovation QNS project have been given the blessing of Councilmember Julie Won to go ahead with their massive 5-block, $2 billion project slated for Astoria. Won said that she has struck an agreement with the developers who… Read more »
Nov. 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The Queens Post has obtained dramatic video footage of a vehicle engulfed in flames and then exploding in Long Island City Sunday. The footage, captured at around 8:15 p.m., shows an unoccupied vehicle on fire stopped on the westbound ramp that leads to the Queensboro Bridge in Court Square…. Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Nov. 21, 2022 By Greg B. Smith, Rachel Holliday Smith, Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Suhail Bhat After a fast-moving fire in a luxury Manhattan tower called Rivercourt injured dozens of tenants and triggered a daring high-rise rescue, fire officials made clear that the cause was an increasingly common… Read more »
Nov. 18, 2022 By Czarinna Andres A well-known Brazilian restaurant is opening in Elmhurst next week, across from the Queens Center Mall. Fogo de Chão, which currently has 68 locations globally, is opening its Queens restaurant on Friday Nov. 25—its second in New York City. Its other New York City restaurant is in midtown Manhattan…. Read more »
Nov. 17, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The police have charged a Queens father with murder after he allegedly beat his 3-year-old son to death inside a homeless shelter in Elmhurst Sunday. Shaquan Butler, 26, has been arrested and charged with murder for allegedly killing the toddler inside the Boulevard Family Residence — a family homeless… Read more »
Nov. 17, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A high-profile Asian grocery chain with roots in Woodside will be opening a sprawling new location on the border of Sunnyside and Long Island City next week. H-Mart, a New Jersey-based supermarket that specializes in Asian food items and fresh produce, will open at 34-51 48th St. at 10… Read more »
Nov. 17, 2022 By Christian Murray A city council subcommittee voted in support of the massive Innovation QNS development Thursday, with the project slated to go before the full city council next week for a vote that will determine its fate. The City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Finance voted 7-0 in support of the… Read more »
Nov. 16, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A toddler is dead after being found battered and bruised inside a homeless shelter in Elmhurst Sunday — and police are investigating the incident as a homicide. The victim, a 3-year-old boy named Shaquan Butler, was found at around 7:40 p.m. by police inside the Boulevard Family Residence —… Read more »