Oct. 4, 2024 By sobrien Oct. 4, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Queens Council Member Julie Won co-chaired a joint oversight hearing on Monday exploring how to improve school transportation services, which suffered from a cumulative 80,312 delays during the 2023/24 academic year. Won, the chair of the New York City Council’s Committee on Contracts, and… Read more »
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Tech-driven dental studio Tend opens in Long Island City
Oct. 3, 2024 By sobrien Oct. 3, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Tend, a new-era dental company seeking to reinvent a dentist’s office using technology, has opened a new location in Long Island City. Tend LIC opened its doors at 10-64 Jackson Ave. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, becoming the 13th Tend location in New York City… Read more »
Council Member Won announces waterfront walking tour to kick off public engagement for One LIC plan
Oct. 3, 2024 By sobrien Oct. 3, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Council Member Julie Won has announced a new season of public engagement for the One LIC neighborhood plan, starting with a waterfront walking tour on Sunday, Oct. 20. Won and Department of City Planning (DCP) Director Dan Garodnick announced Monday that the waterfront tour… Read more »
Astoria-born Chip City Cookies to launch limited-edition Pop-Tarts cookie
Oct. 3, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Oct. 3, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Chip City Cookies, the rapidly expanding cookie chain originally founded in Astoria, has announced a new collaboration with Kellanova’s iconic Pop-Tarts brand. The two companies are introducing a limited-edition “Strawberry Poppable Pop-Tarts® Cookie,” available for a select period in October and November across Chip… Read more »
Vandal sought for destroying Pride flag, harassing staff at Astoria pub with anti-gay rhetoric: NYPD
Oct. 2, 2024 By bparry Oct. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Unit has joined the search for a vandal who allegedly tore down a Pride flag at a popular Astoria sports bar and was caught on camera pulling out a knife and slicing it to pieces as he and a… Read more »
Hunters Point South community left shaken following Borden Avenue shooting on Sunday night: NYPD
Oct. 1, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_81701" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Location of the incident near the intersection of Borden Avenue and Center Boulevard in LIC. Photo by James Edstrom[/caption]
Oct.1, 2024 By Bill Parry
DOI probes NYC Sheriff’s office; Miranda denies reports of raid at LIC headquarters
Sep. 27, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_81586" align="aligncenter" width="700"] NYC Sheriff Anthony Miranda angrily denies his Long Island City offices were searched as part of a probe by the city’s Department of Investigations. Photo by Todd Maisel[/caption]
Sept. 27, 2024 By Bill Parry
Op-Ed: A sleeping tree with healing power holds promise for preservation in Jackson Heights
Sep. 25, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Sept. 25, 2024 By Melissa Zavala Last year, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, located on 82nd Street and 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights, turned one hundred. Nestled in the Historic District in the most diverse community in the World’s Borough, the church’s grounds represent a true green oasis in a… Read more »
USCIS opens new Long Island City office as Queens Public Library launches citizenship workshops
Sep. 25, 2024 By sobrien Sept. 25, 2024 By Shane O’Brien The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is set to move its Queens Field Office to Long Island City next month. The last day of operations for USCIS’s current Queens Field Office at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, located at 26 Federal Plaza… Read more »
NYPD raids suspected brothel in Elmhurst as community demands crackdown on Roosevelt Avenue crime
Sep. 25, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_81356" align="aligncenter" width="680"] The NYPD raided an illegal brothel in Elmhurst last week after a Roosevelt Avenue community organization called for greater enforcement along the corridor. Photos courtesy of Hiram Monserrate[/caption]
Sept. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry