Sep. 18, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Ghost car drivers are in for a scare. Mayor Eric Adams and other top city officials held a press conference at the Springfield Gardens Auto Pound on Wednesday, Sept. 18th, to announce the launch of a joint NYPD and New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) task force to remove ghost cars from city streets. 

A doctor at a Woodhaven urgent care facility was arrested on Sept. 9 by detectives from the Queens Special Victims Squad for sexual abuse and forcible touching of one of his patients last month.

Amir Sitafalwalla, 72, of Fairway Drive in Manhasset, Long Island, was booked at the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill and arraigned in Queens Criminal Court for the sexual assault of a 21-year-old man who visited the ModernMD, located at 89-22 Jamaica Avenue.

Sep. 18, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

Elected officials in Northeast Queens gathered on Monday afternoon to criticize the rollout of e-scooters in Queens and call out the Department of Transportation for failing to discuss their concerns. 

Sep. 17, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

The Queens Public Library (QPL) will join libraries nationwide in marking Banned Books Week from Sept. 22-28 with a series of events and programs, reinforcing its strong advocacy for intellectual freedom as book censorship surges nationwide.

Sep. 17, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

As the New York Mets began their final homestand of the 2024 regular season on Monday, Sept. 16, the team announced the installation of a purple seat to pay tribute to the McDonald’s mascot Grimace, whose first pitch prior to a game on June 12 coincided with the start of a seven-game winning streak and the team turning the season around.

Sep. 17, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

Over the course of the summer of 2024, viewed as the peak rental season, Queens and Brooklyn each experienced sharp increases in competition among renters compared to the same time in 2023 and Manhattan maintaining a high degree of such competition, according to a Rental Competitiveness Report by the real estate listing site RentCafe.

Sep. 17, 2024 By Athena Dawson

MTA officials held a roundtable discussion in the Jamaica Central Control Building on Thursday, Sept. 12, to provide an overview of the agency’s current and future plans for its extensive transportation system. The officials invited reporters from a handful of local media organizations to the event, including QNS, which was an on-the-record presentation and Q&A session covering topics affecting Queens residents and commuters across the five boroughs. 

Sep. 17, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

On Monday, Sept. 16, hundreds of Amazon drivers in Queens took a major step toward unionization, formally requesting that Amazon recognize their union and negotiate a contract under the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Sep. 16, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

The Department of City Planning (DCP) announced a leadership change for its Queens Office, located at 120-55 Queens Blvd. in Kew Gardens, on Friday, Sept. 13. Lin Zeng was named Director, and Kathi Ko was appointed Deputy Director.

Sep. 16, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

Sept. 16, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

Sep. 13, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

The New York Mets held the annual “Battle of the Badges” baseball game between the NYPD and FDNY at Citi Field for a third straight year on Thursday, Sept. 12, with Mets legend David Wright acting as the host of the event for the second year in a row.

Sep. 13, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

The annual Latin Impact Awards presented by Bethpage Federal Credit Union celebrated the achievements and impactful work of Latin American community members on Thursday, Sept. 12th.

Sep. 13, 2024 By Ethan Stark Miller

Jessica Ramos, a progressive Queens state Senator, on Friday officially became the latest candidate to jump into the 2025 race to unseat Mayor Eric Adams, who finds himself in a precarious position after his second police commissioner resigned Thursday following federal raids on several top administration officials last week.

Sep. 12, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

The Shops at Skyview will host a Moon Festival celebration on Saturday, Sept. 14, inviting the Queens community to partake in the rich traditions of this important Asian holiday.

Sept. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry

An urgent manhunt is underway for the gunman who shot and killed a Forest Hills man on a quiet residential block in East Elmhurst on Wednesday afternoon.

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Sep. 12, 2024 By Anthony Medina

Rentar Development Corp., the owners and builders of the retail center at 66-22 Metropolitan Ave. in Middle Village, will begin renovating and rebranding Metro Mall under the new name “The Shops at Rentar Plaza” starting this fall. 

Sep. 11, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

The Queens Night Market returns this Saturday, Sept. 14, to Flushing Meadows Corona Park for its fall season.

Sep. 10, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

While the annual income needed to afford to purchase a home in New York City was still significantly higher than the national average in August 2024, there was a large decrease year-over-year, thanks in large part to mortgage rates declining, according to a report by the real estate listing site StreetEasy.

Sep. 10, 2024 By Anthony Medina

The street co-naming ceremony of Firefighter John “Jack” Boyle Street, at the intersection of 78th Street and Furmanville Avenue in Middle Village, honored the life of a man rooted in service to his family, community and country.

Sep. 10, 2024 By Athena Dawson

An upcoming film festival will showcase some of the best independent filmmakers, writers and directors from the Caribbean diaspora.  

Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills and the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are looking for two robbers who targeted postal workers in broad daylight last month to steal mail keys from their victims.

The first incident occurred just before 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21, when the two suspects followed a 48-year-old mailman into an apartment building at 102-35 64th Rd. in Forest Hills. One of the perpetrators appeared to threaten him with a black handgun, saying “I have a gun; give me your keys,”

Sep. 6, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

The average rental price for housing units across Queens went up 4.07% year-over-year in August 2024, according to a report by the real estate firm M.N.S. Real Estate.

Sep. 6, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Fall is here, and seasonal festivities have begun. Head to the Queens County Farm Museum on Saturday, Sept. 7, for Corn Fest, celebrating the grand opening of the Amazing Maize Maze.

Sep. 6, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

Wednesday will mark 23 years since the horrific terrorist attacks devasted New York City and forever changed the world.