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Sears confirms that its Rego Park store will close

January 4, By Hannah Wulkan

The Sears department store at the Rego Park Center shopping mall will be closing down along with about 16 other Sears stores throughout the country, according to published reports.

The company announced more than 30 Sears and K-Mart store closures late last month,…

Subways that serve Forest Hills rank highly, according to report

January 3, By Christian Murray

The NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign issued its 18th annual “State of the Subways” Report Card last week and gave high ratings to two of the four trains that serve Forest Hills.

The E train was ranked number four of the 20 subway lines reviewed by Straphangers,…

Giant Menorah to be lit at Yellowstone Park Saturday

December 30, By Christian Murray

An 18-foot tall menorah will be lit at a Forest Hills park tomorrow night to mark the final night of Chanukah.

The event, dubbed “Chanukah on the Park,” will take place in Yellowstone Municipal Park between 68th Road and 68th Avenue at 6:15pm.…

Rego Park cellphone store robbed at gunpoint, fourth Queens phone store hit in a month

December 27, Staff Report

A Metro PCS store in Rego Park was robbed at gunpoint Christmas Day, making it the fourth cellphone store to be struck by armed bandits in Queens in less than a month, police said.

Police believe the latest incident is part of a pattern where two armed men have entered cellphone stores—in Sunnyside,…

Peruvian Take Out Opens on Austin Street

December 21, Staff Report

They say food is the way to a person’s heart, but one Peruvian mom believes it’s the way to their health too.

Adriana Morote, the owner of a new takeout restaurant at 68-60 Austin Street that opened on Monday,…

Chase Bank on Woodhaven Blvd robbed, police say

December 19, Staff Report

The Chase Bank branch located at the intersection of Woodhaven Blvd and Metropolitan Avenue was robbed this afternoon, according to police.

A man entered the 71-04 Woodhaven Blvd branch at about 3:25 pm and handed a demand note to the teller.…

Queens Blvd building, former site of St. John’s Hospital, sells for $125 million

December 19, By Hannah Wulkan

A Queens Boulevard mixed use building, the former home of St. John’s Hospital, sold earlier this month for $125 million, according to public records.

The property, known as The Queens Pointe and located near the Queens Center Mall at 90-02 Queens Boulevard,  …