April 23, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A private equity firm that bought Parker Towers, a rent-stabilized housing complex, last year has agreed to pay $1.1 million to tenants who are owed rent reductions, announced the tenant watchdog group Housing Rights Initiative (HRI) Friday. The Blackstone Group, the firm that bought the 1,327-unit property in November 2018… Read more »
April 18, 2019 By Christian Murray The police released video yesterday of a man who allegedly robbed a Forest Hills bodega. The suspect allegedly entered the store, located at 113-27 Queens Blvd., at around 11:40 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, went behind the counter and grabbed a 39-year-old store employee and demanded money from the… Read more »
April 17, 2019 By Christian Murray Residents will get to have their say on the city’s plan to develop a 26-story jail facility in Kew Gardens at a public hearing next week. Community Board 9 is holding the hearing, which is part of the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, which the city must complete before… Read more »
April 16, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The Queens bus network is about to get an extensive redesign, the MTA announced on Monday. During a presentation to the Queens Borough Cabinet, the transit authority outlined its year-long plan to overhaul the network, with intentions to alter unnecessary or indirect bus routes and adjust spacing between stops…. Read more »
April 16, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan City Council Member Rory Lancman blasted a group of Queens residents for gathering outside the synagogue of a Glendale landlord to protest the rumored 200-men homeless shelter planned for the landlord’s Cooper Avenue property. Lancman, who represents areas in central Queens, called the protest an act of anti-semitism for… Read more »
April 16, 2019 By Alexa Beyer The Queens International Night Market returns for the spring season this Saturday. The popular open-air food and art bazaar in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, which boasts up to 55 food vendors and 30 arts and craft merchants, will be open every Saturday night through Aug. 17 from 5 p.m…. Read more »
April 15, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Iconic rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd will be making a stop at the Forest Hills Stadium on their North American farewell tour this July. Best known for their hits such as “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Free Bird,” Lynyrd Skynyrd will take the Forest Hills Stadium stage on July 14. … Read more »
April 11, 2019 By Alexa Beyer Two exits on the Kew Gardens Interchange will be closed during nights as part of an ongoing project to reconstruct the busy junction. The ramp from southbound Van Wyck Expressway (Exit 7) to westbound Jackie Robinson Parkway and the entrance ramp from westbound Union Turnpike to westbound Grand Central… Read more »
April 11, 2019 By Thomas Laforgia Outgoing Queens District Attorney Richard Brown’s interim replacement pushed back Tuesday against criticism from candidates running for Brown’s job. Chief Assistant DA John Ryan accused the candidates of making “misstated or distorted” claims to portray the office as disconnected from modern approaches to criminal justice. “To hear some of… Read more »
April 11, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Representatives of Queens Place Mall and its Target location were baffled when they heard an announcement made by the chairman of Community Board 4 Tuesday that they were closing by the end of the year. Louis Walker, Community Board 4 chair, said at the board’s monthly meeting Tuesday night… Read more »