Oct. 4, 2019 By Allie Griffin The Forest Hills Jewish Center’s ambitious plan to redevelop the site is on hold, as its business partner is no longer part of the deal. The initial plans to build a 10-story mixed use building are now up in the air. However, the Jewish center still plans on redeveloping… Read more »
Oct. 3, 2019 By Allie Griffin New York voters now have more time to register to vote in primary elections, thanks to legislation Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law last week. Under the new law, New Yorkers have an extra four months to register with or change political parties, from the previous deadline of Oct…. Read more »
Oct. 3, 2019 By Allie Griffin A Manhattan man who was arrested last year for assaulting a 20-year-old woman for being gay in a Forest Hills subway station pleaded guilty yesterday. Allasheed Allah, 54, admitted that he yelled homophobic slurs at the 20-year-old as she rode a Manhattan-bound E train and then followed her into… Read more »
Oct. 2, 2019 By Allie Griffin Council Member Donovan Richards announced today that he is running to be the next Queens Borough President, joining an increasingly crowded field. Richards is the latest politician to announce his bid. Council Member Costa Constantinides, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer and Assembly Member Alicia Hyndman are all in the… Read more »
Oct. 1, 2019, By Allie Griffin A new Queens Spectrum store has opened in Forest Hills on Austin Street. The shop located at 71-40 Austin St offers customers a storefront to learn more about Spectrum’s video, internet, voice and phone services, as well as a place to make account payments and upgrade or exchange equipment… Read more »
Sept. 24, 2019 By Allie Griffin The nonprofit Queens Community House (QCH) will be offering seniors in need free transportation to medical appointments via a partnership with Lyft and Forest Hills Stadium, the organization announced today. Through the partnership, the QCH’s Senior Medical Transportation Service will now provide senior residents of Queens Community Districts 4… Read more »
Sept. 24, 2019 By Allie Griffin The popular Swedish homeware and furniture store IKEA is coming to Queens next summer in Rego Park. IKEA Queens will take over 115,000 square feet of space within the Rego Center shopping mall at the corner of Queens Boulevard and Junction Boulevard. The company said it is was attracted… Read more »
Sept. 24, 2019 By Allie Griffin A criminal defense attorney who practiced in Kew Gardens has been sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment for bribing a witness to commit perjury in a double homicide trial, according to prosecutors. After a four-day trial in May 2019, John Scarpa, Jr., 66, was convicted of the… Read more »
Sept. 23, 2019 By Allie Griffin A pedestrian was struck and killed by a car Saturday in Kew Gardens Hills. On Sept. 21 at 9:18 p.m., 75-year-old Elou Rakhminov was crossing Jewel Avenue when a Nissan Sentra was traveling eastbound on Jewel Avenue toward 141st Avenue and hit him. When police arrived at the scene,… Read more »
Sept. 17, 2019 By Allie Griffin Six out of seven members of Community Board 6’s executive board are new officers, after an election replaced all but one long standing officer last week. At a Sept. 12 meeting, Alexa Weitzman was elected the new chair of the board, defeating Joseph Hennessy who held the position for… Read more »