June 5, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Four Queens residents were busted recently as part of citywide crackdown on parking placard abuse. The city’s Department of Investigation announced yesterday that eight individuals–four from Queens– had been apprehended and charged with forging city-issued placards in an attempt to get out of parking tickets. The individuals allegedly tried… Read more »
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Forest Hills High School Principal Resigns After Months of Condemnation
June 4, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Forest Hills High School Principal Ben Sherman resigned on Monday after facing months of complaints and criticism from school staff and parents. Sherman announced his resignation yesterday in an email to school staffers, just days before a planned protest at the school to demand his removal was set to… Read more »
Mural of Helen Keller to be Painted and Installed in Forest Hills Next Week
June 4, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A mural paying tribute to famed Forest Hills resident Helen Keller will be painted and put on display next week near where the blind and deaf activist and author once lived. Street artists Crisp and Praxis will start working on the mural on June 11 at the Reform Temple… Read more »
Queensboro Dance Festival Comes to MacDonald Park Saturday
May 30, 2019 Staff Report Forest Hills is getting its groove on. Vissi Dance Theater, which offers choreography that mixes Caribbean and urban styles, will be putting on a free performance this Saturday, at 1 p.m. at MacDonald Park, The group’s production will be followed by Masala Bhangra, which combines time-honored moves from the northern… Read more »
DOT Begins Installing Hundreds of New Speed Cameras
May 28, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The Department of Transportation installed the first of hundreds of new speed cameras–specifically in school zones–on Friday. The new speed camera, which went up near P.S. 199 on the Upper West Side, was the first to be installed since the city got the go ahead from Albany that it… Read more »
London Lennie’s Seafood Restaurant Listed for Sale as Development Site
May 28, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The owners of seafood restaurant London Lennie’s have put the property on the market and are hoping to hook a developer. The 10,700 square foot property was listed last week for $6.5 million and is being marketed as a potential development site for medical, retail, residential, community facilities, a… Read more »
Chase Bank to Close Two Forest Hills Locations, Consolidate With Nearby Branches
May 28, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Two Chase Bank branches in Forest Hills will be closing this summer and merged with nearby locations. The first to close, on June 26, will be the branch located at 63-63 108 St. This location will be consolidated with the Chase Bank branch at 97-41 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park…. Read more »
Woman Allegedly Attacks 9-Year-Old Boy on Forest Hills Street: NYPD
May 25, 2019 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a woman who allegedly attacked a 9-year-old boy who was walking with his parents along a Forest Hills Street Monday. The woman approached the boy from behind at around 8:20 p.m. at the intersection of 112th Street and 71st Avenue and then grabbed him… Read more »
Kew Gardens Attorney Found Guilty of Bribing Murder Witness
May 24, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A Kew Gardens attorney was found guilty yesterday of bribing a witness in a 2015 murder trial, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. John Scarpa, Jr., 66, who practiced law out of 125-10 Queens Blvd., will now face up to 10 years in prison for his crimes. Scarpa, along… Read more »
Forest Hills Gardens Considering Making Station Square Pedestrian-Only
May 23, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Station Square in Forest Hills may be reserved for pedestrians only. The Forest Hills Gardens Corporation, the organization that oversees the private roadway, is considering making the square traffic free. The square, which was closed for 17 months in order for the brick roadway to be repaired, reopened May 5… Read more »