June 5, 2019 By Meghan Sackman The Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce will host its 19th Annual Festival of the Arts this Sunday on Austin Street between 69th and 72nd Roads. Close to 200 vendors will be stationed along the street selling merchandise, food and crafts. The event, which will include about 100 Forest Hills businesses,… Read more »
June 6, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A high-ranking police chief died yesterday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at the age of 62. Steven Silks, the deputy chief of Queens North, was found shot in an unmarked patrol car at around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, just blocks from his office at the 112th Precinct… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »