March 21, 2018 By Tara Law The MTA train operator convicted of killing a celebrity jeweler in July 2015 in Forest Hills has been sentenced to up to 26 years in prison, the Queens District Attorney announced Wednesday. Charles Jordan, a 48-year-old Long Island resident, ran over Aron “Eric” Aranbayev, 40, on 71st Avenue in… Read more »
March 20, 2018 By Tara Law A transit advocacy group selected a Forest Hills resident for a dubious distinction on Monday— the New Yorker with the worst subway commute of the week. Second-grade teacher Laura Taylor left her Brooklyn school after a parent-teacher conference at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and did not arrive home for… Read more »
March 19, 2018 Tara Law A Kew Gardens restaurant that specializes in chicken and southern cooking has been closed temporarily by the Health Department. Kew Gardens Chicken at 80-45 Kew Gardens Road, which is also known as Chicken House, was closed by the department after an inspection on March 16. The inspector found several violations,… Read more »
March 16, 2018 By Tara Law A Jamaica teen has been arrested and charged after allegedly threatening to commit a school shooting at Forest Hills High School. Ishrak Hossain, 16, was charged with making a terroristic threat and criminal mischief, police said. Forest Hills High School at 67-01 110th St. went on a “soft” lockdown… Read more »
March 15, 2018 By Tara Law (Updated 1:22 p.m., 4:03 p.m.) A student has been detained by police for allegedly scrawling a gun threat on a desk at Forest Hills High School. The school, located at 67-01 110th St., was on a “soft lockdown” for several hours after the note was discovered around 11 a.m,… Read more »
March 13, 2018 by Tara Law The Queens International Night Market will open its fourth year in Flushing Meadows Corona Park with two special sneak preview events. A limited number of tickets are now on sale for the sneak previews, which will take place on April 21 and 28. The popular market draws crowds from… Read more »
March 13, 2018 By Tara Law The Grammy-nominated British rock band Arctic Monkeys announced yesterday that it will perform in Forest Hills this July. Arctic Monkeys will perform at Forest Hills Stadium on July 24. Tickets are available for pre-sale, and will be formally on sale starting Friday at 10 a.m. Arctic Monkeys has produced five… Read more »
March 13, 2018 By Tara Law (Updated March 13). A woman was struck and killed by a mini school bus in Kew Gardens early this morning. The small bus was turning from Kew Gardens Road onto 82nd Avenue around 6:43 a.m. when it struck and killed 58-year-old Kew Gardens resident Elise Hellinger, police say. Three… Read more »
March 9, 2018 By Tara Law Permits have been filed for an 8-story mixed-use building in Forest Hills. The planned 80-foot-tall building would be located at 105-25 65th Road, and contain 18 residential units. A demolition permit for the 2-story house located on the property was filed in February. The building would contain a 3,799 square… Read more »
March 6, 2018 By Tara Law The number of anti-Semitic incidents in Queens nearly tripled in 2017, according to a study by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a national nonprofit that guards against anti-Semitism. A total of 234 anti-Semitic incidents took place in New York City in 2017, a 90 percent increase. About 75 percent of… Read more »