July 29, 2022 By Christian Murray Two murals have gone up at the entrance to the footpath at Highland Park—a park that is located on the Brooklyn/Queens border and surrounds the Ridgewood Reservoir. The artwork was painted on an onsite shipping container at the park in early July. The artwork aims to highlight the unique… Read more »
July 29, 2022 By Michael Dorgan New York’s hometown airline is about to get a whole lot bigger. JetBlue, which is headquartered in Long Island City, agreed Thursday to buy the low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines for $3.8 billion. The takeover deal, if approved by regulators, would create the nation’s fifth-largest airline behind American Airlines, Delta,… Read more »
July 27, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The operators of a smoke shop in Middle Village have been busted for illegally selling cannabis and untaxed cigarettes. Deputies from the New York City’s Sheriff’s Office raided “@dukaanboyz,” located at 63-118 Woodhaven Blvd., last week and seized a haul of 76 packages of cannabis and 33 cartons of… Read more »
July 27, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Two black teenage girls were arrested Tuesday for attacking a woman who was riding an MTA bus in Woodhaven earlier this month, in what police are investigating as an anti-white assault. The two teens, aged 15 and 16, were charged with assault and aggravated harassment as a hate crime… Read more »
July 26, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival will roar back to full strength at Flushing Meadows Corona Park this weekend. The event, which is the oldest and largest dragon boat festival in the United States, will take place on July 30 and 31 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Attendance… Read more »
July 22, 2022 By Christian Murray As New York braces itself for another hurricane season, a new report has been released that looks at how the city and state should address flood risks for residents of central Queens. The report, titled Preventing Another Ida: Stormwater Management and Basement Apartments in Central Queens, focuses on the… Read more »
July 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A vintage subway car that once transported passengers to and from the 1964 World’s Fair in Flushing-Meadows-Corona Park has been bought at auction for nearly $250,000. The subway car, one of the last remaining “Redbird” fleet of models, was snapped up by an anonymous buyer Friday who beat off… Read more »
July 21, 2022 By Christian Murray More than 520 Con Edison customers are without power in Astoria, with the utility company saying service is expected to be restored this afternoon. This morning nearly 800 Con Edison customers were without power including 522 customers in Astoria, according to the company’s outage map. The map said the… Read more »
July 21, 2022 By Christian Murray Queens Borough President Donovan Richards has reached out to the head of NYC Health + Hospitals requesting that Queens Hospital be renamed in honor of former borough president Claire Shulman. Richards penned a letter to Mitchell Katz, the president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, and said that… Read more »
July 20, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Horse-drawn carriages are unsafe, inhumane and condemn horses to a lifetime of hardship. That’s the view of Councilmember Robert Holden who has introduced a bill that aims to ban horse-drawn carriages from operating in the city. The legislation, if passed, would end the practice beginning June 1, 2024 and… Read more »