April 20, By Hannah Wulkan
Forest Hills Library will shut down for repairs for about six weeks beginning tomorrow, according to a spokeswoman for the Queens Library.
The popular library at 108-19 71st Avenue, which is the sixth-most visited library out of the 62 branches in Queens,…
April 19, By Staff Report
Police arrested a 31-year-old woman with a lengthy criminal record for robbing two elderly women in Forest Hills last month.
Nikki Newmark, a Forest Hills resident, was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of robbery,…
April 18, Staff Report
Foodies unite.
The Queens Economic Development Corporation will host Queens Taste 2017 in Corona next month, offering participants food from all over the globe.
The event will be held at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Park in Corona on May 2 from 6 to 9 p.m.…
April 18, Staff Report
The New York Pops will bring some of the most classic film scores to life in Forest Hills this summer.
The orchestra, which specializes in playing a wide variety of popular music, will put on its third annual show at Forest Hills Stadium on June 8 at 7:30 p.m.…
April 17, Staff Report
Police are searching for a suspect who knocked a woman to the ground and stole her purse in Forest Hills yesterday afternoon.
According to police, the 73-year-old victim was walking near 67th Avenue and Yellowstone Boulevard when the suspect came up and forcefully grabbed her purse,…
By Hannah Wulkan
After a 13-year-old girl was struck and killed by an R train in Rego Park earlier this month, family friends started a fundraising campaign to help support the girl’s family.
On April 2, 13-year-old Dina Kadribasic died after an oncoming R train hit her while she tried to retrieve her dropped phone from the tracks at the 63rd Drive-Rego Park station.…
April 12, By Hannah Wulkan
A new Queens-based opera company will launch its first performance this weekend.
Queens Opera Theatre, the borough’s only opera company, will stage a free preview performance on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Flushing Town Hall at 135-37 Northern Boulevard to introduce the company to the public.…
April 7, Staff Report
A 69-year-old woman was robbed in Forest Hills Wednesday by an individual who approached her from behind, threw her to the ground and stole her purse, according to police.
The suspect approached the victim at around 6:20 pm on 67th Road,…
April 6, Staff Report
The City recently installed new crossing signals at two busy intersections in Forest Hills to make the area safer for those with poor vision.
The Department of Transportation added Accessible Pedestrian Signals, which use audible cues and vibrations to indicate when a pedestrian can cross the street,…
April 6, By Hannah Wulkan
A mural honoring the history of Forest Hills has gone up under a previously neglected overpass in the neighborhood.
Local historian Michael Perlman spent the last few months fundraising to add a mural honoring five figures essential to Forest Hills history to the wall under the Ascan Avenue Long Island Rail Road overpass.…