December 8, By Domenick Rafter
A number of stores located on the corner of Queens Blvd and 65th Road are about to face the wrecking ball to make way for a eight-story mixed use building.
Bahar Corp., the developer,…
December 7, Staff Report
A Rego Park man was sentenced to two years prison today after pleading guilty in October to criminal possession of a weapon.
Guo H. Shou, 34, of 65-60 Wetherole Street, was charged earlier this year after authorities searched his apartment and found 14 licensed handguns,…
December 6, By Domenick Rafter
A number of Queens Boulevard stores and a well-known restaurant are likely to be demolished to make way for an eight-story mixed use building, according to city building records
Demolition permits were filed Nov.…
December 5, By Domenick Rafter
A deadly accident over the weekend at a notorious Kew Gardens Interchange left one person dead and another injured.
The accident occurred at around 8:30 p.m. Saturday night when a 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee was exiting the Grand Central Parkway onto Union Turnpike.…
December 5, Staff Report
Police are searching for two men who robbed a T-Mobile store and then fired a gun at an employee as they fled the Elmhurst location this weekend.
The two alleged perpetrators entered the T-Mobile store at 86-16 Queens Boulevard around 5:35 p.m.…
December 2, by Domenick Rafter
Borough Hall is getting its parking lot back.
Borough President Melinda Katz, Queens Transportation Commissioner Nicole Garcia and other officials gathered last week for the groundbreaking of the new borough hall parking lot, which is expected to open next fall on the site of the former parking garage.…
December 2, Staff Report
Just a few months after the owners of a popular Forest Hills restaurant named “Wafa” vacated from 100-05 Metropolitan Avenue, a new eatery has taken its place that exclusively serves both kosher and vegan foods and drinks.…
November 28, By Hannah Wulkan
This holiday season take a look and see how the other half lived—in past decades.
The Queens Historical Society is hosting the 29th annual Historical Holiday House Tour through Corona and Flushing this year from 1 to 5 p.m.…
November 13, Staff Report
A 58-year-old Kew Gardens attorney who operates his law office out of his house has been sentenced to two years in jail for engaging in sexual acts with two underage girls, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office.…
November 23, By Domenick Rafter
Residents near Forest Park want the city to fence in paradise and put up a “barking lot.”
They are getting together to gather support and find ways to fund turning a makeshift dog run near the Overlook section of the park into a permanent play area for man’s best friend.…