December 13, by Domenick Rafter
As the Metropolitan Transit Authority ponders whether to bring train service back to the abandoned Rockaway Beach LIRR line, a group planning a 3.5 mile linear park over the same tracks between Rego Park and Ozone Park sent a letter to the agency earlier this week arguing that the reinstatement of rail would be a mistake.…
December 12, by Domenick Rafter
Plans are in the works to convert the shuttered Parkway Hospital into an apartment complex that will feature senior housing.
The owner of the vacated medical center, Auberge Grand Central, is teaming up with developer Jasper Venture Group to convert the dilapidated hospital building into senior housing as well as build a new market-rate apartment building in the old parking lot along Grand Central Parkway,…
December 14, By Hannah Wulkan
A Rego Park man was sentenced to 20 years behind bars for attempting to murder a local Muslim man in a hate crime, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced today.
The jury found 59-year-old Bernhard Laufer guilty of stabbing and biting a Muslim worshiper at Masjid Al-Saaliheen Mosque,…
December 14, Staff Report
A man was killed while trying to walk across the Van Wyck Expressway in Kew Gardens Hills yesterday.
The victim, a 41-year-old man, was hit around 4:50 p.m. by an SUV while trying to cross the northbound lane of the Van Wyck Expressway near Jewel Avenue.…
December 14, Staff Report
In the spirit of giving, Chipotle’s Forest Hills location is donating 50% of its sales proceeds tonight to the P.S. 196Q Parent Association.
The fundraiser, which will take place between 3pm-9pm, is a part of Chipotle’s Corporate Philantropy program.…
December 14, By Hannah Wulkan
A Forest Hills man was charged last week with stealing more than $600,000 worth of artwork from his employer and could face up to 10 years in prison.
Leon Zinder, 48, was arrested at his Forest Hills home on Friday for stealing and selling more than a dozen pieces of Native-American and African ethnographic artwork and transporting some of them across state lines.…
December 12, by Domenick Rafter
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz issued a warning Tuesday that she would again oppose any application by a for-profit company to close Flushing Meadows Corona Park for a paid festival or concert this summer.…
December 13, Staff Report
Police are searching for a woman who allegedly attacked an E train passenger at the Forest Hills-71st Avenue subway station on Saturday.
The victim, an 18-year-old female, was randomly assaulted while waiting for a Manhattan-bound E train at the subway station,…
December 13, Staff Report
The Ramones and Billie Jean King won’t be the only notable figures to be immortalized by murals in Forest Hills.
Michael Perlman, local historian and author of “Legendary Locals of Forest Hills and Rego Park,” has taken it upon himself to begin a series of fundraising events to cover the costs of erecting a mural that will showcase this neighborhood’s historic local figures and scenes.…
December 12, By Hannah Wulkan
The recently-renovated Forest Hills Stadium will continue to play host to some of the biggest names in the music industry.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will play two shows at the stadium next summer as part of the band’s 40th anniversary tour,…