January 11, By Hannah Wulkan
A popular bakery chain is opening a new location in Rego Park.
Paris Baguette, an international café chain based out of Korea that serves light meals and pastries, will be opening up a franchise at 96-33 Queens Boulevard sometime next month,…
January 10, Staff Report
The police are looking to question three men in connection to a series of jewelry thefts that have taken place at Zales Diamonds at Queens Center Mall in recent months.
The first of three incidents took place at about 5:50 pm on Friday,…
January 5, Staff Report
Loyal customers, family and friends are turning to GoFundMe to raise money for the business owners whose stores were ravaged by a 5-alarm fire that ripped through 14 businesses at 77-49 Vleigh Place, between 77th Rd and 79th Ave,…
January 5, By Hannah Wulkan
Sporting goods chain Dick’s is opening a new branch in Forest Hills this spring.
A spokesman for the company confirmed that Dick’s would be opening up a branch at 73-25 Woodhaven Boulevard sometime this spring,…
January 4, By Hannah Wulkan
The Sears department store at the Rego Park Center shopping mall will be closing down along with about 16 other Sears stores throughout the country, according to published reports.
The company announced more than 30 Sears and K-Mart store closures late last month,…
January 3, Staff Report
The police released a photo today of a man believed to be in his late twenties who allegedly struck a 79-year-old man in the face at the McDonald’s restaurant on Queens Blvd in October.
The police said that on Wednesday,…
January 3, By Christian Murray
The NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign issued its 18th annual “State of the Subways” Report Card last week and gave high ratings to two of the four trains that serve Forest Hills.
The E train was ranked number four of the 20 subway lines reviewed by Straphangers,…
December 30, By Christian Murray
An 18-foot tall menorah will be lit at a Forest Hills park tomorrow night to mark the final night of Chanukah.
The event, dubbed “Chanukah on the Park,” will take place in Yellowstone Municipal Park between 68th Road and 68th Avenue at 6:15pm.…
December 27, Staff Report
A 54-year old woman was pushed down a flight of stairs at the 71st–Continental Ave subway by a homeless man Saturday, police said.
The woman was walking down the staircase leading to the platform at around 8:50 am Christmas Eve.…
December 27, Staff Report
A Metro PCS store in Rego Park was robbed at gunpoint Christmas Day, making it the fourth cellphone store to be struck by armed bandits in Queens in less than a month, police said.
Police believe the latest incident is part of a pattern where two armed men have entered cellphone stores—in Sunnyside,…