Man robbed on E-train at Jamaica/Van Wyck Station, police say

Oct. 8, 2024 By Jon Sosa

Eddie’s Sweet Shop, a cherished Forest Hills ice cream parlor known for its timeless treats and family-run charm, is one of the iconic spots featured in the Monopoly: Queens Edition board that was released over the weekend.

Police from the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill are looking for a scooter-riding armed robber and his accomplice who allegedly held up a 25-year-old man at gunpoint in broad daylight at a Woodhaven playground late last month.

The incident occurred just before noon on Wednesday, Sept. 25, when the two strangers rode a two-wheeled scooter onto the basketball court inside London Planetree Playground on Atlantic Avenue and approached the victim. One of the perpetrators pulled out a firearm and forcibly removed two gold chains from the victim’s neck and $100 in cash, police said. The bandits rode off northbound on 89th Street toward Jamaica Avenue. The victim was not injured during the encounter.

Oct. 8, 2024 By Ethan Marshall and Paul Frangipane

Several Queens leaders joined a ceremony held by the American Jewish Committee and the Queens Jewish Community Council at Queens Theatre on Monday, Oct. 7, to mark the first anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel that resulted in 1,200 deaths and 250 people taken hostage.

Oct. 8, 2024 By Naisha Roy

For Woodhaven’s Neir’s Tavern, the release of Monopoly: Queens Edition coincided with a special milestone: the iconic bar’s 195th anniversary.

Oct. 8, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

Housing units across Queens experienced a 4.35% increase in the average cost of rent in September 2024 compared to the same month the previous year, according to a report by the real estate M.N.S. Real Estate.

A Flushing man was arrested Monday and charged with attempted murder for allegedly shoving an 82-year-old woman onto the tracks at the Main Street 7 train station during a random attack on Wednesday, Oct. 2.

Brandon Harris, 35, who lives directly across the street from the bustling subway station, was booked at the Transit District 20 headquarters at the Briarwood subway station in Jamaica on Monday.

Oct. 8, 2024 By QNS News Team

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. announced the appointments of Alexandria Sumpter-Delves and Johanna Carmona to the Queens Public Library Board of Trustees on Thursday, Oct. 3.

The city announced on Monday the completion of a $106 million infrastructure project in Maspeth, the second of three phases to create a new drainage system through central Queens. The project also upgraded over a mile of water mains and replaced smaller, local combined sanitary sewers.

The city’s Department of Design and Construction managed the project for the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Transportation and successfully used micro-tunneling technology throughout large parts of it to minimize construction impacts during work.

Oct. 7, 2024 By Mill Bacchus

This past Saturday, Oct. 5, a new version of MONOPOLY was unveiled at Queens Center Mall.

Oct. 7, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

Elected officials in some Queens districts announced Halloween-themed contests for elementary school students during this spooky season.