July 19, By Jason Cohen
Elected officials broke ground on the new 14,000-square-foot $23 million Louis Armstrong Education Center in Corona on Monday.
The new center is going up across the street from the Louis Armstrong House Museum—the legendary jazz great’s nationally landmarked Queens home,…
July 19, By Jason Cohen
A developer filed plans with the Department of Buildings Monday to construct a seven-story, 22-room hotel in Jackson Heights.
The building, which would go up at 37-38 73rd Street, would be narrow. It would consist of five rooms per floor–from the third through sixth floors–and two rooms on the seventh.…
July 19, By Jason Cohen
A former Queens resident faces up to 25 years in prison after being found guilty of manslaughter in the disappearance of his estranged girlfriend who vanished 15 years ago.
Rafael Rodriguez, 47, who now resides in the Dominican Republic,…
July 19, Staff Report
An Elmhurst store has sold a winning jackpot ticket, with a prize amount of $1,000 a day for life.
The July 17 Cash4Life jackpot ticket was sold at Pronto Food Mart (40-04 74th Street), according to the New York Lottery. …
July 19, Staff Report
Pesticides will be sprayed over Western Queens tomorrow in a mosquito control initiative, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
On Thursday, June 20, trucks will drive and spray through Astoria, Ditmars, Sunnyside, Woodside, Jackson Heights,…
July 18, By Jason Cohen
Elected officials and the Parks Department unveiled a $1.75 million renovation of Junction Playground in Jackson Heights Tuesday.
The park, located at 33-59 Junction Blvd., now features handball and basketball courts, new playground equipment and swings,…
July 18, By Jason Cohen
The sponsors of a bill that would require the MTA to monitor the lead paint levels along the elevated subway lines are urging Governor Cuomo to sign their legislation into law.
The legislation, sponsored by State Senator Jose Peralta (D-Jackson Heights) in the Senate and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (D-Bronx) in the Assembly,…
July 17, By Jason Cohen
A 42-year-old Jackson Heights man faces up to 3-years in prison after violating an order of protection for contacting a woman he raped in 2012 when the victim was 15-years old.
Vernon Corbett, 42,…
July 17, By Jason Cohen
A Brooklyn man who felt his infant daughter was not getting the proper care at Elmhurst Hospital on Thursday threatened to “shoot it up or blow it up,” referencing the recent shooting at Bronx Lebanon Hospital,…
July 17, By Jason Cohen
A hotel in East Elmhurst is about to close and the City says that it is not being converted into a homeless shelter despite persistent rumors saying otherwise.
The Courtyard by Marriott LaGuardia Hotel,…