March 12, 2019, By Meghan Sackman An East Elmhurst street was co-named “Mount Everest Way” Saturday, as local leaders paid tribute to the growing contribution of the Nepali-American community. Council Member Costa Constantinides held a ceremony to unveil the new street name, which went up on the corner of 75th Street and 31st Avenue. “Queens… Read more »
March 11, 2019, By Meghan Sackman A town hall meeting is planned to take place in Jackson Heights on Saturday that will provide the public with the ability to weigh in on the quality and needs of public schools with newly-elected officials such as Congress Member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The Jackson Heights People for Public Schools,… Read more »
March 8, 2019 Staff Report A Jackson Heights man was arrested yesterday after allegedly fondling a 13-year-old girl twice on separate occasions while on trains in Queens and Manhattan last month. Walter Polanco, a 66-year-old who lives on 92nd Street, was charged with stalking to the second degree and forcible touching, and is accused of… Read more »
March 7, 2019 By Christian Murray Richard A. Brown, who has been the Queens District Attorney since 1991, announced today that he will be stepping down June 1 due to ill health. The announcement comes just two months after Brown, 86, said that he would not seek re-election and would finish his time in office… Read more »
March 4, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A man was struck and killed by an MTA bus early this morning in Jackson Heights, according to police. The bus driver, 55, was driving a Q33 bus westbound on Roosevelt Avenue at around 2:45 a.m. when it struck the pedestrian at 75th Street. Police say the victim was… Read more »
March 1, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Bum Bum Bar, the gay-owned and operated bar located in Woodside for more than two decades, has closed its doors. The bar, which opened at 63-14 Roosevelt Ave. in the early 1990s, saw three generations of LGBT owners, and appears to have closed late last year. Its closure was… Read more »
March 1, 2019 By Christian Murray A 39-year-old East Elmhurst man was sentenced to up to two years in jail for groping two young girls in October, the Queens District Attorney’s office announced today. Noe Angel Soriano Cruz, of 102nd Street, followed a 10-year-old girl into a bodega on 104th Street in Corona on Oct…. Read more »
Feb. 28, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A number of Queens-based vendors will gather to sell handmade and other artisan goods at an Elmhurst venue this weekend. Elmhurst Marketplace, to be set up inside St. James Episcopal Church at 84-07 Broadway, will open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 2, and is the second… Read more »
Feb. 27, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A non-profit focusing on New York’s Bangladeshi community has recently found a new home in Jackson Heights Shetu, founded in 2011, is now located on the fourth floor of 72-24 Broadway, and marks the first permanent location for the group. The space, while shared with other area organizations, officially… Read more »
Feb. 26, 2019, By Meghan Sackman State Senator Jessica Ramos has co-sponsored a series of bills that would decriminalize sex work and vacate the records of people who have been arrested or charged with prostitution or related offenses. Ramos, along with State Senators Brad Hoylman and Julia Salazar, aims to rewrite the state’s penal code to… Read more »