Nov. 12, 2021 By Allie Griffin The iconic Kaufman Astoria Studios has been sold to venture capital firms Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital Management. Kaufman Astoria Studios, which opened in 1920 and was the original home of Paramount Pictures, was sold for an undisclosed amount. However, the company was previously weighing bids that… Read more »
Nov. 12, 2021 By Allie Griffin A newly-appointed principal at a Sunnyside middle school found a cache of knives and at least one gun in an office safe, where prior administrators apparently stashed the weapons instead of reporting them. Principal Matthew Borelli opened a safe in the same office of his predecessor, Judy Mittler, at… Read more »
Nov. 10, 2021 By Allie Griffin The city has completed its goal to construct 50 soccer pitches throughout the five boroughs in five years, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday. The 50th mini-pitch was recently completed in Manhattan, marking the final soccer field built in the city through a $3 million initiative aimed at expanding… Read more »
Nov. 10, 2021 By Allie Griffin The city shut down an Astoria public school for 10 days due to a COVID-19 outbreak among students and teachers. The Department of Education closed the doors of P.S. 166 The Henry Gradstein School beginning Wednesday after 25 positive cases were reported in the last seven days. All classes are… Read more »
Nov. 9, 2021 By Allie Griffin An off-duty NYPD officer opened fire inside a Flushing karaoke bar early Monday morning. Raymond Wong, 45, was arrested and charged with two counts of assault after he fired his gun inside Viva KTV, located at 37-20 Prince St., at around 5 a.m. Monday, police said. Wong allegedly discharged… Read more »
Nov. 9, 2021 By Allie Griffin Xi’an Famous Foods, a popular Chinese restaurant chain, will open a new location in a Flushing mega-development next year. The acclaimed chain, which was originally founded in Flushing, will open its fourth Queens outpost in the Tangram, a 1.2-million-square-foot mixed-use development on the corner of College Point Boulevard and… Read more »
Nov. 8, 2021 By Allie Griffin Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz will dismiss 60 cases Monday that relied on the police work of three NYPD detectives convicted of various crimes—including perjury. Katz will ask the court to vacate the charges against 60 defendants at a virtual hearing before a Queens Supreme Court judge later today…. Read more »
Nov. 8, 2021 By Allie Griffin Sunnyside Community Services is reopening its in-person, day program for adults with Alzheimer’s, dementia and other cognitive impairments Tuesday. The local nonprofit is relaunching the Social Adult Day program in person for the first time since March 2020. The program — which aims to provide a warm, friendly environment… Read more »
Nov. 8, 2021 By Allie Griffin Rego Park and Forest Hills residents overwhelmingly came out in opposition to a developer’s plan to replace a popular Queens Boulevard diner and synagogue with a 15-story mixed-use building during a public hearing Wednesday night. The development company RJ Capital Holdings presented its plans to demolish a number of… Read more »
Nov. 4, 2021 By Allie Griffin The city, taxi drivers and a medallion loan provider have reached an agreement on a new debt relief plan, ending cabbies’ 15-day hunger strike and providing them relief from crushing debt. The new plan vastly expands the city’s previous debt plan announced in March, which taxi medallion owners had… Read more »