Jun. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 17-year-old girl was walking to the Queens Center Mall earlier this month when a bare-chested stranger snatched a pricey pair of Apple AirPods from her ears in broad daylight.
Jun. 14, 2024 By Bill Parry
The NYPD announced a $10,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of a Hispanic man who allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl in a wooded area of Kissena Corridor Park on Thursday afternoon.
Jun. 14, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Hollis man was criminally charged after police discovered a cache of weapons in his vehicle during a traffic stop. He was pulled over for driving a “ghost car” with obscured license plates in East Elmhurst near LaGuardia Airport during the early morning hours of June 12.
Jun. 14, 2024 By Athena Dawson Over 10,000 runners are anticipated to run the “World’s Borough” this Saturday, June 15, for the Citizens Queens 10K. Hosted by the New York Road Runners (NYRR) and sponsored by Citizens Bank, the miles-long race will take place at the famed Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Runners will line up…
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Jun. 14, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan During a typical week growing up in a multicultural household, Raj Tawney would have chicken curry on a Monday, arroz con habichuelas on a Tuesday and spaghetti and meatballs on a Wednesday. Experiences like this fill up the pages of his coming of age memoir, “Colorful Palate: A flavorful…
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Jun. 13, 2024 By Athena Dawson Department of City Planning Director Dan Garodnick spoke exclusively with QNS about the housing component of the mayor’s comprehensive City of Yes proposal. The City of Yes for Housing Opportunity is a zoning reform proposal put forward by the DCP that aims to address New York’s housing crisis by…
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Jun. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst discovered an arsenal of weapons in a ghost car they pulled over on Ditmars Boulevard and 86th Street in East Elmhurst early Wednesday morning.
Jun. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry
Henry “Hank” Krumholz, a pioneering gay rights activist in Queens, passed away on Sunday in his Flushing apartment at the age of 73.
Jun. 12, 2024 By Anthony Medina and Athena Dawson A Manhattan jury’s decision to convict former U.S. President Donald Trump—a Queens native—on 34 counts of falsifying business records has led to fierce debate, study and reflection across the borough and around the world. Trump, who lived in Jamaica Estates until he was 13, made history…
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Jun. 12, 2024 By Czarinna Andres June 12, 2024 By BORO Magazine In the heart of Queens, two mom-and-pop restaurants, de Mole and La cevicheria by de Mole, are not only champions of authentic Mexican cuisine, but also embodiments of familial legacy, particularly poignant as Father’s Day approaches. Opened 17 years ago by Ramiro and… Read more »