May. 14, 2025 By Colum Motherway C2C Festival, Italy’s preeminent avant-pop music event, made its much-anticipated U.S. debut on Friday, May 9, transforming Queens’ Knockdown Center into a hub of genre-defying sound and experimental performance. Coinciding with Frieze Art Week, the inaugural North American edition of the festival showcased the bold creative vision that…
May. 13, 2025 By Jessica Militello Get a taste of life on the farm at Queens County Farm’s 14th Annual Sheep Shearing Contest on Sunday, May 18. The yearly tradition is the city’s only sheep shearing festival at the centuries-old farm and museum, located at 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy. in Floral Park. The event…
May. 13, 2025 By Czarinna Andres May 13, 2025 By Taliah Gabriel All women and girls deserve to feel safe—and thanks to Malikah, many in Queens are beginning to feel more empowered than ever. Malikah is an Astoria-based, women-led grassroots nonprofit dedicated to combating violence and building power and safety for all women and…
May. 13, 2025 By sobrien May 13, 2025 By Shane O’Brien On any given morning, Socrates Sculpture Park in Astoria hums with energy—artists welding steel, neighbors walking their dogs, and visitors pausing to admire large-scale artworks taking shape before their eyes. Located at 32-01 Vernon Blvd. along the East River, the 6.25-acre waterfront park…
May. 13, 2025 By Athena Dawson A South American airline carrier has selected JFK Terminal 6 as its new home. Avianca, Colombia’s national carrier and the second largest airline in South America, announced on Thursday, May 8, that it will begin operations in T6 once it opens in 2026. Until then, Avianca will continue…
May. 13, 2025 By Shane O’Brien New York City’s housing crisis is no secret and the city’s low-cost housing landscape remains extremely difficult to navigate, including a housing lottery system theoretically devised to provide a solution for the dire need for accommodation. A problem that has been brewing for decades, the housing crisis continues…
May. 13, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon and QNS News Team City officials announced Tuesday that pedestrians and cyclists will soon have dedicated lanes on the Ed Koch-Queensboro Bridge, resolving a long-standing safety concern that forced both groups to share a narrow, congested path. Beginning May 18, the bridge’s north outer roadway will be reserved…
May. 13, 2025 By emarshall May 13, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Construction has been completed on a 7-story mixed-use building with 24 housing units at 43-34 53rd St. in Woodside. The building covers a total of 20,981 square feet of space, with 2,679 square feet devoted to commercial space. The 24 rental units have…
May. 13, 2025 By Shane O’Brien A pair of animal welfare non-profits rescued more than 40 dogs and puppies from a filthy and overcrowded Queens apartment last week, with several dogs found crammed behind furniture and hidden in cabinets. Representatives from Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) and the American Society for the Prevention…
May. 12, 2025 By emarshall May 12, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Construction has officially wrapped on Sunnyside 52, a new five-story mixed-use development located at 43-30 52nd Street in Sunnyside. The once-vacant lot has been transformed into a sleek, modern condominium complex offering a mix of residential and commercial spaces just steps from the…