Oct. 29, 2024 By Shane O’Brien South Asian Council for Social Services (SACSS), a non-profit advocating for underserved immigrant communities, has received $850,000 in funding from U.S. Rep. Grace Meng to purchase a new space and expand its services. Meng presented the non-profit with a check at the SACSS Senior Center at 143-02 45th…
Oct. 29, 2024 Athena Dawson Hospital representatives gathered at the Jamaica Hospital Nursing Home, located at 89-40 135th St., on Monday, Oct 28, to celebrate the homecoming of Hurricane Helene relief workers. The MediSys Disaster Medical Response Relief Team (DMRT) is comprised of doctors and nurses from the MediSys Health Network- Jamaica Hospital Medical…
Oct. 29, 2024 By sobrien Oct. 29, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Queens Community Board 2 has said that the city has an obligation to build safe streets after a Queens judge halted plans to build a bike lane along Review Avenue in the industrial heart of Long Island City. Construction on a Review Avenue bike… Read more »
Oct. 29, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Oct. 29, 2024 By Ramy Mahmoud and Queens Post News Team Runners and walkers gathered on a beautiful fall morning on Saturday, Oct. 26, for the eighth annual Sunnyside Post Mile Run/Walk – Halloween edition, along Skillman Avenue. The beloved community event drew close to 300 participants, brought together… Read more »
Oct. 28, 2024 By ishkurhan Oct. 28, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the NY Community Trust, advocates pushing for a more accessible world for the disabled discussed their mission at a public event in Astoria. The event at the Museum of the Moving Image on Oct. 23 centered around a… Read more »
Oct. 28, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_69101" align="aligncenter" width="680"] A 13-year-old girl was killed, and another was critically injured while subway surfing on the 7 train in Corona on Sunday night. (File Photo by Michael Dorgan)[/caption]
Oct. 28, 2024 By Bill Parry
Oct. 28, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Hundreds of people gathered at the 90th Street Triangle on the Jackson Heights/Elmhurst border Sunday afternoon to rally for continued support in fighting crime on the Roosevelt Avenue Corridor. This comes after Mayor Eric Adams launched a multi-agency enforcement operation in the area earlier in October. The Public…
Oct. 28, 2024 By Czarinna Andres International fashion retailer Primark announced Thursday, Dec. 5, as the official opening date of its newest location at the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst. Marking the company’s second location in Queens following the Jamaica branch, which opened at the end of 2022, and its 10th in New York. The new…
Oct. 28, 2024 By sobrien Oct. 28, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Irish traditional music met Puerto Rican plena at the New York Irish Center Thursday night as part of the organization’s new “Crossroads Concerts” series, fusing traditional Irish music with cultures from around the world. The series, which features a total of seven concerts between… Read more »
Oct. 25, 2024 By Nelson A. King New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Queens Public Library (QPL) President Dennis M. Walcott, and New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Thomas Foley on Friday broke ground on a $7.4 million project that will completely modernize the interior of the Hollis Library QPL branch […]