Jun. 6, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_75347" align="alignnone" width="680"] Cops are looking for these two suspects, who used a moped in recent robberies on Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside and Woodside. Photos courtesy of the NYPD[/caption]
June 6, 2024 By Bill Parry
Jun. 5, 2024 By Czarinna Andres June 5, 2024 By Queens Post News Team Over 700 people attended the Texas Chili Cookoff at Pig Beach BBQ in Astoria on Sunday afternoon, celebrating the Lone Star State’s best chili and queso. Now in its 55th year, the annual event hosted by the New York Chapter of… Read more »
Jun. 5, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for nine units in a 7-story mixed-use building at Elmcor Permanent Supportive Residences, located at 104-10 Northern Blvd. in Corona. The building has a total of 30 residences, with 21 of them being market-rate. Monica Lopez Architect designed the structure, while…
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Jun. 5, 2024 By Czarinna Andres June 4, 2024 By Queens Post News Team A record number of people took part in the ninth-annual LIC Waterfront 5k on Saturday in aid of the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy, a local non-profit dedicated to maintaining LIC’s waterfront parks. The event, which took place on Saturday, June 1,… Read more »
Jun. 5, 2024 By Athena Dawson and Bill Parry Summer fun-seekers are in for a treat at Flushing Meadows Corona Park this summer, starting with two major events in June: the return of the Governors Ball Music Festival and the 60th-anniversary celebration of the 1964-65 World’s Fair. The Governors Ball, a standout music festival in…
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Jun. 4, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_75237" align="alignnone" width="680"] Three teenage boys were robbed on Sunday afternoon near Corona Plaza. Police are looking for two unidentified men who threatened the youngsters with a sharp object. Photo by Queens Post[/caption]
June 4, 2024 By Bill Parry
Jun. 4, 2024 By Bill Parry A Venezuelan migrant is expected to be arraigned Wednesday morning for his alleged involvement in a shootout with police in East Elmhurst during the early morning hours of Monday, June 3. He will be criminally charged from his hospital bed at New York-Presbyterian where he is currently recovering from…
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Jun. 4, 2024 By Czarinna Andres June 4, 2024 By Queens Post News Team The third annual SunnyPride celebration is here to paint the town rainbow on Friday, June 14. The free event, which will start at 6 p.m., is a vibrant showcase of Western Queens’ LGBTQ+ community and is expected to draw over 1,000… Read more »
Jun. 3, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Real estate brokers in Queens are speaking out against a proposed New York City Council bill to legislate broker fees for residential rentals. The bill, Intro 360, mandates that any representative or agent involved in a residential rental transaction collect their fees from the party that hires them, whether…
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Jun. 3, 2024 By ishkurhan June 3, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan At a community meeting in Astoria on Thursday, dozens of locals erupted in applause after the Department of Transportation (DOT) outlined its proposed changes to a major chunk of 31st Avenue. The biggest potential change is an approximately mile-long stretch of parking-protected bike lanes…. Read more »