Nov. 30, 2021 By Michael Dorgan The Sunnyside holiday lights typically mark the beginning of the festive shopping season and a bumper few weeks for local merchants. However, this year, about one-third of the installations that typically line Greenpoint Avenue and Queens Boulevard have not gone up since the DOT is strictly enforcing its own… Read more »
Nov. 29, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Police are looking for two men wanted for carrying out up to a dozen bank robberies throughout western Queens over the past month. The alleged thieves hit banks in Astoria, Long Island City, Maspeth, Corona, Flushing, Middle Village and East Elmhurst – and made off with at least $17,800… Read more »
Nov 29, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A local community-based non-profit is making an urgent appeal for donations so it can take advantage of a $10,000 challenge matching grant and help local residents in need. Sunnyside Community Services (SCS), which puts on a wide range of essential programming for individuals of all ages, needs to raise… Read more »
Nov. 24, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A Ridgewood man has been sentenced to 19 months in prison for making online threats to kill Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Chuck Schumer and other leading Democrats. Brendan Hunt, 37, was sentenced at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn Monday after calling for the death and public executions of Ocasio-Cortez,… Read more »
Nov. 22, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A number of local non-profits and community groups came together in Astoria last week to distribute Thanksgiving turkeys to hundreds of families in need across Queens. A large truck stocked with 1,000 turkeys rolled up outside the Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens (VBGCQ) Thursday morning. Around 35… Read more »
Nov. 11, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Police have released video of a 66-year-old man being punched in the face in an unprovoked attack at a Jackson Heights subway station last month. The victim was walking inside the 74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue station on Oct. 31 at around 4 p.m. when the perpetrator approached him and sucker-punched… Read more »
Nov. 11, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Queens College in Flushing has received a financial endowment of more than $1.1 million to be used to support contemporary Asian art at the institution. The funds, which were awarded at a reception at the college Wednesday, were donated by Thomas Chen, who founded Crystal Window and Door Systems—a… Read more »
Nov. 10, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Local artisans will showcase their works Saturday at the annual Sunnyside Artists Crafts and Arts Fair. The event, which was canceled last year due to the pandemic, will take place in a parking lot on 43rd Street between 43rd Avenue and Skillman Avenue. The fair has traditionally been held… Read more »
Nov. 8, 2021 By Michael Dorgan The city has relaunched an annual traffic safety initiative to help protect road users during the fall and winter—with the clocks having been pushed back an hour. The Dusk and Darkness campaign, which aims to remind motorists of the increased dangers of driving over the darker months, was announced… Read more »
Nov. 3, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Who has the smoothest moves in Queens? An annual neighborhood dance-off competition that pits duos against each other will return to Long Island City Friday with a slightly different twist. Dancing with the Queens Stars will see duos – consisting of one member of the Queens community and one… Read more »