Sept. 24, 2019 By Allie Griffin The popular Swedish homeware and furniture store IKEA is coming to Queens next summer in Rego Park. IKEA Queens will take over 115,000 square feet of space within the Rego Center shopping mall at the corner of Queens Boulevard and Junction Boulevard. The company said it is was attracted… Read more »
Sept. 20, 2019. By Shane O’Brien Around 3,500 people are expected to attend a festival celebrating the food and music of Jackson Heights this Saturday. The 82nd Street Partnership will host its eighth annual Viva La Comida festival Sept. 21 from noon until 7 p.m. The festival, which will take place on 82nd Street between… Read more »
Sept. 19, 2019 By Allie Griffin A beloved East Elmhurst playground will be getting some major upgrades thanks to $4.6 million in funding from the city council — and the public will get to weigh in on what those upgrades will be. The Parks Department will host a scoping hearing on the evening of Oct…. Read more »
Sept. 18, 2019 By Allie Griffin Flushing and Corona have a high number of restaurants with low health department ratings in comparison to other Queens neighborhoods, according to a new report. About 13.8 percent of North Corona’s restaurants have a B or C grade and 10.7 percent of Corona’s restaurants have a B or C… Read more »
Sept. 18, 2019. By Shane O’Brien Police are looking for a suspect who assaulted a man and stole $300 from him outside a North Corona apartment building last month. The robbery took place at about 2 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29 outside 108-23 39th Ave., according to the NYPD. The victim, a 39-year-old man, was… Read more »
Sept. 17, 2019 By Allie Griffin The Queens Place Mall is getting some fresh new tenants for hungry shoppers. Chipotle and Teriyaki One are both opening locations on the street level of the mall located at 88-01 Queens Boulevard, according to the mall’s owner Madison International Realty. Both are expected to open in the first… Read more »
Sept. 17, 2019. By Shane O’Brien The New York City EDC released a number of design concepts for the Sunnyside Yard at a public meeting in Long Island City last night as the planning process for the gigantic site continues. The three-hour meeting held at Aviation High School was attended by more than 200 people… Read more »
Sept. 17, 2019. By Shane O’Brien The city is set to remove 100 parking spaces throughout New York City and replace them with charging stations for electric cars. The DOT will install 50 public charging stations across the city next year as part of a four-year pilot program. Each station will be able to charge… Read more »
Sept. 17, 2019. By Shane O’Brien Dozens of protesters disrupted the city’s Sunnyside Yard public meeting Monday night that took place at Aviation High School in Long Island City. The meeting, organized by the Economic Development Corp., descended into chaos when about 80 protesters from a number of different organizations staged an alternative public meeting… Read more »
Sept. 17, 2019 By Allie Griffin The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) released its proposed 2020-2024 capital plan Monday that calls for a $51.5 billion investment in the region’s subways, buses and railroads over the next five years. The proposal outlines a series of projects the authority hopes to tackle in that time, including adding 1,900… Read more »