Jan. 3, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Queens Neighborhoods United (QNU), the local anti-gentrification group, is continuing its battle to block Target from opening a store on 82nd Street, with a lawsuit it filed last month against the corporate giant and the Department of Buildings set to be heard next week. The organization, which has been… Read more »
Jan. 3, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A Jackson Heights resident has at last been reunited with her custom wheelchair after it was stolen on Christmas Day from outside her home. Police, along with local officials, returned the $5,000 wheelchair yesterday to Michelle Molina, an 18-year-old with Rett Syndrome and scoliosis, after it was cut from… Read more »
Jan. 2, 2019 By Christian Murray A large Jackson Heights property that once housed the Roosevelt Shopping Center and is currently home to the local bar and music venue Terraza 7 sold last month for $7 million. The property, an irregularly-shaped lot that spans addresses 84-02 through 84-16 Roosevelt Ave. and 40-17 through 40-21 Gleane… Read more »
Jan. 2, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A small memorial has been set up in Jackson Heights to honor the woman who was fatally struck on New Year’s Eve by an unlicensed driver. A sign remembering the victim, along with a small bundle of flowers and a letter, were put up yesterday by Make Queens Safer,… Read more »
Dec. 31, 2018 By Christian Murray Jackson Heights lost a senior member of the LGBT community on Saturday with the passing of Larry Lombardi, the longtime treasurer of the Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club of Queens. Lombardi, who was 83, died in his sleep in his Jackson Heights apartment, according to Council Member Daniel Dromm… Read more »
Dec. 31, 2018 By Meghan Sackman NYPD Assistant Chief Juanita Holmes, head of Patrol Borough Queens North since 2016 and one of the highest ranking African-American women in the agency, has retired. Holmes, 54, is leaving the NYPD after more than three decades of service, and has taken a position within the private sector, according… Read more »
Dec. 28, 2018 By Meghan Sackman A women’s clothing store that has been on 37th Avenue for more than 40 years is closing at the end of the year. The Ultimate Look, located at 79-16 37th Ave., will close on Dec. 31, as its owners, Ronnie and Asher Ianceu, a husband and wife duo, have… Read more »
Dec. 27, 2018 Staff Report A man was found dead on a park bench in Elmhurst yesterday morning, according to police. At around 8 a.m. on Dec. 26, police received a 911 call of an unconscious man inside Moore Homestead Playground at 82 Street and 45 Avenue. The man, yet to be identified as of… Read more »
Dec. 26, 2018 By Meghan Sackman An Elmhurst man died on Christmas Day after suffering a cardiac episode and crashing his car on Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, police said. Wilfredo Alvarez, 60, was driving his 1991 Honda Civic west on the avenue when he crashed into a Toyota Rav 4 at Elbertson Street at… Read more »
Dec. 24, 2018 By Meghan Sackman A non-profit group that fights censorship is accusing the Queens Library of violating the first amendment rights of an artist by refusing to display his work. The National Coalition Against Censorship, a decades old group that aims to protect First Amendment freedoms, is challenging the library for its decision… Read more »