May 18, 2018 By Tara Law Two weeks after 9-year-old Giovanni Ampuero was killed by a driver on Northern Boulevard, the Department of Transportation has taken steps to make the thoroughfare safer. The DOT has put in place changes that aim to make the boulevard safer for pedestrians to cross, particularly when vehicles make left… Read more »
May 18, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez An LGBT center in Woodside will begin offering an array of services geared toward LGBT youth in a new program starting today. The LGBT Youth Drop In Center, the name of the new initiative, will be located within the AIDS Center of Queens County offices at 62-07 Woodside Ave.,… Read more »
May 18, 2018 By Staff Report Nearly 1,000 people have signed up to participate in this year’s LIC Post Waterfront 5K, with the event expected to be a sellout. The charity run/walk, in its third year, is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 2 at 8:30 a.m. and the number of participants is being… Read more »
May 17, 2018 By Tara Law A Jackson Heights civic organization will host a weekend-long celebration of the neighborhood’s history as a planned garden community. The Jackson Heights Beautification Group will host “Celebrate Historic Jackson Heights” on June 9 and 10. The group will offer tours of the neighborhood’s houses and gardens, an exhibition of… Read more »
May 16, 2018 By Tara Law A Jackson Heights Islamic congregation is planning to demolish its current mosque and replace it with a 3-story house of worship. The Islamic Center of Jackson Heights, also known as Masjid Abu Huraira, filed permits to demolish its existing 2-story building at 78-04 31st Ave. yesterday. The center will… Read more »
May 15, 2018 By Tara Law Queens Borough President Melinda Katz approved a proposed zoning change on 82nd Street last week that would permit developers to construct a controversial 13-story mixed-use building. Katz’s decision, although advisory, marks an important step forward for the project which the developers titled “The Shoppes at 82nd Street.” The developers,… Read more »
May 14, 2018 By Tara Law Firefighters discovered the body of a 39-year-old man in the wreckage of a fire that injured 12 others in Elmhurst on Friday. Emergency responders were called to the fire at 40-46 Case Street at around 5:13 a.m. on Friday. Fire fighters managed to extinguish the blaze, but in the… Read more »
May 11, 2018 By Christian Murray Two large house fires broke out in Queens last night with one erupting in Jackson Heights and the other in Elmhurst. The first blaze swept through a 3-story house on 71st Street near 31st Avenue shortly after midnight, according to the FDNY. Sixty firefighters arrived on the scene to… Read more »
May 10, 2018 By Tara Law Police are searching for a man who allegedly tried to rape a woman in Corona on April 28. The suspect approached a 28-year-old woman near Junction Boulevard and 52nd Avenue around 10:35 p.m. and attempted to stick his hands down the victim’s pants, police said. He was unsuccessful and… Read more »
May 8, 2018 By Tara Law Businesses and community members will rally Wednesday to protest a Department of Transportation program that restricts parking on a stretch of Roosevelt Avenue during rush hour periods. The protest will take aim at the DOT’s Clear Curbs initiative, a six-month pilot program that went into effect March 9 that… Read more »