September 16, By Hannah Wulkan
The city has been putting up homeless families in a Corona hotel without informing the community, several local politicians said in a statement.
Senator Jose Peralta, Congressman Joe Crowley, and Assembly Member Francisco Moya released a joint statement earlier this week critical of the Department of Homeless Services for housing homeless families in the hotel in secret.…
September 15, By Hannah Wulkan
A Woodside church has big plans for expansion, but the community will have the chance to weigh in on it first.
La Iglesia Universal del Reino de Dios, located at 68-03 Roosevelt Avenue, has filed for a zoning variance that would permit it to demolish its current one-floor structure,…
September 13, By Hannah Wulkan
Individuals and businesses that have racked up penalties on fines they owe have the opportunity to have those penalties forgiven, thanks to a citywide fine forgiveness program launched yesterday with an announcement outside a popular Jackson Heights restaurant.…
Sept.9, By Hannah Wulkan
A new grocery store is hosting it’s grand opening in Jackson Heights tomorrow, taking the place of the old Waldbaum’s supermarket which went bankrupt last year.
The new Food Universe store, part of Key Food Stores Cooperative Inc.,…
September 8, By Hannah Wulkan
A celebration of food and culture spanning the Americas and Asia is coming back to Jackson Heights for the fifth year running.
The 82nd Street Alliance is hosting the annual Viva la Comida festival on September 17th,…
September 7, Staff Report
Seven people were injured after a fire broke out in a Jackson Heights apartment building Sunday night, according to the FDNY.
The blaze swept across the fourth floor of Sheila Terrace, a coop apartment building located at 37-30 73rd Street,…
September 6, By Hannah Wulkan
Diversity Plaza is hosting a free day of family fun for the second year running.
Friends of Diversity Plaza, a community group based out of Jackson Heights, is co-hosting a Family Day with a cultural focus at Diversity Plaza on September 24 with Councilman Daniel Dromm.…
September 4, Staff Report
The police are looking for a man who allegedly groped a 9-year-old girl at a Corona Laundromat on Friday.
The alleged pervert grabbed the girl’s genitals over her clothes inside the Queens Super Laundromat, located at 33-10 98th Street at around 5:45 pm on Friday.…
August 31, Hannah Wulkan
Residents of Northeastern Queens were vindicated in their longtime complaints about airplane noise yesterday when a local group released a report showing that plane traffic over Jackson Heights had increased nearly 80 percent since 2008.…
August 30, By Hannah Wulkan
The Queens Motor Inn in Woodside, a hot sheets hotel where rooms are rented by the hour, will be torn down to make way for a new apartment complex next summer.
Owners of the one-star Yelp reviewed motel,…