Jackson Heights Store Sells $500K Winning Lottery Ticket

Sept. 25, 2024 By Melissa Zavala

Last year, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, located on 82nd Street and 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights, turned one hundred. Nestled in the Historic District in the most diverse community in the World’s Borough, the church’s grounds represent a true green oasis in a bustling neighborhood where people from across the globe find a home. St. Mark’s grounds are admirable thanks to the love and labor of volunteer gardeners. 

Sep. 25, 2024 By sobrien

Sept. 25, 2024 By Shane O’Brien 

Sept. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry

Officers from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst, alongside the NYPD Human Trafficking Squad, raided a suspected brothel at 40-19 Case St. on Wednesday evening, Sept. 18, as part of an ongoing investigation into illegal activities in the area.

Sept. 25, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Elected officials and mental health advocates gathered in Elmhurst on Friday to celebrate the council’s decision to restore $2 million in funding for Mental Health Clubhouses across the city.

Sept. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry

Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst and Transit District 20 are looking for a portly groper who targeted a 40-year-old woman inside the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street subway station on Sunday afternoon.

Sep. 24, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Queens residents are invited to nominate their favorite teacher for the annual FLAG Awards for Teaching Excellence, which celebrates public school teachers in each borough and awards winners with a $25,000 grand prize.

Sep. 24, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Queens College has appointed John J. Chin as interim dean of the Asian American/Asian Research Institute, a CUNY-wide institute that aims to facilitate and disseminate research and other education materials relevant to Asia, Asian America and other Asian diasporas.

A Queens grand jury indicted a Flushing man on murder and weapons charges for allegedly stabbing his wife to death in front of horrified customers inside her place of employment at a Kissena Boulevard spa during the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 3.

Jiahai Ma, 25, of Cherry Avenue, was arraigned on Monday before Queens Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Holder, who remanded him into custody without bail.

Sep. 24, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

Sept. 24, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann

Sept. 24, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Around 400 people gathered at the New York Immigration Coalition’s (NYIC) Key to the City event in Jackson Heights on Saturday.