Jackson Heights to be sprayed with pesticides to combat mosquitos Thursday

Apr. 22, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

More frequent and reliable bus service is coming to Queens this summer as part of a broader push by Governor Kathy Hochul and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to improve transit access in the outer boroughs.

Apr. 22, 2025 By Jessica Militello

Artists, creatives, and leaders from New York City’s cultural institutions gathered on Monday, April 21, to launch the fourth annual Queens Rising, a month-long celebration spotlighting the borough’s thriving arts scene and the diversity that defines it.

April 22, 2025 By Bill Parry

A non-verbal autistic boy who was reported missing from a Jackson Heights eatery just before noon on Friday was found by a good Samaritan on Manhattan’s Upper East Side a few hours later.

April 21, 2025 By Bill Parry

A group of concerned Astoria residents held a vigil on Athens Square on Wednesday evening in memory of their neighbor, who was gunned down by police on Tuesday morning after they repeatedly ordered him to drop a knife he was holding.

Apr. 21, 2025 By sobrien

April 21, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

A cyclist was struck and killed by the driver of an FDNY firetruck near Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village on Saturday afternoon.

Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Juniper Boulevard North and 80th Street just after 4 p.m.

Apr. 21, 2025 By sobrien

April 21, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Apr. 21, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Two Queens natives came together at one of New York City’s most iconic restaurants this April to celebrate Autism Acceptance Month through the power of music and inclusion.

Three people were taken into custody for operating an illegal mobile cannabis dispensary on Woodhaven Boulevard underneath the Long Island Expressway near the playground at Hoffman Park and the Jewish Institute of Queens school in Elmhurst in response to community complaints, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Monday.

The van had been operating in Rego Park and Elmhurst in recent weeks, and detectives from the DA’s office conducted a series of undercover purchases at the van. The NYPD and the New York City Sheriff’s Office executed a court-authorized search warrant on Wednesday, April 16.

Apr. 21, 2025 By jmilitello

April 21, 2025 By Jessica Militello