A steam explosion Tuesday, August 10 at an Astoria power plant resulted in an evacuation of the area, fire officials said.
The 10 a.m. explosion in an underground generator at the plant at 18-01 20th Ave. More...
The 20th Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival kicked off in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens on Saturday, August 7 with the spectacular awakening of the dragons. More...
The drunken, wrong-way driver who slammed head-on into an airport van on the Long Island Expressway on July 5 was driving in the wrong direction for two miles before the fatal collision, prosecutors said.
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Detectives at the Astoria Boulevard station house last week arrested a suspect in connection with the May 22 murder of Stefan “Tate” Middleton, who was shot and killed on 12th Street and 40th Avenue, in the Queensbridge Houses.
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Sparked by the July 7 murder of a local man by a homeless couple in Astoria Park, officials at the city Department of Homeless Services (DHS) have stepped up enforcement around the park, sending in teams of outreach workers to offer services to the h More...
104th Precinct
Find Cocaine In Stolen Car
Police arrested an ex-con in Middle Village on August 3 after he stepped out of a stolen car where six kilos of cocaine were stashed under a floorboard. More...
Community Meetings Dates & times are subject to change, call to confirm. Associations Aug. 18, 8 p.m., Woodhaven Residents’ Block; Woodhaven/Richmond Hill Ambulance Corp, 78-15 Jamaica Ave.; 718.296.3735. Sep. More...
For a great meal any time of day or night, seven days a week, visit the landmark T-Bone Diner where Queens residents have been enjoying delicious food, made from scratch, since 1934. More...
One of the very nice side benefits of teaching at St. John’s University, the second largest Catholic university in the country, is the vast variety of people you meet. More...
The Astoria Performing Arts Center (APAC) announces its 10th anniversary season, featuring the four-time 2010 Innovative Theatre Award-nominated play, “MilkMilkLemonade” by Joshua Conkel, and Galt (“Hair”) MacDermot’s mu More...
Some geologists are heroes. That was the thought that came to my mind when I read of what Afghan geologists had done during the long and difficult time the Taliban had run their country. More...
On August 11, with a vote set for next month on a plan that would turn the West Side Tennis Stadium into condominiums, Congressmember Anthony Weiner, City Councilmember Karen Koslowitz, state Senator Toby Ann Stavisky and Assemblymember Andrew More...
At about 10 a.m. on August 11, an unidentified male entered the Chase Bank branch at 99-00 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills and tried to take money out without providing a teller with a withdrawal slip. More...
An official from Genting, the Malaysian gaming company that’s in line to operate the racino at Aqueduct Race Track in Ozone Park, told a state senate hearing on Monday that his firm is already discussing the prospects of running a major casino, More...
Is Jackson Heights sustainable? was the question posed by Arturo Ignacio Sánchez Ph.D at a presentation that addressed the economic crisis, changing demographics and the quality of life in that particular Queens neighborhood. More...
Detectives at the 114th Precinct Squad moved in with a show of force last weekend to smoke out a team of thugs who robbed and beat restaurant workers delivering food to the Woodside Houses.
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Queens detectives have a message for family, friends and neighbors of a young Astoria woman found murdered in her 30th Avenue apartment in July 2009.
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A 76-year-old retired bus driver, who was jaywalking, was killed on Queens Boulevard August 6.
Robert Borcher had just bought his morning newspaper at about 5:30 a.m. More...
Queens police officials last week released a photo of a subway groper who grabbed the buttocks of a 21-year-old Astoria woman at about 12:40 a.m. on July 31 as she was waiting for a train at the Steinway Street subway station. More...
Citing Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice’s expertise, passion and the drive to continue state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s good work, Queens Democratic Chairman Joseph Crowley and his organization endorsed Rice last week as their More...
Queens Democratic Chairman Joseph Crowley and his organization endorsed Rice last week as their party’s nominee for attorney general in the September 14 primary and the general election to follo More...
We can only shake our heads in disbelief at the provision of the just-passed state budget that allows for the reimplementation of the 4 percent sales tax on clothing purchases under $110 that will go into effect October 1. More...
Maloney, LIRR Create Jobs To The Editor: Every time I see the construction of the Eastside-LIRR Connector, I am reminded of all of the work that Congress[member] Carolyn Maloney is doing to create jobs in Queens. More...
A fitting home must be found for historic millstones which have languished at their peril for decades among the traffic and pollution on Queens Plaza. More...
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