Russell Brand and Greta Gerwig stand alongside a Batmobile used in the movie “Arthur” during a location shoot on 35th Street between 34th Avenue and Broadway in Astoria on September 7. More...
Ridgewood Savings Bank announced on September 1 that it will participate this fall in a “Lights, Camera, Save!” video contest for teens aged 13 to 16 that is part of the American Bankers Association Education Foundation’s National T More...
Queens police are warning motorists never to pick up hitchhikers or anyone else they do not know.
“It’s never a good idea to let a stranger into your vehicle, even if they appear to be ‘safe’, officials said. More...
City cops and traffic agents are under order to immediately begin writing tickets for vehicles on streets where parking rules have been changed, despite a five-day grace period at the changed spots and notes on new parking signs indicating when the c More...
An attorney for Darius McCullum last week said his client is driven to steal trains and buses by a rare form of autism characterized by obsessive behavior.
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Welcome To Whitestone, a new local organization that was created earlier this summer, held a poetry contest seeking out a new bard of Whitestone. More...
9/11—We Will Never Forget Sep. 9-14, Queens College, Chee Wang Ng, September 11 Memorial Installation; Godwin- Ternbach Museum, Kissena Boulevard, Flushing; 718.997.4747 or www.qc.cuny.edu/yearofchina. Sep. More...
City Councilmember Karen Koslowitz (l.) posed with Forest View Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Director of Activities Susan Mahler at the center’s annual block party for residents, held recently. More...
“A great man who has changed the lives of many is coming to the Stathakion,” Michael Christodoulou, president of the Mytilene Society said. “We must all come to this unforgettable lecture.” More...
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, along with an all-star panel featuring the heads of almost every major city agency, met with more than 300 concerned citizens for a town hall meeting on August 31 presented by the Forest Hills Community and Civic Association. More...
A Long Island accountant last week was nabbed with 339 US Open tickets worth more than $10,000 stashed in his car and his pockets, authorities said.
Police caught Marvin Schaffer, 61, of Glen Head, offering scalped tickets near the will-call booth More...
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said on September 7 that the case of Steven Slater, a JetBlue Airways flight attendant who went into a meltdown on August 9 as JetBlue Flight 1052 arrived at JFK International Airport from Pittsburgh, has More...
108th Precinct
Bounced Bar Patron Threatens Shootup
Raphael Nyack, 27, and a friend had been drinking at the Puerto Vallarta Tapas Bar on 44th Street in Woodside until an argument with another patron got them tossed out by a bouncer at about 3:30 a More...
Queens voters, mostly Democrats will go to the polls on Tuesday for the primary elections to choose candidates for various federal and state legislative positions, with incumbents holding an edge in most cases—except for the state attorney gen More...
We’re Not Recovering To The Editor: President Obama’s “Recovery Summer” road tour promoting the number of jobs created by stimulus spending for shovel-ready projects created great sound bites but doesn’t tell the whole More...
So-called commuter vans, unreliable, often unsafe and many more times than not operating illegally, fail to offer straphangers a true alternative to bus service cuts by the MTA. More...
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