Although the first subway system was built in London in 1863, it was not until 1904 that a subway system opened in New York City. Since then, mass transit usage has increased in unprecedented numbers. In 2005 moving an average seven million passengers on a single weekday, New York City Transit impacts not only the growth and movement of the […]
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Atonement Lutheran: •Sunday, 10:15 a.m., services and Sunday school in English; noon, service in Spanish; 2 p.m., service in Korean; 5 p.m., service in Telegu. •Weekdays, 2:30-6 p.m. Afterschool program; free universal pre-school available, 30-61 87th St., Jackson Heights; 718-639-6074. **** Briarwood Jewish Center: •Prayer books with line-by-line English transliteration of the Hebrew text now available at services, 139-06 86th […]
QHS Presents Story of Corona
The Queens Historical Society invites visitors to take a trip back to old Corona through a slide lecture using vintage photographs to recreate Corona’s past. The talk, “The Story of Corona”, will be presented on Sunday, January 8 at 2:30 p.m. in the historic Kingsland Homestead, located at 143-35 37th Ave., just two blocks from Downtown Flushing. The lecture is […]
Programs Complement Noguchi Museum Exhibit
The Noguchi Museum presents two special programs in conjunction with the exhibition “The Imagery of Chess Revisited”: The “Second Sundays” program for January is a discussion with guest curator Larry List on Sunday, January 8 at 3 p.m.. Six days later, on Saturday, January 14 from 2 to 5 p.m., Women’s Chess Master Jennifer Shahade plays an open match against […]
Richmond Hill Caroling Carries On Historic Tradition
Carrying on a tradition begun in the 1890s by author-photographer and reformer Jacob Riis, a one-time Richmond Hill resident, the Richmond Hill Historical Society held its annual Christmas Caroling event recently. Society members went caroling in the neighborhood, bringing holiday cheer to the community.
A Nation Online: Living In the World Wide Web
Welcome to the 21st century, where computers rule, and everything analog or manual is a thing of the past. It is the age of everything digital. HD TV, DVDs, the iPod, the BlackBerry, the cell phone and, somewhere in between, the Internet. What happened to going to the library the old fashioned way and manually searching through the shelves for […]
Clothing Drive Spreads Joy
On Sunday, November 20, children in the Joy Program of the Greek Orthodox Shrine Church of St. Nicholas in Flushing, with the help of adult volunteers headed by Nicholas Zillas, took the clothes accumulated through the clothing drive they held this autumn to the St. Albans Domiciliary Care Program for homeless veterans. Zillas expressed thanks to all volunteers who brought […]
KIDSCLASSICS II Opens With ‘Hear The Organ’
Colden Center and Goliard Concerts have once again teamed up to co-present KIDSCLASSICS II, the innovative series designed to stimulate youngsters’ interest in classical music. “Hear the Organ” which opens the series on January 15 at 3 p.m. in the intimate and acoustically perfect setting of the LeFrak Concert Hall, includes the following selections: “Toccata in D Minor” by J.S. […]
Partnerships For Parks Has Earth, Arbor Day Grants
Partnerships for Parks, a joint program of the City Parks Foundation and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, works to increase community support for and involvement in parks throughout New York City. Founded in 1995, Partnerships works to start, strengthen, and support neighborhood park groups, to link these groups together so that they can learn from each […]
6th Starbucks Joy Drive Aids Hospitalized Children
Starbucks Coffee Company invites customers to join our partners (employees) in lifting the spirits of seriously ill children through the Starbucks Holiday Angels Joy Drive. Now through December 25, Starbucks stores across the United States will collect new, unwrapped books and toys for distribution to hospitalized children served by the Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation. “Our partners and customers are looking […]