NYPD Transit Bureau District 20 is the largest in New York City. Eleven of the 58 train stations District 20 protects are in Astoria. To date, District 20 has recorded 11 crimes in 2010. That’s two robberies and nine grand larcenies. Four arrests have been made. “Eleven crimes year-to-date in transit. That’s unbelievable in a district this size,” Deputy Inspector […]
Mother’s Day Tribute: Wish She Were Here
(Walter Kaner wrote the following tribute his mother, which we reprinted each Mother’s Day. Although Kaner has passed away we feel it is a touching tribute to all mothers on Mother Day and reprint it now in his name.) What I wouldn’t give to have my mother back again. I would give up all I have if I could […]
Tree Lives, B.P Dies, UN In Flushing In April 1946
Get into a conversation with a long-time Queens resident and you’re likely to discover a subscriber of the Long Island Star-Journal, a daily paper that informed the community about local and world news until it folded in 1968. A banner across the Star-Journal masthead reminded readers that the newspaper’s name came from the merger of the Long Island Daily Star […]
Sir Elton John Congratulates 17 Year-Old Playwright
Katarzyna (Kathy) Roszczeda, a 17- year old resident from Ridgewood, is headed to Broadway this June to see her original play produced on stage at the Imperial Theater in Manhattan. Roszczeda, who was announced as the Fidelity FutureStage Playwriting Contest winner in Boston on April 15, had the opportunity to meet the legendary Sir Elton John at the musical’s opening […]
Mannahatta Concert Hails Earth Day
The Bayside Historical Society celebrated Earth Day on April 22 with the premiere of the Mannahatta Project, a multi-media concert by the Quintet of the Americas inspired by Dr. Eric Sanderson’s widely acclaimed project of the same name. The event was held at the society’s headquarters at the Officers’ Club in Fort Totten Park, Bayside. The Mannahatta Project began a […]
Marshall Approves Flushing Commons
Borough President Helen Marshall announced on Wednesday, April 28 that she has approved the $800 million Flushing Commons project that will be built on five acres in the heart of Downtown Flushing. The project will transform Municipal Lot 1, bounded by Union Street, 39th Avenue, 138th Street and 37th Avenue and the surrounding area into a mixed use development that […]
Civics To City: Don’t Close Ladder 116
Elected officials, community leaders and area residents will gather in front of Ladder Company 116 in Dutch Kills at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 7, to send FDNY officials a message. “Enough is enough,” Gerald Walsh president of the Dutch Kills Civic Association (DKCA), said. DKCA is hosting the rally to keep Ladder Company 116 open, despite word that fire […]
The Pulpit
Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. All Nations Baptist: •Sunday, 2:30-5:30 p.m., for three months, free English classes which have already begun, registration required, limited space, 86-76 80th St., Woodhaven; 718.296.2025. **** All Saints’: •May 22, Saturday, 11 a.m. Penny social, drawings, refreshments, fun. •Jun. 12, Saturday. Vendors wanted for strawberry fair in […]
Honor Mothers, Biological Or Otherwise
How important is a mother? What sort of answer one gets to that question depends on who is asked. Some people honor and venerate their mothers, some revile and curse them and others never knew their mothers and so cannot respond at all. On the incontrovertible evidence of simple biology, a mother is the source and spring of life itself. […]