Black smoke from a small apartment fire was responded to on April 11, in the early afternoon. An ‘All Hands” alarm was sounded but the fire in the second floor apartment, 34-14 42nd St., in Long Island City, was quickly contained. Seen here are firefighters of Engine 325, Ladder 163 from Woodside as they move into the building single file, […]

Councilmember Julissa Ferreras and Queens Library CEO Thomas W. Galante, accompanied by young library patron Danielle Plaza, cut the ribbon on a new 24/7 self-service return kiosk at the Corona branch of the Queens Library. Ferreras donated $200,000 towards this project. Using self-service technology, library customers in Corona now have the ability to check their own materials in and out, […]

On April 18, city Department of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Yale University’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Assistant Professor Alex Felson, Queens Botanical Garden Director of Education & Visitor Services Patrice Kleinberg joined eighth graders from East West School of International Studies in Flushing to celebrate a research and reforestation project. The collaboration between Parks and Yale […]

On April 6, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced that Disney Cruise Line will be calling New York City its newest homeport. Beginning in May 2012, the Disney Magic will sail 20 cruises that will depart from the Manhattan Cruise Terminal, with destinations that include the Bahamas and Canada. The 20 calls scheduled for 2012 will bring approximately 45,000 additional embarking […]

The Broadway branch of the Queens Library, 41st Street and Broadway, now features a newly installed self-check-in system to further convenience users and speed up the process in which books are placed back into circulation. On April 7, Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr., who provided $260,000 in funding for the new system, joined Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer for a demonstration […]

On April 12, Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer joined Sunnyside Community Services, the Parent Teacher Association and after-school participants of  P.S. 150 in Sunnyside to voice their opposition against the administration’s proposed cuts to the Out-of-School-Time (OST) after-school programs in the 2012 budget. In 2010, it was proposed that the SCS sponsored after-school program at P.S. 150 be eliminated. Van Bramer, […]

On April 12, Councilmember Eric A. Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) presented a City Council Citation to Ozone Park resident Victor Schwoebel in honor of his recent graduation from United States Marine Corps basic training. “We should never pass up an opportunity to show our troops and veterans how much their sacrifice means to all of us,” Ulrich said. “Anything that we […]

Forest Hills Stop & Shop Manager Tammie Smith, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley, Queens Jewish Community Council (QJCC) Executive Director Cynthia Zalisky and representing the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, Ilene Marcus, announced that Stop & Shop is donating one thousand pounds of Kosher for Passover food to the QJCC food pantry to help them meet the […]

On April 15 Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer, Assemblymember Cathy Nolan and Department of Transportation Queens Borough Commissioner Maura McCarthy united with local small business owners and Community Board 2 members to announce a new parking rule that will help local businesses along Queens Boulevard. The new rule will extend the duration of 104 parking meters on the north and south […]

Each year students from I.S. 10 in Astoria participate in an after school program where they learn to write their own plays. These young playwrights then see their works brought to life by professional actors and directors from the Astoria Performing Arts Center (APAC) in an evening of staged readings. April 14, was the very first time the students from […]