Real estate brokerage company Modern Spaces announced today that Dana Frankel has been hired as its new Director of Business Development and Community Relations. Frankel joined the Queens-based firm to further strengthen the relationship that Modern Spaces has with the communities it serves, including Long Island City, Astoria, Williamsburg and Chelsea. Frankel will be responsible for cultivating new business opportunities […]

Assemblyman Edward Braunstein proudly displays a bronze plaque which he purchased to hang in his district office. Broadway-Flushing Homeowners Association member Maria Becce delivered the plaque which signifies the placement of Broadway-Flushing on the National Register of Historic Places by the US Department of the Interior and the New York State Register. The assemblyman joined almost 100 homeowners who have […]

Christ the King High School welcomed home its first graduating class last month.  In attendance were 140 members of the Class of 1966 who came from all over the country to celebrate the 50th  Anniversary of their graduation.  They came from as far as Puerto Rico and Hawaii.  The evening began with a prayer service in the Chapel followed by […]

I heard a unique concert in the Hermitage  of a quartet singing the old Russian folk song Hey-Ho! The feeling and deep emotion transcended language barriers. I bought the CD in the Hermitage gift shop. The songs include: “Black Eyes,” “The Kossack’s Song” and others. One does not need to speak Russian to understand this nation’s feelings. Each member of […]

The large population of Greek-Americans in Queens had reason to celebrate on April 10 as the Greek Independence Day Parade marched up 5th Avenue to mark the 195th Anniversary of Hellenic Independence. From 1:30 in the afternoon thousands of revelers lined 5th Avenue, from 64th Street to 79th Street. Practically every church and cultural institution of the Greek or Hellenic […]