Changes are a-comin’ to the Long Island City skyline in the form of development that will transform neighborhoods once cluttered with grimy auto repair shops and underutilized industrial buildings into streets lined with towering residential units and glistening office buildings. The booming demand for housing has drawn builders to a 37-block area along Jackson Avenue that was rezoned in 2001... READ MORE >
Con Edison crews descended on neighborhoods in Astoria and Long Island City last week, tearing up streets as part of an aggressive project to repair and rehabilitate the utility’s aging underground electric system. Crews rerouted traffic from 28th to 37th Avenues and from 42nd to 35th Streets while they replaced switches and cable and made repairs to Con Edison’s Long... READ MORE >
Those scratches on the inside of your child’s belt may be more than just wear and tear-they could be a signal that your child is a member of a street gang, law enforcement officials said. At a meeting sponsored by officials at the 110th Police Precinct in Elmhurst, police and prosecutors gave parents an insider’s view of methods used by... READ MORE >
More than a thousand people braved the city’s worstever heat wave on August 1 to join 114th Precinct police and community leaders at the annual National Night Out Against Crime celebration, hosted this year at Astoria Park by the 114th Precinct Community Council and the 114th Civilian Observation Patrol (114th Civ-OP). Area residents turned out in record numbers to show... READ MORE >
Western Queens boiled over as residents and business owners in Astoria, Woodside and Hunters Point lashed out at Con Edison officials who left them in the dark for more than a week. “We live in Con Edison’s backyard,” said Rose Marie Poveromo, president of the United Community Civic Association. “We live next door to all the electricity in the world-but... READ MORE >
Inspector Brian McCarthy is proud of the men and women who work under his command at the 114th Precinct in Astoria. In a recent interview, the seasoned NYPD veteran said cops at the Astoria Boulevard stationhouse “go above what most patrol officers do” to address conditions within the command area with a full understanding of the community’s needs. McCarthy arrived... READ MORE >
BY LIZ GOFF Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown has packed nearly 50 years of public service into a career he describes as “exciting, satisfying, and full of high-points and milestones”. Brown, who gathered with friends and staffers to celebrate his 15th anniversary as Queens’ top law enforcer, said nothing in his career has been as “professionally rewarding” as his... READ MORE >
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