Retail theft has had an untold impact on small business owners across the five boroughs, and especially here in Queens. In 2022, retail theft cost shop owners more than $4.4 billion in revenue – a 45% year-over-year increase from the previous year – demonstrating that it’s only getting worse. While retailers have had to take matters into their own hands... READ MORE >
The Queens Gazette had the honor of catching the final performance, on March 10, of The Tiger’s Bride, an interactive experimental theater piece at Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre. The piece is “part circus theater, part haunted house, and fully immersive,” conceived and directed by Suzanne Karpinski. The audience enters the four-story space on 23rd Street and immediately become guests... READ MORE >
Sunday, March 17th, 2:00-3:30 Rob MacKay’s Famous People of Queens showcases a diverse group of characters and historical eras: actors, athletes, business people, politicians, religious leaders, scientists, singers, war heroes, writers, and famous people who weren’t born in Queens, but lived in the borough for a long time. Join an illustrated talk with the author. Rob MacKay is a longtime,... READ MORE >
HOCHUL’S SUBWAY SAFETY PLAN: Governor Kathy Hochul announced a five-point plan to utilize state resources to protect New Yorkers on the subways. This includes surging State personnel to assist NYPD bag checks, a new program bill that would permit transit bans for individuals that assault other passengers, adding new cameras to protect conductor cabins, increasing coordination between District Attorneys and law enforcement, and increasing the number... READ MORE >
Exciting Queens news: In a global partnership with Hasbro, a leading toy and game company, Top Trumps USA will debut MONOPOLY: Queens Edition this fall. To ensure the board captures the most essential elements of Queens, Hasbro and Top Trumps USA are seeking the input of the Greater New York and Queens locals and business owners, inviting them to nominate... READ MORE >
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. Welcome to March 1955! The United States is in the Atomic Age. Washington studies feasibility of atomic powered railroads. A-Bomb tests... READ MORE >
Saint Patrick’s Day celebrates the saint who brought Christianity to Ireland, and also performed miracles and helped the community immensely. The annual parade started out in New York, and affirmed the pride and heritage of Irish immigrants who had been facing blatant discrimination. By many accounts, the event has set the tone for all groups in our country to live... READ MORE >
Rewriting History To The Editor: In today’s NY Post, on the front page, is the iconic picture of a sailor kissing a nurse on VJ Day. For you young people, VJ Day is the day that Japan surrendered in WWII. That explanation may seem unnecessary, but when I see idiots making statements about WWII I wonder how they think they... READ MORE >
The following is a list of “Did You Know” Irish trivia that first appeared as a tribute to St. Patrick’s Day in the Western Queens Gazette in March 1982, courtesy of volunteer columnist, “The Gazetteer”: Did You Know? The first St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City was held in 1762. The parade is now the largest in the... READ MORE >
On February 29, the LIC Lawyers held their monthly meeting at Meet the Meat Steakhouse at 23-92 21st Street, Astoria. Paul Halvatzis presented laminated copies of the Gazette’s Christmas Edition, in which Sal Acquista and Jerry Chrisafis were recognized for their work as past presidents. Laminated copies were provided by Tony Barsamian, Publisher of the Western Queens Gazette... READ MORE >
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