Jul. 1, 2024 By Christian Murray The Port Authority is launching a summer sale on AirTrain tickets to ease vehicle congestion at JFK Airport amid extensive construction. From July 1 through Labor Day, the AirTrain fare will be reduced to half price, lowering the cost to $4.50 for riders entering or exiting at Howard Beach…
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Jun. 28, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The Queens County Farm Museum has opened its seasonal farmstands on its site in Floral Park and at the Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Richmond Hill. Farm-fresh fruits and vegetables will be available at these farmstands until November. Located at 134-20 Jamaica Ave., the farmstand at the Jamaica Hospital…
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Jun. 28, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Queens grand jury indicted the son of rapper Remy Ma and another man for a 2021 murder-for-hire of a reputed Astoria drug kingpin in South Jamaica.
Jun. 28, 2024 By Czarinna Andres June 28, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan The city’s largest public pool officially opened for the season on Thursday morning, drawing hundreds of eager visitors eager to cool off on a hot day. The reopening of Astoria Pool, which was closed last season for a $19 million reconstruction project, was… Read more »
Jun. 27, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The average rental price in Queens rose 7.12% year-over-year, from $2,681 in May 2023 to $2,872 in May 2024, according to a report by the real estate firm M.N.S. Real Estate. Studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units all experienced increases in the average rental price over this period of time….
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Jun. 27, 2024 By Anthony Medina Pet parents across the city are keeping their beloved cat and dog pals cool during the sweltering summer temperatures and reminding neighbors to do the same. Pet care experts say dangerously hot temperatures for dogs and cats begin at 85 degrees Fahrenheit — a number New York City has…
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Jun. 27, 2024 By Athena Dawson Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL) has announced a new long-term collaboration with the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation (GJDC) to showcase original art exhibitions at Greater Nexus. Located at 89-14 Parsons Blvd., Greater Nexus is downtown Jamaica’s first accessible shared co-working space. The Greater Nexus space is over 10,000…
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Jun. 27, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Queens Village man was criminally charged with murder in the second degree for stabbing a Springfield Gardens man to death in a Jamaica bodega on Saturday night.
Jun. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry
A St. Albans man surrendered himself at the 111th Precinct in Bayside on Tuesday morning after he was indicted by a Queens grand jury in a fatal hit-and-run near JFK Airport nearly three years ago.
Jun. 26, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan For the June 25 primary election, thousands of Queens voters showed up to cast their ballots for new representatives in Albany and a less-known but important judicial position. In two of the three closely watched State Assembly races, two newcomers were elected, and one longtime incumbent, who is the…
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