Aug. 10, 2025 By Zach Gewelb & Lloyd Mitchell Three firefighters were injured while battled a raging four-alarm fire in a row of two-story mixed use buildings on Sunday morning at 114-42 through 114-48 Stuphin Blvd. in South Jamaica, according to the FDNY. Approximately 170 FDNY personnel responded to the fire, which began at…
Aug. 8, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a long-haired gunman who allegedly opened fire on a rooftop in the South Jamaica Houses NYCHA complex during the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 5. Police say the unidentified man was in front of 107-33 159th St. just before…
Aug. 7, 2025 By Ethan Marshall The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced it will be spraying pesticides in an effort to eliminate more mosquitoes and reduce the risk of people catching the West Nile virus on Monday, Aug. 11, across several parts of Queens. Trucks will be spraying the…
Aug. 6, 2025 By Athena Dawson Hundreds of people enjoyed a night of food, activities and music alongside the NYPD’s 103rd Precinct at Rufus King Park on Tuesday, Aug. 5 in celebration of National Night Out Against Crime, an annual community-building event that promotes police-community partnerships across the nation. The Jamaica precinct, in collaboration with…
Aug. 6, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Permits have been filed to expand a 2-story building at 145-33 167th St. in South Jamaica into a 4-story building with nine residential units. The proposed expansion would make the building 56 feet tall, yielding 4,695 square feet of space. With an average unit scope of 521 square…
Aug. 4, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Queens Public Library will offer seven-day service at five new locations after the City Council secured a $2 million investment to expand weekend library services across the New York in the city’s FY 26 budget. QPL’s Sunday service will be extended to libraries in Glen Oaks, Hunters Point,…
Aug. 4, 2025 By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud With the 35th annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York coming to Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Aug. 9-10, the organizers of the highly anticipated event held an Awakening Ceremony on Wednesday, July 30, at the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. This ceremony…
Aug. 4, 2025 By Bill Parry A Springfield Gardens teenager was sentenced to 1 ⅓ to four years in prison for causing the death of another teen who was a passenger in the BMW he was driving in 2023 when he was just 16 years old. The teen’s parents were previously sentenced on endangering…
Aug. 1, 2025 By Bill Parry A southeast Queens man is facing 25 years to life in prison after he was convicted by a jury of murder, assault and other related charges for a fatal hit-and-run collision that killed a mom on Mother’s Day 2022 on a South Jamaica dead-end street. Roosevelt Rose, of…
Aug. 1, 2025 By Athena Dawson AT&T has launched a new Connected Learning Center (CLC) inside the YMCA of Greater New York’s Jamaica branch. Elected officials, including City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Member Nantasha Williams joined representatives from AT&T and the Jamaica YMCA to celebrate the center’s opening on Wednesday, July 29.…