Larvicides Aimed at Reducing Mosquitoes to be Sprayed in Marsh Areas in Central and Eastern Queens

Sep. 11, 2024 By Athena Dawson

An affordable hotel chain has opened its newest location in Queens. Red Roof has opened Red Roof PLUS+, its 700th property, at 97-26 147th Pl. in Jamaica.

Sep. 11, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

Excavation and foundation work is underway at the future site of a 24-story residential building at 94-15 Sutphin Blvd. in Jamaica. The building is expected to be completed in 2027.

Sep. 11, 2024 By Athena Dawson

One of the three e-scooter companies involved in the DOT’s eastern Queens e-scooter program shared its plans to invest $2.5 million annually in operations and technology campaigns in Queens. 

The NYPD released surveillance images on Tuesday of a suspect being sought by the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica for allegedly stalking a woman at a Key Food supermarket in downtown Jamaica and groping her before fleeing on a bicycle in mid-August.

The incident occurred on the night of Wednesday, Aug. 14, as the 25-year-old victim was walking down an aisle inside the store located at 148-35 Jamaica Ave.

Sep. 11, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

The Queens Night Market returns this Saturday, Sept. 14, to Flushing Meadows Corona Park for its fall season.

Mayor Eric Adams visited Queens Village on Monday to highlight flood prevention and disaster preparedness investments across the five boroughs, before testing positive for COVID-19 and entering isolation at Gracie Mansion.

The Mayor provided an update on new and ongoing efforts to protect public safety and property by combating flooding and safeguarding residents from the effects of climate change while marking the third anniversary of Hurricane Ida, which brought the heaviest rainfall in city history and claimed the lives of 13 New Yorkers, eight of them in Queens.

Sep. 11, 2024 By Athena Dawson

The Hollis Library, a branch of the Queens Public Library, will close for two years starting Monday, Sept. 30, with its final day of service on Saturday, Sept. 28.

Sep. 10, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

While the annual income needed to afford to purchase a home in New York City was still significantly higher than the national average in August 2024, there was a large decrease year-over-year, thanks in large part to mortgage rates declining, according to a report by the real estate listing site StreetEasy.

Sep. 10, 2024 By Athena Dawson

An upcoming film festival will showcase some of the best independent filmmakers, writers and directors from the Caribbean diaspora.  

A Queens grand jury indicted a Jamaica man for the fatal drive-by shooting of a rapper outside a Woodhaven pub in 2018.

Johnathan Rice, 43, of 178th Street, was arraigned on Friday on an indictment charging him with murder in the second degree for allegedly gunning down 35-year-old Frank Synder, a Brooklyn hip hop performer and party promoter known as “Hollywood Play,” outside the Tavern Lounge in Woodhaven, where he was hosting an event for a friend’s birthday.