Apr. 1, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Permits have been filed for the construction of a 9-story mixed-use building with 98 residential units at 87-77 Parsons Blvd. in Jamaica. The proposed building would be 84 feet tall and yield 98,357 square feet. Residential space would account for 93,275 square feet, while the other 5,082 square…
Mar. 26, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Community Education Council 26 (CEC 26) has approved a resolution urging the city to site a specialized high school at a school currently under construction on 88th Avenue in Jamaica in order to address a major shortfall of specialized schools in the borough. CEC 26 noted that Queens…
Mar. 18, 2025 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for 15 units in an 8-story mixed-use building steps away from the Jamaica-179th Street train station. The building at 88-11 179th Pl. in Jamaica will have 49 total residential units, 34 at market rate. Of the other 15 units set…
Feb. 28, 2025 By Colum Motherway Senator James Sanders Jr. and Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers, in partnership with the World Cares Center, hosted a disaster resilience and safety training event on Thursday, Feb. 20. The training event held at Victory Fellowship Worship Center in Rosedale drew a full house of civic leaders, community organizations,…
Feb. 19, 2025 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Wednesday the release of surveillance video of the cold case murder of an off-duty Rikers Island correction officer in Springfield Gardens more than four years ago. During the early morning hours of Aug. 15, 2020, 28-year-old NYC Correction Officer John Jeff was…
Dec. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry Queens Village resident Hassan Dees was sentenced in Queens Supreme Court on Friday to 24 years in prison for the fatal shooting of his friend after the two men argued over an unpaid debt a day after Christmas in 2021. Dees, 35, of 212th Street, pleaded guilty last…
Dec. 6, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Several lucky New Yorkers are celebrating big wins this week, as the New York Lottery announced multiple winners, including third-prize Powerball tickets and Take 5 top-prize tickets. The Wednesday, Dec. 4 Powerball drawing yielded three third-prize tickets, while the Dec. 5 Take 5 midday drawing produced two top-prize…
Dec. 5, 2024 By Athena Dawson Council Member Nantasha Williams awarded $169,411 in funding to 14 local food panties at a ceremony held at Mt. Moriah AME Church, 116-20 Francis Lewis Blvd. in Cambria Heights, on Tuesday, Nov. 26. According to William’s office, the funding is a significant increase, representing a 75% boost from last…
Nov. 20, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a suspect who subjected a 17-year-old girl to sexual abuse onboard a Q8 MTA bus on the night of Friday, Nov. 15. As the bus was approaching Sutphin Boulevard and 94th Avenue, just down the block from the…
Queens cops and an armed robber traded gunfire in a shootout on a busy shopping strip Tuesday night, leaving an officer and an innocent bystander wounded and the suspect dead, police said. Authorities said the shooting happened at about 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 19, when officers from the 103rd Precinct approached the robbery suspect…