11-Year-old Girl Groped By Alleged Pervert in Corona Monday Morning: NYPD

Apr. 24, 2024 By Athena Dawson

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-6) welcomed the Greek ambassador to the U.S. to her district of Flushing, Queens.

A Corona hitman was found guilty of killing a man outside a Flushing karaoke bar in exchange for a $100,000 wristwatch in 2019.

Antony Abreu, 36, was convicted by a federal jury on Tuesday on both counts on an indictment charging him with murder-for-hire and murder-for-hire conspiracy in connection to the fatal shooting of 31-year-old Xin “Chris” Gu at the Grand Slam KTV on Fowler Avenue on Feb. 12, 2019.

Apr. 24, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

New York City has launched a housing lottery for 134 units in the 17-story mixed-use building The Peninsula A1, also known as Edgemere Commons Apartments, at 51-23 Beach Channel Dr. in Far Rockaway.

Apr. 23, 2024 By QNS News Team

New York City Football Club (NYCFC) celebrated the recent approval of a new 25,000-seater stadium in Willets Point with a 2-0 victory over DC United at Citi Field on Saturday, Apr. 20. 

Apr. 23, 2024 By Athena Dawson

In celebration of Earth Day, which takes place annually on Apr. 22, the Queens Botanical Garden has teamed up with Queens Center Mall for a series of engaging and environmentally-focused events aimed at promoting sustainability and community involvement.

Apr. 22, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

The Summer 2024 Queensboro Dance Festival, slated to run from June 8 through Sept. 15, will include more than 30 scheduled performances at various venues throughout the borough.

Apr. 22, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

While New York City as a whole has experienced a decline in the number of housing units on the market over the past year, the borough of Queens has bucked the trend.

A Flushing man was indicted by a Queens grand jury in a fatal collision that killed an 8-year-old boy in East Elmhurst last month.

Jose Barcia, 52, is accused of speeding through a crosswalk while making a left turn, killing Bayron Palomino Arroyo and injuring his 10-year-old brother Bradley on Mar. 13. The grand jury indictment was filed on Apr. 18, and Barcia will be arraigned on May 2, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.

Apr. 20, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Queens College officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Apr. 16 to celebrate the grand opening of its newest CUNY Citizenship Now! office, which has opened in the Student Union building on the Flushing-based campus. The office, like the dozens of others in the CUNY system, aims to help immigrants with visa applications as well as to obtain citizenship.

Apr. 19, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Stacy Bliagos, executive director of HANAC, an Astoria-based Hellenic non-profit organization, spoke exclusively to QNS about the organization’s dedication to helping Queens’ most vulnerable residents.