Oct. 7, 2020 By Allie Griffin A motorcyclist is dead after colliding with a car in Woodside Tuesday night. The biker, a 38-year-old man, was riding his 2009 Honda motorcycle eastbound on 31st Avenue at around 11 p.m. when a driver in a 2014 Nissan Pathfinder traveling westbound made a left hand turn in front… Read more »
Oct. 6, 2020 By Allie Griffin Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled a plan today to close nonessential businesses and enforce other restrictions in COVID-19 clusters popping up statewide. The news came after Mayor Bill de Blasio said he would close down the businesses in hotspot ZIP codes — including Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens Hills and Far… Read more »
Oct. 5, 2020 By Allie Griffin City health officials are keeping a close eye on Forest Hills as COVID-19 cases in the neighborhood are rising, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. The City added the neighborhood, represented by the 11375 ZIP code, to its watch list of communities where coronavirus cases are growing. “We have… Read more »
Oct. 5, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City will close schools Tuesday that are located in nine ZIP codes across Brooklyn and Queens where the number of COVID-19 cases remain stubbornly high, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today. The state will close both public and private schools in the ZIP codes that have become cluster… Read more »
Oct. 5, 2020 By Allie Griffin Two Queens karaoke bars were shut down over the weekend for violating city COVID-19 regulations. New York City Sheriff Deputies shuttered two karaoke spots in Flushing after finding dozens of patrons inside each establishment. The officers first shut down the Platinum Lounge, located at 41-16 Fuller Pl, on Friday… Read more »
Oct. 1, 2020 By Allie Griffin Another Queens neighborhood is seeing an alarming uptick in COVID-19 cases, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday. Fresh Meadows was added to the list of neighborhoods forming a coronavirus cluster in Central Queens, which includes Kew Gardens and Kew Gardens Hills. The neighborhood represented by the 11366 zip code… Read more »
Oct. 1, 2020 By Allie Griffin City Hall will deploy hundreds of city workers to enforce coronavirus rules and educate residents in nine neighborhoods that are seeing an alarming uptick in COVID-19 cases. The city will send out 400 NYPD officers, more than 300 Test & Trace Corps members and 250 additional agency staff to the neighborhoods… Read more »
Sept. 29, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City’s COVID-19 positivity rate surpassed 3 percent for the first time since June, as thousands of public school students returned to school buildings today. The city’s daily positivity rate swelled to 3.25 percent, largely due to growing clusters in nine zip codes across Queens and Brooklyn, Mayor… Read more »
Sept. 28, 2020 Staff Post The Queens Post, in partnership with NY Space Finders, is inviting all Queens guys and ghouls to join the “Be Witch in Queens” Instagram Photo Contest. Anyone in the wicked borough of Queens can join one or both of the contests. One contest is for the best Halloween decorated house… Read more »
Sept. 28, 2020 By Allie Griffin Queens Congresswoman Grace Meng has received a barrage of racist and anti-Asian voicemails after passing a resolution in the House of Representatives earlier this month condemning such behavior. Meng introduced the resolution to denounce anti-Asian sentiment related to the coronavirus pandemic in March and the House passed it on… Read more »