Dec. 27, 2019 By Kristen Torres The city’s annual MulchFest is back for another year, giving residents a chance to get rid of their Christmas trees in an eco-friendly way. Residents can bring their Christmas trees to city parks and gardens to be turned into mulch during the annual MulchFest. This year’s event will take… Read more »
Dec. 23, 2019 By Allie Griffin Police are looking for a man who flashed a teenage girl from inside a car at a College Point shopping center last week. The 17-year-old girl was walking inside the shopping center, located near 132nd Street and 14th Avenue, when a man inside a Chrysler Town and Country opened… Read more »
Dec. 19, 2019 By Michael Dorgan City Council Member Peter Koo announced the installation of five new loading zones in downtown Flushing yesterday. The new installations will effectively double the current number of loading zones in an effort to tackle traffic congestion and loading/unloading challenges experienced by small businesses in the area. The announcement follows… Read more »
Dec. 11, 2019 By Kristen Torres A women’s rights group opened its new headquarters in Bayside’s Fort Totten Park Sunday. The Center for the Women of New York (CWNY) celebrated the opening of its new location, at 207 Totten Ave., in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Dec. 8. “The new building will allow the Center to… Read more »
Dec. 10, 2019 By Allie Griffin A swimming school for children is the latest tenant to lease space at Flushing’s mega mixed-use development, the a 1.2 million-square-foot Tangram. Goldfish Swim School will take over 8,000 square feet at 133-27 39th Ave. in the Tangram and will open by spring 2021. The learn-to-swim facility will feature… Read more »
Dec. 10, 2019 By Allie Griffin The annual ‘Warming Up Winter’ holiday market returns to the Queens Museum this Sunday, showcasing nearly 60 local artisans and offering plenty of tasty foods to try. The holiday market, a collaboration between the Queens Museum and the Queens Night Market, will be held on Sunday, Dec. 15 from… Read more »
Dec. 3, 2019 By Kristen Torres A Flushing woman died Monday just days after she was struck by a car while crossing 162nd Street last week. Adela Hernandez, 69, was hit by a car on Nov. 25 around 5 p.m. while crossing the street north of 46th Avenue in Flushing, police said. She was taken… Read more »
Nov. 27, 2019 By Allie Griffin An 80-year-old woman was fatally struck by a car while crossing a street last Friday in Murray Hill, police announced today. Soon Ok Han, of Levittown, NY, was crossing 41st Avenue near Murray Street at 12:35 p.m. on Nov. 22 when she was struck by a 2015 Honda Civic,… Read more »
Nov. 22, 2019 By Allie Griffin A knife-wielding, hygiene-conscious bandit stole several bottles of body wash from a Flushing Rite Aid on Monday. The man grabbed the bottles from the drug store, located at 144-29 Northern Blvd., on Nov. 18 at 4 a.m. When a security officer attempted to stop him, he took out a… Read more »
Nov. 21, 2019 By Allie Griffin Police are looking for a group of men who groped a woman in Flushing last month. A 24-year-old woman was standing by a food truck near Northern Boulevard and Parsons Boulevard when three men approached her from behind and grabbed her buttocks at 7:35 p.m. on Oct. 17, police… Read more »