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Forest Hills artist seeks funding for 3D sculpture celebrating Queens at MacDonald Park

Rendering of the Queens: The World's Borough 3D sculpture. Photo: GoFundMe.

Oct. 29, 2024 By Shane O’Brien A Forest Hills artist is seeking funding to install a 3D sculpture in MacDonald Park. The sculpture is meant to celebrate the diversity of Queens and draw both locals and tourists to the area. Larry Ng, a long-time Forest Hills resident, has secured permission from NYC Parks to…

Meng secures $850,000 for South Asian Council to expand immigrant services in Queens

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Oct. 29, 2024 By Shane O’Brien South Asian Council for Social Services (SACSS), a non-profit advocating for underserved immigrant communities, has received $850,000 in funding from U.S. Rep. Grace Meng to purchase a new space and expand its services. Meng presented the non-profit with a check at the SACSS Senior Center at 143-02 45th…

Hometown Heroes Return: MediSys health workers honored for relief efforts following Hurricane Helene

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Oct. 29, 2024 Athena Dawson Hospital representatives gathered at the Jamaica Hospital Nursing Home, located at 89-40 135th St., on Monday, Oct 28, to celebrate the homecoming of Hurricane Helene relief workers. The MediSys Disaster Medical Response Relief Team (DMRT) is comprised of doctors and nurses from the MediSys Health Network- Jamaica Hospital Medical…

Tesla signs lease for College Point lot, former home of Multiplex theater

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Oct. 29, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Elon Musk is reportedly planning to open a Tesla facility in Queens. The electric car manufacturer leased the 150,000-square-foot space at 30-02 Whitestone Expwy. in College Point, according to an industrial report released earlier this month. The site was previously home to Toys “R” Us, Party WOW and…

Community rallies at Jackson Heights’ 90th Street Triangle, urging continued police efforts on Roosevelt Avenue

Attendees at the rally in support of Operation Restore Roosevelt on Sunday. Photo: Let's Improve Roosevelt Ave.

Oct. 28, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Hundreds of people gathered at the 90th Street Triangle on the Jackson Heights/Elmhurst border Sunday afternoon to rally for continued support in fighting crime on the Roosevelt Avenue Corridor. This comes after Mayor Eric Adams launched a multi-agency enforcement operation in the area earlier in October. The Public…

Primark set to open at Queens Center Mall in time for holiday shopping

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Oct. 28, 2024 By Czarinna Andres International fashion retailer Primark announced Thursday, Dec. 5, as the official opening date of its newest location at the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst. Marking the company’s second location in Queens following the Jamaica branch, which opened at the end of 2022, and its 10th in New York. The new…

CUNY Chancellor joins Queens College students in Sukkot celebration

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Oct. 28, 2024 By Ethan Marshall In honor of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez paid a visit to the two sukkahs at the Queens College campus in Flushing on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Sukkahs are temporary huts built as settings to celebrate the holiday. They are traditionally topped with…

Adams breaks ground on major renovation of Queens Public Library’s Hollis Library

Mayor Eric Adams (third from left) broke ground on the major renovation of Queens Public Library’s Hollis Library.

Oct. 25, 2024 By Nelson A. King New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Queens Public Library (QPL) President Dennis M. Walcott, and New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Thomas Foley on Friday broke ground on a $7.4 million project that will completely modernize the interior of the Hollis Library QPL branch […]