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Application filed to replace Lucky Strike in Jackson Heights with 12-story mixed-use building

Jul. 11, 2025 By emarshall July 11, 2025 By Ethan Marshall An application has recently been filed to replace the Lucky Strike bowling alley at 69-10 34th Ave. in Jackson Heights with a 12-story mixed-use building featuring 263 dwelling units. The proposed building would take up 213,600 square feet of space, with 179,100 square…

Rideshare and delivery drivers hold memorial in Queens for colleagues killed on the job

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Jul. 11, 2025 By Czarinna Andres Dozens of rideshare and delivery workers gathered at Little Bay Park in Bayside on Wednesday, July 9, for a solemn memorial honoring their colleagues who have died while working for app-based companies. Organized by the Justice for App Workers coalition, the event featured portraits, candles and emotional speeches…

NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst names new leaders for Global Health Institute

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Jul. 11, 2025 By QNS News Team NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, located at 79-01 Broadway in Elmhurst, has appointed Dr. Sheela Maru as Director and Dr. Ben McVane as Assistant Director of the hospital’s Global Health Institute, the hospital announced Thursday. The institute, which aims to transform care for historically excluded communities, builds bridges between…

MTA bus slams into pole in Flushing, injuring eight passengers: NYPD

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Jul. 11, 2025 By Bill Parry Eight people were injured aboard an MTA bus that crashed on Main Street in Flushing on Friday morning. The driver of the Q20A bus was traveling westbound on 57th Road just south of Kissena Corridor Park at 5:58 a.m. when he made a right turn onto Main Street,…

Average price of Queens houses surpasses $1M in Q2 2025: Report

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Jul. 11, 2025 By Ethan Marshall The second quarter of 2025 marked the first time that the average price for one-to-three-family homes in Queens eclipsed $1 million, according to a report by the real estate agency Brown Harris Stevens. The average price of these homes rose 9.1% year over year, from $928,953 in the…

Bell Blvd strikes again with another winning Take 5 ticket in Bayside

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Jul. 11, 2025 By Czarinna Andres A lucky TAKE 5 player in Bayside is more than $16,000 richer following the New York Lottery’s July 10 evening drawing. The winning ticket, worth $16,105, was sold at CPL Works Inc., dba BP Petrol Station, located at 34-51 Bell Blvd. A second ticket with the same prize…

Hollis man charged with raping 14-year-old told teen, ‘I can help you get work’

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Jul. 10, 2025 By Bill Parry New details have emerged in the case of the Hollis man accused luring a 14-year-old boy into his car in St. Albans and then allegedly raping him on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 1. Virgilio Taveras, 63, of Hillside Avenue, was arrested by detectives from the Queens Special…