March 23, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Two non-profits with a large presence in Flushing have come together to support more than 30 businesses that were destroyed by a large fire on Main Street last week. Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) and the Renaissance Economic Development Corp. (REDC), two Manhattan-based organizations with offices in Flushing, have… Read more »
March 23, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Several Flushing civic groups that aim to stop the development of a homeless facility on College Point Boulevard have found an ally in Council Member Sandra Ung. The Flushing lawmaker is calling on the city to find ways in which the vacant site can be developed for affordable housing–… Read more »
March 22, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Van Morrison, the Grammy Award-winning singer and musician, has announced he will perform a concert at Forest Hills Stadium later this year. Morrison, 76, will take to the stage on Sep. 10 at the 13,000-capacity venue as part of a U.S. tour, he announced Monday. The Forest Hills concert… Read more »
March 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The ever-popular Queens Night Market will return for its seventh year next month. The weekly food festival, which showcases the culinary diversity of Queens each Saturday, will return beginning April 16 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park with dozens of vendors confirmed to take part. The cost of entry for… Read more »
Mar. 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan An 88-year-old pedestrian is dead after being struck by a car close to his Flushing home earlier this month, police announced Sunday. Thomas Soong, of 35th Avenue, was hit by the driver of a 2018 Honda Fit while attempting to cross Northern Boulevard near 147th Street on March 11… Read more »
March 18, 2022 By Michael Dorgan An 11-year-old girl was groped by an alleged pervert on a Corona street Monday morning. The victim, police said, was walking in the vicinity of 43rd Avenue and 97th Place at around 7:30 a.m. when the alleged creep approached her and grabbed her buttocks. He then fled the scene… Read more »
March 17, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A large fire tore through a Flushing shopping mall early Thursday that houses around 30 kiosks, according to the FDNY. Firefighters responded to a report of a fire taking place at the one-story mall, located at 40-10 Main St. at around 6 a.m. and quickly upgraded the blaze to… Read more »
March 17, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A 73-year-old Flushing scholar — who helped establish a pro-democracy group in Queens — is one of five defendants who have been charged with spying on Chinese dissidents in the United States. Shujun Wang was arrested Wednesday and charged in Brooklyn federal court for secretly working with the Chinese… Read more »
March 16, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A woman who was arrested in Flushing Monday following the fatal stabbing of a well-known Tiananmen Square activist turned immigration lawyer has been charged with murder. Xiao Ning Zhang, 25, was charged at Queens Criminal Court Wednesday for allegedly stabbing attorney Jim Li to death inside his law firm… Read more »
March 14, 2022 By Michael Dorgan An attorney was fatally stabbed inside an immigration law firm office in Flushing Monday and a 25-year-old woman has been arrested in relation to the deadly attack. The victim, a 66-year-old man, was allegedly stabbed multiple times by the woman inside the office, located at 136-56 39th Ave., at… Read more »