Elderly man dies in early morning Whitestone house fire

Jul. 7, 2025 By QNS News Team

Con Edison has mobilized crews to respond around the clock as high temperatures and possible thunderstorms are forecasted this week in New York City.

A woman was groped by a heavyset man as she entered the Woodhaven Boulevard subway station near the Queens Center Mall late last month.

Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst and Transit District 20 reported that the 31-year-old victim was by the turnstiles just after midnight on Monday, June 30, when she was approached by a stranger who allegedly grabbed her buttocks. The suspect exited the station onto Queens Boulevard and ran off in an unknown direction. The woman was not injured during the encounter.

Jul. 7, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng is pressing forward with a $2 million federal funding request to overhaul the aging Maspeth firehouse that houses FDNY’s elite Squad 288 and HazMat 1 units.

Jul. 7, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Queens native and women’s basketball pioneer Lucille Kyvallos has been officially inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Police from the 111th Precinct in Bayside are looking for a pair of befuddled burglars who tried to break into the home of a senior a few blocks west of the Clearview Expressway late last month, before they were scared off by the victim’s neighbors.

The masked couple targeted a home near the intersection of 202nd Street and 36th Avenue in Bayside on the evening of Saturday, June 28. The man and woman entered the yard of a 65-year-old man at around 6:45 p.m. and went to work on a sliding glass door at the rear of the home, but they were unable to enter the residence, police said Friday.

Jul. 7, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Nearly 100 people gathered on the steps of Queens Supreme Court to celebrate the legacy of a remarkable court officer.

Jul. 7, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Elected officials across Queens have criticized the Trump Administration and Republican lawmakers for passing the “One Big Beautiful Bill” last week, stating that the federal budget bill will have “dangerous and rippling effects” across New York City and State.

Jul. 7, 2025 By Ramy Mahmoud and QNS News Team

Residents, veterans and community leaders gathered at Maspeth Memorial Park on Wednesday, July 2, for an early Independence Day celebration featuring a public reading of the Declaration of Independence.

Jul. 7, 2025 By QNS News Team

Jul. 7, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

Mayor Eric Adams hosted his 41st “Community Conversation” at P.S. 46 in Bayside on Wednesday evening, meeting with residents to discuss a wide range of local and citywide concerns, including housing, education, public safety, mental health, and small property ownership.