Flushing Synagogue Site Sold for $37.5 Million

Feb. 7, 2025 By Colum Motherway

The Republican Delegation of the New York City Council has elected Council Member Joann Ariola as the new Minority Leader. 

Feb. 7, 2025 By Jessica Militello

The Ozanam Hall of Queens Nursing Home in Bayside marked a significant milestone with the grand opening of Carmel Hall on Thursday, Feb. 6.

Feb. 7, 2025 By Colum Motherway

The St. John’s University lacrosse team (Red Storm) kicks off the 2025 season on Saturday, Feb. 8, with a highly-anticipated matchup against NJIT (Highlanders) at Mal Simon Stadium in Newark, New Jersey. 

A Queens grand jury indicted a Flushing woman and her friend from the Bronx for various crimes related to the August 2024 hit-and-run death of 56-year-old David Opiela, two blocks from his Queensboro Hill home.

Jamie Ferreira, 37, of 98th Street, was allegedly behind the wheel of a rented U-Haul truck speeding on the Horace Harding Expressway when she struck Opiela, who was standing on the sidewalk, struck another vehicle, and then ran from the scene.

Feb. 7, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

Reported rapes across both northern and southern Queens are on the rise during the 28-day period ending on Feb. 2, compared to the same period of time the previous year. However, robberies and grand larcenies have undergone significant declines across both northern and southern Queens.

A Ridgewood man was identified as the murder victim whose body was discovered along the Clearview Expressway on Tuesday morning, the NYPD announced early Friday morning. The investigation was reclassified as a homicide.

Emmanuel Moncoeur, 57, of Margaret Place, was spotted in the grass near the tree line by a motorist who pulled over on the northbound shoulder near the Union Turnpike exit alongside Cunningham Park just before 9 a.m. on Feb. 4, and he called 911.

Feb. 7, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

Jan. 28, 2025 Staff Report

An unidentified man was struck and killed by a 7 train on Friday morning at the Junction Boulevard station above Roosevelt Avenue in Corona.

Service was disrupted in both directions from Flushing-Main Street to Queensboro Plaza for more than an hour during the morning rush hour as first responders removed the victim from beneath the 7 train.

Feb. 7, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Queens residents can look forward to a stellar lineup of Grammy-winning talent this spring as the Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College hosts a series of performances by world-renowned musicians.

Feb. 7, 2025 By Colum Motherway

Two outstanding basketball coaches from Astoria have been named semi-finalists for the prestigious Jr. Knicks Coach of the Year award presented by the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS).