Group Steals Tens of Thousands of Dollars, Lotto Tickets and Liquor from Flushing Store

Jun. 17, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Jazz lovers of all ages can celebrate the start of this year’s Queens Jazz Trail Concert Series this week. 

Jun. 17, 2025 By Jessica Militello

Get ready to unwind! Join in on an afternoon of mindfulness and meditation at the 3rd Annual Celebration of International Yoga Day in Crocheron Park. 

Jun. 17, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

A new art exhibition celebrating neighborhoods in the outer boroughs often “overlooked by planners” but vital to the life of the city, including the Queens areas of Willets Point and the Rockaways, has opened in a Brooklyn gallery.

Jun. 17, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced Tuesday a 50% fare reduction for AirTrain JFK beginning June 30, as part of a broader strategy to reduce traffic congestion at John F. Kennedy International Airport during what is expected to be the busiest summer travel season on record.

Jun. 17, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

The At Home home-décor store at Rego Center in Rego Park will soon shut its doors following the company’s decision to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Jun. 17, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

The New York State Legislature has passed the AANHPI Education Equity Act, a bill aimed at evaluating and improving how Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) history is taught in public schools statewide. The legislation now heads to Gov. Kathy Hochul for consideration.

Jun. 17, 2025 By Dean Moses & Robert Pozarycki

City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested and accosted by masked federal agents at immigration court in Lower Manhattan.

City officials, elected leaders and Flushing community members helped break ground on a new and long-awaited $34 million education building at the Queens Botanical Garden that will feature six teaching areas for year-round programming.

The Joan N. and Norman Bluestone Education Center will be 14,500 square feet, replacing a smaller educational space. It will have four indoor classrooms, a teaching kitchen, and a solarium where educators can grow and maintain plants for educational purposes.

Jun. 17, 2025 By QNS News Team

Queens families are invited to enjoy a festive afternoon of rides, games, music and more at the CHAZAQ Community-Wide Children’s Jewish Cultural Carnival, taking place this Sunday, June 22, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Lander College for Men, located at 75-31 150th St. in Kew Gardens Hills.

Jun. 17, 2025 By Athena Dawson

The MTA launched a boroughwide community outreach initiative on Monday ahead of the upcoming Queens Bus Network Redesign, set to take effect on June 29.