NYPD: Suspect Steals Car, Sets it on Fire in Whitestone

Feb. 11, 2025 By Jessica Militello

The Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) is hosting a mobile pet adoption event on Saturday, Feb. 15, from 12 to 4 p.m. at the Bay Terrace Shopping Center, 212-45 26th Ave., in Bayside.

Feb. 11, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Renowned music and entertainment publication Billboard has named Queens’ Forest Hills Stadium as the best amphitheater on the East Coast in a new racking of the best music venues for 2025.

Feb. 11, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

In response to rising rates of antisemitism and discrimination on college campuses, a group of New York state legislators introduced a new package of bills on Monday aimed at protecting students from harassment and bias.

Feb. 11, 2025 By Bill Parry

Homicide detectives from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights have released two photos of the suspect who allegedly gunned down a Forest Hills man in East Elmhurst during the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 11.

Long before it was one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in the nation, Long Island City was an industrial town along the polluted East River, where generations recall the only good smell emanated from the Gordon Baking Company producing the Silvercup brand of bread.

After it was shuttered in a bitter labor dispute in the mid-70s, nearby factory owner Harry Suna of Kew Gardens purchased the property at 42-25 21 St. in 1980, and his architect sons Stuart and Alan began drawing up the plans to repurpose the property into Silvercup Studios, which launched in 1983 and rapidly became one of New York City’s largest film and production facilities, with nearly a half million square feet of studio space and 19 sound stages.

Feb. 11, 2025 By Tangerine Clarke

Black History on Feb. 8 received exceptional recognition and contributions from youths, thanks to the Queens Book Fair & Literary Festival Inc. founder, Dr. Dhanpaul Narine, an educator and uplifting leader, who celebrated the initiative’s seventh installment in the auditorium of the Richmond Hill Queens library.

A disbarred Flushing-based attorney was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court last week to four-and-a-half years in prison for defrauding his real estate clients in the Korean-American community out of millions of dollars.

Hyun W. Lee, 51, also known as “Michael Lee,” of Closter, in Bergen County, New Jersey, pleaded guilty on Dec. 1 to wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud his real estate clients and their counterparties of funds held in his attorney escrow account.

Feb. 10, 2025 By Colum Motherway

A new chapter in veteran healthcare was unveiled on Monday, Feb. 10, as the Thomas P. Noonan Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) celebrated its grand opening in Ridgewood. 

Feb. 10, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Elected officials, unions and community organizations across Queens have slammed Mayor Eric Adams in response to reports that the Mayor’s office distributed a memo to city agencies suggesting that they should let ICE agents enter municipal facilities without a warrant if staff “reasonably feel threatened” or fear for their safety.

Feb. 10, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Queens residents with electric vehicles will soon have more places to charge.