Jan. 2, 2025 QNS News Team Motorists traveling on the eastbound Belt Parkway in Queens should prepare for a full weekend closure at Exit 20 (150th Street/Rockaway Boulevard) in South Ozone Park. The closure is scheduled to start Friday night, Jan. 3, at 10 p.m. through Monday morning, Jan. 6, at 6 a.m., weather…
Jan. 2, 2025 By Dean Moses and Rob Pozarycki Police in Jamaica are searching for the gunmen involved in a mass shooting outside a nightclub Wednesday night that left at least 10 people injured. The incident occurred around 11:20 p.m. on Jan. 1 outside the Amazura event hall, located at 91-12 144th Place, within…
Dec. 31, 2024 By Colum Motherway Union and community organizations from the New Yorkers for a Fair Economy coalition were given a reason to celebrate after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Act into law on Sunday, Dec. 22. The legislation will go into effect on June 1, 2025, to reduce…
Dec. 31, 2024 By Bill Parry One of the men who were shot in the head during a botched robbery on the night of Thursday, Dec. 19, in a suspected gambling den in Flushing has died, and the investigation is deemed a homicide, the NYPD announced on Monday. Yun Li, 37, of Franklin Avenue…
Dec. 30, 2024 By Shane O’Brien A new arts initiative in Queens has appointed a prominent leader from the borough’s cultural scene as its first executive director. Susan Agin, formerly the executive and artistic director of the Queensborough Performing Arts Center in Bayside, has been named the executive director of the Queens Culture &…
Dec. 30, 2024 By Bill Parry The victim in a Queens cold case homicide has finally been identified more than three decades after her body was discovered in a grassy area along the Cross Island Expressway near Cambria Heights in August 1991, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Monday. Advanced DNA testing revealed the…
Dec. 30, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Queens Council Member Sandra Ung partnered with a local nonprofit organization to provide relief to elderly victims of a benefits scam that left them without essential resources ahead of the holiday season. Ung partnered with the Met Council, a Jewish nonprofit organization dedicated to combating poverty, to deliver…
Dec. 27, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The real estate listing site StreetEasy presented a series of predictions that 2025 may have in store for the market in New York City in a report by StreetEasy Senior Economist Kenny Lee. Lee came up with five big predictions following a year in which housing costs reached…
Dec. 27, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Eviction rates at New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) properties under the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program decreased slightly in Queens in 2024, bucking a citywide trend that saw eviction rates spike significantly elsewhere in New York. A recent audit by NYC Comptroller Brad Lander found that…
Dec. 27, 2024 QNS News Team The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) is making sustainability more accessible for city residents with new initiatives, including year-round Christmas tree collection and expanded special waste and textile recycling services in Queens. With the recent expansion of curbside composting, New Yorkers no longer need to adhere…