Apr. 23, 2024 By Athena Dawson In celebration of Earth Day, which takes place annually on Apr. 22, the Queens Botanical Garden has teamed up with Queens Center Mall for a series of engaging and environmentally-focused events aimed at promoting sustainability and community involvement. The festivities kick off with a garden planting event at Queens…
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Apr. 22, 2024 By Ethan Marshall While New York City as a whole has experienced a decline in the number of housing units on the market over the past year, the borough of Queens has bucked the trend. Unlike the other boroughs, Queens experienced an increase in new listings in March 2024 compared to March…
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Apr. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Flushing man was indicted by a Queens grand jury in a fatal collision that killed an 8-year-old boy in East Elmhurst last month.
Apr. 20, 2024 By Athena Dawson Queens College officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Apr. 16 to celebrate the grand opening of its newest CUNY Citizenship Now! office, which has opened in the Student Union building on the Flushing-based campus. The office, like the dozens of others in the CUNY system, aims to help immigrants…
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Apr. 19, 2024 By Athena Dawson Stacy Bliagos, executive director of HANAC, an Astoria-based Hellenic non-profit organization, spoke exclusively to QNS about the organization’s dedication to helping Queens’ most vulnerable residents. Originally founded in 1972 by reporter George Douris, the Hellenic American Neighborhood Action Committee (HANAC) is a social services organization based out of Astoria…
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Apr. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry
While homeowners across Northeast Queens have rallied against squatters in their properties in recent months, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz launched an investigation against one of the most notorious offenders.
Apr. 17, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Since the spring of 2023, Queens’ Koeppel Auto Group has donated $20 from every car sale they made at their five Queens locations to the NYC Scholarship Accounts of students at P.S. 148Q, the Ruby G. Allen School, in East Elmhurst. On Tuesday, Apr. 16, it was announced that…
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Apr. 17, 2024 By Athena Dawson More than 300 trees were recently destroyed at Kissena Park, and officials are looking for the culprits. Council Member Sandra Ung, who represents Flushing, held a press conference at the park on Monday to denounce the vandalism and ask the public for information that could lead to the arrest…
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Apr. 16, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan The city’s police officers are now being taught American Sign Language (ASL) as part of an equity and inclusion initiative to better communicate with the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. Over 600 NYPD recruits who are set to graduate this May participated in basic ASL training at the Police Academy…
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Apr. 15, 2024 By Athena Dawson Hundreds of people packed the Claire Shulman Theater in Corona on Apr. 12, as they waited in anticipation for Queens Borough President Donovan Richards’ “State of the Borough” address. The large crowd, who filled the 472-seat theater that is part of Flushing Meadows Corona Park’s iconic Queens Theatre, consisted…
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