Jackson Heights’ Luxury Rentals Leased
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer The Roosevelt, a luxury apartment building in Jackson Heights, completed leasing after about nine months on the market, Citi Habitats real estate announced last...
View ArticleFormer JH Principal To Head New DOE Program
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer A veteran Jackson Heights educator is taking her skills to multilingual students Citywide. Milady Baez, who spent six years as principal at PS 149 in Jackson...
View ArticleQueens Focus, September 11
Juliana Rima of Jackson Heights has received a Merit Scholarship to attend Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C. for the 2014-15 academic year. The National Law Enforcement and Firefighters Children...
View ArticleIn Support Of The People’s Climate March Sept. 21
BY COUNCILMAN COSTA CONSTANTINIDES Next week the United Nations will convene a climate summit designed to bring the nations of the world together to find innovative solutions to climate change. Before...
View ArticleSt. Michael’s Expands Remembrance Run
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer Thirteen years later, Astoria resident Maureen Santora said she feels the loss of her son Christopher on September 11 as strongly as the day of the attacks. “We...
View Article115th Pct.: Grand Larceny
GRAND LARCENY The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance locating one male and one female wanted in connection with a grand larceny that occurred at approximately 7 p.m. on Aug. 21 at Omkar Jewelers,...
View ArticlePlaza College Opens Forest Hills Campus
BY LUIS GRONDA Staff Writer After sustaining damage from a fire earlier this year, Plaza College opened its doors to students once again. Plaza College held a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week to...
View ArticleQueens Focus, October 2
Kimberly Carrillo Air Force Airman Kimberly Carrillo graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program...
View ArticleJackson Heights Native Signs With Cosmos
BY LUIS GRONDA Staff Writer The New York Cosmos now has a third Queens native on its roster. The North American Soccer League team recently signed goalkeeper Steven Diaz as the team’s third-string...
View ArticleJackson Heights Streets Get Safety Changes
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer Safety changes came Monday to a region of Jackson Heights that is heavily populated with schools and community resources, and where three pedestrians have been...
View ArticleMusicians Of Queens: Saturn Unleashed
If you want to hear some creative, memorable instrumental rock from Queens, then you should listen to Saturn Unleashed. With sharp, varied guitar tones, slippery bass lines and drumming that goes...
View ArticleSinging For New Space
The IS 230 Sixth Grade Chorus performed at the ribbon cutting of their school’s new annex in Jackson Heights last Thursday morning. The annex, which is the new home for IS 230’s sixth graders, opened...
View ArticleParticipatory Budgeting Planned For Astoria
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer Astoria has the chance to vote on how $1 million will be spent in the community. Participatory budgeting, a process by which community members collectively decide...
View ArticleLocal Artists Talk ‘Beyond Diversity’
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer Jackson Heights is well known as one of the most diverse places on Earth – but what forms does this diversity take, and how does it affect locals’ lives? Resident...
View ArticleJustice Committee Teaches Cop Watch In JH
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer A group of Queens residents joined last week to learn methods of policing the police. They gathered in Jackson Heights for training in Cop Watch, the practice of...
View ArticleMusicians Of Queens: Juan Wauters
Juan Wauters’ journey is a classic Queens immigrant story. In 2000, his father moved from Uruguay to live in Queens. Wauters moved over two years later, joining his dad in Jackson Heights and working...
View Article115th Pct.: Robbery
ROBBERY The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance identifying the following suspects wanted for robbery. At 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 31, the victim, a 25-year-old male, entered his apartment building on...
View ArticleQueens Focus, November 20
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of Hillcrest Jewish Center, Rabbi Gustavo Surazski has been engaged to write a Sefer Torah. This will be a year-long project designed not only to produce a Torah,...
View ArticleDromm’s Balloon Bash
A QConf reporter spotted an inbox gem this week by way of Councilman Daniel Dromm. Ahead of his birthday fundraiser on Dec. 4, the Jackson Heights elected sent out a delightfully weird invitation,...
View ArticleRaised And ‘Bone Razed’ In New York City
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer Like its centerpiece sculpture, a bent wire ladder, the Jackson Heights art exhibit “Bone Razed” took its form from tension. Curated by Kevin Marin of the...
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