Queens’ Best Bargain Neighborhoods
BY MICHAEL STAHL Everybody loves a bargain, and though Queens real estate market reports indicate consistent rising prices – much to the chagrin of gentrification protestors – the Borough remains a...
View ArticleOp-Ed: More Transparency in Charter Schools
BY COUNCILMAN DANIEL DROMM Charter schools should not be immune to a healthy dose of sunshine. That transparency is needed now more than ever. Charter schools were created to test new curriculum and to...
View ArticleSCA Hunts For New D30 School Sites
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer The School Construction Authority is reaching out to Western Queens residents for some homework help. In its 2015-2019 Capital Plan, the SCA has funded more than...
View ArticleBeaudoin Realty Expanding To LIC
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer A Jackson Heights staple is stretching into new territory. Beaudoin Realty Group, a boutique realtor on 37th Avenue since 2001, will open a second office at 21-52...
View ArticleParticipatory budgeting goes to vote in 22nd District
By Jackie Strawbridge Staff Writer A rooftop playground, an outdoor plaza and two dog runs are among the items Western Queens residents can choose to fund with $1 million. The money is available...
View ArticleVote Next Month On How $1M Gets Spent In D22
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer A rooftop playground, an outdoor plaza and two dog runs are among the items Western Queens residents can choose to fund with $1 million. The money is available...
View ArticleBID Deal Promises More Community Input
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer As forecast by Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst) at her State of the District speech in February, the 82nd Street Partnership announced on Tuesday...
View ArticleEvents In Queens For March 19-25
Join Author Noga Bernstein on 3/23 at the Central Queens Y at 1:30 p.m. for the Israeli Art Exhibit. (see below). THURSDAY 3/19 POP BAR KARAOKE Come sing your heart out at Throwback Thursday Karaoke at...
View ArticleJulissa Ferreras: A Community Leader From Youth
Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras represents District 21, which covers Corona, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, LeFrak City and parts of Jackson Heights. First elected in 2009, she is the first Latina elected to...
View ArticleQueens Focus, April 2
Nonprofit Grant Competition New York area nonprofits have a chance to compete for $60,000 in prize money in a program that recognizes best management practices. The 2015 New York Community Trust...
View ArticleDon’t Eliminate Parking
The proposal from the City Department of Planning to ease parking requirements in a so-called “Transit Zone” to encourage more affordable and senior housing is a bad idea. In much of the Borough,...
View ArticlePlaza College: From Fire to Forest Hills
It’s been a year since a massive fire gutted the campus of Plaza College in Jackson Heights, but now the school is thriving in a new location just a few stops away from the subway. In April 2014, a...
View ArticleOpt Out Hits Queens: Different Answers To The Testing Problem
Parent Danny Katch opted his daughter, a fourth grader, out of the ELA test. Photo by Jackie Strawbridge. BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer For anyone familiar with the scratch of a No. 2 pencil over...
View Article115th Pct.: Forcible Touching
FORCIBLE TOUCHING The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance identifying the suspect wanted for forcible touching on a subway train in Jackson Heights. On April 25 at 3:30 p.m., the victim, a...
View ArticleQueens’ First Quarter: Plenty of Quality, But Little Quantity
BY MICHAEL STAHL “We have nothing to sell,” declares Robert Glessman, with a slight degree of hyperbole. “We’re shaking the tree and hoping some people who want to sell will fall out of it.” In the...
View ArticleQueens Focus, May 14
Flushing House Employee Honored Sandra Allen-Simms, director of resident services of Flushing House, will receive the “2015 Professional Of The Year Award,” at the Leading Age New York annual...
View ArticleBorough’s Best Serve Up A ‘Taste’ Of Queens
BY DANIEL OFFNER Staff Writer Restaurateurs and hundreds of hungry patrons came to the New York Hall of Science at Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Tuesday, to sample the best of what the Borough has to...
View ArticleNew School Proposed At White Castle Site
BY DANIEL OFFNER Staff Writer City Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) announced this week that he has been working with the School Construction Authority on a proposal to build a new school at...
View ArticleLong Island City To Get More Bike Lanes
BY DANIEL OFFNER Staff Writer After completing the first phase of a proposed bicycle network – which will connect bike lanes for cyclists traveling between Queens and Brooklyn – the City Department of...
View Article110th Pct.: Murder Suspect Arrested
MURDER SUSPECT ARRESTED An arrest was made in the May 6 murder of Jorge Manzanarez of Corona. Police say that on May 6 at 2:23 p.m., Manzanarez was found shot at 93-12 Roosevelt Ave. EMS responded and...
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