Western Queens Focus Dec 23th
U.S. Army Reserve Pvt. Eileen Garcia has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Jackson, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and...
View ArticleNo Public Dollars For Private And Religious Schools
BY DANIEL DROMM Chairperson, NYC Council Committee on Education Recently, the NYC Council decided to give yeshivas, private and parochial schools millions of dollars of taxpayer money that could and...
View ArticleEx-Editor Answers In Form Of A Question
BY JON CRONIN Staff Writer Brian Rafferty, a Jackson Heights native and former Queens Tribune executive editor, will fulfill his decades long hope of dazzling the nation with his mastering of minutia...
View ArticleQueens Focus, Jan. 7-13, 2015
Christina Wylie of Whitestone graduated from the State University of New York College of Technology in May with an AAS in Nursing. The following students graduated from the Rochester Institute of...
View ArticleDromm Secures $284K For Jax Hts NORC
BY YVETTE BROWN Staff Writer The day before New Years Eve, Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) announced his allocation of more than $284,000 in funding for Jackson Heights’...
View ArticleNewtown Civic Leader Dies In Car Accident
BY YVETTE BROWN Staff Writer A Queens community civic leader was killed in a car accident in Jackson Heights on Sunday. Robert Valdes-Clausell died Sunday afternoon in a one car crash at 77th Street...
View ArticleWestern Queens Focus, Jan. 21-27, 2016
Juliana Rima of Jackson Heights, a member of the Wofford College class of 2018, is studying abroad in China and Tibet, during Interim 2016. Sherif Elkady a resident of Astoria, was among 220 students...
View ArticleStill Beating Hospitals & Health Centers
With the closure of many borough hospitals in recent years, the healthcare crisis in Queens remains at the top of the residents’ list of concerns. However, there are still a number of valuable and...
View ArticleUrgent Care Centers
Astoria Urgent Care 37-15 23rd Ave. Astoria, NY 11105 (347) 808-2230 Centers Urgent Care 61-22 Fresh Pond Rd. Queens, NY 11379 CityMD HEAL Center 73-02 Roosevelt Ave. Jackson Heights, NY 11372 (718)...
View ArticleBy The Books: Public Libraries
The Queens Borough Public Library is an autonomous library system, guided by a 19-member Board of Trustees alternately appointed by the Mayor of the City of New York and the Queens Borough President....
View ArticleQueens’ Silver Lining: Senior Centers
Life really can start at 60. With more than 50 senior centers located in Queens, it is easier than ever for one’s golden years to be full of exciting activities, from biking and jogging and everything...
View ArticleEducating Queens: High Schools and Colleges
Academy For Careers in Television and Film 1-50 51st Ave. Long Island City, NY 11101 (718) 609-3330 www.actvf.org Academy of American Studies 28-01 41st Ave. Long Island City, NY 11101 (718) 361-8786...
View ArticleTrain To Everywhere: Going Underground
Even though there are entire areas of the borough of Queens that do not have direct subway service, the New York City subway system is a vital mode of transportation for everyone in Queens. Like veins...
View ArticleBusiness Improvement Districts
Queens is a borough full of emerging businesses and economic development. The City helps new store owners get their feet planted and improve underdeveloped areas at the same time by setting up Business...
View ArticleLocal Development Corporations
This list of Local Development Corporations and Chambers of Commerce is arranged by neighborhood and includes local groups involved in business activity. Some groups are professionally-staffed while...
View ArticleWestern Queens Focus, Feb. 4-10, 2016
Atri Espiritusanto of Jackson Heights, a SUNY Canton Health Care Management major who graduated from Forest Hills High School in 2013, made the President’s List at SUNY Canton. More than 450 students...
View ArticlePS 143 Gets A New Annex
BY YVETTE BROWN Staff Writer PS 143, the Louis Armstrong Elementary School in North Corona, will be getting a permanent annex to alleviate the overcrowding problem. State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East...
View ArticleJackson Heights ‘Big Brother’ Honored
BY YVETTE BROWN Staff Writer On Jan. 28, elected officials joined the Big Brothers, Big Sisters of New York City for a ribbon cutting ceremony, which was part of National Mentoring Month, and to...
View ArticleFormer Hospital Housing New UPK Site
BY YVETTE BROWN Staff Writer The former St. John’s Hospital in Elmhurst has now converted its second floor into a new Universal Pre-Kindergarten. The UPK site, Queens Pointe Preschool, opened in...
View Article“Report: Forest Hills a Top Nabe for First-Time Home Buyers”
BY MICHAEL STAHL With all the hooplah surrounding Long Island City, Astoria and other Western Queens enclaves, touting them as the city’s “next great neighborhoods to live in,” a surprising find by...
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