Aug. 7, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced it will be spraying pesticides in an effort to eliminate more mosquitoes and reduce the risk of people catching the West Nile virus on Monday, Aug. 11, across several parts of Queens.

Aug. 6, 2025 By Bill Parry

Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood are investigating after the skeletal remains of a human were discovered along the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Glendale on Wednesday morning.

Aug. 6, 2025 By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

Community members and local elected officials from across Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth and Middle Village gathered to celebrate the 104th Precinct’s annual “National Night Out Against Crime” on Tuesday, Aug. 5, at Juniper Valley Park.

Aug. 4, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Queens Public Library will offer seven-day service at five new locations after the City Council secured a $2 million investment to expand weekend library services across the New York in the city’s FY 26 budget.

Aug. 4, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Tenants and elected officials gathered in Glendale Saturday afternoon to protest against what they described as “displacement tactics” enforced by the landlord of three residential buildings on Clover Place — accusations which the landlord strongly denies.

Aug. 4, 2025 By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

With the 35th annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York coming to Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Aug. 9-10, the organizers of the highly anticipated event held an Awakening Ceremony on Wednesday, July 30, at the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park.

Aug. 2, 2025 By the Old Timer

For a combination of beauty and history in Woodhaven, it’s hard to beat Forest Park. This year, the park celebrates its 130th anniversary, having opened on Friday, Aug. 9, 1895, as Brooklyn’s Forest Park.

Aug. 1, 2025 By Bill Parry

An unlicensed interstate cannabis operation that transported thousands of pounds of marijuana and other illegal products from California to Queens was smashed following a search of two trucks and two storage locations in Maspeth and Long Island City, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday.

Aug. 1, 2025 By Bill Parry

A Middle Village priest was sworn in as a Chaplain of the New York City Fire Department during a promotion ceremony on Staten Island on July 24.

Jul. 31, 2025 By Ethan Marshall & Zachary Gewelb

Thursday’s thunderstorm has resulted in heavy flooding across New York City, including in northeast Queens, where first responders rescued at least two people who were temporarily stranded in their vehicles.

Jul. 31, 2025 By Paulina Albarracin

As August rolls in, the thought of summer winding down looms over the humid temperatures. Don’t let that stop you from enjoying the last month of summer by running in these community-based races in Queens.

Jul. 31, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced that Monday, Aug. 18, will mark the start of the 2025 US Open Fan Week, featuring a lineup of world-class and fan-friendly shows, events and activities for people of all ages at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing.

Jul. 31, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Residents of Middle Village are reeling after a four-alarm fire destroyed a strip of local businesses.

Hours before seven businesses were destroyed during a four-alarm fire on Dry Harbor Road in Middle Village, the FDNY battled another stubborn two-alarm blaze in a scrapyard about three miles west in Maspeth on Monday morning.

Jul. 29, 2025 By Tara Lustberg

Finding family-friendly housing in NYC can be a challenge, especially with the average rent of a two-bedroom apartment in NYC averaging over $5,400 per month, according to apartments.com. According to reports, this is significantly higher (148%) than the national average and has increased by 7% since December 2023. But some properties offer thoughtful amenities for families, making city living seem more manageable.

Jul. 29, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell

The FDNY battled a ferocious four-alarm fire that ripped through seven one-story commercial buildings on Dry Harbor Road in Middle Village just after 10:45 p.m. on Monday night.

Jul. 26, 2025 By The Old Timer

We can’t think of an athlete who grew up in the Greater Ridgewood area who accomplished more than Phil Rizzuto.

Jul. 25, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Pop’s Midwest princess is coming to Queens in September.

Jul. 25, 2025 By Bill Parry

A Ridgewood man is being held without bail for allegedly stabbing his wife and 2-year-old to death inside the family’s apartment before turning the bloody kitchen knife on himself in an apparent suicide attempt on the night of Saturday, July 19.

Just four months after opening in the heart of Sunnyside, KORA was named the winner of the inaugural Queens’ Best Bakery competition on Wednesday.

The Queens Chamber of Commerce launched the competition on June 13 and invited locals to nominate and vote for their favorite spots, with the Filipino-inspired bakery at 45-12 Greenpoint Ave. emerging as the champion.

A former Amazon employee at a Maspeth facility is accused of stealing nearly 2,000 pairs of work boots and sneakers worth $224,000 from a program meant to provide free safety footwear to new workers and reselling them online.

Jul. 23, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Council Member Robert Holden described the acquittal of New York City carriage driver Ian McKeever as a “travesty of justice” after McKeever was cleared of animal cruelty charges related to the collapse of a horse in August 2022.

Jul. 22, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Community Education Council 24 (CEC 24) is set to vote on a resolution that would call on the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) to deny an application for a new cannabis dispensary in Maspeth, which CEC members contend is slated to open within 500 feet of an entrance to PS 58.

Jul. 21, 2025 By Bill Parry

A Ridgewood man has been criminally charged for allegedly stabbing his wife and 2-year-old daughter to death in his family’s apartment on Saturday night.

Jul. 21, 2025 By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

Queens residents gathered at 60-60 Myrtle Ave. in Ridgewood to enjoy the festivities offered at the Myrtle Avenue Summer Street Festival on Sunday, July 20.