Sep. 12, 2024 By Anthony Medina

The 9/11 Vigil Committee gathered at Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village on Wednesday, Sept. 11, for a yearly candlelight vigil and prayer service to honor those who lost their lives on Sept. 11. 2001.

Sep. 12, 2024 By Anthony Medina

A full schedule for the weekend-long Ridgewood Off-Kilter Film Festival has been revealed, with nearly a dozen Ridgewood-based artists being featured.

Sep. 12, 2024 By sobrien

Sept. 12, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Sep. 12, 2024 By Anthony Medina

Rentar Development Corp., the owners and builders of the retail center at 66-22 Metropolitan Ave. in Middle Village, will begin renovating and rebranding Metro Mall under the new name “The Shops at Rentar Plaza” starting this fall. 

Sep. 11, 2024 By Anthony Medina

The Paul A. Vallone Queens Animal Care Center, located at 19-06 Flushing Ave. in Ridgewood, marked its first official opening day on Tuesday, Sept. 10 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Sep. 11, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

The Queens Night Market returns this Saturday, Sept. 14, to Flushing Meadows Corona Park for its fall season.

Sep. 10, 2024 By Anthony Medina

Community leaders and Glendale residents came together on Sunday, Sept. 8, for a solemn prayer and remembrance ceremony at Dry Harbor Playground, honoring the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Sep. 10, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

While the annual income needed to afford to purchase a home in New York City was still significantly higher than the national average in August 2024, there was a large decrease year-over-year, thanks in large part to mortgage rates declining, according to a report by the real estate listing site StreetEasy.

Sep. 10, 2024 By Anthony Medina

The street co-naming ceremony of Firefighter John “Jack” Boyle Street, at the intersection of 78th Street and Furmanville Avenue in Middle Village, honored the life of a man rooted in service to his family, community and country.

Sep. 10, 2024 By Anthony Medina

The second annual hockey puck drop ceremony for the Middle Village Players Roller Hockey League demonstrated how determination and community support can keep a treasured tradition alive.

A Queens grand jury indicted a Jamaica man for the fatal drive-by shooting of a rapper outside a Woodhaven pub in 2018.

Johnathan Rice, 43, of 178th Street, was arraigned on Friday on an indictment charging him with murder in the second degree for allegedly gunning down 35-year-old Frank Synder, a Brooklyn hip hop performer and party promoter known as “Hollywood Play,” outside the Tavern Lounge in Woodhaven, where he was hosting an event for a friend’s birthday.

Sep. 6, 2024 By Anthony Medina

Do you remember? The first Thursday in September? If not, don’t fret. The Fresh Pond Road Street Festival began its four-day-long event on Thursday, Sept. 5, and will continue to offer fun games and vendors to the public until Sunday.

Sep. 6, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

The average rental price for housing units across Queens went up 4.07% year-over-year in August 2024, according to a report by the real estate firm M.N.S. Real Estate.

Sep. 6, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Fall is here, and seasonal festivities have begun. Head to the Queens County Farm Museum on Saturday, Sept. 7, for Corn Fest, celebrating the grand opening of the Amazing Maize Maze.

Sep. 6, 2024 By Anthony Medina

Several Queens neighborhoods will undergo mosquito spraying from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene starting next week as part of a larger effort to combat the West Nile Virus’ record-breaking rise. 

Sep. 6, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

Wednesday will mark 23 years since the horrific terrorist attacks devasted New York City and forever changed the world. 

Sep. 5, 2024 By Anthony Medina

The street co-naming of Margaret and Joseph Magnus Way in Middle Village honored the community leaders whose impact will forever resonate with those fortunate enough to have known the inspiring couple.

Sep. 4, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has opened six new school buildings in Queens ahead of the 2024-25 school year as part of a city-wide initiative to provide students with state-of-the-art learning facilities across the city.

Sep. 4, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

The largest bounce house in the world is set to take over Citi Field this fall.

Sep. 4, 2024 By Anthony Medina

A vandal lurking outside Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar’s office in the wee hours of the morning last week destroyed the front door to her office, leaving a bunch of broken glass behind.

A Ridgewood woman was allegedly kidnapped from her home and sexually abused by a homeless man on Monday morning after he had engaged in a physical altercation with her husband.

Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood responded to a 911 call of an abduction just after 8 a.m. in the vicinity of Onderdonk Avenue and 69th Avenue where officers were informed that a 30-year-old undomiciled man entered an apartment and forcibly removed a 30-year-old woman from her apartment and sped away from the crime scene in a white sedan.

Sep. 3, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

The amount of reported rapes and burglaries across Queens had notable increases during the 28-day period from Aug. 5 to Sept. 1, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the NYPD’s latest crime stats. However, grand larcenies took a deep dive across the borough over this same period of time.

Sep. 3, 2024 By Anthony Medina

Middle Village has bid farewell to several beloved businesses within the Metro Mall at 66-26 Metropolitan Ave. in recent years. Last month, Funtopia USA became the latest to close its doors.

Sep. 3, 2024 By sobrien

Sept. 3, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Sep. 3, 2024 By Anthony Medina

A new ceramics studio set to open in Ridgewood in September is offering 8-week courses, classes, and memberships for those looking to channel their creativity.