Oct. 9, 2024 By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

The Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theatre held its annual free outdoor dance festival at LaRussa Studio, located at 66-85 73rd Pl. in Middle Village, on Sunday, Oct. 6.

Oct. 9, 2024 By sobrien

Oct. 9, 2024 By Shane O’Brien 

Oct. 9, 2024 By Jonathan Mak

EEEEEATSCON New York, a food festival created by the restaurant review platform The Infatuation, returns to Forest Hills Stadium this weekend for its fifth year.

Oct. 8, 2024 By Jon Sosa

Eddie’s Sweet Shop, a cherished Forest Hills ice cream parlor known for its timeless treats and family-run charm, is one of the iconic spots featured in the Monopoly: Queens Edition board that was released over the weekend.

Oct. 8, 2024 By Ethan Marshall and Paul Frangipane

Several Queens leaders joined a ceremony held by the American Jewish Committee and the Queens Jewish Community Council at Queens Theatre on Monday, Oct. 7, to mark the first anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel that resulted in 1,200 deaths and 250 people taken hostage.

Oct. 8, 2024 By Naisha Roy

For Woodhaven’s Neir’s Tavern, the release of Monopoly: Queens Edition coincided with a special milestone: the iconic bar’s 195th anniversary.

Oct. 8, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

Housing units across Queens experienced a 4.35% increase in the average cost of rent in September 2024 compared to the same month the previous year, according to a report by the real estate M.N.S. Real Estate.

Oct. 8, 2024 By QNS News Team

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. announced the appointments of Alexandria Sumpter-Delves and Johanna Carmona to the Queens Public Library Board of Trustees on Thursday, Oct. 3.

The city announced on Monday the completion of a $106 million infrastructure project in Maspeth, the second of three phases to create a new drainage system through central Queens. The project also upgraded over a mile of water mains and replaced smaller, local combined sanitary sewers.

The city’s Department of Design and Construction managed the project for the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Transportation and successfully used micro-tunneling technology throughout large parts of it to minimize construction impacts during work.

Oct. 7, 2024 By Mill Bacchus

This past Saturday, Oct. 5, a new version of MONOPOLY was unveiled at Queens Center Mall.

Oct. 7, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

Elected officials in some Queens districts announced Halloween-themed contests for elementary school students during this spooky season. 

Oct. 7, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, a Long Island-based non-profit is hosting a series of community events to raise awareness, celebrate survivors, and support the fight against breast cancer.

Oct. 7, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

The Ridgewood Property Owners and Civic Association hosted a local election forum Thursday evening to help local voters get to know the candidates running for Congress and state legislatures. 

Oct. 7, 2024 Lara Rydesky

Get your thimbles and racecars ready; the long-awaited Queens edition of Monopoly is now available for purchase.

Oct. 6, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld

Six people, including an NYPD cop, were injured Sunday afternoon in a crash involving a police cruiser and an SUV in Queens.

Oct. 5, 2024 By Tara Siegel

Did your favorite Queens spots make the board?

A Manhattan man was convicted of murder for strangling a transgender woman to death in her Glendale apartment and then tampering with physical evidence in 2010 for the second time.

Rasheen Everett, 43, of Jefferson Street in Lower Manhattan, was originally tried and found guilty in 2013. That conviction was reversed due to a judicial error of the trial judge in 2021.

Oct. 4, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Queens Council Member Robert Holden has voiced concerns over New York City’s sanctuary city laws following an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) report revealing that a Venezuelan gang member, convicted of criminal possession of a firearm, was twice released into the community after local jurisdiction ignored ICE detainer requests.

Oct. 4, 2024 By sobrien

Oct. 4, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Oct. 3, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, who grew up in Jackson Heights, met with small business owners on 82nd Street on Wednesday to discuss the challenges small businesses face and how Chase can better support them.

Oct. 3, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

Oct. 3, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz introduced one of the newest members of her team on Wednesday as part of her office’s public information campaign during Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Kimi, a 2-year-old golden retriever/Labrador retriever, has been appointed as a facility dog to provide comfort and companionship to crime victims and witnesses. “Kimi has been an extraordinary addition to our team here at the Queens District Attorney’s Office,” Katz said. “She’s affectionate, highly trained, and has already assisted survivors and witnesses and put them at ease.”

Oct. 3, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., and Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar hosted a paper shredding event in Forest Park on Saturday to promote identity theft prevention and environmentally responsible document disposal.

Oct. 3, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

A group representing dozens of civic and neighborhood organizations across Queens is calling for an investigation into a citywide housing proposal amid federal probes into the mayor and his administration. 

Oct. 3, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

As the New York Mets look to clinch a trip to the National League Division Series Wednesday night in Milwaukee, the team announced that beginning as early as Thursday, Oct. 3, Citi Field will be hosting watch parties of select away games during the playoffs.