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Woodside Café Offers Global Menu While Remaining Distinctly Irish

March 31, 2019 Sponsored Story The Woodside Café, owned and operated by the long-time proprietors of Sean Ogs, is evolving much like the neighborhood. The restaurant, known best for its Irish breakfasts, corned beef and Irish chicken curries, is now catering to a global clientele, offering traditional central and south American dishes as well as… Read more »

Residents to Protest Against Rumored Glendale Homeless Shelter

March 29, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The Glendale-Middle Village Coalition is hosting a rally next month to protest against a rumored 200-men homeless shelter site in Glendale. While rumors of the shelter, said to be going in at an under-construction defunct factory site at 78-16 Cooper Ave., are unconfirmed, Glendale resident Mike Papa, one of the… Read more »

Father-in-Law Charged With Attempted Murder in Ridgewood Stabbing

March 29, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A Ridgewood man has been charged with attempted murder for alllegedly stabbing his daughter-in-law in their home yesterday morning, according to police. Dahe Lin, 76, was charged after police officers found him on top of his 50-year-old daughter-in-law at their home at 1724 Suydam St., near Cypress Avenue. Lin had allegedly… Read more »

Woman Stabbed in Neck in Ridgewood Attack: NYPD

March 28, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A woman has been left in critical condition after a bloody attack in Ridgewood earlier this morning. Around 8:30 a.m., police responded to a call of an ongoing assault at the rear entrance of 1724 Suydam St., near Cypress Avenue. As the officers approached the scene, they saw the… Read more »

Glendale Lyft Driver Commits Suicide Inside Car on Myrtle Avenue

March 25, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A Lyft driver committed suicide early Saturday morning inside a car parked along Myrtle Avenue, marking the ninth cabbie suicide citywide since November 2017. Lu Wu, 49, was found dead in the backseat of a black Hyundai Sonata near 75th Street in Glendale around 3 a.m. on March 23…. Read more »

Autism Awareness Action Day Taking Place Next Month at Shops at Atlas Park

March 22, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A day of music, games, food and much more will happen next month at the Shops at Atlas Park for the second annual Autism Awareness Action Day. The event, hosted by Play4Autism, a Glendale-based non-profit organization providing programs for kids on the spectrum, will take place on April 27,… Read more »

Ridgewood Man Who Stopped 11-Year-Old Girl From Being Kidnapped Gets Honored

March 20, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A good Samaritan who stopped the would-be kidnapping of an 11-year-old girl by a registered sex offender was presented with an award of recognition at last night’s 104th Precinct Community Council Meeting. Ridgewood resident Alexander Salas retold the story of the December morning when he confronted a sex offender… Read more »

Ridgewood Fire Injures 9 Residents, Sends 5 to Hospital: FDNY

March 20, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Five Ridgewood residents were taken to the hospital today following a fire that broke out in the early hours Wednesday morning. The blaze erupted at around 4 a.m. in the basement of a three-story residential building located at 410 Menahan St., near Cypress Avenue. The FDNY received a call… Read more »

Abandoned Belmont Steaks Property Back on the Market For $1.6 Million

March 19, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The long-abandoned Belmont Steaks property, located at 79-13 Myrtle Ave., has hit the market again, this time for $1.6 million. The listing comes just four months after the current owner had planned for a new three-story development on the property. The owner, listed as A. Trinchese Myrtle LLC, filed… Read more »