Nov. 7, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police from the 104th Precinct are searching for two crooks who robbed a man at gunpoint in Ridgewood while riding a motor scooter last month, a continuation of an alarming trend that has seen the amount of local robbery cases rise in recent days, according to the NYPD’s latest…
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Nov. 7, 2023 By Bill Parry A Middle Village man was arrested Sunday and booked at the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood in connection with two forcible touching incidents early last month, according to the NYPD. David Perez, 33, of 79th Street, was taken into custody on Nov. 5 for targeting women in two different police precincts on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Perez allegedly approached a 25-year-old woman as she was walking in the vicinity of Metropolitan Avenue and 65th Place in Middle Village at around 5:20 p.m. and grabbed the victim’s buttocks before running off in an unknown direction, police said….
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Nov. 7, 2023 By Ethan Marshall There was a 2.94% increase in the average rental price in Queens in October 2023 compared to the same month last year, according to a report from the MNS Real Estate firm. The year-over-year increase came despite the fact that rental prices for two-bedroom units actually went down 0.48%, from $3,441 to $3,424. This is largely due to more significant increases experienced with studio (5.40%) and one-bedroom (5.46%) units. Rental prices increased in studio units from $2,140 to $2,256 and in one-bedroom units from $2,588 to $2,729. Despite the significant increase in the average…
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Nov. 7, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Polls officially opened at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7, for the general election in Queens and across New York City. Voters have the opportunity to decide upon who will be the Queens District Attorney, Justices of the 11th Judicial District of the New York Supreme Court, Judge of…
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Nov. 6, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police from the 104th Precinct are on the lookout for a pair of thieves who stole a woman’s phone and car keys while she was getting flat tire changed in Ridgewood last month. According to police, the 32-year-old victim had her phone and car keys stolen while getting a flat tire replaced, directly in front of Compi Tire And Rim, located at 11-16 Cypress Ave. in Ridgewood, on Friday, Oct. 27. Police said an unidentified woman distracted the victim by spilling paint on her, all while a male accomplice reached into the victim’s car…
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Nov. 6, 2023 By Ethan Marshall While Election Day may not be until Tuesday, Nov. 7, the early voting period for those who may not be able to submit their ballots on Election Day will run from Oct. 28 until Nov. 5 in New York City. This will mark the second election cycle in the city since new congressional district maps were drawn. Early voting Below, see the schedule for early voting polling sites: Saturday, Oct. 28: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct….
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Nov. 6, 2023 By Anthony Medina The official opening celebration of the brand-new Sunset Community Garden in Ridgewood welcomed Mayor Eric Adams’ Office of Urban Agriculture, city and state agencies and environmental-focused programs on Friday. Oct. 27. The formerly unused Grover Cleveland High School lot, located at the intersection of Willoughby Avenue and Onderdonk Avenue,…
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Nov. 6, 2023 By Ethan Marshall There appears to be a growing trend of prioritizing the looks of a home over its amenities among potential home buyers across the United States. Eric Benaim, the founder and CEO of the Queens real estate group and brokerage Modern Spaces, points to people’s desire for attention on sites like Instagram, Pinterest and TikTok for playing a big role in this growing trend. “We’re definitely seeing an uptick of people looking for apartments and homes where the developer has put a focus on design details,” Benaim said. “In the planning stages, we are working…
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Nov. 6, 2023 By Ethan Marshall A study conducted by the New York City real estate firm StreetEasy concluded that 35.7% of previously-owned New York City homes on the market don’t get sold. StreetEasy also concluded that the average listing spends a median of 89 days on the market in New York City, compared to…
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Nov. 4, 2023 By Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society Five hundred and eighty-five days. That’s how long the United States was embroiled in The Great War, or as it is known today, World War 1. Although it officially began on Aug. 1, 1914 it wasn’t until nearly three years later, on April 6, 1917, that…
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