Oct. 29, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan More than a hundred people, including city officials and area residents, gathered on Saturday to unveil a new mural commemorating three pedestrians killed in recent years near the Myrtle-Wyckoff intersection on the border of Ridgewood and Bushwick. The mural, which runs along the back of Duane Reade on Palmetto… Read more »
Oct. 26, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza has apologized after a city official was accused of silencing parents critical of a school desegregation plan at a Queens District 24 school board meeting. District 24 Community Education Council (CEC) President Lucy Accardo detailed the account, which took place at a… Read more »
Oct. 26, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan The 104th Precinct could soon be getting a new home, as Council Member Robert Holden announced yesterday that he is actively looking for a place in the district to build a new, state-of-the-art precinct. Holden’s office said the time has come to build out a new precinct, given the… Read more »
Oct. 25, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Costumed runners will take to the streets of Glendale this Sunday for the first-ever Halloween “Fun” Run or Walk 4 Autism. The 3-kilometer race will start and end at The Shops at Atlas Park, and is hosted by Play4Autism, a Glendale-based non-profit organization providing programs for kids on the… Read more »
Oct. 25, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Car2Go, the world’s largest car-sharing company, has set its sights on expanding its New York home area to Ridgewood, after seeing many of its vehicles taking trips to southwest Queens. The car-share service predominantly provides its users with Smart cars that can be rented by the hour and driven… Read more »
Oct. 25, 2018 Laura Hanrahan A high school guidance counselor has been arrested after punching a police officer in the face at a Ridgewood high school Wednesday. Philip Lo Castro, 37, struck the officer at Grover Cleveland High School at about 10:30 a.m. yesterday, after getting into a dispute with the cop for detaining an emotionally… Read more »
Oct. 24, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Ridgewood was among several Queens neighborhoods that saw the highest rate of overdose deaths last year, according to the city, which has recently launched a new program to combat the alarming citywide problem. The neighborhood is among three in Queens, including the Rockaways and Fresh Meadows, ranked with the… Read more »
Oct. 23, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan The fate of two area buildings recently proposed to be turned into homeless shelters have yet to be settled, with plans for P.S. 9 still undecided while a Cooper Avenue building is apparently inching closer to becoming a brand new public school. Council Member Bob Holden attempted to clear… Read more »
Oct. 17, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Police are looking for a man who attempted to burglarize a Middle Village home, but ended up falling from the deck after the victim startled him. The 24-year-old female victim, in her home near 61st Road and 69th Street, heard a noise near the back of her home at… Read more »
Sept. 26, 2018 By Christian Murray Police have arrested a Middle Village man who allegedly knocked two men unconscious in Williamsburg over the weekend after making anti-gay remarks toward them. Brandon McNamara, who lives on 70th Street, was arrested and charged with multiple counts of assault, hate crime, and harassment, according to police. McNamara turned… Read more »