Nov. 2, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Military veterans will march down the streets of Middle Village this weekend as part of the ninth annual Queens Veterans Day Parade. The parade begins at midday on Nov. 4, where participants will march around 10 blocks from 80th Street and Metropolitan Avenue before reaching Christ the King High… Read more »
Nov. 2, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Ridgewood’s Starr Playground is set to undergo a $2.5 million transformation. The park, just under an acre and located by Starr Street and Onderdonk Avenue, will go through a two-phase redevelopment, according to NYC Parks, which presented their long-awaited design plans at a Community Board 5 meeting on Tuesday… Read more »
Oct. 31, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Express bus riders in Queens and Brooklyn that commute into Manhattan could save up to 2 hours every week on their trips if congestion pricing were enacted, according to a new analysis by the Riders Alliance, a grassroots group that advocates for public transit. The group analyzed 39 bus… Read more »
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 »