Truck Driver is Dead After Plowing Into Concrete Piller on Grand Avenue in Maspeth

Sep. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry

Queens Public Library (QPL) will defend the freedom to read during Banned Books Week, Oct. 1-7, through a series of events and activities recognizing the stories, voices and titles threatened by censorship across the nation.

Sep. 29, 2023 By Anthony Medina

Amid possibly the heaviest downfall of rain in the city so far this year, residents in Queens neighborhoods were subjected to the unexpected closures of highways, some public transportation services, and substantial flooding in residential areas.

Sep. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry

The Breezy Point Republican who nearly shocked the Queens Democratic establishment in 2022, threw his support behind a third-party candidate for Queens District Attorney.

Sep. 28, 2023 By Rachel Butler

Nominations are now open for public school teachers in Queens for the FLAG Awards, which recognize teaching excellence in the borough and across New York City.

Sep. 28, 2023 By Anthony Medina

Police are searching for two suspects in connection with the attempted burglary of a Ridgewood residence on Wednesday.

Sep. 28, 2023 By Anthony Medina

Queens Councilman Robert Holden says the MTA constantly fails New Yorkers in response to the MTA’s letter to the councilman earlier this month.

Sep. 27, 2023 By Anthony Medina

The city’s Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) continues to deny the Maspeth Firehouse landmark status despite the immense loss of life of firefighters due to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

A Maspeth woman was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and other crimes after she slammed her SUV into a school crossing guard on Tuesday afternoon.

Police from the 104th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian at the intersection of Eliot Avenue and 71st Street at around 3 p.m. on Sept. 26. Upon their arrival, officers found the 63-year-old woman lying on the roadway with trauma to her head. EMS responded to the scene and rushed the crossing guard to Elmhurst Hospital in critical but stable condition, according to the NYPD.

Sep. 26, 2023 By Bill Parry

The MTA is working with the NYC Department of Veterans’ Affairs to provide shuttle bus service between the Mets-Willets Point 7 train station and Flushing Meadows Corona Park for all those wishing to visit the “The Wall that Heals,” a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., that honors the more than three million Americans who served in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam conflict.

Sep. 26, 2023 By Anthony Medina

Police from the 104th precinct apprehend two teens and search for three more unidentified males in connection with the robbery of a corner store and deli in Maspeth last weekend.