March 29, 2022 By Christian Murray The Kiwanis Club of Sunnyside is holding a special dinner event Sunday to celebrate its 75th anniversary, honoring three well known residents for their community service during the pandemic. The club, known best for its role in organizing the annual Flag Day parade along Greenpoint Avenue, will be honoring… Read more »
March 29, 2022 By Christian Murray New York’s hometown airline is adding thousands of new jobs. JetBlue, which is headquartered in Long Island City, announced yesterday that it is recruiting 5,000 additional employees this year in anticipation of a big increase in summer-time demand. The positions will primarily be based at its John F. Kennedy… Read more »
March 28, 2022 By Christian Murray A 32-year-old Corona man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the firing of an illegal gun that killed a mother of three children—via a stray bullet— inside her Jackson Heights apartment in 2020. Issam Elabbar, who pleaded guilty in December 2021 to manslaughter in the second… Read more »
March 24, 2022 By Christian Murray Council Member Shekar Krishnan, the chair of the Parks and Recreation Committee, unveiled a five-point plan last week that aims to increase the city’s investment in parks, upgrade playgrounds and add trees across the city. Krishnan, who represents Jackson Heights and Elmhurst, held a press conference at the Unisphere… Read more »
March 24, 2022 By Czarinna Andres Police are calling on the public to help them locate a 69-year-old Queensbridge man who has been missing for about three weeks. Timothy Anderson was last seen at his 41-15 10th Street apartment at around 3 p.m. on Wednesday March 2. Anderson is described as being black and is… Read more »
March 22, 2022 By Christian Murray Astoria and East Elmhurst residents will get to vote next month on how the city should spend $1 million in the district on capital projects. Council Member Tiffany Cabán has released a list of 14 items—each ranging in cost from $150,000 to $500,000—that will be put for a vote… Read more »
March 22, 2022 By Christian Murray Plans have been filed for a nine-story development featuring 148 apartments near Socrates Sculpture Park in Astoria. The development will replace several store fronts on Broadway—between 11th and 12th Streets—that have been slated for demolition since August 2021. The property, with an address of 11-20 Broadway, is currently occupied… Read more »
March 21, 2022 By Christian Murray A Long Island City-based organization that helps people who have been incarcerated get back on their feet has received a $10 million award care of philanthropist MacKenzie Scott—of Amazon fame. The Fortune Society, a non-profit organization based at 29-76 Northern Blvd., was given the funds by Scott in recognition… Read more »
March 21, 2022 By Czarinna Andres Thirty-six units in a luxury building by the Astoria waterfront are up for grabs as part of an affordable housing lottery. The lottery opened last week and applicants who want to live at the 11-37 31st Ave. development— known as Astoria West—have until May 19 to apply. The units… Read more »
March 21, 2022 By Christian Murray A 15-year-old boy was shot inside a Jackson Heights playground Saturday afternoon. The teenager was shot in the back and torso at Playground Ninety, located near Northern Boulevard and 89th Street, at around 3:30 p.m., police said. The shooting stemmed from an argument that the victim had with the… Read more »