Mar. 21, 2025 By Bill Parry Forbes Travel Guide named LaGuardia Airport as the nation’s best airport in October based on a survey of 5,000 hospitality and travel experts and the guide’s most well-traveled fliers. On Tuesday, Port Authority executive director Rick Cotton accepted the Verified Air Travel Award in the recently completed Terminal…
Mar. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry A second teenager was collared for the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old boy during an after-school brawl at a Sunnyside McDonald’s restaurant last month. Members of the NYPD’s Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested a 16-year-old boy in the confines of the 110th Precinct on Thursday morning and transported…
Mar. 20, 2025 By sobrien March 20, 2025 By Shane O’Brien LaGuardia Community College has announced Jennifer Jensen, the former curator of the Jackie Robinson Museum, as its new archive director. Jensen, who officially took over the role on March 17, takes over as Director of the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, described as a repository of…
Mar. 20, 2025 By Athena Dawson Queens locals interested in exploring possible Irish heritage can enter a free DNA test competition. The Action Network is offering 10 winners the chance to win a free Ancestry.com DNA test to discover if they hail from the Emerald Isle. The competition closes on March 24. To enter,…
Mar. 20, 2025 By Czarinna Andres March 20, 2025 By Czarinna Andres Spanning Sunnyside Yards and connecting Skillman Avenue to Northern Boulevard in Long Island City, the 39th Street Bridge has long been an eyesore covered in graffiti. Now, thanks to a partnership between Council Member Julie Won and District Council 9’s (DC 9)…
Mar. 20, 2025 By Athena Dawson The United States Postal Service (USPS) held an unveiling ceremony for a stamp of the late civil rights icon, Hon. Constance Baker Motley. Over 200 people attended the ceremony at the Robert Ross Family Life Center on Linden Boulevard in Jamaica to celebrate the trailblazer’s life and legacy…
Mar. 20, 2025 By jmilitello March 20, 2025 By Jessica Militello With the arrival of the first day of spring, warmer temperatures and longer days offer the perfect excuse to enjoy outdoor dining across the borough. It’s also the perfect time to enjoy the vast array of brunch and dinner options that Western Queens…
Mar. 20, 2025 By Colum Motherway and Athena Dawson New York City’s new trash bin laws, which mandate that all residential waste be placed in secure containers, have encountered a rocky start, filled with confusion, complaints and logistical hurdles. The initiative, launched in November by the Department of Sanitation (DSNY), has been touted as…
Mar. 20, 2025 By Czarinna Andres March 20, 2025 By Dean Moses Detectives are on the hunt for the unhinged woman who assaulted a 7-year-old boy and threatened his mother with a knife in a Long Island City subway station last month. According to police sources, the boy and his 37-year-old mother were accosted…
Mar. 20, 2025 By Shane O’Brien As the race for New York City Council District 21 heats up, Make the Road Action, a prominent advocacy organization for immigrant and working-class communities, has weighed in with a key endorsement. The group has thrown its support behind Erycka Montoya, a staffer for Council Speaker Adrienne Adams,…