Oct. 3, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Chip City Cookies, the rapidly expanding cookie chain originally founded in Astoria, has announced a new collaboration with Kellanova’s iconic Pop-Tarts brand. The two companies are introducing a limited-edition “Strawberry Poppable Pop-Tarts® Cookie,” available for a select period in October and November across Chip City’s 40-plus locations. The cookie, inspired… Read more »
Oct. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Unit has joined the search for a vandal who allegedly tore down a Pride flag at a popular Astoria sports bar and was caught on camera pulling out a knife and slicing it to pieces as he and a friend walked up 23rd Avenue…. Read more »
Oct. 2, 2024 By bparry Oct. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry Members of the NYPD’s warrant squad arrested a Yonkers man and delivered him to the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights on Sept. 23, where he was booked in connection to an armed robbery of an out-of-town gambler who was in the borough for a… Read more »
Oct. 1, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_81701" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Location of the incident near the intersection of Borden Avenue and Center Boulevard in LIC. Photo by James Edstrom[/caption]
Oct.1, 2024 By Bill Parry
Sept. 30, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Thursday, Sept. 26, marked the 75th anniversary of the naming of Chappetto Memorial Park in Astoria and the 80th anniversary of the death of the World War ll veteran it was named after. Members of the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn gathered at the greenspace on the corner of Hoyt… Read more »
Sep. 27, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_81586" align="aligncenter" width="700"] NYC Sheriff Anthony Miranda angrily denies his Long Island City offices were searched as part of a probe by the city’s Department of Investigations. Photo by Todd Maisel[/caption]
Sept. 27, 2024 By Bill Parry
Sep. 25, 2024 By sobrien Sept. 25, 2024 By Shane O’Brien The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is set to move its Queens Field Office to Long Island City next month. The last day of operations for USCIS’s current Queens Field Office at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, located at 26 Federal Plaza… Read more »
Sep. 23, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Sept. 23, 2024 By Czarinna Andres The Long Island City Astoria Lions Club proudly marks the 10th anniversary of its annual Thanksgiving Food Drive, which has collected an impressive 6,000 pounds of food and critical items each year. Last year’s drive, conducted in collaboration with several buildings throughout Manhattan… Read more »
Sep. 20, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Sept. 20, 2024 By Emily Davenport Get ready to pumpkin up on the rooftop! New York City’s Cityside Pumpkin Patch is back, taking over The Summer Club‘s rooftop located at 8-08 Queens Plaza S in Long Island City. Starting October 4th, you can explore a magical wonderland of over… Read more »
Sep. 19, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_80976" align="alignnone" width="518"] Cops are looking for this suspect, who allegedly gunned down a Corona man in front of his home on 96th Street on Friday the 13th. Photo courtesy of the NYPD.[/caption]
Sept. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry