April 30, 2018 By Tara Law Police are trying to catch two men who allegedly robbed a Ditmars cellphone store on April 18. The pair walked into JW Verizon Wireless Premium Retailer at 22-39 31st St. at around 12:50 p.m., police say. The men began to examine phones on display and to talk to store… Read more »
April 27, 2018 By Tara Law Mount Sinai Queens celebrated the grand opening of its new 6-story ambulatory pavilion with a ribbon cutting yesterday. Local officials and leaders of the Mount Sinai Health System gathered for a ceremony at the hospital at 25-10 30th Ave. The 6-story, 140,000 square foot pavilion offers an expanded emergency… Read more »
April 27, 2018 By Tara Law About 300 vendors and a multicultural music and dance show will take over three blocks of Steinway Street for an international festival this Sunday. Steinway Street Cultural Festival will take place between Broadway and 28th Ave. on Steinway Street from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The festival will be… Read more »
April 26, 2018 By Tara Law Danice, an affordable women’s clothing chain, is closing its 48th Street location. A Danice employee confirmed that the store, which is located at Plaza 48 at 34-56 48th St., will close. She said that the employees had been notified of the closure, but not of the closing date. Danice,… Read more »
April 25, 2018 By Tara Law A progressive Democrat is running a grassroots campaign to “end” Joseph Crowley’s 19-year tenure in congress. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old resident of Parkchester in the Bronx, is working full-time to replace Crowley as the Democrat representing the 14th congressional district, which covers north west Queens and a southern portion… Read more »
April 25, 2018 By Tara Law Residents voted to spend $250,000 on road repairs and install a new STEM lab at a local school, along with two other projects, when they went to the polls last month to determine how $1 million of city capital should be spent in the district through a process called… Read more »
April 23, 2018 By Tara Law The creators of trendy cookie shop Chip will expand across western Queens this spring with the opening of an ice cream shop in Astoria in May and a new Chip cookie shop location in Long Island City in June. Chip Ice Cream will specialize in ice cream blended with… Read more »
(Update) April 23, 2018 Staff Report A 12-year-old Astoria girl who went missing Thursday has returned home safely, police said. Shelsy Zapata, 12, went missing from her 23-32 31st Road apartment on Thursday, April 19. Two days later, April 21, she arrived home uninjured, police said. Further details were not released.
April 20, 2018 By Tara Law Spanish tapas restaurant El Olivo closed yesterday after 23 years in Astoria. The restaurant, which was located at 21-15 31st St., served a wide variety of small plates but will be remembered for its seafood dishes such as camarones and octopus and specialty sangria. El Olivo received many warm… Read more »
April 19, 2018 By Tara Law Two young bakers plan to open an innovative patisserie and dessert bar in Astoria this May. Queens Bake House will open at 33-04 Broadway next month, the former location of Nature’s Soul Organic Cafe. The Bake House will offer a shifting menu of pastries and desserts— such as cakes,… Read more »