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11-year-old who went missing by Ravenswood Houses found

By Nathaly Pesantez

An 11-year-old reported missing by the Ravenswood Houses in Long Island City last Thursday has been found.

Dallas Pinckney was found at around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 20, the same day he was reported missing,…

De Blasio, Peralta, in Astoria call for additional speed cameras in school-zones after failed state bill

July 22, By Nathaly Pesantez

Mayor Bill de Blasio is pushing for more speed cameras to be installed in school zones and other high-traffic streets in Queens and in the city.

The mayor was joined by State Senator Jose Peralta and other local leaders near William Cullen Bryant High School in Astoria yesterday to discuss efforts in expanding the speed-camera program.…

NYPD: 11-year-old reported missing by Ravenswood Houses

By Nathaly Pesantez

An 11-year-old was reported missing to the NYPD Thursday afternoon.

Dallas Pinckney was last seen on Thursday, July 20 at approximately 12:39 p.m. at the intersection of 34th Avenue and 24th Street by the Ravenswood Houses in Astoria,…

De Blasio backs plan to redesign Steinway Street at town hall

July 20, By Jason Cohen

The business climate on Steinway Street, the treatment of food cart vendors and the security afforded to residents of the Astoria Houses were some of the many items discussed when Mayor Bill de Blasio held a town hall in Astoria last night.…

Astoria to be sprayed with pesticides to combat mosquitos Thursday

July 19, Staff Report

Pesticides will be sprayed over Western Queens tomorrow in a mosquito control initiative, according to the Department of Health (DOH).

On Thursday, June 20, trucks will drive and spray through Astoria, Ditmars, Sunnyside, Woodside, Jackson Heights,…

The Jim Henson permanent exhibit will open at the Museum of the Moving Image this weekend

July 18, By Nathayl Pesantez

A permanent exhibition dedicated to Jim Henson, the late creator of the iconic Muppets, will open Saturday, July 22 at the Museum of Moving Image in Astoria.

The Jim Henson Exhibition will be a space dedicated to Henson’s contributions to popular culture in film and television through his work as a puppeteer,…

711-unit development coming to Astoria, includes affordable housing

July 18, By Jason Cohen

Construction has begun on a nine-story, 711 unit complex in Astoria—near Socrates Sculpture Park.

Criterion Group, an Astoria-based firm, is developing the two-building complex—-with one structure being nine-stories consisting of 565 market-rate apartments and another being six-stories containing 146 affordable units.…

Man shot dead at Ravenswood Houses, police say

July 17, By Jason Cohen

A 26-year-old man was shot and killed yesterday at the Ravenswood Houses in Long Island City, police said.

According to an NYPD spokesman, at about 12:07 p.m., a gunman opened fire on Terrell Smith,…