March 7, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The NYC Parks Dept. will discuss its $19 million revamp of the Astoria Pool via a public online meeting Wednesday, March 8. The agency will present its plans at the meeting while residents will also get a chance to ask questions about the project which is already in construction. The… Read more »
March 7, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The city’s Dept. of Transportation (DOT) says it will install traffic calming measures at the Astoria intersection where a girl was fatally struck by an SUV last month — although it is unclear if these will include traffic lights at this time. The agency, in a letter to Queens… Read more »
March 6, 2023 By Kathleen Warnock On the first Sunday in March, the start of St. Patrick’s season, a poet and a rocker were the Grand Marshals of St. Pat’s for All, the inclusive parade through Sunnyside and Woodside, Queens. Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Muldoon and musician Caít O’Riordan grandly marshaled the gathering, begun in 2000, which… Read more »
March 3, 2023 By Bill Parry U.S. Senate Majority leader Charles Schumer joined elected officials from across Queens on March 3 for two major announcements at The Variety Boys & Girls Club in Astoria. Equinor Wind US and its partner bp in the US announced two major initiatives focused on western Queens: the $215 million… Read more »
March 3, 2023 By Michael Dorgan and Paul Frangipane More than 100 people attended a candlelight vigil in Astoria Thursday, March 2, to honor the life of a girl who was fatally struck by an SUV in the neighborhood last week. During the vigil, speakers called on residents to sign a petition to make the… Read more »
March 2, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The clothing retail giant Zara is coming to Queens for the first time. The Spanish-based company, which is known for its fashionable and trendy clothing items, will open at the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst, located at 90-15 Queens Blvd. The announcement was made Wednesday, March 1, by Macerich,… Read more »
March 2, 2023 By Michael Dorgan An Astoria Starbucks worker who was fired by the chain last summer — in the midst of the store where he worked voting to unionize — has been reinstated and awarded more than $21,000 in back pay and penalties. Austin Locke was sacked from his barista role at the… Read more »
March 1, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Three months after celebrating the opening of its first store in Jamaica, international retailer Primark has signed a new lease to open its second store at Queens Center in Elmhurst. While specific opening details are not yet available, Macerich, a retail developer that invests in shopping centers, confirmed that… Read more »
Feb. 28, 2023 By Bill Parry Conjuring memories from when the borough was the “epicenter of the epicenter” during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announced a $1.5 million capital funding allocation toward the creation of a new 22-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Mount Sinai Queens… Read more »
Feb. 27, 2023 By Michael Dorgan and Paul Frangipane Elected officials, residents and community leaders took part in a rally in Astoria Sunday, Feb. 26, calling on the DOT to install traffic lights at the intersection where a 7-year-old was struck dead by an SUV earlier this month. The event was held at the Astoria… Read more »