Apr. 19, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

The Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) in Astoria has announced the launch of “Open Worlds,” a groundbreaking initiative to transform the museum into one of the largest free community hubs in western Queens.

Police from two Queens NYPD precincts are looking for an armed robber who targeted 7-Eleven stores in three different neighborhoods in just over an hour during the early morning of Wednesday, Apr. 17.

Police from the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park reported that the first heist went down just before 2:25 a.m. at the 7-Eleven located at 112-11 Liberty Ave. in South Richmond Hill. The perpetrator allegedly pulled out a handgun and demanded money from the 23-year-old man behind the counter, who complied, handing over $400 in cash from the register, police said.

Apr. 19, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

The owners of a Long Island City condominium building reached a $119,000 settlement with their service workers earlier this month after failing to pay them prevailing wages, which they are required to do as part of an agreement to get a lucrative 421-a tax break.

A 22-year-old Jamaica Estates man was beaten and robbed in broad daylight three blocks west of Cunningham Park on Saturday, and police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are looking for the suspects who attacked him with a baseball bat.

The incident occurred just after 7 p.m., as the victim was walking home in the vicinity of 189th Street and Aberdeen Avenue when he was set upon by the two assailants who struck him in the face and head with the baseball bat, police said. They forcibly removed his cell phone and fled in a black Pontiac Grand Am, heading northbound on 109th Street toward Union Turnpike.

Apr. 19, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

Queens World Film Festival brought together dozens of featured filmmakers for a warm, welcoming night to kick off its 13th season. 

Apr. 19, 2024 By Anthony Medina

The St. Matthias Catholic Academy, a faith-based educational institution that has been serving families in Ridgewood and the surrounding neighborhoods for 114 years, is slated to close, and its supporters are looking for a miracle to keep it open.

Around fifty restaurant and small business owners from Corona, Jackson Heights, and East Elmhurst signed a letter asking state Senator Jessica Ramos to support the $8 billion Metropolitan Park proposal from New York Mets owner Steve Cohen and Hard Rock International to build a casino and entertainment complex on the parking lot adjacent to Citi Field.

Jessica Rico, the owner of Mojitos Restaurant & Bar in Jackson Heights, hand-delivered the letter to a Ramos staffer while the Senator was in Albany on April 19.

Apr. 18, 2024 By Amanda Salazar

Spring isn’t just a time for cleaning — it’s also a time of fresh starts and renewal. If you’ve been considering redesigning your home, now is the perfect time to renew your space. Whether it’s as big as a complete overhaul of your home’s interior design or as small as getting a new lamp, there’s a small business in western Queens that can help you breathe new life into your space. Here are 10 local home décor and furniture stores to check out this spring.

A Springfield Gardens man was sentenced to 19 years in prison Thursday for attempted murder in the shooting of a 25-year-old man at the Kew Motor Inn and firing at a second man who managed to escape in September 2022.

Leo Daley, 23, of 140th Avenue, was convicted by a jury in February following a nearly two-week trial in Queens Supreme Court.

Apr. 18, 2024 By Queens Post News Team

Over 135 Long Island City residents attended a town hall hosted by Council Member Julie Won on Monday evening to share recommendations about the Long Island City Neighborhood Plan, “One LIC,” which aims to attract investment to the neighborhood. 

While homeowners across Northeast Queens have rallied against squatters in their properties in recent months, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz launched an investigation against one of the most notorious offenders.

On Thursday, she announced a Queens grand jury indicted Brian Rodriguez, 35, of 161st Street in East Flushing, for illegally occupying a Flushing home.

Apr. 18, 2024 By Queens Post News Team

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards revealed plans for a new diversity tech and innovation center in Long Island City, slated to open next year. The facility is set to become a hub for 50 emerging startups, fostering innovation and promoting diversity within the technology sector.

Apr. 18, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Queens College officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Apr. 16 to celebrate the grand opening of its newest CUNY Citizenship Now! office, which has opened in the Student Union building on the Flushing-based campus. The office, like the dozens of others in the CUNY system, aims to help immigrants with visa applications as well as to obtain citizenship.

Apr. 18, 2024 By Anthony Medina

Two former commanding officers who oversaw the NYPD 104th Precinct were honored last week by the 104th Precinct Civilian Observation Patrol for their contributions to the Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale neighborhoods.

Apr. 18, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

The Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirmed are working to preserve a care model, rooted in love, for a growing older adult population. 

An F train rider was assaulted inside the 169th Street subway station on Hillside Avenue near Homelawn Street in Jamaica Hills last week, and a dreadlocked suspect remains at large, according to the NYPD.

Police from the NYPD 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows and Transit District 20 are looking for the dreadlocked stranger who approached the 37-year-old man while he was waiting on the northbound platform just before 3:30 a.m. on Friday, Apr. 12, and began to argue with him.

Apr. 18, 2024 By Allison Kridle

There is nothing quite like putting a bow on a successful school year than the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts‘ (FSSA) 16th Annual Film Festival on May 3. It is a night when the Astoria high school rolls out a red carpet, and film students dress to impress as they broadcast their filmmaking talents.

Apr. 18, 2024 By Barbara Russo

The city’s Health Department is warning New Yorkers about the rising spread of a potentially serious illness linked to rats.

Apr. 17, 2024 By Dean Moses

The headless body discovered floating in Queens’ Jamaica Bay last week has been identified as an apparent suicide victim, authorities said.

For the second time in four months, FDNY fire inspectors averted a potential catastrophe in East Elmhurst after finding stockpiles of illegally stored propane tanks in the residential neighborhood.

Fire inspectors from the Special Investigation Unit received a complaint of illegal occupancy at a home just south of LaGuardia Airport at 23-57 89th St. They discovered 68 propane cylinders, which they seized along with five food trucks and a box truck parked on the property last week. The inspectors also found illegal single-room-occupancy in the home’s cellar.

Apr. 17, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

Neil Young, Pitbull, and the Marley Brothers are among the big acts set to play Forest Hills Stadium this summer.

Apr. 17, 2024 By Barbara Russo

The number of vacant storefronts in NYC is growing, and the City Council demanded solutions to the economic problem during an oversight hearing at City Hall on Wednesday. 

Apr. 17, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

The Queens Rite Aid locations at 218-35 Hempstead Ave. in Queens Village and 95-14 63rd Dr. in Rego Park are among the 53 national locations the company announced earlier this month that will close soon.

Apr. 17, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

Since the spring of 2023, Queens’ Koeppel Auto Group has donated $20 from every car sale they made at their five Queens locations to the NYC Scholarship Accounts of students at P.S. 148Q, the Ruby G. Allen School, in East Elmhurst.

A 76-year-old Jamaica Hills man died Tuesday after clinging to life for 11 days, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has reclassified his assault as a homicide investigation.

Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows responded to a report of an assault in broad daylight at the intersection of 167th Street and Hillside Avenue just after 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Apr. 5.