By Michael Florio
Residents will be able to catch a nostalgia train from Queens Plaza every Sunday this December.
The trains are comprised of old subway cars that ran between the 1930s and early 1970s.
This year the nostalgia trains will run along the Sixth Avenue M-line on Sundays (November 30th,…
Dec. 1, By Christian Murray
The crime rate took a nose dive in November throughout the 108 Police Precinct, which covers Woodside, Sunnyside and Long Island City.
Captain John Travaglia, the precinct’s new commanding officer who took the top job mid November,…
Nov. 29, By Christian Murray
The seating is limited and the lines are expected to be long.
Joshua and Heidy Smookler are finally opening their highly anticipated ramen restaurant at 12-09 Jackson Avenue on Monday called Mu Ramen.
The restaurant will have 22 seats—16 to be part of a large communal table,…
Nov. 26, By Christian Murray
The Department of Cultural Affairs is close to erecting a bright pink, 8 ½ feet tall sculpture on Jackson Avenue.
The artwork would be located there permanently and the cost to taxpayers would be about $515,000.…
Nov. 25, By Christian Murray
The police are searching for a man who entered into the Citibank ATM vestibule Monday and demand the victim provide him cash.
The 32-year victim was withdrawing money at the ATM at 1 Court Square at about 4:15 am when a man– holding a pink stocking with a brick inside it—-demanded cash.…
Nov. 24, By Christian Murray
The Clock Tower has a new owner and its future looks grim.
Queens Plaza Park Development, an unidentified institutional investor, bought the tower for $30 million earlier this month, according to city records.
The property,…
Nov. 24, By Christian Murray
The owners and employees of Blue Streak Wines & Spirits, located at 47-20 Center Blvd, are just weeks away from opening their wine bar two doors down.
“We are looking to open right before Christmas,” said Rob Bralow,…
Nov. 23. By Christian Murray
A group of tire and rim thieves have a taste for fancy wheels.
On Tuesday, thieves struck three cars in Hunters Point—an Audi, BMW and Porsche–striping their tires and rims off and leaving their vehicles on blocks.…
Nov. 21, By Christian Murray
The list of Vernon Boulevard restaurants that will be offering sidewalk seating next summer continues to grow.
Madera, a Cuban restaurant located at 47-29 Vernon Blvd, is the latest establishment to apply for an unenclosed sidewalk café.…
Nov. 20, Associated Press with Christian Murray
Barack Obama’s 94-year-old step grandmother Sara Obama paid a special visit to the children of PS/IS 78Q Tuesday.
Sara Obama, who was married to the president’s late grandfather and lives in Kenya,…